Real news for a change.

This is going to sound a bit ‘Big Brother’ diary room-esque, but I am amazed by just how popular and in the news this blogging is. In the dictionary; bloggers: ‘people of the year’ and now the bloggers; the Oscars of the blogging world. I didn’t realise just how many people own/run/record/make one! Fascinating stuff, I’m sure someone is missing something, but surely it could be good publicity for a celebrity to set one up and keep a diary of their lives, literally that would be an up to date autobiography, or a glimpse inside a heat magazine or hello world. I guess that would make those magazines a bit defunct. Also, the celebrity is totally in control of what they do and what they do not put on it, instead of relying on manipulation of the press. Just a thought, but I hereby copy write it, ©.

Talking of the Oscars, which I wasn’t apart in passing, already there is a story of how an actress has made good in all the glitterati of Hollywood having grown up in a rough and ready neighbourhood. This time it is Sophie Okonedo, who is up for best supporting actress for her role in Hotel Rwanda. I have no idea if she is going to win or not, I have not seen the film and hence nor have I witnessed her performance. Anyway, in today’s evening standard, it talks of her upbringing in the Chalkhill estate, Wembley, an upbringing where harsh doesn’t do it justice. Now again I’m not going to judge the area, I’ll go with the journalist who wrote the piece, but I find this sort of journalism very easy, write a piece on someone’s childhood and sensationalise it as against all odds story line. Apart from the odd Hollywood family, how many of the big names are actually Hollywood born and bred. Very few, most of them can be classified as incredibly good looking and can act pretty well (looks don’t win big roles, I don’t care if Julia Roberts is fit and Brad Pitt adorns most teenage girls bedroom walls, they both can act), but most of them are from their own humble beginnings. We don’t hear about the big names history when they are nominated so why bore me with details about the newbie’s. Sure mention it, I certainly have a lot of admiration for this lady, but I’d rather hear about the work she put in just before and during the filming, I’m guessing that the film is probably quite a good conversation if about Rwanda in the last 15 yrs. Remember more folk died from ethnic cleansing there at the hands of fellow humans as died in the tsunami.