Various and Sundry

[cruisedirector]

The first trailer from Tom Hooper's Les Miserables, with Helena Bonham Carter as Mme Thenardier, is online -- embed not working so here is the link!

Is anyone reading or planning to read Lady Colin Campbell's new trash bio of the Queen Mother? I refuse to pay money for it but I want to know what insane things it says apart from the widely-reported

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[miss_morland]

I actually hadn't heard about the new Les Mis adaptation before today, but now I'm very much looking forward to it! Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean certainly sounds promising. :-D

[cruisedirector]

I have been patiently waiting for the musical since I saw it on stage in its pre-Broadway run while I was in college in the '80s. I actually like Crowe's singing and I love Jackman, and I love the rest of the cast so it's all good!

[timwarp]

Thanks for the link to the 20/20 special; I was sorry I'd missed it and hadn't realized it was online!

[cruisedirector]

dementordelta told me! I watched it last night and asked whether she had, and she went looking for it.