Archive for September 28th, 2007
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As an actress I am always interested to see which ‘English’ actors manage to make it across the Big Pond. Amongst many who have managed to cross the pond successfully are Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Jude Law (of course), Johnny Lee Miller and many more. Michelle Ryan, who rose to fame in England due to her part as Zoe Slater in Eastenders has recently landed the role as the new Bionic Woman in the US. Managing to obtain a role in a regular TV series in the US is no mean feat and must have been very exciting. Unfortunately, fame is a double edged sword and so far the critics have been very unkind to the series and to Michelle. However, it has raised her profile in the US and I’m sure she will go on to bigger and better things if the programme does get axed.
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Well I’ve just arrived back from Washington DC with a ’summer’ cold. Methinks it had something to do with the ‘heatwave’ they were experiencing, the weather was in the 90’s and the constant change in temperature from the inside (air conditioned rooms) to the outside was definitely a factor. However, I took lots of medicine and still got to see the White House and the Pentagon. This was a thrill if you’ve only ever seen it in TV programmes such as ‘E Ring’ or ‘NCIS’. The drive into Washington was great from Arlington and I was interested to see The Washington Monument the central point of Washington DC which was designed by a French Designer, L’Enfant who was a mason and made sure that the monument was designed with lay lines/esoteric features in mind. Around it’s base is a pentacle and the streets of Washington all pan out from here. I didn’t have time to do the lottery near the monument … as I know that lay lines can be lucky, at least they were when not one but two people won the UK lottery jackpot after they bought a ticket near the clock tower in Crouch End … hey ho maybe next time.