My plan is to write a final and full take – at some point today – and post at some point tomorrow. This is unlikely to happen. I can only write this now because my entire family are currently watching Merlin. To repeat myself and to borrow the funniest catchphrase on telly at the moment – please…
A family’s ‘Impossible’ journey of healing 0 Twitter 2 WALLY SKALIJ, LOS ANGELES TIMES Actress Naomi Watts, left, portrays Maria Belon in “The Impossible.” BY NICOLE SPERLING,Los Angeles Times December 23, 2012 Maria Belón wasn’t proud of her dumb luck. It had been nearly three years since the Indian Ocean tsunami roared into her…
The Impossible At 16, Londoner Tom Holland has his first Hollywood role in The Impossible under his belt. Nick Curtis meets a boy who has surpassed his famous father…. 1 of 2 On the road to success: Tom Holland at home in south London (Picture: Tony Buckingham) 20 December 2012 It’s a long journey from…
Many people were kind enough to get in touch recently when Ian Hislop inadvertently mistook Dominic Holland for Francois Hollande – and luckily for me, Richard Osman was on Ian’s team and he corrected him. Free publicity I guess and my phone melted. I have never been very good at coat tailing – fame by association…
Thank you to all the people who have been in touch about ‘Daybreak’ today featuring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor from the forthcoming film, The Impossible. Tom is not appearing on this interview as he was at school on the day it was recorded where is he today also. Just left the house as I…
but I am snowed with finishing the ebook – signing off my novel, The Fruit Bowl – and having the file of my first ever stand up show completed – plus I still have four kids to contain – so for now I would give you a lovely new picture taken recently in New York… Please bear with… …
London today on this cold and miserable day. I don’t normally like buses. Big, uncomfortable, noisy things that get in the way. This one made me smile though. I didn’t see what number it was, distracted as I was…
Now that the story of Eclipsed is complete – this site is going to morph in to a more general DH site. (no pressure on me to keep people’s attention on my own!) For this reason, Eclipsed will remain a section on the new site with all the takes for those wishing to scroll through – or…
This post today (no.119) concludes a story about how a kid danced his way from Billy Elliot in the West End all the way to Hollywood and overtaking his ‘celebrity’ dad along the way. I am the ‘celebrity’ dad and my eldest son, Tom, is the kid – and it finally happened last night when his film,…
Last night, a screening was hosted by Jack Black for The Impossible at the Chateau Marmont. It is on Sunset Bulvd and is LA’s most elegant and chic hotel. It is also one of the oldest at 85 years old – and like many of the residents of LA, it receives constant work and attention to stay looking…