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At Bodog, one of our favourite moments from The Simpsons occurs when Homer opens a kitchen cupboard and pulls out a jar with a label that states:

Peanuts and Gum!!

Together at Last!!

We were reminded of that sublime moment when we heard the news that All In : The Poker Musical is to receive its world debut at the Masquerade Theatre in the Rio All Suite Hotel, Las Vegas, on July 4th.

Created by Tim Molyneux, whose back catalogue includes work for Playboy, it promises a range of styles including pop, rock, blues, jazz and musical theatre, so presumably it won’t appeal to those people who like both country and western.

Phil Hellmuth’s ego has spared some time from its other …

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A few years ago a small drinks brand called Coca Cola released an ill-fated bottled water to the UK.  Dasani it was called and allegedly recycled bog water was its source.   In a country obsessed with water from virgin streams in far flung mountain ranges the thought of paying a quid for a bottle of Thames Water understandably fell flat on its arse despite doing rather well in the US of A.

Ironically, these days the alleged Coke bog water might have been slightly more palatable to the greener, cuddlier and more environmentally sound UK consumer concerned with carbon footprints and plastic bottles in landfill.

Not so David Beckham, the man with more air miles than Buzz Aldrin, more cars than Ford …

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Trust the cruel, cruel Germans to ruin the Turkish fairytale and the business dreams of the bloke at the end of my road who runs a kebab house.

Germany 3, Turkey 2.

The boys from the Bosphorus lit up Euro 2008 with those last gasp goals that kept their passionate fans believing in the impossible throughout what had been an incredible run to the semis.

How ironic though that a country famous for its kebabs should have its tournament slaughtered by a man called Lahm. Phillip Lahm’s last-minute winner sent Germany into the Euro 2008 final and sparked great gnashing of teeth across the old Ottoman Empire.

That´s got us at the Beat thinking. Those Spaniards have been giving bulls a rough …

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No readers, Madge and Guy haven’t been spotted at Wimbledon, or on the public tennis courts of Bayswater dusting off their rackets for the obligatory two weeks of summer tennis, no they are getting divorced.

Let’s face it, divorce has been on the cards pretty much from the minute the ink was dry on their marriage license, but now it seems the end is finally nigh for Madge and Guy ‘s seven year marriage as the show biz pair head to the divorce courts.  Talk about itches, but let’s be frank and fair, seven years in celebland is pretty much ruby anniversary equivalent in real life world where Beat lives.

Rumours of the marriage being on the rocks have refused to go …

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