Got new issue of InStyle - the free gift this month is a duo of mini bottles of L'Occitane shampoo/conditioner, next month it's a choice of Elemis day cream or night cream ( Read more... )

Got the new issue of Marie Claire (free gift this month was a small bottle of Ghost fragrance). It had interviews with Joan Collins + Peter Capaldi plus a feature on the life of Courtney Love (which I thought they'd made a couple of mistakes in - I'm pretty sure Courtney + her daughter, Frances are now on speaking terms again). Plus they had ( Read more... )

Got GQ Style as it had that fashion shoot with the gorgeous photos of Benedict Cumberbatch + Alice Eve. Also had interviews w/George MacKay (I like the sound of that film he's going to be in, The Pride about a gay group in the 80s going to meet some striking miners), Theo James and Douglas Booth. There was also a great interview with Robert Vaughn ( Read more... )

Finally saw Bright Star (it's been sitting on my pile of DVDs to watch for several months now) - it's the film written/directed by Jane Campion about the poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) specifically his relationship with Fanny Brawne (played by Abbie Cornish). They were in love but didn't marry as sadly Keats died aged only 25 ( Read more... )

Got the latest issue of Mojo magazine as they had a big Johnny Cash feature + the free CD included a Nick Cave song - I still think the video for JC's version of Hurt is one of the greatest pieces of art I've ever seen (because it is art and I will argue to the death w/anyone who says otherwise) + I love his version of Nick Cave's The Mercy Seat as ( Read more... )

So I keep forgetting to post that I finally read the script for Peter + Alice, the play written by John Logan who also wrote Skyfall. It’s based on the true story of Alice Liddell Hargreaves (who Alice In Wonderland was based on) and Peter Llewelyn Davies (who was one of the boys Peter Pan was based on along with his brothers) meeting in 1932 and ( Read more... )