Life after fantasy blockbusters and magically permanent adolescence can get a little hairy. One of these actors used to be an apprentice Wizard, and is this month’s cover star of US metromag Details. One used to be a Hobbit. One used to be a nerdy Spidey. Though can you tell… Read More »Attack of the TwinkyClones
(The Guardian, 13 July, 2007) America, meet David Beckham. America, meet The Metrosexual. You’re going to be seeing even more of both. As most of the world already knows, today Becks is proudly ‘unveiled’ by LA Galaxy on their home turf. Brand Becks, the ultimate metrosexual who transformed himself from… Read More »America – Meet David Beckham
One of the more revealing ‘revelations’ to emerge from the hype surrounding Alastair Campbell’s kiss-and-tell £1M memoir of his time as No.10’s press secretary is that on the eve of Parliament’s vote authorising military action against Iraq, George Bush promised Tony Blair “If you win the vote in Parliament, I’ll… Read More »History, Kiss My Ass
This scrum-my ad is part of a ‘C’est so Paris’ poster campaign due to be unleashed on London shortly to attract Londoners to Paris. Booking my Eurostar tickets now…. Apparently, this ad is supposed to show that Paris is ‘the capital of humour’. It’s a funny ad – but it’s… Read More »C’est So Sporno
A curious ad for Axe I meant to blog about when it was released last year. It’s a self-consciously metrosexual commercial in that Ben, already identified in the media (and by me) as a metrosexual, plays a narcissistic young male about town, shopping, dining and generally admiring himself in the… Read More »Ben Affleck’s Axe Commercial