Friday, 14 December 2012

Lisa Roberts

NAME: Lisa Roberts

SIBLING: Julia Roberts

CAREER: Actress (Film: I Love Trouble, with Julia Roberts / Something To Talk About, with Julia Roberts / Runaway Bride, with Julia Roberts / Mona Lisa Smile, with Julia Roberts / Eat Pray Love, with Julia Roberts / Maid in Manhattan, with Priscilla Lopez / Raising Helen, with Joan Cusack / TV: Friends (one episode) - with Julia Roberts)

QUOTE: "We're pretty symbiotic actually - but she's the boss, absolutely."

- at the premiere of Jesus Henry Christ
(co-produced with Julia Roberts)

Friday, 30 November 2012

Renée Estevez

NAME: Renée Estevez

SIBLINGS: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen

CAREER: Actress (The West Wing, with Martin Sheen / The Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass, Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers with Pamela Springsteen, Scar City with Stephen Baldwin, Endangered with Kent Maclachlan, Deadfall (dir.: Christopher Coppola), Good Advice with Charlie Sheen, No Code of Conduct with Joe Estevez; Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, Guilty Until Proven Innocent, A Stranger In The Kingdom, Mercy Of The Sea, The Way, Born Wild - with Martin Sheen).

QUOTE: "Any big projects? Nothing to mention at the moment. I'm revamping my website and will post anything new there as soon as it breaks."
- Interview with thefleshfarm.com

Monday, 19 November 2012

Johnny Savile

NAME: Johnny Savile (d. 1988)

SIBLING: Sir Jimmy Savile

CAREER: Recreation officer, Springfield Psychiatric Hospital, Tooting (sacked for gross misconduct)

QUOTES: "We are aware of this case, and if we are contacted by the police we will co-operate fully. We believe there was a criminal case in 1979 over rape allegations. The victim is believed to have been an ex-patient at the hospital" - NHS statement, November 2012

Saturday, 27 October 2012

Paolo Berlusconi

NAME: Paolo Berlusconi

SIBLING: Silvio Berlusconi

CAREER: Media mogul (Il Giornale, Mediaset) / Entrepreneur (Paolo Berlusconi Finanzaria) / Racist / Polygamist / Fraudster

CONVICTIONS: Fraud (€49m), corruption, false invoices

QUOTE: "Anyone who says I'm only working for Mediaset because of Paolo is wide of the mark. I was famous in my own right already."

- Natalia Estrada (showgirl, TV presenter and mistress)

"Let's go and watch the little black boy of the family. All you ladies are invited as well, you can even have a chance to meet the President."

- Paolo Berlusconi (referring to Mario Balotelli and Silvio Berlusconi respectively)

Monday, 22 October 2012

Pamela Springsteen

NAME: Pamela Springsteen

SIBLING: Bruce Springsteen

CAREER: Actress (Modern Girls - with Virginia Madsen, Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers - with Renée Estevez, Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland / TV: Family Ties) / Rock photographer (Lucky Town, Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen) / Singer

QUOTE: "Oh I'm a happy camper / I love the clear blue sky / and with the grace of God / I'll camp until I die"
(from Sleepaway Camp 2)

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Louis Osbourne

NAME: Louis Osbourne

SIBLING: Jack Osbourne

CAREER: DJ / musician (Psychotron) / reality TV star (MTV's The Osbournes)

QUOTES: "He [Ozzy] does say to me sometimes, 'When are you going to get a real job?' I don't think he understands the fact that I've got a career."

"There was talk of me doing a TV show but that was all in negotiation and it never happened."

Monday, 8 October 2012

Aimee Osbourne

NAME: Aimee Osbourne

SIBLING: Kelly Osbourne

CAREER: Actress (MTV's Wuthering Heights, as Raquelle) / Singer / Pop columnist (Nylon magazine)

QUOTES: "I don't have huge intentions to be some big actress... I want to be a singer."

"I'm not some weirdo depressed daughter that's afraid of the world and locks herself in her room all day."

"Aimee, I know I've been unkind / I guess
I wasn't much of a friend / Oh Aimee, let's leave it all behind / Cos I'll always love you"
 Aimee by Ozzy Osbourne (1995, B-side)