I don't know anyone famous. At all. I feel so provincial. I feel so left out. No-one I know has one iota of celebrity. They've never hit the social pages on a big night out, or walked up the red carpet on premiere night. No-one I know appears regularly on Master chef or wrote a blockbuster. No-one I know has ever been on Big Brother. But I feel quite relieved about that one, actually. But would just one celebrity friend be too much to ask so that I could live vicariously through them? My cousin is famous in the world...
media zone
I read this the other day, and it literally floored me. My first thought was to question why on earth it was billed as a big thing - why it was even worth mentioning. And then of course, I was astounded that people took the time to actually complain about it as well. According to the Guardian, the BBC received 239 complaints - 57 of them before the show was even aired. It is understood that most of the complaints were from people who felt it was "inappropriate" for the BBC to have shown an episode featuring an all-black cast....
