Archive for January 9th, 2008
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I was sad to learn that a friend of mine from my Anna Scher Theatre days, who chose not to follow an acting career but instead became a publican running a pub in Exmouth market called Lennards, passed away suddently just before christmas. Gary Little was a great guy, kind of unassuming, always up for a laugh and good company. Gary you will be missed.
09
It is probably lucky that Posh is touring with the Spice Girls as it seems that she has been named the worst dressed celebrity in Blackwell’s List in the US . It seems that the Beckham design label may not do as well in the US as it has in the UK ….
09
David Beckham is quoted as praising Gordon Brown. David you’re not living in Britain at the moment, you’re earning millions of dollars for five years in the US! In fact, you haven’t lived in Britain permanently for a good many years as prior to that you was in Spain so how do you qualify to judge??? It’s like Sean Connery effusing about how brilliant Scotland is when he lives as a tax exile somewhere else. With an impending downturn in the economy where a possible recession could affect many people who earn a normal wage … will Gordon Brown be doing a ‘good’ job then!! David please stick to talking about football.
09
I must admit I believe in the ‘Race for LIfe’ campaign and stress that all women are invited to either walk, trot, dance, or run 5k to raise money for research for breast cancer.They are currently doing an ad campaign to raise awareness about this fund raisingJust before Christmas, I was asked to audition for the advert they are making, in January was told I got it which I was really happy about. Because this advert was for a charity I was asked to take a nominal fee which I agreed to.However, no script arrived so I wondered what I was actually doing in it. When I got there I was amongst many actors as well as non-actors. The scene was set in a working office and they wanted a group of women to say together ‘We’re invited’ holding up the ‘Race for life’ leaflets. Positioning took forever as they shuffled about 25 different women according to ‘colour’ is what they said. In the end, after being placed in many different positions I was eventually put at the back!!! Therefore, I was not really used for it which I must say was disappointing for me and a complete waste of money for them .. especially as they were on such a tight budget.Really why they employed actors to be in it and pay them instead of just using the staff in the office (which was more than half of us anyway) I do not know.However, I wish them luck with their fundraising as the cause is very worthy.