To celebrate the release of Michael Shevloff’s documentary, Mosley: It’s Complicated, Miracle Comms are delighted to offer three copies of the DVD to giveaway.
Mosley: It’s Complicated is a no-holds-barred study of one of the most successful yet controversial figures in motorsport, Max Mosley. Born under the dark shadow of his infamous fascist father Oswald Mosley, Max has fought his entire life to make his own mark. First in the 1970s as the owner of March, the upstart underdog Formula One race-winning team, then with friend and fellow team owner Bernie Ecclestone, Mosley wrestled control of Formula One from the Fia leading to F1’s most lucrative and popular heyday. Mosley himself went on to preside over the Fia striving to improve driver safety following the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna in one weekend in 1994.
Denied his political ambition due to the stigma of his father’s legacy,...
Mosley: It’s Complicated is a no-holds-barred study of one of the most successful yet controversial figures in motorsport, Max Mosley. Born under the dark shadow of his infamous fascist father Oswald Mosley, Max has fought his entire life to make his own mark. First in the 1970s as the owner of March, the upstart underdog Formula One race-winning team, then with friend and fellow team owner Bernie Ecclestone, Mosley wrestled control of Formula One from the Fia leading to F1’s most lucrative and popular heyday. Mosley himself went on to preside over the Fia striving to improve driver safety following the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna in one weekend in 1994.
Denied his political ambition due to the stigma of his father’s legacy,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Disney to give Marvel superhero film the widest release since UK cinemas reopened in May.
After a delay of more than a year, Disney has finally released Marvel superhero adventure Black Widow in the UK and Ireland, and will deliver the territory’s widest theatrical release since cinemas began reopening in May.
The comic book adaptation, starring Scarlett Johansson and directed by Cate Shortland, opened in 622 venues in the UK on Wednesday (July 7) – two days ahead of the US – and generated £1.2m of its first day of release. The takings were impacted by England’s win over Denmark in the...
After a delay of more than a year, Disney has finally released Marvel superhero adventure Black Widow in the UK and Ireland, and will deliver the territory’s widest theatrical release since cinemas began reopening in May.
The comic book adaptation, starring Scarlett Johansson and directed by Cate Shortland, opened in 622 venues in the UK on Wednesday (July 7) – two days ahead of the US – and generated £1.2m of its first day of release. The takings were impacted by England’s win over Denmark in the...
- 7/9/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
There are many questions you could put to Oswald Mosley’s son Max, who ran Formula One before doing battle with the Daily Mail. But they’re not asked here
“Complicated” feels like an understatement when describing Max Mosley. Growing up as the son of the fascist politician Oswald Mosley, he was used to being pilloried – and in his adult life relished being under attack. So, when the News of the World came after him in 2008 with a front-page exposé of his “depraved Nazi orgy” with prostitutes, Mosley did not slink away in shame. He sued.
The trouble with the unprobing approach in this film is that it never really pushes Mosley – interviewed before his death this year – or gets under his skin in ways that could be interesting. The result is that the film feels more like an authorised biography than a documentary, and for that reason it’s a little dull.
“Complicated” feels like an understatement when describing Max Mosley. Growing up as the son of the fascist politician Oswald Mosley, he was used to being pilloried – and in his adult life relished being under attack. So, when the News of the World came after him in 2008 with a front-page exposé of his “depraved Nazi orgy” with prostitutes, Mosley did not slink away in shame. He sued.
The trouble with the unprobing approach in this film is that it never really pushes Mosley – interviewed before his death this year – or gets under his skin in ways that could be interesting. The result is that the film feels more like an authorised biography than a documentary, and for that reason it’s a little dull.
- 7/7/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
London, May 24 (Ians) Max Mosley, the former president of motorsports' world governing body Fia, has died aged 81.
Mosley became Fia president in 1993 after serving in previous administrative roles in motorsport, including Formula One. He served three terms as president before standing down in 2009.
Former Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news, reports Dpa.
"Max was like family to me. We were like brothers. I am pleased in a way because he suffered for too long," Ecclestone said.
Mosley, who had been suffering from cancer, experienced a family tragedy in 2009 when his son Alexander died aged 39. The coroner ruled Alexander's death was due to non-dependent drug abuse.
His love for motor racing began in his youth and he was involved in Formula 2 for Brabham and Lotus before retiring in 1969.
He founded a car manufacturing company, March Engineering, and oversaw its legal and commercial affairs from 1969 to 1977.
Mosley became the...
Mosley became Fia president in 1993 after serving in previous administrative roles in motorsport, including Formula One. He served three terms as president before standing down in 2009.
Former Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news, reports Dpa.
"Max was like family to me. We were like brothers. I am pleased in a way because he suffered for too long," Ecclestone said.
Mosley, who had been suffering from cancer, experienced a family tragedy in 2009 when his son Alexander died aged 39. The coroner ruled Alexander's death was due to non-dependent drug abuse.
His love for motor racing began in his youth and he was involved in Formula 2 for Brabham and Lotus before retiring in 1969.
He founded a car manufacturing company, March Engineering, and oversaw its legal and commercial affairs from 1969 to 1977.
Mosley became the...
- 5/24/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
"Life is a battle... and I generally only pick the fights I can win." Flat-Out Films has released the official trailer for a biopic documentary titled Mosley: It's Complicated, chronicling the life and times of former Fia president Max Mosley, who was the head of F1's governing body from 1993 to 2005. Over fifty years, Mosley achieved great things, making the family name well respected, until a hidden camera from a Bdsm "party" exposed his colorful sex life in the British tabloids. Some colleagues and friends turned against him. Most public figures would have hidden away, but not Max, who argued his personal affairs are nobody else's business. He sued the News of the World, and won, and was a driving force in the Leveson phone-hacking inquiry. He then went after the lawmakers to implement greater press regulation and data protection laws. Featuring appearances by Max Mosley, Bernie Ecclestone, Hugh Grant,...
- 5/5/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Director: Paul Crowder; Writer: Mark Monroe; Narrator: Michael Fassbender; Running time: 112 mins; Certificate: 12A
1: Life on the Limit may be a veritable who's who of Formula 1 - featuring contributions from world drivers' champions such as John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, Jody Scheckter, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel to name but a few - but it's really the story of two men, Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley.
It's easy to be cynical about both Bernie and Max - particularly when you think about some of the things they've hit headlines for away from the track. But 1 - which uses the tension between speed and safety as its angle - sheds light on their determination to improve safety that some younger followers of motorsport - this writer included - may not have fully appreciated. Both Ecclestone and especially Mosley are...
1: Life on the Limit may be a veritable who's who of Formula 1 - featuring contributions from world drivers' champions such as John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, Jody Scheckter, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel to name but a few - but it's really the story of two men, Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley.
It's easy to be cynical about both Bernie and Max - particularly when you think about some of the things they've hit headlines for away from the track. But 1 - which uses the tension between speed and safety as its angle - sheds light on their determination to improve safety that some younger followers of motorsport - this writer included - may not have fully appreciated. Both Ecclestone and especially Mosley are...
- 1/7/2014
- Digital Spy
For 25 years the magazine has chronicled the births, marriages and lovely homes of the stars – and it has changed the media's agenda
So many contracts have been signed and so many celebrity parties photographed since the first edition of Hello! went on sale in Britain 25 years ago, it is hard to pick out the most celebrated. Would it perhaps be the wedding of Paul and Sheryl Gascoigne in 1996, or perhaps one of Elton John's regular white tie and tiara affairs? Only a few of the big ones, such as Madonna's marriage to Guy Ritchie at Skibo castle in 2000, have eluded its pages. On Wednesday, however, the magazine's joint editors, Rosie Nixon and Ruth Sullivan, will be throwing a party of their own in London "to say thank you to those who have contributed to the magazine over the years".
"It is going to be a glamorous cocktail party and very exciting,...
So many contracts have been signed and so many celebrity parties photographed since the first edition of Hello! went on sale in Britain 25 years ago, it is hard to pick out the most celebrated. Would it perhaps be the wedding of Paul and Sheryl Gascoigne in 1996, or perhaps one of Elton John's regular white tie and tiara affairs? Only a few of the big ones, such as Madonna's marriage to Guy Ritchie at Skibo castle in 2000, have eluded its pages. On Wednesday, however, the magazine's joint editors, Rosie Nixon and Ruth Sullivan, will be throwing a party of their own in London "to say thank you to those who have contributed to the magazine over the years".
"It is going to be a glamorous cocktail party and very exciting,...
- 5/11/2013
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Today's extract from the book After Leveson* is by the former national newspaper editor, Guardian deputy editor and academic, Peter Cole. He is firmly anti-statutory and pro-independent.
To that end, Cole considers what has happened in the aftermath of the publication of Lord Justice Leveson's report. After 86 days of public hearings and 474 witnesses, at a probable cost of £6m, what now for Leveson's recommendations?
It is not over yet. There is acceptance that there has to be a change in the regulation of the press.
There is division among politicians, editors, victims of shameful treatment by sections of the press, campaigners for reform, journalists and media academics about the precise nature of any reforms to be introduced, crucially whether or not they require legislation and whether that is acceptable in terms of cherished press freedoms that have existed for more than 300 years.
After the publication of the Leveson report David...
To that end, Cole considers what has happened in the aftermath of the publication of Lord Justice Leveson's report. After 86 days of public hearings and 474 witnesses, at a probable cost of £6m, what now for Leveson's recommendations?
It is not over yet. There is acceptance that there has to be a change in the regulation of the press.
There is division among politicians, editors, victims of shameful treatment by sections of the press, campaigners for reform, journalists and media academics about the precise nature of any reforms to be introduced, crucially whether or not they require legislation and whether that is acceptable in terms of cherished press freedoms that have existed for more than 300 years.
After the publication of the Leveson report David...
- 2/26/2013
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
The campaign against any form of statutory involvement in press regulation continued in this morning's national newspapers. The anti-Leveson chorus can be seen in news stories, commentaries and leading articles.
The central target is the Hacked Off campaign, though there is plenty of pressure applied to the Labour party too in order to head off the possibility of legislation.
In The Sun, for example, a page lead headlined "Hacked off hijack" reports that many of the signatures on the public petition launched by the Hacked Off campaign are fake, including Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Superman and Joe Bloggs.
(It would be scandalous to suggest that Sun reporters have been busy pretending to be Mickey M, so please put that thought out of your mind).
Two pages further on, the paper's associate editor, Trevor Kavanagh, warns hacking victims that they risk looking like avengers by pushing for the full implementation of Leveson's proposals.
The central target is the Hacked Off campaign, though there is plenty of pressure applied to the Labour party too in order to head off the possibility of legislation.
In The Sun, for example, a page lead headlined "Hacked off hijack" reports that many of the signatures on the public petition launched by the Hacked Off campaign are fake, including Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Superman and Joe Bloggs.
(It would be scandalous to suggest that Sun reporters have been busy pretending to be Mickey M, so please put that thought out of your mind).
Two pages further on, the paper's associate editor, Trevor Kavanagh, warns hacking victims that they risk looking like avengers by pushing for the full implementation of Leveson's proposals.
- 12/3/2012
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Lord Justice Leveson's report is expected to cover much ground, and to set the stage for the next debate: what about the internet?
1 What can the judge say about phone hacking? It was the reason why the inquiry was set up, but with so many people now facing criminal charges, he may feel unable to comment.
2 Why did the Met fail to investigate phone hacking from 2006, when the first arrests were made? Leveson is likely to focus on the failure by the police to investigate the News of the World more thoroughly in 2006 – when Clive Goodman was arrested and charged – and at several points thereafter until the pressure from the growing number of civil claimants, such as Sienna Miller, became too great. Close relationships between various Met commissioner, senior policeman and News International executives were highlighted – relations often burnished over Mayfair lunches and dinners.
3 Can Rupert Murdoch be believed? "I...
1 What can the judge say about phone hacking? It was the reason why the inquiry was set up, but with so many people now facing criminal charges, he may feel unable to comment.
2 Why did the Met fail to investigate phone hacking from 2006, when the first arrests were made? Leveson is likely to focus on the failure by the police to investigate the News of the World more thoroughly in 2006 – when Clive Goodman was arrested and charged – and at several points thereafter until the pressure from the growing number of civil claimants, such as Sienna Miller, became too great. Close relationships between various Met commissioner, senior policeman and News International executives were highlighted – relations often burnished over Mayfair lunches and dinners.
3 Can Rupert Murdoch be believed? "I...
- 11/29/2012
- by Dan Sabbagh
- The Guardian - Film News
Add documentary narrator to the list of things Michael Fassbender is probably better at than you’ll ever be.
The Golden Globe nominated actor who starred in Inglourious Basterds, X-Men: First Class, Shame, and an upcoming untitled Terrence Malick film, will now provide narration via his timbre British accent to a documentary about Formula 1 racing entitled 1.
Fassbender was picked for the job because he himself is actually a Formula 1 racing fanatic.
Official synopsis:
“Produced by Exclusive Media’s documentary feature film label Spitfire Pictures (Academy Award winning Undefeated) with Flat-Out Films and Diamond Docs, “1” is an action documentary that brings the glamour, speed, danger, and excitement of Formula One™ Grand Prix racing to the big screen. The high octane film includes never-before-seen archive footage, a rich soundtrack and the most impressive list of Formula 1™ interviewees ever assembled, including 12 world champions past and present. Their names include: Sir Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti,...
The Golden Globe nominated actor who starred in Inglourious Basterds, X-Men: First Class, Shame, and an upcoming untitled Terrence Malick film, will now provide narration via his timbre British accent to a documentary about Formula 1 racing entitled 1.
Fassbender was picked for the job because he himself is actually a Formula 1 racing fanatic.
Official synopsis:
“Produced by Exclusive Media’s documentary feature film label Spitfire Pictures (Academy Award winning Undefeated) with Flat-Out Films and Diamond Docs, “1” is an action documentary that brings the glamour, speed, danger, and excitement of Formula One™ Grand Prix racing to the big screen. The high octane film includes never-before-seen archive footage, a rich soundtrack and the most impressive list of Formula 1™ interviewees ever assembled, including 12 world champions past and present. Their names include: Sir Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti,...
- 11/15/2012
- by Matt Granados
- LRMonline.com
Long time Formula 1. enthusiast and Golden Globe nominated actor, Michael Fassbender, has signed on to narrate Exclusive Media.s Spitfire Pictures. new documentary film .1., it was announced today by the film.s producer and Exclusive Media co-chairman Nigel Sinclair and fellow producer Michael Shevloff together with director Paul Crowder.
Fassbender is the German-Irish actor who stars in Inglourious Basterds, X-men: First Class and Prometheus. For his acclaimed performance in Shame he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award. He recently completed shooting Terrence Malick.s latest and untitled film with Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman and will shortly begin production on Jane Got A Gun also starring Natalie Portman and X-men: Days Of Future Past.
.We are honored that Michael has agreed to lend his voice to our film. He is one of the most...
Fassbender is the German-Irish actor who stars in Inglourious Basterds, X-men: First Class and Prometheus. For his acclaimed performance in Shame he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award. He recently completed shooting Terrence Malick.s latest and untitled film with Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman and will shortly begin production on Jane Got A Gun also starring Natalie Portman and X-men: Days Of Future Past.
.We are honored that Michael has agreed to lend his voice to our film. He is one of the most...
- 11/14/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
✒ With 21 of their number arrested so far, Sun journalists naturally resent the presence of police investigating wrongdoing at News International in a Wapping building near their paper's offices. And tension between cops and hacks was increased when one plain-clothes officer was spotted happily munching in the Ni canteen. How was he recognised? Easy: by one of the people he had arrested. Tom Mockridge, Ni's chief executive, is said to have been incandescent when he heard, and has since banned the police from the canteen.
✒ Hugh Grant is clearly not only a huge asset to the Hacked Off campaign, but also a slightly subversive team member. When the anti-redtop usual suspects (Max Mosley, Steve Coogan, Chris Bryant MP, Charlotte Harris etc) gathered at Westminster last week for the launch of Everybody's Hacked Off, the Four Weddings star was a mischievous, BoJo-esque Mc. The pamphlet's author, Brian Cathcart, is known to his...
✒ Hugh Grant is clearly not only a huge asset to the Hacked Off campaign, but also a slightly subversive team member. When the anti-redtop usual suspects (Max Mosley, Steve Coogan, Chris Bryant MP, Charlotte Harris etc) gathered at Westminster last week for the launch of Everybody's Hacked Off, the Four Weddings star was a mischievous, BoJo-esque Mc. The pamphlet's author, Brian Cathcart, is known to his...
- 9/23/2012
- by Monkey
- The Guardian - Film News
Today's extract from The phone hacking scandal: journalism on trial* is from a chapter by Tim Luckhurst in which he argues that hacking is not the major problem facing British journalism.
Instead, in the face of declining revenue (and print sales) for newspapers, the challenge is to fund ethical journalism in future.
Talking about ethics in a world with too few profitable, professional, independent news providers would be largely futile, he writes...
Professional journalism's survival is threatened by the economic impact of digital technologies. The plurality and diversity of voice upon which representative democracy depends is in jeopardy.
Needed urgently is debate about how well-resourced, professional news-gathering can be sustained. Instead, tired concerns about the ethics and ownership of popular newspapers are diverting attention from critical 21st century realities.
The hacking of Milly Dowler's mobile telephone generated a moral panic that was seized upon by a curious alliance of elite establishment and left-progressive opinion.
Instead, in the face of declining revenue (and print sales) for newspapers, the challenge is to fund ethical journalism in future.
Talking about ethics in a world with too few profitable, professional, independent news providers would be largely futile, he writes...
Professional journalism's survival is threatened by the economic impact of digital technologies. The plurality and diversity of voice upon which representative democracy depends is in jeopardy.
Needed urgently is debate about how well-resourced, professional news-gathering can be sustained. Instead, tired concerns about the ethics and ownership of popular newspapers are diverting attention from critical 21st century realities.
The hacking of Milly Dowler's mobile telephone generated a moral panic that was seized upon by a curious alliance of elite establishment and left-progressive opinion.
- 3/23/2012
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Google is expected to be criticised by MPs and peers on a new parliamentary committee over what they claim is the search engine's sluggish response to removing web links containing content that breaches people's privacy. Next week, a cross-parliamentary committee will publish a new report on privacy and press regulation, and The Guardian's media editor Dan Sabbagh claims that the "harshest language" will be reserved for Google, following a testy exchange with the firm during a public evidence session at the start of the year. The MPs and peers are thought to believe that Google could have done more to comply with ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley's request to remove links to a video of a "sick Nazi orgy", covertly produced by the News of the World, that were widely distributed after 2008. Mosley, who won £60,000 in damages in a (more)...
- 3/21/2012
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
What might the actor be saying during his appearance with Max Mosley and Steve Coogan before the Lords and Commons committee on privacy and injunctions?
It's the three wise monkeys of phone hacking: Steve Coogan, Hugh Grant and Max Mosley. Fresh from star turns at the Leveson inquiry, the unlikely trio lined up on Monday before a joint parliamentary committee to answer questions about privacy, defamation and injunctions. Looking like the rowdy boys in the back row of a public school classroom, they continued to press their case for stronger press regulation. Mosley, though, looked more than a little annoyed while Hugh Grant was speaking. What do you reckon the actor said?
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It's the three wise monkeys of phone hacking: Steve Coogan, Hugh Grant and Max Mosley. Fresh from star turns at the Leveson inquiry, the unlikely trio lined up on Monday before a joint parliamentary committee to answer questions about privacy, defamation and injunctions. Looking like the rowdy boys in the back row of a public school classroom, they continued to press their case for stronger press regulation. Mosley, though, looked more than a little annoyed while Hugh Grant was speaking. What do you reckon the actor said?
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- 12/6/2011
- by Tom Meltzer
- The Guardian - Film News
The Daily Mail's pent-up frustration and rage at being told off by Lord Justice Leveson for writing mean things about Hugh Grant when he appeared at his inquiry was finally unleashed on Tuesday in Quentin Letts's parliamentary sketch. Letts, cleared weapons free in a target-rich environment, let fly at Leveson witnesses Grant, Steve Coogan and Max Mosley – and also had Zac Goldsmith in his sights for good measure – when they appeared before the parliamentary committee examining reform of privacy and injunctions. He gave them both barrels, natch: the "four rich swordsmen", "our stern quartet of trouser-droppers", "sado-masochist freaks, libidinous actors". But Letts's harshest words were reserved for Coogan and his use of language: "He has the makings of a red-top sub-editor." Mi-aow!
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- 12/6/2011
- by Monkey
- The Guardian - Film News
Hugh attends joint Lords and Commons phone hacking committee supported by Steve Coogan and Max Mosley
The Hugh Grant tour rolled into the House of Commons on Monday. It's been nationwide; they should sell T-shirts marked "Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Royal Courts of Justice", and now "Westminster".
Many of the fans – or "reporters" – have been to all the gigs. They queued up, oh, for minutes to make sure they got in.
And it was worth it. Hugh was at the joint Lords and Commons committee on phone hacking with "support", Steve Coogan, Max Mosley and Zac Goldsmith, officially the nation's dishiest MP.
Hugh reprised the story of paparazzi trying to run over the grandmother of his new baby. It always gets the audience going.
Zac Goldsmith is new to the tour, but he brought some great material. His emails had been hacked, and while he was playing in the garden with his children,...
The Hugh Grant tour rolled into the House of Commons on Monday. It's been nationwide; they should sell T-shirts marked "Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Royal Courts of Justice", and now "Westminster".
Many of the fans – or "reporters" – have been to all the gigs. They queued up, oh, for minutes to make sure they got in.
And it was worth it. Hugh was at the joint Lords and Commons committee on phone hacking with "support", Steve Coogan, Max Mosley and Zac Goldsmith, officially the nation's dishiest MP.
Hugh reprised the story of paparazzi trying to run over the grandmother of his new baby. It always gets the audience going.
Zac Goldsmith is new to the tour, but he brought some great material. His emails had been hacked, and while he was playing in the garden with his children,...
- 12/6/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
• Andrew Lansley's interviews on NHS data sharing deal
• Lunchtime summary
• David Cameron on the Merkel/Sarkozy EU plan
• Afternoon summary
9.00am: It's a big day for Europe. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are meeting to thrash out details of a plan that could set up a fiscal union in Europe and may (or may not) lead to some sort of resolution of the debt crisis. But this blog - like the UK - is sitting on the sidelines. My colleague Alex Hawkes will be covering the Merkozy meeting on the business live blog. And I'll be covering events at Westminster, where the most lively before 4pm will be Leveson - The Sequel, a star-studded committee hearing featuring Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and Max Mosley who may well spend an hour telling MPs and peers exactly what they told Leveson.
Here's the diary for the day.
10am: Ed Miliband will campaign in Feltham and Heston,...
• Lunchtime summary
• David Cameron on the Merkel/Sarkozy EU plan
• Afternoon summary
9.00am: It's a big day for Europe. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are meeting to thrash out details of a plan that could set up a fiscal union in Europe and may (or may not) lead to some sort of resolution of the debt crisis. But this blog - like the UK - is sitting on the sidelines. My colleague Alex Hawkes will be covering the Merkozy meeting on the business live blog. And I'll be covering events at Westminster, where the most lively before 4pm will be Leveson - The Sequel, a star-studded committee hearing featuring Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and Max Mosley who may well spend an hour telling MPs and peers exactly what they told Leveson.
Here's the diary for the day.
10am: Ed Miliband will campaign in Feltham and Heston,...
- 12/5/2011
- by Andrew Sparrow
- The Guardian - Film News
From the 'toothlessness' of the Pcc to Hugh Grant's middle name, we round up what 10 days of testimony has taught us
Over the past 10 days, a succession of famous faces, and some who are less well-known, have appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice to tell the Leveson inquiry into press standards about the worst excesses of the "gutter press". Lord Justice Leveson has listened intently from his lofty perch in courtroom 73 as his team has cross-examined those who feel they have suffered at the hands of the British media – an industry Tony Blair famously described as a "feral beast". As if that wasn't bad enough, two former journalists have lifted the lid on what it's really like to work for the tabloids. So what have we learned so far?
Comparing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to a crime cartel is all the rage. Murdoch's nemesis, Labour MP Tom Watson,...
Over the past 10 days, a succession of famous faces, and some who are less well-known, have appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice to tell the Leveson inquiry into press standards about the worst excesses of the "gutter press". Lord Justice Leveson has listened intently from his lofty perch in courtroom 73 as his team has cross-examined those who feel they have suffered at the hands of the British media – an industry Tony Blair famously described as a "feral beast". As if that wasn't bad enough, two former journalists have lifted the lid on what it's really like to work for the tabloids. So what have we learned so far?
Comparing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to a crime cartel is all the rage. Murdoch's nemesis, Labour MP Tom Watson,...
- 12/1/2011
- by James Robinson
- The Guardian - Film News
Evidence given to the Leveson inquiry last week appalled many veteran journalists. Among them was John Dale - a former national newspaper reporter and magazine editor - who wrote on the gentlemenranters site of "journalistic corruption and debasement" that "shamed Fleet Street."
Another hardened old hand, Jim Cassidy, was disgusted too. As the editor of two red-tops - the Glasgow-based Sunday Mail and, briefly, the Sunday Mirror - he knows the business from the inside.
I am pleased to act as host to his passionate response to the revelations of the first week's hearings...
By Jim Cassidy
Do journalists cry? Do editors cry? Do photographers cry? They should. They do. They must. I advise any of the journalists due to attend court 73 of the Royal Courts of Justice over the next week to stop and take some time out at prayer room E131.
There, they can find time to reflect,...
Another hardened old hand, Jim Cassidy, was disgusted too. As the editor of two red-tops - the Glasgow-based Sunday Mail and, briefly, the Sunday Mirror - he knows the business from the inside.
I am pleased to act as host to his passionate response to the revelations of the first week's hearings...
By Jim Cassidy
Do journalists cry? Do editors cry? Do photographers cry? They should. They do. They must. I advise any of the journalists due to attend court 73 of the Royal Courts of Justice over the next week to stop and take some time out at prayer room E131.
There, they can find time to reflect,...
- 11/28/2011
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Tabloids are unused to practising self-criticism so their coverage of the Leveson inquiry hearings has resulted in fascinating buck-passing exercises. Every other paper dunnit except us, your honour.
The reports have been given proportionately little space or promotion, and there were obvious sins of omission.
Just as pertinently, in the face of evidence about collective misconduct, each title has found a way of damning rivals while conveniently overlooking most of the accusations specifically levelled at their own misbehaviour.
For example, the Daily Mail managed to carry an item about Max Mosley without mentioning his widely reported contention that its editor, Paul Dacre, was obsessed with schoolboy smut.
It did find room, however, for a piece attributing sinister implications to a gathering of Leveson witnesses at a Soho club where, allegedly, they ate and drank "into the night." Gosh.
The Mail, in its report on the evidence presented by Kate and Gerry McCann,...
The reports have been given proportionately little space or promotion, and there were obvious sins of omission.
Just as pertinently, in the face of evidence about collective misconduct, each title has found a way of damning rivals while conveniently overlooking most of the accusations specifically levelled at their own misbehaviour.
For example, the Daily Mail managed to carry an item about Max Mosley without mentioning his widely reported contention that its editor, Paul Dacre, was obsessed with schoolboy smut.
It did find room, however, for a piece attributing sinister implications to a gathering of Leveson witnesses at a Soho club where, allegedly, they ate and drank "into the night." Gosh.
The Mail, in its report on the evidence presented by Kate and Gerry McCann,...
- 11/26/2011
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Despite the celebrities, it was the testimony of ordinary people that proved most compelling and disturbing
Hugh Grant, as someone noted rather astutely this week, hasn't been in anything this good for ages. Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into standards in the British media may have been formally sitting since earlier this month, but it was not until this week that the plot of this procedural legal drama twisted, suddenly, into an unmissable blockbuster, played out in as much Technicolor as the crowded confines of court 73 at the royal courts of justice would allow.
It had its moments of drama and at times almost of farce, but this was, in truth, a horror story, dipping into moments of such cruel and terrifying menace that, had the script been pitched to a Hollywood executive, it would have been returned as scarcely plausible.
After he had spent months touring the TV studios, not...
Hugh Grant, as someone noted rather astutely this week, hasn't been in anything this good for ages. Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into standards in the British media may have been formally sitting since earlier this month, but it was not until this week that the plot of this procedural legal drama twisted, suddenly, into an unmissable blockbuster, played out in as much Technicolor as the crowded confines of court 73 at the royal courts of justice would allow.
It had its moments of drama and at times almost of farce, but this was, in truth, a horror story, dipping into moments of such cruel and terrifying menace that, had the script been pitched to a Hollywood executive, it would have been returned as scarcely plausible.
After he had spent months touring the TV studios, not...
- 11/26/2011
- by Esther Addley
- The Guardian - Film News
London — Writer J.K. Rowling and actress Sienna Miller gave a London courtroom a vivid picture on Thursday of the anxiety, anger and fear produced by living in the glare of Britain's tabloid media, describing how press intrusion made them feel like prisoners in their own homes.
The creator of boy wizard Harry Potter told Britain's media ethics inquiry that having journalists camped on her doorstep was "like being under siege and like being a hostage." Miller said years of car chases, midnight pursuits and intimate revelations had left her feeling violated, paranoid and anxious.
"The attitude seems to be absolutely cavalier," Rowling said. "You're famous, you're asking for it."
The pair were among a diverse cast of witnesses – Hollywood star Hugh Grant, a former soccer player, a former aide to supermodel Elle Macpherson and the parents of missing and murdered children – who have described how becoming the focus of Britain's...
The creator of boy wizard Harry Potter told Britain's media ethics inquiry that having journalists camped on her doorstep was "like being under siege and like being a hostage." Miller said years of car chases, midnight pursuits and intimate revelations had left her feeling violated, paranoid and anxious.
"The attitude seems to be absolutely cavalier," Rowling said. "You're famous, you're asking for it."
The pair were among a diverse cast of witnesses – Hollywood star Hugh Grant, a former soccer player, a former aide to supermodel Elle Macpherson and the parents of missing and murdered children – who have described how becoming the focus of Britain's...
- 11/25/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
On fourth day of evidence to Lord Justice Leveson, stars say they were abused, spied on, followed and intimidated
Jk Rowling told the Leveson inquiry into press standards that photographers had left her feeling under siege and like a hostage.
The Harry Potter author attacked newspapers for publishing pictures of her children, including one of her daughter in a swimsuit, revealing her family's home address, and placing a letter addressed to her in a schoolbag belonging to her five-year-old child.
The inquiry also heard from Sienna Miller, who said she had been spat at and verbally abused by paparazzi, as Lord Justice Leveson heard a fourth day of evidence from celebrities who claim they have suffered at the hands of newspapers.
Rowling, who gave evidence for nearly two hours, said: "There were two particularly bad periods when it really was like being under siege or like a hostage, after the birth of my … children.
Jk Rowling told the Leveson inquiry into press standards that photographers had left her feeling under siege and like a hostage.
The Harry Potter author attacked newspapers for publishing pictures of her children, including one of her daughter in a swimsuit, revealing her family's home address, and placing a letter addressed to her in a schoolbag belonging to her five-year-old child.
The inquiry also heard from Sienna Miller, who said she had been spat at and verbally abused by paparazzi, as Lord Justice Leveson heard a fourth day of evidence from celebrities who claim they have suffered at the hands of newspapers.
Rowling, who gave evidence for nearly two hours, said: "There were two particularly bad periods when it really was like being under siege or like a hostage, after the birth of my … children.
- 11/25/2011
- by James Robinson, Lisa O'Carroll, Josh Halliday
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Nov 24: Harry Potter author Jk Rowling and actress Sienna Miller are set to record the evidence about their experiences of media intrusion to the Leveson Inquiry.
Former Formula 1 chief Max Mosley, who won a record 60,000 pounds in privacy damages over a News of the World story claiming he took part in a 'Nazi orgy', will also record his testimony for the inquiry into press standards.
The hearing will start with a closed session of testimony from an unnamed man referred to as 'Hjk', whose phone was allegedly hacked after he began a relationship with a well-known figure.
Members of the public and journalists.
Former Formula 1 chief Max Mosley, who won a record 60,000 pounds in privacy damages over a News of the World story claiming he took part in a 'Nazi orgy', will also record his testimony for the inquiry into press standards.
The hearing will start with a closed session of testimony from an unnamed man referred to as 'Hjk', whose phone was allegedly hacked after he began a relationship with a well-known figure.
Members of the public and journalists.
- 11/24/2011
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Author Jk Rowling, actor Sienna Miller, lawyer Mark Thomson, former F1 chief Max Mosley and 'Hjk' to appear at high court
'Hjk'
An anonymous member of the public who had a relationship with an unidentified celebrity. The barrister David Sherborne told the Leveson inquiry that a newspaper doorstepped Hjk out of the blue in 2006, and that the News of the World subsequently hacked their phone. "The effect on Hjk was profound," Sherborne said. "The story about the quintessentially private relationship almost hit the headlines, but was displaced by another story which, thankfully, blew up the same day." Hjk was also followed by a photographer who took pictures shortly after they had been diagnosed with a serious illness, prompting them to fear newspapers had obtained sensitive medical information. "Hjk would not be the first to have suffered such a fate," Sherborne said. Hjk will be giving evidence in private.
Sienna Miller...
'Hjk'
An anonymous member of the public who had a relationship with an unidentified celebrity. The barrister David Sherborne told the Leveson inquiry that a newspaper doorstepped Hjk out of the blue in 2006, and that the News of the World subsequently hacked their phone. "The effect on Hjk was profound," Sherborne said. "The story about the quintessentially private relationship almost hit the headlines, but was displaced by another story which, thankfully, blew up the same day." Hjk was also followed by a photographer who took pictures shortly after they had been diagnosed with a serious illness, prompting them to fear newspapers had obtained sensitive medical information. "Hjk would not be the first to have suffered such a fate," Sherborne said. Hjk will be giving evidence in private.
Sienna Miller...
- 11/24/2011
- by James Robinson, Lisa O'Carroll, Josh Halliday
- The Guardian - Film News
There is a complexity in Pcc rulings aimed at drawing a line between should, and should not, be published
Leveson inquiry: Dowlers and Hugh Grant give evidence - live
"No private life should be entirely off-limits," writes Stephen Glover in today's Independent in a precursor to this week's Leveson inquiry hearings.
It would appear that, in so doing, he comes somewhat closer to the editorial line of his other employer, the Daily Mail, than the Indy itself.
Aside from that, let's consider his substantive argument, based around three particular critics of - and victims of - tabloid intrusion: Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and Max Mosley.
Glover concedes that none of them "had proclaimed their virtue, and they were therefore not guilty of hypocrisy".
He continues: "Many will say that what they get up to in their private lives is entirely their own business, so long as it is legal."
Many do indeed say it,...
Leveson inquiry: Dowlers and Hugh Grant give evidence - live
"No private life should be entirely off-limits," writes Stephen Glover in today's Independent in a precursor to this week's Leveson inquiry hearings.
It would appear that, in so doing, he comes somewhat closer to the editorial line of his other employer, the Daily Mail, than the Indy itself.
Aside from that, let's consider his substantive argument, based around three particular critics of - and victims of - tabloid intrusion: Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and Max Mosley.
Glover concedes that none of them "had proclaimed their virtue, and they were therefore not guilty of hypocrisy".
He continues: "Many will say that what they get up to in their private lives is entirely their own business, so long as it is legal."
Many do indeed say it,...
- 11/21/2011
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- They've been hacked and libeled, stalked and slandered. Now the public figures whose personal lives have long offered grist for Britain's news mill have been given a rare chance to confront their tabloid tormentors.
Film star Hugh Grant, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, and the father of missing girl Madeleine McCann are among those due to testify over the next week at the U.K. inquiry into media ethics – a judicial body that could recommend sweeping changes to the way Britons get their news.
The nationally televised inquiry would give many of those in the public eye an unprecedented chance to challenge those who write about them, said Cary Cooper, a professor at northern England's Lancaster University and the author of "Public Faces, Private Lives."
"This is the first time the celebrities have been able to strike back," Cooper said. "I think it will have an impact, and...
Film star Hugh Grant, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, and the father of missing girl Madeleine McCann are among those due to testify over the next week at the U.K. inquiry into media ethics – a judicial body that could recommend sweeping changes to the way Britons get their news.
The nationally televised inquiry would give many of those in the public eye an unprecedented chance to challenge those who write about them, said Cary Cooper, a professor at northern England's Lancaster University and the author of "Public Faces, Private Lives."
"This is the first time the celebrities have been able to strike back," Cooper said. "I think it will have an impact, and...
- 11/20/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
This will be another bad week for James Murdoch and News Corp as 21 witnesses including several celebs line up to tell a government inquiry how overzealous and unethical reporters turned their lives upside down. The investigation is led by Lord Justice Leveson who Prime Minister David Cameron asked to examine both the phone hacking at News Of The World, and problems with the country’s press culture. The parents of Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old who was murdered in 2002, will kick things off tomorrow. The Notw scandal broke open this past July when it was disclosed that after Dowler was missing the tabloid hacked into the girl’s phone and deleted messages, giving her parents false hope that she might still be alive. Grant will follow them, and is expected to continue his assault on reporting tactics used by Notw and the Daily Mail. Also due on Monday is the lawyer for actor Jude Law.
- 11/20/2011
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Leveson inquiry will feature an all-star cast of celebrities taking the stand to do a reverse kiss-and-tell on the media
When the inevitable Hollywood blockbuster is made of the phone-hacking scandal, directors risk bankrupting their studio when casting this, the most glittering public inquiry in history.
On Tuesday, we heard that over the next two weeks, Hugh Grant, Sienna Millar, Jk Rowling, Steve Coogan and 17 other high-profile core participants will take the stand to do a reverse kiss-and-tell on the media.
Some of the celebrities are more verbose than others, it emerges: Max Mosley, apparently, has submitted 450 pages of evidence – others, just a few paragraphs. It's bound to liven things up in an inquiry already losing momentum: despite having been long-awaited, just two days in, the press gallery of the courtroom was half-empty yesterday.
The annex, a massive tent erected in the courtyard of the Royal Courts of Justice with...
When the inevitable Hollywood blockbuster is made of the phone-hacking scandal, directors risk bankrupting their studio when casting this, the most glittering public inquiry in history.
On Tuesday, we heard that over the next two weeks, Hugh Grant, Sienna Millar, Jk Rowling, Steve Coogan and 17 other high-profile core participants will take the stand to do a reverse kiss-and-tell on the media.
Some of the celebrities are more verbose than others, it emerges: Max Mosley, apparently, has submitted 450 pages of evidence – others, just a few paragraphs. It's bound to liven things up in an inquiry already losing momentum: despite having been long-awaited, just two days in, the press gallery of the courtroom was half-empty yesterday.
The annex, a massive tent erected in the courtyard of the Royal Courts of Justice with...
- 11/16/2011
- by Amelia Hill
- The Guardian - Film News
Tinglan Hong granted anti-harassment order by the high court after being besieged by photographers
Tinglan Hong, the mother of Hugh Grant's daughter, has been forced to seek an anti-harassment order against paparazzi who she says have been harassing her since the birth of her baby.
An order granted on Friday by Mr Justice Tugendhat at the high court of justice in London means that anyone harassing Hong or her baby daughter – or encouraging or helping others to do so – risks being imprisoned, fined or having their assets seized.
Mark Thomson, the solicitor acting for Hong, said: "The means that some of these photographers have used to get pictures for the tabloids are utterly appalling.
"Today's injunction stops paparazzi pursing her, doorstepping her, harassing her, following her or putting her under surveillance."
It is understood that the detailed, five-page injunction also forbids photographers approaching within 100 metres of Hong's home or...
Tinglan Hong, the mother of Hugh Grant's daughter, has been forced to seek an anti-harassment order against paparazzi who she says have been harassing her since the birth of her baby.
An order granted on Friday by Mr Justice Tugendhat at the high court of justice in London means that anyone harassing Hong or her baby daughter – or encouraging or helping others to do so – risks being imprisoned, fined or having their assets seized.
Mark Thomson, the solicitor acting for Hong, said: "The means that some of these photographers have used to get pictures for the tabloids are utterly appalling.
"Today's injunction stops paparazzi pursing her, doorstepping her, harassing her, following her or putting her under surveillance."
It is understood that the detailed, five-page injunction also forbids photographers approaching within 100 metres of Hong's home or...
- 11/12/2011
- by Amelia Hill
- The Guardian - Film News
Actors deny sour grapes as they join forces with other stars to lead charge against News International
After enduring years of frenzied paparazzi coverage, British celebrities have landed what they see as a series of body blows on their enemy – our tabloid culture.
Comedian Steve Coogan emerged this weekend as a fiery spokesman for those entertainers who feel that their choice of a career in the public eye does not entitle the media to pay for illegal access to details of their relationships and private misdemeanours.
In an angry appearance on BBC2's Newsnight, Coogan, who has been the repeated target of tabloid stings about his personal life, accused Paul McMullan, a former News of the World deputy features editor, of being a "risible" and "morally bankrupt" individual who merely peddled "tittle-tattle" while hiding behind a "smokescreen" of phony support for the freedom of the press in Britain.
"People keep...
After enduring years of frenzied paparazzi coverage, British celebrities have landed what they see as a series of body blows on their enemy – our tabloid culture.
Comedian Steve Coogan emerged this weekend as a fiery spokesman for those entertainers who feel that their choice of a career in the public eye does not entitle the media to pay for illegal access to details of their relationships and private misdemeanours.
In an angry appearance on BBC2's Newsnight, Coogan, who has been the repeated target of tabloid stings about his personal life, accused Paul McMullan, a former News of the World deputy features editor, of being a "risible" and "morally bankrupt" individual who merely peddled "tittle-tattle" while hiding behind a "smokescreen" of phony support for the freedom of the press in Britain.
"People keep...
- 7/9/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
More contributions to the debates over libel and privacy that merit attention...
On this site, there is Alistair Brett writing about his early resolution scheme - an attempt at what we might call "conflict resolution" to avoid legal costs and reach sensible compromises (see the website earlyresolution.co.uk).
In somewhat similar vein, the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom has called for the establishment of libel tribunals with the power to require publication of corrections and apologies as a "right of reply" as well as, or instead of, damages.
In its submission to the parliamentary committee considering libel reform, the Cpbf said:
"The establishment of a process to facilitate the early resolution of defamation cases is a much-needed initiative... The high court is not the ideal place to settle such disputes."
Then there is a piece by Mary Ann Sieghart in today's Independent, We do need to stop the muck-rakers,...
On this site, there is Alistair Brett writing about his early resolution scheme - an attempt at what we might call "conflict resolution" to avoid legal costs and reach sensible compromises (see the website earlyresolution.co.uk).
In somewhat similar vein, the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom has called for the establishment of libel tribunals with the power to require publication of corrections and apologies as a "right of reply" as well as, or instead of, damages.
In its submission to the parliamentary committee considering libel reform, the Cpbf said:
"The establishment of a process to facilitate the early resolution of defamation cases is a much-needed initiative... The high court is not the ideal place to settle such disputes."
Then there is a piece by Mary Ann Sieghart in today's Independent, We do need to stop the muck-rakers,...
- 6/20/2011
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
News International may have created a £20m compensation fund to pay off phone-hacking victims but will it be enough?
Dominic Crossley, a partner at the London-based lawyers Collyer Bristow, argues that the fund "exists in the continued ignorance of how many complainants are to share in it."
Charlotte Harris, a lawyer representing people whose voicemail messages were intercepted on behalf of the News of the World, has suggested that there may as many as 7,000 victims.
As James Robinson wrote in his Media Guardian piece yesterday, the affair still has a long way to run.
The actress Sienna Miller has accepted £100,000, but "there is no one-size-fits-all solution," writes Crossley.
Anyway, where's the pain for Rupert Murdoch's company, given that its annual turnover is about £33bn?
Crossley, who represented Max Mosley in his privacy action against the News of the World, believes the publisher should be required to pay exemplary damages.
Dominic Crossley, a partner at the London-based lawyers Collyer Bristow, argues that the fund "exists in the continued ignorance of how many complainants are to share in it."
Charlotte Harris, a lawyer representing people whose voicemail messages were intercepted on behalf of the News of the World, has suggested that there may as many as 7,000 victims.
As James Robinson wrote in his Media Guardian piece yesterday, the affair still has a long way to run.
The actress Sienna Miller has accepted £100,000, but "there is no one-size-fits-all solution," writes Crossley.
Anyway, where's the pain for Rupert Murdoch's company, given that its annual turnover is about £33bn?
Crossley, who represented Max Mosley in his privacy action against the News of the World, believes the publisher should be required to pay exemplary damages.
- 5/18/2011
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
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