Britney Spears. It's a boy... again!

So, Britney Spears has apparently given birth to her second child, a boy. The story is popping up all over the net right about now on sites like this. Bearing in mind the source is The National Enquirer there is every chance that it's not true, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

I feel for Britney. All those tantrums, the whining, someone constantly demanding attention, being totally dependent on you, not being able to take your eyes off them for a second in case they do something stupid... and that's just K-Fed!

In other news, I caught up with Will Ferrell today ahead of the premiere of Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby in London tonight. I saw it last night and it was absolutely superb. Really really hilarious. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. anyway, there will be a few stories popping on the net in and elsewhere over the next few days. I got to have a nice chat with him after the junket too and he was a very sincere guy. I got all starstruck - which doesn't happen often - as I am a huge fan of his from back in the SNL days but he was really friendly. Now, I like the guy even more! I love Lamp!

Following on from last week's interview with Brent Spiner, one of my stories has been doing the rounds on the net. Check it out here and here and here and here aaaaaand here. It's in a few other places too but I don't want to bore you.

Okay, gotta run. I have some stories to write up and a cold beer waiting in the fridge with my name on it...

Happy 40th Star Trek Anniversary!

Okay, couldn't not mention it - it's the most influential sci-fi programme of all time! It's funny how the majority of people I spoke to today mentioned the anniversary in some shape or form. Anyway, here are a few clips to keep you entertained over the weekend.


1. Big Spock - A great comedy song about everyone's favourite Vulcan, Mr Spock
2. Crawling TNG - Clips of Jean Luc Picard being turned into a Borg set to Link Park's 'Crawling'
3. Brokeback Trek - Feel free to make an un-PC joke about Uranus here
4. Shatner Raps - It's Shakespeare y'all
5. Common People - William Shatner and Ben Folds covering Pulp's 'Common People'
6. Star Trekkin' - Tragic but classic. This got to number in the UK charts
7. TNG on Family Guy - Superb
8. Tenacious Trek - Kirk and Spock do Tenacious D. Be warned, this contains rude words

And on that note, don't just have a great weekend... Make It So!

Star Trekkin', car wreckin' and The D!

So, I met up with Brent Spiner today. I say this often but he was a really genuine person. I have to admit I got a little excited about meeting him because Star Trek: TNG is one of my few guilty pleasures. If I'm ever having a crappy day or I'm looking to just zone out for a bit I flick around the TV channels and see if I can catch an episode. I don't consider myself a hardcore fan of the franchise but it's great entertainment... although my better half would disagree. It's not really her cup of tea.

Anyway, what with Friday (08.09.06) being the 40th anniversary of Star Trek first hitting the airwaves it was the perfect time to do the interview. I'll post my stories and features that I get out of the interview up here as soon as I can... within reason.

In other news, I see Paris Hilton got busted for an alleged DUI. I wonder if the recording industry will also try and get her charged with crimes against music following the release of her awful album! It made HER cry when she listened to it? How do you think the rest of the world felt when we were subjected to it?

Steve Irwin - I freakin' loved that guy - might have accidentally killed himself when he pulled the stingray barb out of his chest. Ouch! And in case you weren't aware, one of my favourite movie makers, Tim Burton, is to direct the video for The Killers' next single. That is a great idea.

Finally for today, on a personal note, I got my tickets for the December tour of Jack Black's band Tenacious D on presale today. I can't wait! I saw them a few years ago before The D got huge and it was one of the most hilarious nights of my life. If you want to join me (and about 4,996 other people) then they go on sale to Joe Public at 9AM on Saturday morning... or you can click here!

Don't say I never do anything for you...

Embrace the geek, Love the geek.

Where does time the go? Man, I sound old... It's been a crazy few weeks. Loads of interviews, loads of parties and loads of work. Now the summer is well and truly over here in the UK, all the PR companies are getting all jacked up on plugging for the fall and holiday seasons. So what have I been up to?

Well, last time I posted anything here I was about to catch up with Owen Wilson who was in town promoting his news movie (although it was out in the US ages ago) You, Me & Dupree. The whole thing kind of got overshadowed by the break-up of his co-star Kate Hudson's marriage. Regardless, I got a few good stories out of it. You can read them here and here and here. He seemed like a nice guy. A bit more intense then I expected but seemed genuine enough.

Later on that week I hooked up with Meatloaf to talk about his upcoming album Bat Out Of Hell III. This is the first story I have pulled out of the interview so far but there will be many more in the run up to the release of the album in a few weeks time. It was awesome to meet someone who I have been a fan of since I was a twinkle in my parents' eyes. The guy is a legend. As you can see from the s**t-eating grin on my face, I was on Cloud 9 that day... he even signed some of my BOOH and Rocky Horror stuff too which was cool. However, as much as I love the guy, I don't know if I can get over the fact that the first single of the new album is It's All Coming Back To Me Now... yes, the song Celine Dion did...

After that I headed on over to Ronnie 'Rolling Stone' Wood's art gallery in Central London, Scream to check out a few of his new paintings, have a chat and a few drinks. It was a great evening. Got a nice story out of it too.

Even though it came out in the US in April, ovie bosses are only just getting around to releasing The Sentinel in the UK. It opened here last Friday. Michael Douglas was in town to sell that movie. It was an interview that I was a bit nervous about to be quite honest beacsue he comes across as such a straight guy and I was wondering if he'd be up for a few lighter questions, some more personal stuff. It turned out he was and again, I came away with some sweet lines. Check them out here and here.

So, what's next on my agenda? Tomorrow I'm meeting up with Brent Spiner aka Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's a real chance for me to flex the inner geek so I'm pretty stoked about that. The rest of the week looks like it'll be pretty quiet. Next week will be a different
story though.

Already I've got time booked with Kevin Smith (fingers crossed as the PR people have already let me down once) - because he's going to be in the UK talking about Clerks II - and the mighty David Hasselhoff so it's shaping up nicely. I also have a screening to go to for The History Boys and two parties... but more on those next time.

However, the most exciting thing this fall will be me becoming an uncle. I can't wait. Nothing can touch THAT as far as coolness goes.

Hey fellow journos! Quit ripping off my stories!

I got a great little scoop yesterday - Kate Hudson has pulled out of the UK premiere of You, Me & Dupree in London tonight (Tuesday) because of her marriage split. Lo and behold everybody is ripping my story off and crediting the tabloids and websites I gave the story to!

Hey, schmucks! If you're going to rip off my work, at least get your sources right!

*Tsk*

Me On A Motherf***kin' Plane! Everybody's doing it!

It’s been a mad month. Okay, first off, I didn’t mention it before because I didn’t want to risk the flat getting burgled again, but I’ve been on vacation/out of the country quite a bit recently – literally hours after my last entry actually. It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions and also a bit of a screwy time for my body clock too with all the time zones I’ve been crossing and crazy hours I’ve been doing… so to be honest I’ve been a back a week and have quite enjoyed getting back into the daily grind (okay, not so much of a grind as I have it good but you know what I mean) and when I’m not doing that, pretty much sitting on my ass and enjoying the company of my better half and our dog, Junior.

To cut a long story short, we started 8 days in Croatia, sailing along the cost from Split to Dubrovnik seeing some of the most beautiful stuff I’ve ever seen and drinking some sweet-ass wine… also passed Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas doing the exact same thing but in the opposite direction (and on a bigger much boat with a helicopter on the back!). That was an awesome vacation! You have to go to Croatia!

We came back and sadly found out that my girlfriend’s grandmother – who both my partner and I loved dearly - had sadly passed so we had packed our bags again and headed off to New York to say our last goodbyes. She was a hell of a woman and inspired me. I feel privileged to have been able to meet, talk and spent time with her and to have her accept me. I respected her immensely. If I can be half the person she was then I might turn out to be one heck of a person!

After that it was off to Las Vegas. The City of Sin. Naturally I can’t talk about that because as they say: ‘What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’…

Okay, I’ll tell you. I gambled some money ($20 – big shot, I know), I saw Jerry Seinfeld at Caeser’s Palace (doing a stand-up show, I wasn’t stalking him… okay, maybe a little), did the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton (embracing my inner geek), ate breakfast at the awesomely kitsch Peppermill, saw the Fremont Experience (which was a let down, full of trashy people, bums and people trying to put people off gambling and drinking as it was Satan’s whatever… blah blah blah), then spent a few days at a rather lavish hotel called the Hyatt Regency Lake where I chilled out with a friend of mine (who won the holiday in the first place!) and took in sights like the Hoover Dam (Man, that thing is BIG!) and Lake Mead.

Okay, you don’t want to know about me, you want to know about showbiz!

Here we go…

Right, Superman Returns – the interviews went well although Kate Bosworth was quiet. Kevin Spacey was funny while Brandon Routh was low-key and Bryan Singer was talking about stuff that no-one (apart from comic book geeks like me) would care about. Still, it was great to just be there.

What about Kate Hudson’s marriage splitting up? That sucks! She is so pleasant and they seemed like a great couple but I guess it wasn’t working out. I was hoping to speak to her when she was in London this week but she's sadly cancelled her trip because of the break up.

The upside of being on vacation (or planes) a lot recently is that I got to catch up on a few movies I have missed this year, so here we go.

Lady In The Water – Sucked.
Mission: Impossible III – Good fun. Did what it said on the tin. Good summer hokum.
16 Blocks – Not bad. Not Oscar winning stuff but entertaining.
Inside Man – Again, very enjoyable. Nicely done.
Brick – Thinks it’s smarted than it is. I didn’t like it.
Thank You For Smoking – A sharp piece of movie-making. Memorable and recommended.
The Hills Have Eyes – Scared the crap out of me and wasn’t the best thing to watch before vacationing in the desert in the middle of nowhere.
The Ringer – Like a car crash, I couldn’t not look. Felt bad afterwards but I did laugh twice.

After a quiet week interview-wise last week I have a busy next few weeks. Tomorrow I have interviews with Owen Wilson ahead of the UK premiere of You, Me & Dupree followed by a chat with MeatLoaf ahead of the launch of Bat Out Of Hell III. Later this week I’m off to an invite-only private performance from Dashboard Confessional before I interview the lead singer (DC only used to be one guy, but he has a whole band now… can’t decide if that’s a good thing or not, but hey). I’m also attending the opening night party for FrightFest aka The London Horror Film Festival.

Next week, I’m going to catch up with Michael Douglas ahead of the UK release of The Sentinel.

I’m not going to go on about Snakes On A Plane but I will point out a few links you should be aware of. Firstly check out this parody rap – very funny - and the video for the anthemic theme tune to the movie called Snakes On A Plane (‘Bring It’) by Cobra Starship. You can also download it for your iPod or whatever here.There’s also this thing called Cats On A Plane. Enjoy!
I swear, I’m so bad at updating this blog/staying in touch with the world, that if you were a girlfriend you would have dumped my ass my now for sure.

Have a great week and I’ll be back soon. I swear!

P.S. If you haven’t seen this already then check out this Geico Insurance advert starring Little Richard. It cracks me up!

Superman (low) Returns! That's can't be right?

I'll be honest, I am amazed that Superman Returns has not exactly set the box office tills on fire. In fact, I'm not just azaed, I am stunned. It's a superb film and (pretty much) everything that you could want from a summer blockbuster... so what's the deal people? Anyway, that's the question I'm going to be asking Bryan Singer, Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey tomorrow. I'm going to talking to them ahead of the film's London premiere on Thursday. I just don't get it... that film kicks ass! Anyhow, according to this article, there might not be a sequel if box office takings don't pick up.

Regardless, as a tribute to the film and Kevin Spacey's baldheaded Lex Luthor - and due to the fact that I've been slowly losing my hair since the day I was born... DAMN YOU FOLLICLES, DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! - I have finally take the plunge and shaved almost all my hair off. Not quite a chromedome, but two grades away from it. To be honest, it works for me... to be even more honest, I don't have much choice , so even if it didn't I'd just have to suck it up.

Meanwhile, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest had a crazy insane opening weekend at the box office. There's just no justice in the world! It's not a terrivbel film - some parts were hugely enjoyable - but I just thought that Superman Returns was the better movie. Anyway, that's just my opinion...

In other news, here's a link to the trailer for Rocky Balboa... I can't yet decide whether or not it's a good idea, but to be honest I'm not going to tell Sly that because even at almost 60 he could still royaly kick my ass. Other trailers you should check out include Borat and Clerks 2.

I had another exclusive on comingsoon.net - this time it's to do with Narnia... or rather the sequel, Prince Caspian. Sweet deal either way...

Okay, I gotta run. Loads of stuff to do...