I feel like I’ve been neglecting the non-news bits of Fametastic lately because I’ve had sinusitis for just ages now and there is only so much work I can do before my head feels like it’s going to explode - writing up the day’s gossip has been interspersed with lots of hot drinks (for the steam), lying down and generally hoping that my ear drum won’t perforate from all the pressure build up. FUN.

Anyway, had a few random thoughts about things from recent days so I thought I’d write a quick blog about them.

  • I LOVE the Britney Spears / Russell Brand MTV VMAs promos - the elephant stuff made me laugh so hard. Lovely to see her looking so healthy and happy (in a non-glazed eyes way) again too.
  • The Poll that’s going on at the moment - who’ll be the next Queens of the Gossip Scene - has been floating around my head for a while so I’m glad we’re finally running it. There are some people I’ve missed out who should be included - the topical Hayden Panettiere for one - but I couldn’t think how to squeeze them in. I might do a poll about the UK gossip scene next - let me know if you’ve got any ideas.
  • We’re still working on some new cool features for Fametastic - should have gone ‘live’ in June but we hit some snags then available time dried up. It’ll be very exciting when it finally does go ‘live’ though and hopefully that’ll happen sooner rather than later. We’ve been going about three years now (although I’ve only been working on it full time-ish for the last two), which is quite insane really. When we first started it, we had no idea it would be going this long!
  • Another LOVE. I LOVE that Angelina Jolie is close to signing up for a thriller Edwin A Salt in a role originally intended to Tom Cruise. Well, I potentially LOVE it. I will LOVE it if they don’t change the characters too much - I’d love it if it helped breakdown casting barriers in Hollywood where the gender/race/age of the characters don’t matter to much. I’ll HATE though if they make it all about something stereotypically woman-action-hero-y, like that she has to save her small child at the end of it.