The Italian Job

‘IF anyone was under the impression that the National Television Awards had anything to do with television, let us dispel such notions now.

The Brawl In The (Albert) Hall

If Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can still win most popular quiz, if GMTV is the most popular factual programme and if My Family is the most popular comedy, you know there’s something amiss.

And this morning’s papers pay only lip service to the awards themselves – they are far more interested in whose frocks rock and whose frocks, er, don’t.

But one man’s trash is another man’s treasure and, not for the first time, the Sun and Mirror fail to agree on who’s hot and who’s not.

For instance, Emmerdale’s Adele Silva gets a big (and, it has to be said, deserved) thumbs-down from the Mirror for an outfit that the Sun describes as “a mini-marvel”.

The Sun suggests that, for all the glamour on display at the Royal Albert Hall, Sven Goran Eriksson’s girlfriend Nancy Dell’Olio outshone all the others in a dress which the Mirror describes as “over the top”.

The Mail is the Sun’s corner on this one, suggesting that the 45-year-old Italian “stole the show”.

One thing’s for sure – Nancy came out ahead on points of one-time love rival Ulrika Jonsson, who declined to attend for fear of a possible clash.

However, the good news is that Ulrika and Nancy will be climbing into the same ring as each other this Christmas as Anorak presents a new festive series of Celebrity Cat-fights.

Also on the card are Ulrika and Vanessa Feltz, Ulrika and Abi Titmuss, Ulrika and the contestants from Mr Right…’

Posted: 29th, October 2003 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink