You may recall that recently I received a Wii UĂ‚Â via this blog – with the review of the game appearing next week. For this, my kids were delighted with their old man and hisĂ‚Â efforts – as indeed they were again this week. I was called in at very late notice to do The Wright Stuff…
It was announced today on Hollywood Deadline – that the Warner Brothers film – IN THE HEART OF THE SEA – to be directed by a certain, Ron Howard – is going to ‘star’ a certain Tom Holland… Meanwhile, I have news of my own. This Saturday I will be performing stand-up comedy at The…
Many years ago, I was in a TV film on Channel Four called P’tang Yang Kipperbang – just as an extra with one line that never made the edit. The lead girl in the film was a beautiful actress called Abigail Cruttenden – now of Benidorm fame and much else besides. Like all the boys…
Regular readers of this blog – Eclipsed – will recall that I worked with a lovely chap last year called John Williams. John was at stage school with one, Ewan McGregor – so a connection there… As well as being mightily impressed by his warmth on stage and comic flare, I was heartened to hear…
Much is made of who we go to school with and fame by asociation. For instance, I have long told people that I went to school with Dennis Wise! (I didn’t in fact – which readers of my book – how tom holland… will understand) But I know that people chuck my name about in…
Like today – this morning when I was completing my son’s paper-round. My twins are away for Easter, Skiing with their school – while the rest of us stay in freezing temperatures but without the option of skiing. So this morning, I did his paper-round for him and beingĂ‚Â recognizedĂ‚Â (even with my hood up) with car…
When I say breaks through… Has it become the viral sensation that I had hoped -Ă‚Â and propel my two new books to the top of Amazon’s charts and sold thousands of my downloadable stand-up show? Er, no. For the time invested, Eclipsed has not beenĂ‚Â uneconomic. But money is too crude a measure of success and…
Last night, my twins were in the their house play at school. A competition amongst six houses – each team doing a section fromĂ‚Â a famous play. I arrived as a bad dad. For some reason, I thought my boys were doing an exert from Sherlock Holmes. Wrong.Ă‚Â Chatting with a dad in the interval, it emerged…
I guess that stand up comedy fits in to theĂ‚Â category of things that should not be attempted. This is because it is difficult and most people will fail – and fail painfully. There is no unpainful way to stand on stage to silence when thereĂ‚Â should be laughter. Stand-up comedy I can do – as proven…
Twitter is commonly used these days as a barometer of fame and/or success. I have long known that @tomholland1996 would outgun @domholland – and it has duly happened today which many people have gleefully beenĂ‚Â pointing out to me – so a good job I canĂ‚Â take it and see the upside as well. And it’s a…
