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New Poster for How to Lose Friends

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

New Trailer for How to Lose Friends

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Sex and the City

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I am not a fan of Sex and the City. This may be because I had a bad experience at the New York launch party for the first series in 1998. It was a hot ticket and I decided to take the girl who had recently dumped me, hoping she would be so impressed by the glitz and the glamour she would jump my bones. Unfortunately, she spotted the actor who played Dex Dexter in Dynasty -- a schoolgirl crush of hers -- and I didn't see her for dust.

The Decline of the American Male

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Can the decline of the American male be traced in the career of Dennis Quaid? He started out as a strapping, hot-headed youth (The Right Stuff), matured into a bona fide sex symbol (The Big Easy) and then got relegated to playing guilt-ridden fathers (The Day After Tomorrow). In Smart People, which opens next Friday, he is cast as an embittered college professor who somehow manages to combine a stoop and a paunch.

Spectator Red Carpet Show

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I never thought I'd end up doing an impression of Joan Rivers on a red carpet, but here I am at the Spectator's 180th anniversary party.

Lord Reith Would be Proud ...

Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

What is the most "Reithian" television series on our screens at the moment? Which programme does the best job of educating the public about the vital issues that affect the future welfare of our democracy? Newsnight? Panorama? Dispatches? For my money, it has got to be The Apprentice.
On the face of it, The Apprentice may look like just another bullying reality show, with the usual array of nitwits being ritually humiliated by a sadistic team of judges.

Boris Wins!

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

What fantastic news that Boris has been elected. He had the balls to run -- and he's done it. The era in which politicians had to be boring, colourless automatons is at an end. Whatever else he does, he's earned his place in history: London's first Conservative Mayor. The world is now at his feet -- I hope he makes a bid for the Tory leadership in due course.

Personality Politics

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

If Boris Johnson loses the mayoral election on Thursday, his supporters will lay the blame squarely at the door of Lynton Crosby, his Australian campaign manager. By all accounts, it was Crosby's idea to keep Boris on a tight leash, suppressing his natural ebullience to make him seem like a more serious candidate.
The issue of whether politicians have to remain "on message" in order to win elections does not just apply to the London Mayoralty.

MGM Steps Up

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

MGM has acquired the US distribution rights to How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.

Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, it's a Non-Sequel Sequel

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It has become a clich� to criticise the Hollywood studios for their lack of originality. First came the sequel, then the prequel, then the remake, then the big screen adaptation of a much-loved TV series ... no one can accuse these environmentally conscious Californians of failing to recycle. It seems the only time studio executives are capable of being creative is when it comes to dreaming up new ways to avoid being creative.