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Ginny Dougary :: Award-winning journalist and writer » actor http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk Politics, celebrities, interviews, opinions, travel, and more... Tue, 18 May 2010 16:07:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A close encounter with George Clooney http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2008/04/07/a-close-encounter-with-george-clooney/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2008/04/07/a-close-encounter-with-george-clooney/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:25:46 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=119

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2008/04/07/a-close-encounter-with-george-clooney/feed/ 0 Robert Redford: An American idol http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2007/11/03/robert-redford-an-american-idol/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2007/11/03/robert-redford-an-american-idol/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:34:06 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2007/11/03/robert-redford-an-american-idol/

All by herself

A close encounter with George Clooney

Dennis Hopper

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]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/11/05/one-tough-kookie/feed/ 0 Funny girl http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/07/09/funny-girl/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/07/09/funny-girl/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2005 23:37:04 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=29 Ginny Dougary Jennifer Saunders is the unrivalled queen of British comedy. Here she talks, absolutely frankly, to Ginny Dougary about age, Eddy, shyness, weight – and the importance of being English. Related posts:

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/07/09/funny-girl/feed/ 0 All by herself http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/06/11/all-by-herself/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/06/11/all-by-herself/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:49:51 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/06/11/all-by-herself/ Ginny Dougary Despite her frail beauty, Naomi Watts has overcome the pain of her father’s untimely death – and the label ‘Nicole Kidman’s best friend’ – to become a star in her own right.

Naomi Almost-Mega Watts is quite right when she says that she’s not the sort of actress who lights up a room. Admittedly it would take a Day-Glo aura to penetrate the dungeonesque gloom of the Manhattan hotel foyer we meet in, but it does take a while to register that the childlike figure approaching me – fair hair scraped back in a stubby ponytail, pale face with no make-up, jeans, flat silver pumps, baggy bleached-blue cardigan, clutching a takeaway coffee – is a Hollywood star. Related posts:

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Felix Dennis: ex-addict, poet – and murderer?

Maxim publisher Felix Dennis: ‘I’ve killed a man’

Did maverick magazine mogul Felix Dennis murder a man 25 years ago?

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2004/03/12/dennis-hopper/feed/ 0 Ginny meets Dolly http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2002/11/02/ginny-meets-dolly/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2002/11/02/ginny-meets-dolly/#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2002 20:16:33 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=16 Ginny Dougary Dolly Parton's bosom goes before her. It is impossible to think of her voice and her songs without conjuring a mental picture of that famous cantilevered shelf which juts so implausibly over her minuscule waist. Her top-heavy form even enlivened debate in the House of Commons when some years ago Kenneth Clarke chastised Gordon Brown for relying on the "Dolly Parton school of economics — an unbelievable figure blown out of all proportion with no visible means of support." Related posts:

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2002/11/02/ginny-meets-dolly/feed/ 0 In the orbit of a goddess http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2000/06/24/in-the-orbit-of-a-goddess/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2000/06/24/in-the-orbit-of-a-goddess/#comments Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:25:32 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=32 Ginny Dougary When the writer Ginny Dougary was mistaken for the young Elizabeth Taylor, she was flattered. Inevitably, she began to feel an affinity with the movie star and took a special interest in her sometimes turbulent life. Then she came to realise that she was not alone - everyone feels they own a part of icons such as Taylor Related posts:

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2000/06/24/in-the-orbit-of-a-goddess/feed/ 0 Of make-up, men and fantasies http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2000/02/17/of-make-up-men-and-fantasies/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2000/02/17/of-make-up-men-and-fantasies/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:28:41 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=28 Ginny Dougary Eddie Izzard is as famous for being a transvestite as he is for being an outstanding comedian. Despite his penchant for high heels, lipstick and dresses, women not only love him, they find him sexy, too. Related posts:

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2000/02/17/of-make-up-men-and-fantasies/feed/ 0 Elizabeth the first http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/1999/10/10/elizabeth-the-first/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/1999/10/10/elizabeth-the-first/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:50:16 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=10 Ginny Dougary There's never been a film star quite like Elizabeth Taylor: the eyes, the diamonds, the men, the myth. And at 67 she still reigns supreme in despite her self-imposed celluloid exile. Ginny Dougary of The Times (London) is granted a rare audience. Related posts:

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/1999/10/10/elizabeth-the-first/feed/ 0 Oh, what a roguish and pleasant slave http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/1992/11/22/oh-what-a-roguish-and-pleasant-slave/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/1992/11/22/oh-what-a-roguish-and-pleasant-slave/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:57:28 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=11 Ginny Dougary Kenneth Branagh appears to think he is in a comedy sketch in which the interviewer is cast as the fall guy. Our question and answer routine is like something scripted by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. All the punch lines hinge on the same word. ''Isn't it stressful'', I ask, ''directing the woman you live with?'' ''Well, as Hamlet would say...'' ''Can you only achieve public success at the cost of private happiness?'' ''You know what really fascinates me about Hamlet is...'' ''Do you take part in the showbiz circuit?'' ''I'm no good at small talk. Playing Hamlet reminds you of how precious life is.'' Is he taking the mickey or what? Related posts:

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