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A week of losses

debritz — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:21:08 -0700

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)

debritz — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:04:45 -0700

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

debritz — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:57:47 -0700

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 ...

debritz — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:40:56 -0700

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

debritz — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:59:42 -0700

"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

debritz — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:41:08 -0700

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

debritz — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:32:22 -0700

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

Lohan behold

debritz — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:21:24 -0700

"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

debritz — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:57:04 -0600

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?

debritz — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:41:04 -0600

"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."