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JONATHAN ROSS and RUSSELL BRAND took things a step too far when they came out with their 'smutty' suggestions about GEORGINA BAILLIE, -ANDREW SACHS granddaughter- and swearing on BBC 2 radio. By now you would've heard or read all about it. The essence of it was that Russell had left a crude message in ANDREW SACHS answer phone saying that he had slept with his granddaughter Georgina. There's was more to it, but It's been done to death. I'm bored with it. However, the media went mad. This was great news for lazy journalism as it was milked for days on end about their -Jonathan and Russell's- customary shenanigans.
Russell Brand
For journalists, it was fantastic. Days on end just rehashing the same 'nothing' story. No need to research new stories. No pressure from the Editor. I'm well aware of this pressure as many tabloid journos call/text/e-mail me on a weekly basis to see if I have any new gossip. Sad thing is that yes, I do have juicy gossip most weeks, but few publications will not dare publish -including this one- for fear of litigation. It can be very expensive, so it's usually a big: 'no thanks, it wouldn't get passed our lawyers'. In the end RUSSELL BRAND resigned from his show on BBC2, and JONATHAN ROSS was suspended for nearly three months without pay. This -allegedly- will cost him £3 million. He also announced that he would not be hosting the Comedy awards on ITV.
OK. This really was much ado about nothing. Or very little anyway. It didn't warrant the headlines bearing in mind that ANDREW SACHS had been invited to their radio show but had cancelled. What DID merit the end result, was that the BBC is a national TV station sponsored almost entirely by a license fee we are ALL FORCED to pay. The BBC has NO competitors. Although all other TV channels have to fight for an ever shrinking slice of advertising revenue, the BBC has a massive budget guaranteed. They are supposed to comply to certain regulations -Royal Charter- which include making quality programmes -ha ha- and represent the whole country. The BBC is not able to do much right at the moment, or for a long time either, come to think of it. The last bastion of -quasi- communist TV they are supposed to be impartial. Ha ha ha ha! Almost all of the BBC's reporting is LEFT leaning, and mostly biased towards the '-evil' to us- little -anti western- supposed underdog of third world madmen, lost socialist causes and dictators. They are so keen to represent everyone in their programming that they now OVER REPRESENT 'minorities' in our population at the expense of the MAJORITY. At least -over a single issue- they are finally back-pedalling over the South Ossetia war. They are correctly reporting -we all knew this when the war started!- that Georgia WAS the aggressor and DID attack civilian targets wilfully. It's not all a complete waste of licence payers cash, -just most of it- the Beeb also make some good programmes -can't think of any at the mo- but its the running of the corporation that has serious cracks inside it.
Jonathan Ross and daughter
They are the politically correct 'nutters' of our time. If you are a white man, -specially middle aged- forget working there my friend! They make Channel 4 look like The Guardian, with the Beeb now the equivalent of the kitty litter favourite: The Socialist Worker. Puke.
Of course, not ALL BBC employees are neo communists. Some are Marxists. Seriously though, an overwhelming majority seem to be. Those who don't have Che Guevara pyjamas at the Beeb -Che was an Argentine failed communist terrorist, re-discovered by T-shirt printers and clueless dim students- are too scared to say anything that will remotely rock the boat for fear of losing their jobs. I don't know of any BBC employee who does not fear the sack, let alone speak their minds. In commercial radio, any presenter or DJ that might have the nerve to say anything remotely similar to what Russell and Jonathan said, would be given the sack straight away. The BBC frequently ignores the Royal Charter. They are supposed to abide by the rules set by them. For this reason alone they whole media campaign was justified as, their -BBC's- editing was at fault. It's been at fault for far too long. Russell and Jonathan can say whatever they like on the radio but is the editor -Controller- who must stop the filth from airing. Luckily, soon, the licence fee will be history and the old TV dinosaur will be forced to compete with the other networks. I can't wait.
The High School Musical premiere hit London's West End this month. I hadn't heard of it and didn't know what it was until I was invited to cover the premiere. It seems that High School Musical was a TV series made into three films. The third and -so far- last of the trilogy is the premiere that I covered. There seemed to be thousands upon thousands of fans waiting for the cast of H.S.M. I couldn't wok out what the big deal was. Fair enough I hadn't even heard of the series before -apart from seeing dozens of plastic memorabilia in Woolworth's and not even thinking what it could be from- so who I'm I to judge? Anyway this gist of it is that as seniors in high school ,Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future. You know the usual struggling actors worried about their -lack of- success. Meh! I hear that each week from my actor chums in Crouch End.
Anyway, the premiere itself was good and the cast gave us good pictures apart from ZAC EFRON -plays Troy Bolton- who seemed to be deaf. He never gave me eye line -or anyone else- and seemed to ignore the photographer until his 'handler' said it was OK to pose for pics!! What a complete moron! No one else in the cast did that. Whatever! Star of the première was VANESSA HUDGENS -plays Gabriella Montez- who posed for me for ages and even blew me a kiss. Bless. She looked fab.
Vanessa Hudgens
Cast of High School Musical
The royal premiere of the Quantum of Solice -ridiculous name- was held at the Odeon Leicester Square, London. The latest instalment of the James Bond series directed by Marc Forster, seems like an extension of Casino Royale. This, I think, is the most action packed Bond film ever. It doesn't seem like a 'new' stand alone Bond film. DANIEL CRAIG -James Bond- is less muscular for this film but still very active and agile. He seems to be running the gauntlet -surprise surprise- from criminals between Latin America and Europe. The premiere itself was a huge let down. Apart from DANIEL CRAIG and his 'Mrs' we had the cast including the gorgeous GEMMA ARTERTON in a very short lilac dress.
Daniel Craig
ELLE McPHERSON made an appearance and couldn't keep still and kept walking/moving around like a recently beheaded duck, but with less finesse. Being a Royal premiere, we waited for our 'Royals' to turn up. Normally its Prince Charles. This time round we had Prince WILLIAM and HARRY. We had to wait for around three quarters of an hour for the 'young guns' to make an appearance. In between the cast and the Princes we had just tumbleweed.....NOTHING.
Elle McPherson
Judi Dench
Jack White
No other celebs whatever. For pictures it was one of the worst premieres I've ever covered. Wish I had done the National TV awards instead -on same night- despite not knowing many soap actors, as I don't watch such guff. The Princes eventually turned up. and just walked by without even a wave. Thanks guys. F--k you too. I say this being a Royalist! Never mind. Next week, new premieres.
Princes / William and Harry
Gemma Arterton
Robbie Coltrane
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Finally, it was great to work once again with the prolific model and TV presenter HANNAH JOY LEWIS. I was commissioned by an American client to do a shoot for the launch of a new company. Hannah and the other models where once again a joy -tee hee- to work with. The shoot was a lot of fun, and Hannah was the ultimate model as always. She needs no directing whatsoever. She knows exactly what to do. Although it wasn't our customary shoot in Spain/Italy/France/Barbados, it was brilliant work that day. It's the ONLY shoot I've ever done with no champagne. That's a record in itself. Then again it was an A.M. shoot.......OK, OK stop telling me it hadn't stopped me before. It just did THAT morning. Jeez.
Hannah Joy Lewis
Girls in bikinis
Over and out. See ya next month.
JOE ALVAREZ
joealvarez@verycool.co.uk
Website: www.myspace.com/redcarpetspecialist
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