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.