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!