Gordon Brown, a former prime minister and chancellor, recalled visiting Paris after Lehman Brothers’ demise precipitated the 2007–2008 global financial crisis to meet with Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Jose Manuel Barroso, and Silvio Berlusconi.
According to Brown, when the latter complained about “amateurs,” “we believed (Berlusconi, businessman and politician) had the solution to the situation.”
You realise we have a press conference in an hour, and none of them have brought a makeup artist, he continued.
His contribution was that. Are the leaders we have now any wiser?
Dame Vanessa Redgrave leaves the last three performances of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum, blaming weariness from her work with Covid.
Despite her revolutionary socialist ideas, “Vanilla Rednose,” as the late Eric Morecambe dubbed her, continues to be a revered character.
The night she did show up at the Coliseum, according to my insider, “her curtain call was amazing, milking the ovation as if she were the primary star.”
She humbly signs herself “Vanessa Redgrave (Dame)” in her farewell letter to the cast members.
Star of the 1978 movie Grease Olivia Newton-John, who passed away at age 73, was irritated by contemporary “woke” criticism of it. In 2019, she reacted to criticism by saying, “Oh, for goodness sake!
It mistakenly promotes a timid girl turning attractive because she wants to be famous.” It’s just a film,
She said, “I mean – the vehicle drives off at the end!” after pointing out the movie’s humorous ending (shown).
Will Walden, the former spokesperson for Boris Johnson, recalls how the London mayor struggled under the strain during his first mayoral election campaign: “We had a storage room with plenty of film props.”
Boris would leave when things became a little too much for him.
He was eventually discovered concealed inside a makeshift coffin.
Healthy TV property presenter Kirstie Allsopp praises 103-year-old Peggy Woolley actor June Spencer, who is retiring from Radio 4’s The Archers after 72 years on the show, saying, “For Archers fans, Peggy is the Queen.” E
ven HM could feel the same, in my opinion. Keep going, Kirstie!
The award-winning band Arcade Fire’s In Butler claims they won’t ever perform in ‘rich, white’ Switzerland after discovering the Montreux Jazz Festival crowds to be so lifeless that ‘we couldn’t even antagonise them into booing us’ in July.
He was informed by musical great Quincy Jones that Miles Davis performed with his back to the crowd.
The Crown’s Prince Philip was portrayed by Matt Smith, who is thrilled to have won a major part in the Game of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon.
As an actor, you should constantly be striving to push yourself and take on roles outside of your comfort zone, the man thinks. I agree, Captain!