Viv Russell

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

@marcdesalis @JohnRentoul It’s Olive Oyl because she is skinny.

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@marcdesalis @JohnRentoul If you’re bust, waist and hip all measure the same you are not curvy. Which cartoon character is famous straight and skinny?

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

@petrolemulsion This cameo had a profound effect on 14 year old me.

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I forgot catalogue musicals! Early hatreds such as Dickens and Humphrey Bogart are waning with middle age.

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

Ten things other people like but I hate:

1. Singin’ in the Rain
2. Gene Kelly
3. The Manchester bee branding
4. Doner kebabs
5. James Bond (in all his forms)
6. Alan Ayckbourn
7. K-pop
8. Milky coffee
9. National Trust tearooms
10. Kalamata olives

[Alexandra Wilson @amwilson_opera]

Ten things other people like but I hate:

1. Goat's cheese (yes, me too)
2. Americanisms (when said by Brits)
3. Nightclubs
4. Coffee
5. Mrs Brown's Boys
6. Phonecalls on public transport
7. Red meat
8. Step-by-step IT instructions
9. Funfairs
10. Political tribalism

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

@mar2vickers @BarbaraRich_law And I think the upper middle class (public school boys) disproportionately represented.

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@mar2vickers @BarbaraRich_law Agree completely! My absolute bugbear with it.

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@BDSixsmith @JeanHatchet Congratulations! I love her dress!

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

His specialty is big sensitive lads!

[Filmaesthete @filmaesthetetw]

Ridley Scott reportedly blamed Paul Mescal for ‘Gladiator II’ and felt he wasn’t “masculine enough”

According to Puck’s Matt Belloni, Scott was unhappy with Mescal after ‘Gladiator II’ and that reportedly contributed to the actor being dropped from ‘The Dog Stars.’

Mescal had originally been attached to star before Jacob Elordi replaced him. His team cited scheduling conflicts with Sam Mendes’ Beatles films, but that explanation has since been disputed.

(World of Reel)

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

@chimenesuleyman @imbethmccoll They seemed quite happy with their food. They seemed to think it was good and authentically London. I was surprised they weren’t better informed or more adventurous.

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

@chimenesuleyman @imbethmccoll I was watching some American YouTubers who do travel content. In London they ordered fish and chips in Wetherspoons and bought samosas from a newsagent in a tube station. I just don’t think they know where to find the good stuff.

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

@by_witter @RealLillyWilson @RichLyall @PetronellaWyatt @DCBMEP @grok No. Julie Andrews played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady on stage before Audrey Hepburn played her on film. Mary Martin was the original stage Maria.

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@FilmFan1971 Nothing. I mean maybe a coupon of crackers.

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@DPJHodges @Rben2020 Before Christmas? I have a bet riding on this!

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@aljhlester He makes the best sausages

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@_Nullifidian_ @JoeGayHistorian @hellothisisivan Interesting how it’s the one most people don’t seem to know as it felt like a big deal at the time but it’s obviously not endured. It’s a very strange inclusion on the list. It’s a great story but basically a fancy episode of 999.

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@gettagripfolks I have seen Brief Encounter several times and I was born over 30 years after it was made. None of the films in that list are particularly hard to find if you’re interested (I think a couple are on the iPlayer right now). Of course you don’t have to be interested.

[Viv Russell @vivrussell]

@gettagripfolks I think it’s more the explosion in media sources and the atomisation this has created.

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@joeschmo269 @btharris93 But the pain of self-denial and doing your duty! Interesting that it’s written by a gay man as well.