Follow-Up

Two things to update on previous posts:

• Australia has been met with mixed reviews. I am still waiting for the definitive Margaret Pomeranz review, but Rob Lowing of the Sun Herald has launched a pretty scathing attack saying "Watching this is like being hit over the head by a giant glitter-coated marshmallow wielded by a director whose concept of epic romance is like a drag queen’s interpretation of what a woman is". It sounds great to me!
• Jennifer Aniston - she really copped it for her "uncool" comments this week. A headline I recall had something like "How Did America's Sweetheart Become America's Spinster?" (such a horrid word) and - even worse - that crackpot Ellen Fein, who co- authored The Rules with Sherrie Schneider, has created her OWN SET of rules of Jennifer. Oh dear. Ellen prefaces the rules with "Breaking up is never easy, but it doesn't have to be humiliating." Among her list of personalised rules she includes:

1. Never mention Brad's or John Mayer's name in public [they are advocating the dumpage of John Mayer also - primarily because he's already dumped her once. It can only happen again, right?].
2. Don't say anything bad about Brad ("he's missing a sensitivity chip").
3. Never talk about Angelina or call her "uncool," even if she was uncool. She does not exist in your world.
4. Never date a man or take a man back who humiliated you publicly or held a press conference to explain your breakup.
5. Go to parties where there are lots of single men and ask everyone you know to set you up.

They top their advice with this clanger: "You're going to be 40 soon. You have no time to waste if you want kids." Harsh but fair, methinks. I bet Aniston's publicist is a busy girl.