FilmFour’s going to be free from July 23rd, as mentioned previously. To let everyone know, FilmFour got Kevin Spacey to direct an ad promoting this fact. He managed to get loads of his pals, including Lucy Liu, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans and Dame Judi Dench, to appear, doing very odd things. More info over at Brand Republic, but here’s a shot from it, since no one’s uploaded a video yet. They’re in Trafalgar Square, incidentally.
Sometimes celebrities throw curve balls at you. Take Derren Brown, everyone’s favourite magician and fan of The Master from Doctor Who. We’re used to weirdness from him, but when he started speaking fluent German last season, I was staggered. Turns out he read German and Law at Bristol Uni. Impressive, huh?
This week, David Walliams took that a step further by swimming the Channel, raising nearly a half million pounds in the process, which was pretty awe-inspiring.
Now it’s Rory Bremner’s turn. He’s decided he’s going to translate a play by Bertolt Brecht so that it can be performed for kids at the Young Vic as part of their Big Brecht Fest (he came up with that particular pun himself).
Turns out as well that he’s a dab hand at this kind of thing. A King’s College language graduate, he’s already translated French and German texts for the opera: in 1999 he worked on Weill’s Silver Lake, and in 2001 Bizet’s Carmen, both for performances at Wilton’s Music Hall in London.
So they’re rich, successful and talented. Curse them all!
A list of all the problems solved by MacGyver.
Incidentally, just in case you didn’t watch the Superbowl in the US this year, you’ll have missed the triumphant return of MacGyver. This is a pity. Let me help you out:
I’m still not saying her name for those that really don’t want to be spoiled, even if Anna has changed her mind, but there’s an interview with the new Doctor Who companion in Doctor Who Magazine this issue, a snippet of which is available on the BBC’s site. Worryingly for Marie and others, the following incident is related during the interview:
And the night before that audition, he’d left a little note under my door at the hotel.
No mention of what was on the note.
It’s not great quality, but here’s the original, unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot (yes all 25 minutes of it), complete with different Willow, a Darla that dies and, erm, a not-so-good script. Enjoy!
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