Post by EarlyBird on Nov 5, 2010 2:45:54 GMT 9.5
This is an article about the luncheon Michelle found, there is also one about a manda who fell off his chair 
this article is class XD manda got her glass of wine just as she wanted XD But poor Miranda's doggy the boy is ill 
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THE DIRECTOR of "Made in Dagenham," Nigel Cole was on hand. He said, "I have a reputation for working well with women, and that’s great, because it gives me the opportunity to cast wonderful women in my films."
Two of those wonders were there. Sally Hawkins, the star of the movie, looking divinely chic – nothing at all like the working-class heroine she portrays, and Miranda Richardson, who commits onscreen grand larceny as the famous politico Barbara Castle.
Miranda, no stranger to playing powerful women – who can forget her lethal assassin in "The Crying Game"? – looked sexy in her summery print dress, blonde again, as opposed to the red hair she sported as Barbara Castle. "Oh, I’ve played redheads before," said Miranda.
"And something really does happen. It changes you. You become – I know it’s a tiresome cliché – ‘fiery.’" She said also: "Barbara Castle is an iconic figure in Britain, and I felt that responsibility – to get her right, to do her justice."
"Made in Dagenham" has been a huge hit in England, and when it premiered recently in Rome with some of the real-life female factory workers on hand, the ovation was "tremendous, astonishing. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen anything quite like the Italian response," said Miranda.
Miss Richardson is junketing under pressure. "I have a sick dog at home, and I don’t want to be away from him now." But next year she will star in a movie about a nun who risks her life to save children in Uganda. "Not a comedy, obviously," she says, "but it has its lighter moments." There was some comment that the story was reminiscent of Ingrid Bergman’s "Inn of the Sixth Happiness." "You’re right," she said. "But I guess every actress needs a nun-saving-children story. Before Meryl Streep does it!" (Miranda’s next film for release is "Telepathy.")
THE FOOD served at this luncheon was intended for Barbie dolls. Small, delicate portions. (And not everybody was in love with the sparse Brussels sprouts leaf salad.)
Lemonade, iced tea and sparkling water was offered. "Uh, nothing else? No booze?" asked (of course!) a reporter. The young fellow serving the drinks looked horrified and turned away. "An AA meeting," said the scribe. "Who knew?"
But this lack of libation eventually became a subject at some of the other tables. Famed documentarian Karen Goodman wondered, "Is this a sexist thing? Do they not want women to get drunk? Or do they think every woman here is fighting calories?" Curiosity about this became so heated that Miranda Richardson said, "Well, I’d like a glass of wine. Let’s make them do it!" Miss Richardson’s table was served. Pronto.
Gift bags from Revive included a super-duper moisturizer and a special crème for the neck and décolletage area. (Shades of Nora Ephron!)
www.wowowow.com/culture/liz-smith-made-dagenham-sparks-delicious-lunch-509126?page=0%2C1
this article is class XD manda got her glass of wine just as she wanted XD But poor Miranda's doggy the boy is ill 
oooowTHE DIRECTOR of "Made in Dagenham," Nigel Cole was on hand. He said, "I have a reputation for working well with women, and that’s great, because it gives me the opportunity to cast wonderful women in my films."
Two of those wonders were there. Sally Hawkins, the star of the movie, looking divinely chic – nothing at all like the working-class heroine she portrays, and Miranda Richardson, who commits onscreen grand larceny as the famous politico Barbara Castle.
Miranda, no stranger to playing powerful women – who can forget her lethal assassin in "The Crying Game"? – looked sexy in her summery print dress, blonde again, as opposed to the red hair she sported as Barbara Castle. "Oh, I’ve played redheads before," said Miranda.
"And something really does happen. It changes you. You become – I know it’s a tiresome cliché – ‘fiery.’" She said also: "Barbara Castle is an iconic figure in Britain, and I felt that responsibility – to get her right, to do her justice."
"Made in Dagenham" has been a huge hit in England, and when it premiered recently in Rome with some of the real-life female factory workers on hand, the ovation was "tremendous, astonishing. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen anything quite like the Italian response," said Miranda.
Miss Richardson is junketing under pressure. "I have a sick dog at home, and I don’t want to be away from him now." But next year she will star in a movie about a nun who risks her life to save children in Uganda. "Not a comedy, obviously," she says, "but it has its lighter moments." There was some comment that the story was reminiscent of Ingrid Bergman’s "Inn of the Sixth Happiness." "You’re right," she said. "But I guess every actress needs a nun-saving-children story. Before Meryl Streep does it!" (Miranda’s next film for release is "Telepathy.")
THE FOOD served at this luncheon was intended for Barbie dolls. Small, delicate portions. (And not everybody was in love with the sparse Brussels sprouts leaf salad.)
Lemonade, iced tea and sparkling water was offered. "Uh, nothing else? No booze?" asked (of course!) a reporter. The young fellow serving the drinks looked horrified and turned away. "An AA meeting," said the scribe. "Who knew?"
But this lack of libation eventually became a subject at some of the other tables. Famed documentarian Karen Goodman wondered, "Is this a sexist thing? Do they not want women to get drunk? Or do they think every woman here is fighting calories?" Curiosity about this became so heated that Miranda Richardson said, "Well, I’d like a glass of wine. Let’s make them do it!" Miss Richardson’s table was served. Pronto.
Gift bags from Revive included a super-duper moisturizer and a special crème for the neck and décolletage area. (Shades of Nora Ephron!)
www.wowowow.com/culture/liz-smith-made-dagenham-sparks-delicious-lunch-509126?page=0%2C1
Also the gift bag does seem a bit sexist, but hey, moisturizer is my best friend, and who doesn't love special stuff for the décolletage area? XD