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Earlier this evening, I attended the graduation ceremony of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. There’s a connection between the Guildhall School and the new Bond film, “Quantum of Solace”. Star Daniel Craig graduated there in 1991.
Daniel Craig is not the only well known actor who studied at the Guildhall. Orlando Bloom and Ewan McGregor are alumni.
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The seminar is coming up fast. The first session takes place on November 11th at Barnet FC. You can register by clicking here on the Communicate With Clarity website or here on the Eventbrite page.
Guest speaker on November 11th is Helen Sewell, MD of Simply Speaking.
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The new James Bond film had it’s World Premiere last night. The Leicester Square TV “fan-cam” was in attendance. There are two videos:
and here’s part two
London: 29 October 2008
This Royal World premiere was so big there were two cinemas used. Both Odeon and Empire were dedicated to the task. The main Odeon hosted Princes William and Harry, the films stars, filmmakers and invited celebs. The Empire hosted lucky members of the public seeing the film at the same time. Millions were spent on the event and party and it showed. The Squares garden had a 30 metre curved projection screen fitted for the spectacle. Garden premieres offer a choice for the visiting fan, garden or outside. The capturista’s material is often best collected around the media line, so I elected for garden this time. We weren’t allowed in till two o’clock. By that time the queue was massive, Id been out there wrapped up in three layers since 5:30am. My fanline neighbour was Meri from Tokyo, Japan who flew in just for this event arrived half an hour before I did. She’s a big Daniel fan so to get his autograph was a dream come true. Then after a few minutes another dream come true when Prince William came over and shook her hand and spoke to her. Catch this in part 2 of this video. There were stars aplenty to compensate. Daniel Craig still with his broken signing paw was able to use that right hand a little to sign some pics and autographs along the fanline. The two leading ladies looked so lovely; Olga in red and Gemma in purple. Only Gemma could be persuaded to come to our part of the line. Dame Judi had so much media work that she couldnt come to our barrier. I heard from my fan-mates outside the garden that Olga and Judi did sign there. Producer Michael G Wilson, Director Marc Forster signed and others.
Premiere organised by: FREUD COMMUNICATIONS
Stars in attendance:
Barbara Broccoli - Producer
Michael G Wilson - Producer
Marc Forster - Director
Daniel Craig - James Bond
Olga Kurylenko - Camille
Gemma Arterton - Agent Fields
Judi Dench - M
Mathieu Amalric - Dominic Greene
Jack White - Theme Song ‘Another Way To Die’
Celebs spotted:
Elle MacPherson
Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear)
Robbie Coltrane
Mohamed Al Fayed Harrods Boss
Escala
X Factor Finalists
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While we’re all busy worrying about Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, we’re slowly being invaded, according to this blog post.
Theo Spark and Obama’s plan.
The London Speaker on recent Toastmasters International speaking competitions.
and finally, Raincoaster has a lousy start to the week!
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Geoff Burch’s BBC2 show “All Over The Shop” attracted over 2 million viewers on Tuesday night. Geoff interviewed three shopkeepers in Macclesfield. Watch it again here
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Rachel Weisz was in attendance last night for the UK Premiere of The Brothers Bloom. The LSQ “fan-cam” was in attendance.
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A further reminder for you to tune in to Geoff Burch’s tv series “All Over The Shop”. The second instalment is tomorrow evening, Tuesday, October 28th at 7.30pm. In case you missed the first show, it’s available here on the BBC iPlayer
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Andrew O’Sullivan explains why he blogs. H/T Iain Dale
Jennifer Jones on sexual strategies
Fellow Toastmaster and public-speaker, Jason Peck on French & Saunders
Lord Matt on how he thinks computers will be in 9 years time
Ukraine - City Unslicker is a tad concerned
Havering On rambles on about civil servants
and finally, after hours of presenting for Leicester Square TV at the London Film Festival, how could I ignore film critic, Jason Solomons who wrote this in yesterday’s Guardian.
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Had you been at Leicester Square last night you would have enjoyed the buzz surrounding the UK Premiere’s of Che and Telstar. The latter was described by it’s director Nick Moran as “the most London film at the London Film Festival”. He’s probably right, and I can wait for it’s general release date.
Getting sound bites from the likes of Robert Carlyle, Steve Soderbergh, Pam Ferris and Benecio Del Toro ensured a truly great night for LSQ TV. For the movie junkies amongst you, here’s a photo of Steve Soderbergh and Benecio Del Toro brought to you from Daylife and here’s the You Tube version of the LSQ TV clip:
And there’s more! Our LSQ TV “fan-cam” was also in attendance last night, so take a look at this:
Media in attendance:
The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival Website
Sky Movies
PA
Leicester Square Television
Film24
Lovefilm