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>> Direct approach <<
When nepotism bites
After We Need To Talk About Kevin it seemed the world was director Lynne Ramsay’s oyster. No longer. On the first day of shooting of Jane Got A Gun this week the cast, including Natalie Portman, and crew were on set and ready to go. Only one thing was missing. The director.
Having invested a million dollars of his own money in it, producer Scott Steindorff was in angry mood. “I will protect all my rights” he was quoted as saying. “This comes down to an irresponsible act by one person.” Good luck to him sorting this out through Lynne Ramsey’s rep, Jessica Steindorff. Scott’s daughter.
Say what you like about Chris Maloney, but at least he acts like a proper pop star. 10am Wine on X Factor tour bus, no less!
>> Behind bars <<
Playing twix on the press
Stories of Chris Huhne being a hero to fellow lags circulated everywhere yesterday. Hmmm… The source was silver-tongued con artist “Fast” Eddie Davenport, who may have been having a bit of early April Fools fun at the Telegraph’s expense.
Apparently the inmates have been offering to treat Huhne to “little extras” – like “a Twix”. Or perhaps it was “a Stinky Twix”, as they’ve been known to be popular inside…
Urban Dictionary:
“A stinky Twix is when two males simultaneously insert their penises, side by side, into the anus of a third party, much like how a Twix has two bars side by side in one serving.”
Sir Ian McKellen doesn’t like horses.
>> Oh, Kay… <<
Light-fingered entertainer
lovelight writes:
“Plenty of staff have been looting BBC Television Centre, but Vernon Kay’s attempts to take several dressing room signs were so blatant during Graham Norton’s BBC Three chat show that he was escorted away”.
Poor old Coolio’s pulling power isn’t what it was. The girls at Whisky Mist this week didn’t seem too impressed with his gangsta chat.
>> Big questions <<
What people are asking
Which married singer with a new album due out has been told by his team to stop shagging around as it might jeopardise the release? They’re keeping an eye on him from now on.
The American badger has interesting food tastes – in the winter it digs up hibernating animals and then eats them.
>> Going south <<
Lack of interest in Church
Charlotte Church was singing at SXSW last week. She and a friend were photographed leaving a venue in an ambulance. A genuine news item worthy of comment? Who knows. Photographers claim that no UK paper or magazine would run the story because she’s in Hacked Off.
Now we’ve heard a taster we’re looking forward to the new Pet Shop Boys-meets-Stuart Price album.
>> Pressing matters <<
What the papers say and say
You’re probably sick to death of hearing politicians, celebrities and hacks pontificating about press regulation. We’ll spare you any more, but here are some of good reads on the subject:
“If he acts like this with Hugh Grant, what’s going to happen when it’s the Chinese on the phone?”
http://bit.ly/10mVlsm
“The cases that matter a whole lot more than the intrusion into Hugh Grant’s voicemail”
http://bit.ly/YtDH2k
“Chill free speech and threaten the survival of small publishers and Internet sites”
http://nyti.ms/13eYfDs
This week’s Swedish lesson. The phrase for “final sale” is “slut spurt.”
>> Hero or zero <<
The grass is always greener
Weird how the world seems to work at the moment:
* Whistleblowing to the press if you work in the NHS – heroes!
* Whistleblowing to the press if you work in the police – arrested!
Andy Coulson was spotted lunching with Dylan Jones at the Delaunay.
>> Human nature <<
What else is in our burgers
We’re not ones for getting swept up with outrageous conspiracies but we were talking to a journo who has worked in the countryside for a long time and she said that if punters had any idea how some abattoirs work, the sorts of people who would have been responsible for getting horsemeat into the foodchain and the alarming frequency at which migrant workers disappear completely they’d all be down the bookies and putting the boiler money on human DNA being the next thing found in ready meals.
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>> Hmmms <<
Cars, Mode, Cows
Pete Murphy from Bauhaus is confused, possibly high, in a car accident in LA, driving a Subaru Forester:
http://bit.ly/11n6qMS
Depeche Mode’s new album is streamed live on iTunes. It’s OK:
http://bit.ly/YqDVKI
Beware the Ministry Of Truth – Privacy laws now extended to pets?
http://ind.pn/11jTofl
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