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Leigh has been "devising" films, as he puts it, for 25 years, since the aptly titled Bleak Moments. Unable to secure studio financing, he made films for the BBC and Channel 4, where he carved out his own dramatic genre: working-class Brits scraping each other's skin with their verbal aggressions. Since the late '80s he has worked on the big screen. Some of his films (High Hopes, Life Is Sweet, Naked) have earned him critics' awards and a small, passionate U.S. following. He has received museum retrospectives and is the subject of Michael Coveney's comprehensive, reverent biography...
...there's new--or sorta new--Dead merchandise due soon and often: mandolinist David Grisman, who recorded several sessions with Garcia, plans to release a CD every August for the next few years featuring portions of those recordings. First up: a traditional folk album. In the late fall the BBC will air a special on the making of two of the Dead's best-loved albums, Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty; both albums are reportedly being remastered by Warner Bros. Meanwhile, Arista is preparing a double CD of the band's greatest hits...
...before graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he was handed a big role in Dennis Potter's 1993 TV series Lipstick on Your Collar. His dreamboat looks and what Emma director Douglas McGrath calls "a boyish, endearing playfulness" have won him leads on TV (in the BBC's Scarlet and Black) and in seven films (including Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, as a full-frontal demon lover) over the past two years. With Trainspotting, McGregor looks set to take Hollywood, if he cares to. Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Grant--beware! Here comes Brit star...
...entirely surprising that Hemingway, constantly seeking to revive her career, allowed this anguished session to be taped for a BBC triumph-over-adversity program called Fighting Back. Hemingway had been invited to talk about her successful battle with bulimia. But the eating disorder was only one of many afflictions that she suffered--and it was far too soon to declare victory over her demons...
...Goose. Lamme is suing for libel and invasion of privacy. Not one to dwell on past errors, Grammer spent much of last week with CAMILLE DONATACCI, a Club MTV dancer and former soft-core porn actress, who describes herself as "a free-lance associate director for the BBC" and who thinks he's wonderful. Says she: "I hope we develop into something more...