Archive for November 16th, 2007
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My brother Perry Benson has acted in many things but rarely has he been asked to do ‘horror’. Earlier this year he was cast in a horror movie called ‘Mum & Dad’. He plays an airport baggage handler that has a penchant for killing ……
At the moment they are mulling over their offers for distribution of this film, however, Perry went to see it and said it was very scary. So watch out for it …..
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I just love the fact that cardigans are back in fashion this season. Long ones, short ones, fluffy ones, sequined ones … they’re all up there on the ‘to buy’ list. This season you can wear a cardy and not be thought of as a frumpy ‘Pauline Fowler’ lookalike (Pauline Fowler was a middle aged frumpy character from the UK Soap Eastenders - just in case you didn’t know). Well unless you prefer to buy those thick cable knit cardies that only the thinnest of women can wear.
What’s great is I can just pull out my array of cardies that I’ve stored away for just such a season yippee
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It seems that the studios in an attempt to sidestep the ‘Writer’s Strike’ (WGA) are approaching the UK for writers to continue the production of their shows. I think that any UK Writer who decided to accept such an invitation would be completely mad. The sale of TV Shows on DVD’s and especially via the internet is a growing business and why shouldn’t the Writer’s who create the show get a residual payment from these sales. Often both actors and writer’s rely on residual payments of work they have already done to get them through ‘resting’ periods when they are out of work. The Studios should stop trying to fleece the artists and creators and come to a compromise which is acceptable to both sides. After all without the writers there are no shows!!