People love the whole diva thing.

I have no idea. Once started rumours do tend to snowball. The riders are most likely made up, or not written by her. 'Entourages' frequently make demands on behalf of their clients, that aren't specifically requested. I have first hand experience of this at work, where the talent's 'people' will make over the top demands in advance, and be very rude, but the performers themselves are a delight, easy going and undemanding.

Who knows why she has this reputation. Katie only mentioned how nice she was, because that sort of behaviour is unusual in an industry full of diva strops, where subordinates are uniformly treated like shit.

I'm sure she's not bothered by it, by the sounds of it she's too busy to care, and she can always cry herself to sleep at night on her bed made of money.

I only brought it up because I find it interesting how the infamous can defy expectations, and as an example of how the media often creates its own monsters.

You take your money, you make your choices. I often think la Beckham seems very funny, savvy and self-aware when I see her actually talking, but I certainly don't feel sorry for any vitriol printed about her. You invite the media into your life, its very much a two-way street, and they both get something out of it.

I'm sure Jennifer isn't naive enough to think tabloid stories have no effect on the public's interest in her, and whatever she's trying to sell them. Which is most likely why she doesn't bother trying to destroy the image of her they've created.

It's much more important to make a good impression on the people you actually meet and work with, rather than people who've never met you.

Elephant. Painter. Loser. 

Unbelievable.

The YouTube comments are pretty interesting, turning the whole thing into a discussion that elephants painting is proof of the existence of God...

Didn't he direct Madonna in Body of Evidence?

Wasn't sure where this belonged, so I thought I'd put it here- BBC to offer iPlayer service via the Wii.

To be fair J-Lo is a lot more famous than Kelly, and public interest in her is substancially higher.

My cousin has worked with Jennifer, and apparently she's lovely, polite and professional.

I suspect 90% of stories about her are bollocks. After all she was engaged to Affleck, and he's hilarious.

Boll's response to the petition.

Hilarious.

'Being Human' was good wasn't it? More deserving of a series than 'Phoo Action', purely based on the pilots. The vampire club is interesting, George is a great character and how long Annie is going to stick around for, and why, is intriguing. Then again, perhaps it would exhaust its ideas fairly quickly, but I'd hope the BBC would give it a chance. A touch of the Buffys, minus the monster of the week, which I rather like.

It had good performances across the board and dialogue that didn't feel clunky or forced (a real rarity on TV these days). Some chuckles, some decent special effects, a montage - there's little more I want from telly.

Plus Guy Flanagan is like David Tennant meets Orlando Bloom, with a touch of someone else I can't place*. He sounds just like Mr. Bloom, I keep expecting him to say "this forest is old, very old".

He's so tall and dark and skinny.

I'd recommend looking it up on the iPlayer if you missed it. I just hope that 'Phoo Action' being commissioned doesn't mean the other five don't get a chance.

* EDIT: It's Callum Blue, from 'Dead Like Me'

Seen in Forbidden Planet today

Big Lebowski Action Figures.

Flash Gordon Action Figures.  But no Blessed.

That rug really ties the packaging together.

Seen in Forbidden Planet today

Big Lebowski Action Figures.

You even get a fucking pomeranian with Walter.  Cool.

That rug really ties the packaging together.

Good news, real ladies. Cartoon babe would actually look deformed in real life.

Although...

Lindelof calls 'Lost' fans "toxic"

Whaddaprick.

He does have a point though.

Maybe, but shouting 'But I wrote it - it's brilliant and anyone who doesn't like it is a narna' isn't going to endear him any, is it?

It might.

Not pandering to one's audience can be a very attractive quality.

Like I say, I'm not saying the fans can't be reactionary naysayers, but stating that the show doesn't get the credit 'it deserves' isn't going to get anyone on side.

we find that the boards can be really toxic. Nobody goes on the boards to say: "Wow! That was awesome!" Traditionally, they go on the boards to nitpick and say, "Oh, I don't understand how Michael could have gotten off the island, gotten back to New York, parked Walt, then got indoctrinated by Friendly all in a month." Well, I don't understand how [on 24] there was a coup in the Oval Office, Jack's daughter got abducted, and there was a nuclear attack in Van Nuys, and it's not even lunchtime yet. But it's television. The reality of it is, if you go on the boards and people are saying, "I saw that coming," or "This is lame," or "I can't believe they're doing this again…" Having been one of those people myself, I know better, and try to avoid it. [Laughs.]

But there is a groundswell of what we hear about the show. When we were in season three after the break last year, it was a much different vibe than it is right now, in terms of how the audience responded to those episodes. If people are loving the show, Carlton and I will be walking around on the Disney lot, and some guy will literally pull over in his little fire-marshal truck and go, "I'm loving the show this year! What's the monster?" That won't happen if people aren't digging the show. So we do get a sense of what the fans are thinking and feeling. And what the critics are saying, because it's in the paper. The day after a really good episode airs, we'll get a lot of e-mails from people we know. After the "The Constant" aired, I don't think Carlton and I had ever gotten more e-mails. You just get a sense of, "Wow, that episode really landed with the fans."

Can you really have the protective force fields that Captain Kirk invokes in Star Trek? What about Michael J. Fox's 'hover board' from Back to the Future or Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility? When will we be able to zap our enemies with ray guns or light sabres in our own real Star Wars, or blast whole planets with the Death Star laser cannon? And please, when can I be beamed up by Scotty?

Far better to do what someone like RTD does, and just get on with the business of making the show.

I still think he sounds a bit whiny though. If he doesn't like fan reaction, don't look at the boards.

The image I have in my head is of Adam Buxton, hunched over the Adam and Joe forums with a glass of wine, reading fans' negative reactions to a pilot they'd made.

Whatever my problems with RTD, he's never complained about the older fans not liking it.

He frequently makes references in interviews to how "fans" - young and old - don't like the show, they even call them "Ming-Mongs" on set!