Guardian reader “Anduin” has threatened to eat his/her big hat if Stuart Baggs wins The Apprentice. From where I’m sitting, Anduin, you’d better stock up on the bicarbonate of soda, because I think the lad is in with a shout…. Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3cPbxCBGVo&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Coppola has made a 98-minute advert for the Chateau Marmont, the famed West Hollywood hotel where celebrities go to party and – occasionally — to die. After the opening 15 minutes of Sofia Coppola’s new film, Somewhere, you might… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOsbJsqTZjM&fs=1&hl=en_GB] “What are you wearing?” Easier with Practice shows weary writer Davy Mitchell (Brian Geraghty) receiving a late-night phone call in his motel room. It’s an unexpected introduction to the mysterious “Nicole” (Kathryn Aselton), who likes to seduce guys over… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwGPUiiB4PA&fs=1&hl=en_GB] This week on The Apprentice: “export” English, pidgin German and some salty language. We Brits have an unhealthy obsession with scoffing potato snacks. According to a recent, fact-filled article in The Guardian (not the type of publication I’d ever… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGz1ZquLi4c&fs=1&hl=en_GB] As one YouTube user so eloquently puts it: “Ingrid Pitt, you can bite my neck with pleasure.” The Polish actress and star of films like The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, died on 23 November, just two days after… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCer3ka0mfs&fs=1&hl=en_GB] To paraphrase the great W.C. Fields, “Never work with children, animals . . . or Stuart Baggs.” Is it just me, or has this latest series of The Apprentice been lacking a little je ne sais quoi? I’m not… Continue Reading →
Was it a case of “Et tu, Carlo”, as the Chelsea management stuck the knife into their assistant coach? I thought Alex Epstein’s dismissal from The Apprentice would be the only boardroom exit that captured my attention last week. I… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilPsmy6dPKw&fs=1&hl=en_GB] It is an immutable law of The Apprentice that one team will immediately come up with a crap idea, while their rivals will dither around for hours before returning to their original (equally crap) idea. Last year the Pants… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkYSJEgbOhk&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Is he a kick-ass, a jackass, or just another middle-class brat with morbid obsessions? Hideo Nakata’s new psychological thriller stars Aaron Johnson, who was last seen as the green-suited wannabe superhero in Kick-Ass. In Chatroom he plays a master… Continue Reading →
Some actresses toil for a lifetime clocking up credits on IMDb, without ever achieving much in the way of recognition. Others get the awards, the stratospheric salaries and the celebrity spouses. The name of actress Jill Clayburgh, who died yesterday… Continue Reading →
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