I'm ready for my close-up
Mr. De MillE!
Charliecondou: About bloody time bbc.co.uk/news/uk-141661…
LindaaLou: @Charliecondou is this you Charlie I jst remembered saw it other day @Confidential_CC
Confidential_CC: @LindaaLou This is Charlie @Charliecondou this is his blog manager @Confidential_CC x
LindaaLou: @Confidential_C @Charliecondou ok thank you shall follow then if thats ok was jst checking
Charliecondou: @LindaaLou This is me!
Wolfie_Rankin: @Charliecondou Murdochs message to news staff via @katedoak http://tinyurl.com/67rd8cw
semadivad: @Charliecondou You were in my dream last night Mr Condou. I have a feeling we were in a scene in Lord of the Rings.
semadivad: @Charliecondou You were in my dream last night Mr Condou. I have a feeling we were in a scene in Lord of the Rings.
Charliecondou: @semadivad How funny, I dreamt about myself too
PaulSchnaars: @Charliecondou hey love did u remember to send me the things? X
Charliecondou: @PaulSchnaars Nope, I forgot. I'll do it next week x
PaulSchnaars: @Charliecondou that's ok sweet I should of reminded you sooner. No worries next week is fine :) I shall try remember to remind u X thanku
DJstewartwho: @Charliecondou I met her at Stu Laing's wedding. I was very impressed with her sunglasses at 4am. I was the DJ BTW. THAT was a party.
Charliecondou: @DJstewartwho I love her SO much
---------------------------------------------
Below: Charlie Condou & Katy Cavanagh
lane_paula: Everyone, rest assured I'm very happy at Coronation Street, I'm not going anywhere xx
Charliecondou: @lane_paula Who said you were leaving??
Charliecondou: RT @andynyman: HAPPY BIRTHDAY @macynyman
scouserachel: Hello
Confidential_CC: @scouserachel sooooooo needy x
scouserachel: Correct --- > RT @Confidential_CC: @scouserachel sooooooo needy x
Confidential_CC: @scouserachel ah well as a man secure in his own skin, your irony is not wasted x
Maxeesmith: Just wanna say thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday yesterday! I Had a gr8 day! Sorry I'm not on here much, I'm a busy mummy! ;)xx
Charliecondou: @Maxeesmith How are you feeling today love?
-----------------------------------------------------
Coronation Street actor responds to Brian Sewell article
Written by Ian Westhead
http://www.atvtoday.co.uk
Thursday, 07 July 2011
Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou has written an article for The Guardian in response to Brian Sewell's Daily Mail article criticising the number of LGBT characters in the Manchester soap and claiming gay relationships were unsuitable for before the watershed.
The actor plays Marcus Dent in Coronation Street - recently reprising his role after quitting the soap in 2008. The character's return to Weatherfield and reviving his relationship with Sean Tully (Anthony Cotton) will reportedly lead to the soaps first civil partnership. Yesterday art critic Brian Sewell wrote an article for the Daily Mail which was an scathing attack on the number of LGBT characters in Coronation Street and soaps in general. Sewell wrote “There’s too much, not only of gay men – who are estimated to make up just six per cent of the population, but who dominate the storylines in the soap – but also of lesbians, bisexuals, the trans-gender community, cross-dressers and everyone else with some sexual quirk or fetish.....".
The art critic also dragged EastEnders into the firing line stating "The dear old egalitarian BBC protested that its policy is to portray gay and hetero- sexual relationships in exactly the same way, both equally suitable for pre-watershed viewing. But are they equally suitable? Are soaps, watched by pre-pubescent children — who may still have some tattered remnant of innocence that we should cherish — really a proper platform for sexual propaganda and special pleading?”
In today's edition of The Guardian Charlie Condou has responded to those criticisms of Coronation Street levelled at the soap by Brian Sewell. The actor points out that in a cast of 65 only four regular characters are gay and while the soap has introduced a cross-dress the character is still straight and in a love triangle with two other women fighting over him. The actor also went on to address the underlying themes of Sewell's article.
"Sewell seems to suggest there's something morally reprehensible in being gay, and that there's some kind of promotion of a gay agenda at work (led by a sinister-sounding "mafia"). But in fact you barely see a kiss from the gay characters, just like our heterosexual counterparts. It's not a "sexy" show." - Charlie Condou in The Guardian.
The actor draws to the article to a close referring to the recently axed Opera North production written by Lee Hall which has been at the centre of a storm over alleged homophobia.
"Sewell's article worries me because it seems to be part of a change in mood that reminds me of the Section 28 years, when everyone was shouting out that the gays were taking over. This week's news that Opera North had pulled the plug on Lee Hall's opera Beached over explicit references by a gay character to his sexuality has added to this. It feels like we're moving backwards, and I find that shocking." - Charlie Condou in The Guardian.
In today's edition of The Guardian Charlie Condou has responded to those criticisms of Coronation Street levelled at the soap by Brian Sewell. The actor points out that in a cast of 65 only four regular characters are gay and while the soap has introduced a cross-dress the character is still straight and in a love triangle with two other women fighting over him. The actor also went on to address the underlying themes of Sewell's article.
"Sewell seems to suggest there's something morally reprehensible in being gay, and that there's some kind of promotion of a gay agenda at work (led by a sinister-sounding "mafia"). But in fact you barely see a kiss from the gay characters, just like our heterosexual counterparts. It's not a "sexy" show." - Charlie Condou in The Guardian.
The actor draws to the article to a close referring to the recently axed Opera North production written by Lee Hall which has been at the centre of a storm over alleged homophobia.
"Sewell's article worries me because it seems to be part of a change in mood that reminds me of the Section 28 years, when everyone was shouting out that the gays were taking over. This week's news that Opera North had pulled the plug on Lee Hall's opera Beached over explicit references by a gay character to his sexuality has added to this. It feels like we're moving backwards, and I find that shocking." - Charlie Condou in The Guardian.
Celeb Doubles
http://angela.sky.com
Ever noticed how our famous friends resemble other celebs?
Not only do we house an array of showbiz talent on this show, we have begun to notice (through careful study) how some of them resemble other famous faces.
We understand that ‘lookalikes’ are completely subjective, but we think we have hit the nail on the head with this bunch of celeb doubles. If you disagree or think you have a better idea of whom our fabulous friends resemble, then leave us a comment below.
Who knows, we may even add it to our hall of famous pairs!
Above: James Dreyfus and Charlie Condou
Above: Click map to enlarge.
No comments:
Post a Comment