No way I'd be voting for Juliar - anyway I'm not in her electorate - but I will not be voting for either party .... and I agree with Claire .... - Maxine
@ Dianne: "Agree Tony w. was being deliberately down key." No time to downplay things Dianne, after what they've done to our PM we need to stick the boot into these bullies and give them a taste of their own medicine. Maintain the Rage! - Tony W
That'sone of my favourite books too! Yours in messiness... - Wendy Harmer
I will be voting for JG on the 14th September. - Claire
I agree with Ellen. There's a big difference between saying "she asked for it" (which is complete unacceptable at any level) and thinking it's prudent to not take insane risks with your safety. I don't think that ensuring you have reasonable control of your faculties or avoiding dodgy areas on your own is a female-only thing. My partner (male) was bashed up while walking home in a really bad area at an early hour and was drunk - things he could have avoided. It certainly wasn't his fault, but if he wasn't blotto and caught a cab instead of walking through a scary area, he wouldn't have encountered the gang of cavemen who beat him up. It's all well and good to say "we have a right to do what we want, when we want, and be safe" (what a wonderful world that would be) but the reality is that we have lots of fruit loops with messed up heads living among us. It doesn't matter what you wear or how you act, they're still on a mission to do bad stuff to other humans. I think the self-preservation argument gets swamped by labels of rape apologist and victim-blaming, but I actually don't think it's a gender thing. It's just common bloody sense for women AND men. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, on this one. - catzilla
Hmmm, I like the recommendation but not sure I like the angle...there are a plethora of good, evidence-based, reasons/achievements to keep the ALP in and keep Julia Gillard as PM, just not sure that simply being a woman is high on the list. - Amy T
Ah, here she is again offering her opinion. The woman who told JG "OK Julia, you have a big arse. Get over it", Well, Germaine, you have a bad habit of sticking your nose where it is not invited. Usually you take the opportunity to denounce and denigrate Australia and those who you feel deserve your acidic comments. I can think of a few to describe you but nobody had asked me. Suffice to say I have always considered you to be a right royal pain in the arse. - Claire
@ Steph: "it will be another twenty years before they govern again." That was being said about the Libs after Rudd's landslide victory, they were a rabble under Nelson and Turnbull. They've regrouped under Abbott and he's been the most effective opposition leader we've ever seen, but he'll fall flat on his face in government and even Murdoch won't be able to save him. He'll break his promise on the carbon tax and merely try to reduce the fixed price. He won't manage to Stop the Boats, and his austerity measures will kill off growth and may even shock the economy into recession. Unlike Howard/Costello he won't have access to rivers of gold from any mining boom. The electoral pattern in recent years is massive expectations pre-election and massive disappointment post-election. Think Rudd, Gillard, Bailleau, Newman, O'Farrell. Soon it will be Abbott's turn to live up to the hype, and as his polling inevitably falls there are plenty of would-be LNP leaders waiting in the wings. In other words - deja vu, all over again. - Tony W
Robert f blames the Government for the "Insulation stuffup". What stuff up? on the basis of his statement every time a person is killed on a State owned road the Government of that State no matter what persuasion should be blamed because like the insulation scheme all the Government did was finance the scheme. It was the idiot and greedy employers who did not supervise their staff enough. This industry is part of the building industry which is supervised in each State by State Government Building controls. So in this case the blame should more likely be sheeted home to State Governments. - rob pittman
Thanks, it is such a nice refreshing change to read something that is not bagging Julia. - Heather

Categories: Entertainment, Movies, News and Opinion

FIRST LOOK: NAOMI WATTS AS DIANA

By The Hoopla

July 3, 2012

Australian actor Naomi Watts bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Princess Diana in a biopic about the royal’s life.

Caught in Flight follows Diana’s life during the two years until her tragic death in 1997, reports gawker.com.

The movie, by Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel, focuses on Diana’s relationship with British-Pakistani heart and lung surgeon Dr. Hasnat Kahn.

The UK’s Daily Mail reports that Watts is the double of the doe-eyed Princess: “With immaculately coiffured blonde hair and a stylish colour coordinated outfit, she bears an uncanny likeness to the woman she is portraying.”

“She is a part of our history, an incredible woman and fascinating but a tragic ending,” Watts has said of the role.

“The film-makers came to me and it’s a good script and it’s very scary and I kind of wanted to say ‘no’ but I couldn’t.”

The Aussie actor moved to London’s Kensington to prepare for the role and was said to have visited Diana’s favourite places – such as The Harbour Club and Beauchamp Place - to get into character.

4 Responses to this article

Kate July 3, 2012 Reply

I’m sorry but I can’t see any resemblance to Diana at all. Having the hair styled similar and trying to do the shy look just isn’t doing it for me.
- gogirl July 3, 2012 Reply
  
  Yeah Kate, I’m with you. I can’t see it either

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