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A quick thought on when a Dame met a Duchess.

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If her role as M, in the Bond series, wasn’t enough appeal for younger audiences, Judi Dench is now rumored to feature in the next Black Eyed Peas music-video. Can you imagine it? I can’t, but I trust anything that will.i.am does…even if this seems more a reaction to the budding friendship between Dench and Stacy – Fergie – Ferguson than a result of a genius at work.

Will there be dancing/flying, a la Christopher Walken in Weapon of Choice? Or miming/walking as with Robert Downey Jr. in I Want Love? Or perhaps Dench could be a nonsensical gangster like Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty in Blade Runner) in On A Night Like This? I do hope for the latter. Dench can play a villain like no other (remember Notes On A Scandal?), even if it is just for a handful of minutes…

Birthday gifts.1

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Having failed to journey over to New York, for her For You, For Me tour, I am overjoyed that Kylie Minogue announced the release a live recording of her final show on the 14th of December.
This will give me, along with other hardcore fans with too little money in their pockets, the opportunity to taste the bravado production that had North America in a tizzy! Hoorah!
It is a shame that this tour won’t find its way onto DVD (perhaps the demand is too low?), but – as with any fan – I am grateful for what I’m given. Especially as it coincides quite nicely with my birthday celebrations. Thank you Kylie!

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JESSIE
Do a bit then.
MAURICE
Now?
JESSIE
If you’re so good at it.
MAURICE
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”
MAURICE
Now, tell me, who wrote that?
JESSIE
I don’t know.
MAURICE
Really?
JESSIE
All right then, smart-arse, what about this? “I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky. I should be so lucky.” Well? Who wrote it?
MAURICE
Not a clue.
JESSIE
Well, there you are then.

Venus is one of those films I wanted to see in the cinema but didn’t due to its release alongside too many an Oscar contender. A fortunate incident brought a copy to my door and so I had the privilege of spending time with Peter O’Toole’s sparkling Maurice and the object of his affection (lust?), Jessie.
This terrific piece of comradery exemplifies one of the films main themes; education is relative. It also projects a type of sexual tension most men over 80 can only dream about! Their relationship is doomed (they’re walking towards the end of a pier for Christ’s sake!), but nevertheless an integral moment in both these lives…
And yes, any Kylie reference would delight me. Especially one that compares her to Shakespeare.

Kylie: The beginning of the end?

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When an icon turns to self-parody to entertain the masses, you know they’re in trouble. Just ask Al Pacino.

Kylie Minogue’s performance at last night’s Brit Awards was nothing less than shocking. Arriving onstage to the sound of Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, Minogue was all posture and smiles as she joined James Corden and Matthew Horne (the duo behind television’s Gavin & Stacey) in performing the song’s signature dance routine. The trio got their laughs, but at the expense of Minogue. Quiet similar to her recent recording of ABBA’s The Winner Takes It All with sister Dannii. Here’s hoping the parody ends here.

10 thoughts on the BAFTA ceremony 2009…

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  1. I’ve Loved You So Long finally gets some major recognition with the Foreign Language BAFTA. About time too!
  2. Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone and Kylie Minogue as presenters? With those Carry On references during Pinewood Studios’ Honorary Award. Gay icon overload! (Although you would think Minogue’s cinematic contribution – minus Moulin Rouge! – would automatically exempt her from such gatherings).
  3. Mickey Rourke gives another wonderful acceptance speech. Before BAFTA I was torn between Rourke and Sean Penn. Now I’m a fully fledged Rourke supporter. Give him the Oscar!
  4. Original Screenplay is the most enjoyable award this season, with Milk taking the WGA and In Bruges taking the BAFTA. I’ll be happy whoever takes home the Oscar (my money’s on Milk).
  5. Harvey Weinstein’s ingenius plan to befriend Penelope Cruz and Kate Winslet continues. It is rather ugly for both of them. So much so that I would be happy to see either or both – and this kills me, as I adore both actresses – lose their Oscars.
  6. Jonathan Ross was more miss than hit this year, but his introductory speel for Thandie Newton was priceless. Praising her portrayal of Condoleezza Rice in W., while smirking uncontrollably. Terrific.
  7. Cuts to Amy Adams’ reaction to her defeat for Supporting Actress was heartbreaking. I am not sure how anyone could vote against her after watching that.
  8. BAFTA looked cheap once again.
  9. I am avoiding thinking about Slumdog Millionaire for risk that its phenomenal winning streak may damage my appreciation of it even more.
  10. I can’t wait for the Oscars.