Web Monitor
16:34 UK time, Tuesday, 12 May 2009
A celebration of the riches of the web.
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• A long-awaited happened last night. She wasn't flown out to America, instead opting for a satellite link up. The main topic of discussion between two of the world's most famous women (give Web Monitor some slack here, Oprah IS global) was make-overs. To make sure the US audience could understand, the Boyle's interview was accompanied by subtitles. Last time Web Monitor can recall this happening for our American friends was for Ewan McGregor and Co in Trainspotting.
• and asks "why do so many people keep moving there?" It turns out, given the size of the island, a boom doesn't constitute very many people - only 400 in the last decade.
• ever commenting on MPs' expenses. He tweeted on Twitter this afternoon:
"Oh, I'm such an arse. Why can't I keep my mouth shut? Miserable all day at being portrayed as 'the MPs' friend'. As if. My own fault tho..."
• In the run-up to this year's Eurovision Song Contest, including the reason Cliff Richard lost the contest being that it was rigged to promote Spain's flagging tourist industry. Time quotes Richard as saying:
"I've lived with this number two thing for so many years, it would be wonderful if someone official from the contest turned around and said: 'Cliff, you won that darn thing after all.'"
• that one magazine is not immune to the slowdown in the magazine and newspaper industry - Playboy. Their blog post declares print as dead after Playboy says it will combine its July and August editions.
• and they should know. Emma Jacobs interviewed him for the FT and found that his he likes to keep control of his work:
"You can't get final edit in Hollywood. So I made the film and handed it over. It was all about the creative process. The fact you make 10 times more is a bonus."
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