Regular readers will know that I am prone to embellishments and particularly when it comes to fellow show biz ‘stars’ who I have worked with down the years. There’s my brush with Anne Hathaway or my fortuitous liaison with a certain Janet Jackson without which my eldest son might never have happened and I would…
Having completed the retakes on the audio version of Eclipsed – and based on this, now revising the print edition for stray typos and making some edits also, I am adding a few further anecdotes which are appropriate and in-keeping with the story. This is a good example… I have since returned to New…
With what is happening to Tom and my family at present – I am conscious that pride is one of the seven deadly sins and rightly so. No one likes a smug bastard after all? But something happened the other night which made me very proud and it is something I am happy to share…
My son, Tom is currently filming a movie with Ron Howard. He came home from set last evening (driven home, that is). “Dad, you know when you get a call sheet on a movie?” ‘”Er, no. Not really.” “Oh….” Awkward!
Back to school time. Hooray for parents and kids too, if they are happy at school that is. I am a fan of the school uniform. Kids are bullied enough at school as it is without introducing the prospect of which kid has the coolest clothes- or the wealthiest and/or most stupid parents. September is…
It has been an exciting couple of days. A short while ago, Tom announced that he intended to shoot a short film and busied himself with various storylines, none of which were particularly suitable. But then, sitting in the back garden one evening, a storyline suddenly emerged and a train was set in motion. Originally, it…
With no gig last night, at 4pm yesterday I was planning to watch the football with my boys and then have a night in. My wife was taking photographs at a local school ball and asked whether I might like to come along and help. A suggestion with a feel of an order to it….
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…
