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A week of losses

The world has lost some great entertainers in the past few days. French actor Philippe Noiret, US jazz singer Anita O'Day, Broadway producer Betty Comden and BBC radio journalist Nick Clarke have all been added to my Celebrity Deaths Archive.

Borat banned (sort of)

It's not the anti-semitism that's worrying Israeli authorities about # Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, it's the lead character's revealing swimming costume, which has been banned from promotional material. The film will open in Israel on November 30 and audience reaction will be interesting (to say the least).
PS: The real president of Kazakhstan has laughed-off the film, saying any publicity for his country is good.

RIP Robert Altman

Director Robert Altman, of M*A*S*H, Nashville, A Prairie Home Companion and Nashville fame, has died at age 81, and earns an entry into the Celebrity Deaths Archive.

For the couple with everything ...

Over at the Internet Movie Database, there's a poll asking: "Imagine you're invited to the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes nuptials - what gift would you bring the happy couple?"
The results so far: A South Park DVD set (21.3%); a gift that will self-destruct in five seconds (14.4%); anything that won't result in a lawsuit! (my favourite - 14.2%); a copy of the Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs (12.0%); a copy of R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet (9.6%); and a new publicist (6.2%).

Phil's just a big kid

"Prince Philip was sitting in the back seat like an over-excited child at the prospect of going to a Bond movie." That, according to a "security insider", was the scene as the Queen and her husband drove in their Bentley to the premiere of Casino Royale. I find that hard to picture.

Talking about Borat

I made a special "appearance" on Spencer Howson's breakfast program on 612 ABC this morning to talk about the new Borat movie and the press conference Sacha Baron Cohen gave, as the Borat character, in Sydney yesterday. There's more about that, including a photo and some audio, on my other blog.

Simpsons sneak preview

Pssst. Want to see the latest trailer for next year's The Simpsons Movie? It's here.

Lohan behold

"I'm 20 years old. Is it a crime to go ... dancing with your friends?" That's what party girl and actor Lindsay Lohan said to Oprah Winfrey in her own defence - and it's a pretty good one. Lohan has been accussed of unprofessional behaviour in the past, but her latest director Emilio Estevez says she turned up on set on time and did the best work of her life in his movie, Bobby, about Robert Kennedy's assassination.

Borat on YouTube

If you want to see the first four minutes of the Borat movie, click here. It's funny, but very crude ...

Borat: offensive or not?

"Why is slandering Kazakhstan so funny and innocent, but antisemitism or homophobia or hating black people is rightly condemned? Is there perhaps a double standard here?" So says one contributor to a BBC forum on Sacha Baron Cohen's fictional Kazakhstani character Borat. Another says: "The Irish have been slagged off for years and we're still well able to take a joke. In fact, probably most of Paddy Irishman jokes came from here! The Kazazhs should lighten up a bit."

Reviewing the reviewer

I haven't seen Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth so I'm in no position to judge the film. I can, however, judge a review I read today which, as far as I could tell, was reviewing Gore's politics rather than the film itself. It's a bit like giving Star Wars a bad review because you don't believe there was ever life in a galaxy far, far away. Having said that, it'd be just as bad as someone gave An Inconvenient Truth a good review simply because they believed in the message.

Space stars set to land

As I mentioned on the ie blog a few weeks ago, 2001: A Space Odyssey stars Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea are coming to Brisbane. They'll attend a screenign of the film, sign autographs and answer questions at the Globe Theatre in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley on Thursday September 28 at 7pm and Sunday October 1 at 6pm.Tickets are $20 per person, but I'm not sure if autographs cost extra - as they often do at fan events, because film veterans have to earn a living somehow. Details here.

Luckless Lindsay Lohan

If you had a million dollars worth of jewellery, would you carry it around in your luggage? Lindsay Lohan did, and now somebody has stolen it - along with her asthma medication - at Heathrow Airport. Earlier, Lohan's mum denied reports the starlet was engaged to boyfriend Harry Morton and a few weeks ago, Lohan was being dissed for being unprofessional. Oh, the perils of being a celebrity.
PS: If Superman was real, would he be dating Lindsay Lohan? After all, he went out with Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Lori Lemaris. Or maybe she'd be his arch enemy, like Lex Luthor.

Boxing clever

I don't know what's more disturbing: the fact that a statue of Sylvester Stallone as fictional fighter Rocky Balboa is to be placed outside Philadelphia's famed Museum of Art, or the fact that Stalllone is making another Rocky film.

Captain Kirk's not so bold

"I'm interested in man's march into the unknown but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me." That, apparently, is why Captain Kirk actor William Shatner turned down Virgin Galactic boss Richard Branson's offer of a berth on the first passenger space flight, set to take off in 2008. He added: "I do want to go up but I need guarantees I'll definitely come back." The Daily Mail has more here.

Fantastic film festival publicity

Congratulations to the people behind the Gold Coast Film Fantastic festival on their innovative marketing approach. There's a post on the ie blog that points to a funny promotional video for one of the event's free highlights. Some other festivals with lots more money to spend could learn a thing of two about simple, effective ways to spread the message.

Cartoon capers

As much as I'm aware that smoking is a health hazard, I can't agree with plans in the UK to edit-out smoking scenes from classic cartoons like The Flinstones, Tom and Jerry, The Jetsons and Scooby Doo. It is, quite simply, vandalism. If health officials are worried that kids might follow suit, the shows could carry warnings at the beginning and end. Just as Road Runner cartoons could carry warnings against putting on roller skates and strapping Acme brand fireworks to your backpack.

Shades of parochialism

I was bemused to see a television news report last night on the film 48 Shades, adapted from a Nick Earls novel. The report said the film couldn't be "more Queensland". I haven't seen 48 Shades but I do know that, while it was filmed in Brisbane, many of the principal cast are not Queenslanders. In fact, I recognised only one local name in the cast list on imdb.com. We have many excellent actors here, why couldn't they get a break in a Brisbane story?

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