April 2017
John Barrowman at 50!
Yes folks, John Barrowman,
if you don’t currently follow him on social media, turned 50 this month
(March), and proudly showed off his George Clooney hair colour. For a while
now, we’ve been told by John that without the dye, he’s completely white, and
for much of the time, before his next dyeing session, we do see the inch thick
length of white hair about his forehead – and if we’re truly honest with
ourselves, many of us are no different when it comes down to it. However, in a
man like John Barrowman, the epitome of all that is fun, and acting like a Big
Kid, the last thing you want to see on him is an entire scalp of white hair.
Yes, Barrowman revealed
his whole greyness to the fans on social media, the week of his birthday
celebrations – because just like our royal Queen – John was enjoying the run up
to his birthday as much as the BIG DAY!
For many of us who have
been used to him as naturally dark for Captain Jack and Malcolm Merlyn,
seeing the complete head of white, was one hell of a shock, and we prayed it
wouldn’t be a permanent thing. It also worried us that if John is accepting of
the grey, then perhaps he was also going to grow up, and that was something we
couldn’t accept, at all.
See, mad cap humour,
pranks and foolishness doesn’t look right with greying hair, and on John, it
most definitely (IMO) didn’t suit him. And perhaps in the Palm Springs
sunshine, the tanned face and the white hair, aged him still further. I’ve not
followed John throughout his stage career, only picking up on his career from
Doctor Who and a small episode of My Family, and Desperate Housewives, John
will only ever be Captain Jack Harkness to me, or Malcolm Merlyn as he is these
days, with dark hair and his whole persona as the immortal good/bad guy.
I know at some point in
the future, John may well adopt the greying hair as gracefully as a grown up,
which again bothers me, because for those of us who still wish to retain the
Big Kid image, it would be sad if we too had to grow up – so please John, don’t
grow up just yet, give it at least another 20 years, eh?
Jack Sparks to become a movie
Jason Arnopp announced
this week that Ron Howard wants to make Jack Sparks into a movie, so if you
haven’t read the novel yet, then this would be a great time to do so. Jason
blogged about this great news here http://www.jasonarnopp.com/blog/ron-howard-wants-to-make-a-jack-sparks-movie
as he works on the screenplay for the movie.
Sarah Pinborough
This month we learned that Sarah’s novel Behind Her Eyes, that has been a bedtime story on the radio, is to be made into a film too. Fantastic news!
Eve Pearce
Once again, Eve’s been on
our telly, this time as a vampire’s date in a new Virgin Games ad. Eve’s character
is shopping for groceries and stands in a queue. The vampire is a young man,
who when touching one of the garlic items on the conveyor belt to scan, sees
his arm illuminate. He shakes his hand in fear. Eve’s character watches, quite
alarmed.
A little later on, back at
the vampire’s house, there’s a knock at the door, and Eve’s character enters
the room. The young vampire’s hot date!
It’s quite funny and sweet all in the same breath.
So that’s it for this
month. Take care and see you all back for the next instalment.
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