MONTREAL - Why are there going to be Downton Abbey-branded wines? Because the world is full of suckers.
A big Bordeaux producer, Dulong Grands Vins, will make the stuff for Wines That Rock, a U.S. marketer. ?These are wines the Crawley family would have been proud to serve at Downton,? WTR co-owner Bill Zysblat told thedrinksbusiness.com, keeping a straight face all the while.
By coincidence, Paul Giamatti is about to join the Downton cast. You?ll recall that Giamatti made his name in the 2004 wine-centric movie Sideways.
Downton Abbey red and white wines are to be sold in the U.S. and Canada, although I won?t hold my breath until the SAQ lists it.
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In Dallas, a white suit once owned by Col. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, has fetched $21,500 at an auction. The buyer was KFC Japan?s president, Masao (Charlie) Watanabe.
The suit came with a certificate of provenance: Sanders gave it to a friend, about 35 years ago, to wear as a Halloween costume.
Sanders ? who was once in the U.S. army but was never an officer ? died in 1980, at age 90.
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Quote of the day: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 52, tells Health mag about appearance and aging:
?Getting older, it?s like, ?Yeah, this is who I am, (bad word) off,? as opposed to, ?This is who I am, I?m sorry.?
?You know, there?s something about getting older and owning who you are that is a good thing.?
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Model/entrepreneur/TV host Heidi Klum broke up with singer Seal in January 2012. Now she?s undergoing removal of the tattoo she got to feel closer to him.
It?s an abstract design ? she said something about initials, but it looks random to me ? on the inside of her right arm, below the elbow.
People mag noted that recent photos show the marking has faded away; they asked, and sure enough, she?s having it erased.
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How the movie business works: In 2008, Liam Neeson made a movie called Taken ? ex-CIA man?s daughter gets kidnapped and sold into sex slavery, and he gets her back the hard way.
Personally, I?d rather watch paint dry, but the picture cost $25 million and grossed 11 times that amount. Neeson, who has some pride, didn?t want to do a sequel, but 20th Century Fox and something called EuropaCorp offered him 15 million good reasons; he did it, and that picture, on a $45 million budget, grossed $376 million, well more than the first one.
Who among us will be surprised to learn that Neeson wants more money to do it again? He got it, too: Deadline.com reports that he will accept $20 million for No. 3. Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace still need to be re-signed, but that will happen, Deadline suggests.
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So, Armie Hammer, what was it like working with Johnny Depp on this Lone Ranger movie? That?s what Hollywoodlife.com asked the actor. His answer: ?Terrible! Hated it, hate him and never want to see him again in my life!?
Then, perhaps fearing Depp is irony-impaired, Hammer added this: ?No, it was great!?
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