Poor Farrah..

Poor dear Farrah Fawcett, she was one of the original Charlie's Angels, a favourite pinup of the 1970s, starred in many a harrowing dramatic made for TV movie and bravely suffered cancer for years died yesterday. It was a shock to see it on imbd yesterday. I'd never really been a big fan, or knew too much about her but it's sad to hear that someone with such a well known name, who's too young to die, has died. People were talking, paying respects and set to pay tribute in a way such a great and well known actress deserves.. and then.

Michael Jackson goes and bloody dies!*

Way to be overshadowed. I mean.. of all people? I admit I was shocked. I guess if I'd ever thought about it I never really expected him to live out a long natural life, he's too strange, too tragic, but still. Michael Jackson, larger than life, no highly publicized illness, 50! Very weird.

And of course everybody forgets about little Farrah. Well, about pretty much everything. We can expect a week of Michael coverage, about his life, his death, his childhood genius, his strange ways as he got over, plastic surgery, pedophilia, impassioned arguments for and against, people who were ready to throw him to the wolves a few years ago passionately defending him, new information coming out about how he died, from child actors who were friends of his and some who were more than just friends, celebrities and there take, huge stadiums full of people crying, Iran. er.. who? his father, his sister, his other sister saying something nasty, young celebrities who will now claim to have been his biggest fan, his contemporaries talking about what it was like being the hugest stars of the 80s and so on...

So I don't really have to say much about him, because it's being said, and will continue to be said. But don't forget to think of Farrah. It would be nice. Maybe someone will even write a post about her of which the bulk isn't about the man who overshadowed her. Hmm.. that's a thought.

*anyone reading this from about the 8th of July on might not get the impact but at the moment the front page of CNN is all Michael tribute.

Britney, bald, shaved, anal sex, horse

Britney's back in the news again... I was starting to worry because it's been at least 3 weeks since the last time, but all is well and she's still up to her attention seeking antics. This time she's shaved her head. People are speculating why she's done it, has she gone mad, did she do it to be outrageous (well actually I don't know if they are saying this or not I'm just assuming), but I think it's as simple as she couldn't think of anything better to do to get attention this time. I mean, really in the last few years she's gotten married, had a baby, got caught driving holding her baby, had another baby, dumped her husband (or is that dumped her husband then had another baby, not sure) got caught without any knickers and a few other things that I haven't caught. And all without releasing a single album!

She's obviously trying to get out of doing any sort of work at all. I mean, I'd be the last person (or at least equal last with about 6 million other people) to lament the lack of new Britney recordings, but honestly, if you're famous for being a singer/dancer/video maker, then at some point in time you've got to do one of these things to keep the attention on you. Marriages and babies are big news, that's true, but she's already done that, used that up. She's gone off the rockers and shown her lady parts, what else can she really do? Another baby would be just a bore, and adopting has been done to death recently.. rehab? Didn't she already do that, I haven't really been following? Another marriage, this time to a minor celebrity? A bit Madonna-ish but it's been years since she married whatsisname, the guy who did Lock Stock and Snatch... er.. she's already semi done the lesbian thing... make a movie, write a book. No, they involve work.

She's running out of ideas, so this is my plea to help Britney out. If you have any marvellous ideas for a young celebrity to stay in the news without doing any work, which of course will benefit us all, then leave them in the comments please. Thanks

And yes, the title is a jaded attempt to see what sick search terms I can get for this post.

My brush with fame.

I went to a "film" party last night in an upmarket, trendy bar in the Staroměstksa area of Prague. A bunch of nobodies. But on my way there, as I was coming out of the metro I bumped into this guy,Or should I say he nearly knocked me over. This is Jindra, from Vyvoleni 1. A minor celebrity. Only recognizable in the Czech Republic, from a reasonably popular reality show, but last year's one. He didn't win, but he did last the whole show and came second. I would class him as "q" list.

It was funny because I instantly recognized him, but for a second I thought it was someone I knew personally and was about to say something to him. Then I realized I knew him from the telly and wouldn't know me. It was pretty crowded in the station so he almost ran right into me trying to catch the train.

The party was somewhere I'd never been before. It was one of those streets, of which Prague has many that doesn't so much go in a straight line, but winds around, turns off to what you would expect to be another street and disappears somewhere in the middle. At least I think it did. It took me a while to get there. On cobblestones. In new shoes.

There was a screening of 2 films, both ok, what you expect from amateur films. I met everybody, and am now part of the group. I drank overpriced beer, got a little drunk and listened to (and danced to a little bit) cheesy 80s music. I left when I ran out of money.

By the time I got home my feet were bright red from walking so much in those shoes, but they're better now.