Haven't watched the trailer yet... but this looks to be the *Official* site. It has all the studios' logos and these days they can't get the right domain names. There's an option called Resolutions, which is ecards. One pic of Colin: Am working to get the others up as I type ;-)

Yes, I've also just found this, sent myself a resolution message with this lovely pic - and received a text message (more film publicity) in which the following appears prominently: "...caught between a man who's too good to be true (Hugh Grant - Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill) and a man who's so wrong he could be right (Colin Firth - Shakespeare in Love, An Ideal Husband). " An Ideal Husband??? Who wrote this? Is that an official site??? So much for their professionalism and reliability... :-(

Oh, and the trailer doesn't play yet.

Grrr... 2 Bridgets, 2 Daniels and 1 Mark Darcy but at least Colin's name is in center, above the title, and before Hugh's on that intro page. (Probably the v. positive audience reactions from the test screenings, don't you think?) ;-) ...and very possibly the worst pic I've ever seen of him...

Last didn't show up?

Trailer worked for me

The pic of our man? Haba haba

Still no trailer for me.... MMmmmm, just loved that first Huge picture...what a handsome man he looks *ROTFLMAO*;-D

You don't see much. A shot of RZ in a pink top, then it's mainly a still shot of HG with voiceover commenting on her apparel (with a line borrowed right out of Notting Hill - the one about taking another look). All you hear of RZ accent is 'no.'

Thanks, Karen. Hopefully something a little more enlightening will follow. Popped in to check Miramax site, it hasn't been updated much other than to remove THAT Polo Neck pic and replace it with one RZ & HG ;-(

Trailer is cute ..Renee looking through her "knicker" collection LOL...so is sound track; is that the theme song? Thanks Karen and Renate for new Colin pic. Is that the suit he wore to the RV premiere?I still like the pic in the turtle/polo neck best. (Thanks Boss for making it the new Spring headliner.)

Yeah, "Hold on, I'm coming" is a good one, although I can't place who is singing it in this version. The tie at the premiere had a pattern (diagonally checked).

I agree Evelyn, I like the polo neck pic best, he looks as if he has lost a lot of wieight around his neck, another ill-fitting shirt!!

The trailer also worked for me and I sent an email card to my son Rich, he won't be surprised he knows all about his Mum and Colin! hee hee

Tracy MMmmmm, just loved that first Huge picture...what a handsome man he looks *ROTFLMAO*;-D LOL! Tracy, I've seen Robert Downey Jr. look better getting arrested.;-) Haven't been able to run the trailer yet, but it sounds like what they showed on ET last Friday. Can't be the full trailer; how long does it run? Echo, on the front screen it says SIL and TEP.

Oh, well, if Colin's not in it, I don't care if it works or not.

on the front screen it says SIL and TEP. You see? - not only sloppy but inconsistent as well!

Thought the trailer was very cute, too. Seemed to be geared to us frightful Americans--with HG doing all the talking (and no CF featured). Has he ever looked more dreadful?! Obviously to provide even more contrast with _our_ pick for Mr. Right! I think RZ is going to be really great! She will make Bridget a lot more adorable than I found her (don't mind me-grumpy, smug married, 40 something ;-) Even my DH lavishes praise on her--calling her a "cutie" after seeing Nurse Betty. Not a phrase I have ever heard him use! I'm afraid I'm starting to get really excited and overwrought about this release. We'll be in NYC seeing Design for Living--may have to catch it in the Big Apple. How's that for true P&P inspired devotion?

...found her in the _book_! Sorry!

Thanks, Mari and Karen! I won't have time to check the trailer yet. :-((((( another ill-fitting shirt!! LOL! Don't get me started! Talk about a big hair day? ;-)

Seemed to be geared to us frightful Americans- Why? We don't like homely men either.;-) Speaking of which, I amend my earlier statement: I've seen Huge himself look better getting arrested. (Surely some enterprising person here can do a side by side with the LAPD mugshot;-) (Moon)Talk about a big hair day? ;-) Gah, was thinking the same thing! (And that is *not* the hair he wore to the RV premiere. More side by side comparisons in order.;-)

(Moon)Talk about a big hair day? ;-) That's the same hair as in the polo/turtle neck. The reason he looks so good in the latter is because it hides his crepey neck due to weight loss....Needs a little nip 'n tuck;-) 911- Giii iiii

(Mari) Why? We don't like homely men either.;-) LOL! I've seen Huge himself look better getting arrested. (Surely some enterprising person here can do a side by side with the LAPD mugshot;-) Ya think? ;-) Don't know if they'll all fit across, but first the *important* side by sides:

See? Hugh looks better at right. (But who is that guy in the middle?;-) My next request: we need to see the turtleneck pic next to the RV premiere pic. Also, Karen, did you take "a little off the top" of the new pic? Hair seems a bit bigger on the website. Or maybe it's the Tressy navigation system they're using.;-) Thanks!

Turtleneck next to RV premiere... plus bonus shot of hair on pavement:

Sorry, they didn't all fit across. Anyway, while this one may not be good for hair analysis, it should suffice for neck/collar examinations:

Get that man a shirt that fits.I still think the blue dinner suit in MLSF was his best.(Do you mind bringing that one up, boss? ;-))[cheeky, uh?] Wonder when that turtle/polo pic was taken. Cheeks and chinny chin-chin are not as gaunt. LOL. Mari...sure you don't write for Leno?? Thanks Karen...who are a true technocrat.

Big thank you's to Karen and Mari (ROTF)! Get that man a shirt that fits. LOL, Evelyn! I see I have infected you too. ;-) You'd think his wife would help him with it. (But the again, she wears throngs with a gown);-)

I loved that drop curl look from the premiere. I really thought that was his MD look at the time. (That's how I pictured Lorimer, when we still had that hope). That big hair makes him look older, not like himself.

Have viewed the trailer on an DSL line and pic is even bigger. The credit order looks set to me and could've been something HG was unhappy about. Remember the rumblings? It goes RZ, CF and HG. That 'and HG' signifies that he's the biggest star name on the pic, but his part isn't big enough to justify going first. And no way, he would go second, except to Julia Roberts.

Quit the bellyaching... :-) Colin looks absolutely gorgeous!

This is fun, from this week's HEAT magazine, I think Colin comes off best, what do you all think? "The Sexiet Movies of 2001. There's a big love thing going on at the cinema this year, as Tinseltown's hottest stars team up to become some of the sexiest couplings ever seen on celluloid. By Charles Gant. BJD starring RZ, HG, & CF. I think we know the story... Yup: RZ plays the famous weight-obsessed thirtysomething singleton consumed wit finding Mr. Right. Hello Hugh. Floppy-fringed HG plays the seemingly dashing but actualy dastardly Daniel, Bridget's boss, who, after an e-mail flirtation, beds her. The dumps her. Goodbye Hugh, hello Colin. Yhe fact that CF's character MD shares his surname with Bridget's fave hero (from P&P) should have told her he was Mr. Right all along.

cont. Duh!What's more, you'd have thought that the Darcy-obsessed Bridget would have spotted Mark's resemblance to the dashing TV Mr. Darcy - played by CF. Colin and Hugh - that's plenty to choose from. Well, HG isn't exactly the living embodiment of "Phwoar!" and while CF has charm, he has no actual love scenes (Shame!, my words). This is a romantic comedy - with the emphasis on comedy. RAUNCH FACTOR 4.Released 13th April." There are 10 other films listed, The Mexican with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt gets a 10 as does Original Sin with Antonio Bandaras and Angelina Jolie. Captain Corelli's Mandolin only gets a 5.Pearl Harbour an 8 and Moulin Rouge also 8. HEAT magazine seems to like BJD, this is the 2nd featur for BJD in a couple of weeks.

(Moon) That big hair makes him look older, not like himself. I'm with you, Moon. The tousled look is very youthful. Thanks for the side-by-sides, Karen. Seems like they were really going for a visual contrast between "bad" Daniel (sloppy hair and clothes) and "good" Mark (perfectly coiffed and neat as a pin). Why not just have them wear black or white hats?;-) (Ann) while CF has charm, he has no actual love scenes I am sorry to hear that.:-(

CF has charm, he has no actual love scenes Bummer:-( Given the choice...I'd take the love scenes.

(Heat) while CF has charm, he has no actual love scenes ...but that shouldn't be a surprise, given how they've changed the story and his engagement to Natasha is being announced toward the end. There can't be the date where she's drying her hair and didn't hear the doorbell. Am really wondering how they're going to get across that he likes her. Lots of LOOKS??? ;-)

RAUNCH FACTOR 4.Released 13th April." There are 10 other films listed, The Mexican with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt gets a 10 as does Original Sin with Antonio Bandaras and Angelina Jolie. Captain Corelli's Mandolin only gets a 5.Pearl Harbour an 8 and Moulin Rouge also 8. Raunch Factor 4? No love scenes? What was the film rating? If The Mexican got a and Original Sin got a 10? What's more, you'd have thought that the Darcy-obsessed Bridget would have spotted Mark's resemblance to the dashing TV Mr. Darcy - played by CF. I thought there was no mention of P&P's Mr. Darcy? Or is this reviewer assuming that everyone that sees the film has read the book?

Rauch Factor refers to the sexiness of the film and you wouldn't expect there to be any explicit sex scenes in a film that runs parallel to P&P. In P&P it was more what you don't see than what you do see, if you know what I mean. As Karen says it's all about LOOKS, as soon as I read that "Colin Firth smoulders in BJD", I shall be a happy girl.

Keeping fingers crossed for that LOOK. To me Raunch Factor has something to do vulgar jokes or scenes ala Jim Curry in Me, Myself & Irene etc. Raunch is not what I would first expect in BJD. What about the rating, Ann? Could BJD be a 4 to The Mexican and Original Sin a 10?

Being a numbers gal myself, I think, you're taking the ratings wrong. It has to do with the actors themselves. Julia Roberts + Brad Pitt = heat Angelina Jolie + Antonio Banderas = same thing (and if you've seen the trailer, as I have, it is one big closeup after another of her lips) However, RZ (baby sister 2) and HG (floppy 1) are low on the heat scale. Therefore, when you average in Colin's 10, you get a 4 overall. It's mathematics. ;-)

Your newfangled math works for me, Karen.:-) I also wonder about the extent to which these "ratings" are based on first hand knowledge. Surely they haven't had press screenings for BJD yet. They mention Pearl Harbor; that won't be out until late May and I'm sure no one has actually seen it yet--they're still putting it together. Also, there was a review of The Mexican at Dark Horizons today and the person didn't mention anything remotely raunch-worthy. In fact, it seems Julia and Brad are apart for most of the film and when they're not, they're bickering. I've sent a note to the reviewer--will let you know if I get a response. (Karen) and his engagement to Natasha is being announced toward the end. There can't be the date where she's drying her hair and didn't hear the doorbell. Well, he could have the non-date, figure she's not interested and then hook back up with Natasha, right? Am really wondering how they're going to get across that he likes her. Lots of LOOKS??? ;-) In the new photo, doesn't it seem that he is sitting at a dais, looking up admiringly/amusingly at someone (BJ?) who is giving a speech/introducing someone? Haven't we read that she screws something up at a literary event? (BTW, Cheryl, sonny does play alto sax and is learning tenor as well; thanks for asking:-)

More BJD promotion,this time a competition to win tickets for advance screening run by Diet Coke in association with Asda.The advertising stand has pic of BJ (holding diary looking upwards) with smaller ones but none of CF-(( However he does get mentioned in accompanying leaflet. The book that sold 4 million copies is now a movie starring RZ,CF & HG.The story centres on Bridget,a 30-something 'singleton',& her attempts to control a chaotic life & find true love-all charted by her hilarious diary entries. Bridget Jones Diary (v.important)facts 1 BJD started life in 1995 as a newspaper column(v.g.) 2 B's best friends are Tom,Jude & Shazzer.(fellow singletons unite) 3 CF plays the enigmatic MD,an old family friend (gorgeous) 4 HG plays B's rival love interest,her caddish boss DC (equally gorgeous) 5 B refers to her friends Magda & Jeremy as 'smug marrieds'.(v.bad) 6 Cotswold village Snowshil was transformed into the picturesque wintry setting for B's parents home (where singletons go for Christmas) 7 B is played by Texan RZ who spent months perfecting her English accent (marvellous) 8 She spent two & a half weeks working unrecognised at a London publishing house to prepare for the role (v.g.) 9 In 1996 R played TC's girlfriend in the movie JM (excellent) 10 Salmon Rushdie makes a cameo appearance leaving B speechless at a literary party.(how humiliating!) 11 Co-screenwriter RC was also responsible for Four Weddings & a Funeral & Notting Hill (v.g.) 12 Celia Imrie plays Una Alconbury-hostess of the infamous Una & Geoffrey Alconbury's New Year Turkey Curry Buffet.(yuk!) 13 B's mother is Pam. (insufferable meddler) 14 Her long-suffering father is Colin. (poor dad!) 15 Pam Jones has an affair with the orange-tanned Julian (why?why?) 16 B's dad,played by Jim Broadbent,has also starred in The Crying Game,Life is Sweet & Topsy Turvey (v.g.) 17 Sally Phillips,who has also appeared in Smack the Pony & Alan Partridge,plays Shazzer.(v.v.g.) 18 B appears in her bunny costume walking through Borough market. (how embarrassing!) 19 Ex-Avengers star Honor Blackman plays Penny-a friend of B's mother .(excellent) 20 St.Pancras station was covered in fake snow in the middle of summer for one scene (g)

Thanks, Judy! I wonder if that bunny outfit is more Playboy than actual cute furry creature. Could only mean that the T & V party is on! Hooray! Your newfangled math works for me, Karen.:-) Works for me too. :-D

Excellent, Judy! So how many entries have you sent in? ;-) B appears in her bunny costume walking through Borough market. Gaah! Mark, you must have missed that day and I've been wringing my hands over whether this had been left out. Oh goodie!! Moon, the bunny costume should be Playboy-like because it was for the Tarts & Vicars party. Have book handy. Was described as "a black lacy Marks and Spencer body, with stockings and suspenders, a French maid's-style apron which we made out of two hankies and a piece of ribbon, a bow-tie, and a cotton-wool rabbit's tail."

(Moon) Could only mean that the T & V party is on! Hooray! I second that emotion! Also agree with you about the fluffy hair (noticed it right away--hair wranglers at work, no doubt [hey, I saw DQ]). Don't think it makes him look hold, though. Think it makes him look like Mr. D. K, was ROTF when I saw your devine choice of Hugh pics. *guffaw* As Daniel, could he look any slimier? Well done, I say!

Grr, that should be 'don't think it makes him look old...

(Moon), Could only mean that the T & V party is on! Hooray! (Karen), Moon, the bunny costume should be Playboy-like because it was for the Tarts & Vicars party. In you excitement, Karen, you missed mine! ;-D That is one scene I remember very well indeed!

Closing Italics, sorry.

From Terry's stats:re: Spring hits "'bridget jones diary' is the top search phrase." Congrats Karen....what's your total hits so far?

Somewhere over 27,000 last I looked. Speaking of which, I've redone the pictures as the Location page was getting too big. Therefore, Location has 'behind the scenes' stuff and is where I've put up the pic of RZ and HG on the couch from Entertainment Weekly. The Screening Room has all the publicity stills from the movie. There are a few mouse-over captions (ATTN: Mark), but if you think of anymore that seem appropriate, let me know. http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/bjdgal.html (Still may need some tweaking...Emma?)

VV. good job (as always), Karen. I didn't get any mouse over captions :-( but here are a few suggestions: - Top human rights barrister - Notice the dry shirt - Ooh, isn't he gorgeous? [hmm, may be a bit OTT] - There are six pack abs under this shirt Don't worry, nobody will ever know you're a CF fan...trust me ;-)

Oh I like the Screening Room. But how about posting the pic from the msn official site too.

Maybe I should combine them: "Top human rights barrister, with six-pack abs under his *dry* shirt." ;-)

There are a few mouse-over captions (ATTN: Mark) LOL, many thanks, Karen. Just so as you know, Bridget comes out of that doorway, walks round DC's car, chucks her bag in the back and gets in. As the car starts to move (every single take!), a handsome stranger bloke in a suit walks past it on the driver's side. Me!

(Mark) As the car starts to move (every single take!), a handsome stranger bloke in a suit walks past it on the driver's side. Can't wait to get that snappy blown -up for Karen's website...:-)) Just think how you'll impress your friends...it can be your '02 Christmas Card.

And your "calling card" so you can "gatecrash" some more parties/events in the name of CF research!

I see a secret life developing, Mark. ;-)

Here's a copy of the movie poster that will be used in the US: You should be able to read the resolutions, which are probably the same used on the European one.

From this week's EW magazine (in the Spring Movie preview section): When you think of Bridget Jones-a plumpish,single, thirthysomething Londoner who obssessively counts calories, cigerettes, and chardonnay-you don't think of Zwellweger, a slim, pretty, Texan. Neither did anyone else. Casting lagged for more than a year while Brit actresses, from Kate Winslet to Helena B-C, were considered. Zwellweger, however, nailed her meetng with first-time feature director Sharon Maguire, a friend of author Helen Fielding. The backlash from fans-the novel has sold more than 4 mil copiesworldwide-comes shortly thereafter. To convert the skeptics, RZ moved to London, packed on 15 pounds, toiled for a few weeks in a Bridget-type publishing job, and worked the accent. As Briget's rakish beau, HG "gets to be fantastically",Maquire says. "That was fine because Hugh has a real smutty sense of humor." As for Zwellweger. costar Firth says she's v.v.g.:"If there was some legislation that Texans can only play Texansand middle-class Brits can only play middle-class Brits,can you imagine how boring that would be?" (April 13) Picture of Bridget sliding down a fire pole is included in the article.

Sorry my fingers kept typing in the extra w in Zellweger. Where are the days of easy celebrity names (like Firth)?

Thanks Sue and Karen, for the latest BJ stuff.Wish the poster had featured the barrister. That was fine because Hugh has a real smutty sense of humor." Liz didn't think so;-)

The quote pertaining to Hugh Grant should have read "gets to be fantastically rude".

Thank you, Sue, for the EW article. I was having a "fantastically" good time filling in the missing word. "Rude" is such a letdown. ;-)

I was having a "fantastically" good time filling in the missing word. "Rude" is such a letdown. ;-) Well, prude certainly does not come to mind. ;-)

Thanks for typing in the article, Sue. Glad they included Colin this time, and with such a sensible quote.:-) I have the issue now; of the over 100 films opening n the Spring (hard to believe, eh?) BJD is one of about 20 or so that gets a nice spread (half-page). I think they should have included the guys (ok, guy;-) on the poster.

I just had a vision of CF and HG (only because he is a bigger name in the US), on the cover of GQ. The article includes and extensive interview and lots of sexy pictures taken by Herb Ritts. Maybe if we send this thought out to the Universe... :-D

From today's Miami Herald's Book Section: Rosie trades big egos for true suffering Cause Celeb. BY CONNIE OGLE Anyone who makes it past the first 100 or so pages of this precursor to Bridget Jones's Diary will be rewarded -- sort of. Helen Fielding's first novel, published in England in 1994 and just released here, springs from a relatively clever idea and contains a few chuckles, an engaging splash of satire and a solid dose of effective drama. But getting there, well, that's far from a pleasant journey. An almost insufferable start buries Cause Celeb before Fielding can get it off the ground. With an uneven tone and unbearably tedious characters -- at least until one of them experiences complete transformation -- it's likely to send Bridget Jones devotees skulking back to their copies of Pride and Prejudice. Worse, because of its subject matter, this slight novel faces comparison to Catch-22 -- a tall order for the best of novelists. Fielding, who is genuinely funny and possibly brilliant in her Bridget Jones series, wasn't able to sustain true black comedy this early in her career. Rosie Richardson also will face inevitable comparison to Bridget, which is fitting since she is an earlier, less amusing but more soulful version. In her 20s, Rosie is a publicist (or ``puffette'') at a publishing company who ``wiggled around in short skirts, legs in sheer black tights crossing and uncrossing in meetings, then kept going on and on about people not being interested in my mind.'' She's enchanted with rakish Oliver Marchant, editor of a television arts program, who is successful, wealthy and, on every level, pretty much a jerk. They meet. They flirt. They have an affair. Then, on a work-related venture, Rosie travels to a relief camp in Africa that feeds refugees. Wham! She's a new woman. She quits her job and Oliver and returns to Africa to run a camp, where she undertakes a convoluted trip into a neighboring war zone and a throwaway romance with a doctor. But when she sees signs that another terrible famine is coming and realizes the camp will run out of food, she returns to London to organize a Bob Geldof-esque benefit with the help of a reluctant Oliver and his vapid network of stars. Cause Celeb springs to life once Rosie's plan is under way. Fielding, who obviously has done this type of relief work, deftly savages the multinational bureaucratic red tape that thwarts good intentions and throws in plenty of digs at stars who will donate their time to a worthy cause -- if they get the right publicity. Her navigation of especially tricky ground -- those inflated egos punctured wordlessly at the sight of real suffering -- is more skillful than you'd expect, given the babbling of her first chapters. In the desperate tragedy of thousands of dead and dying villagers Fielding finally finds her voice. But by that time, there's a good chance no one's listening.

Zellweger has sights on role in 'Oleander' LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- Renee Zellweger is in negotiations to star opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in Warner Bros.' "White Oleander" for British helmer Peter Kosminsky. The project is targeted to start shooting this quarter. John Wells and Hunt Lowry will produce the project, which is based on Jane Finch's 1999 debut novel of the same name that tells the contemporary story of a woman (Pfeiffer) who murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life and how her daughter (Zellweger) must navigate a new reality through a series of Los Angeles foster homes. The daughter is eventually asked to falsify her testimony at a trial to free her mother. Mary Agnes Donoghue wrote the screenplay adaptation. Warner Bros., Time Warner Trade Publications and Warners-based Wells Prods. jointly ponied up $1 million to acquire film rights to the novel, which was published by Little, Brown & Co. (HR 5/7). Warner executive vp production Kevin McCormick is overseeing the project for the studio. Zellweger, repped by CAA and manager John Carrabino, earned a Golden Globe for her performance in USA Films' "Nurse Betty." Zellweger is scheduled to segue after "Oleander" to Jeremy Leven's "Lovers, Liars and Thieves" with Robin Williams and Antonio Banderas for Victor and Grais Prods., Act III Prods. and Miramax Films. She will next be seen on screen in Miramax/Universal Pictures' "Bridget Jones's Diary."

Michelle is what, 42? Renee, 32? How will work? What about MD's daughter in Traffic? She was fanstastic.

Thanks, Mari. (Moon) Michelle is what, 42? Renee, 32? How will work? The way it always does in Hollywood. ;-0

From Empire: Bridget Not Swoony For Clooney Bridget Jones has finished smoking her 7 daily cigarettes, her 15 scratchcards and pressing 1471 ten times - the film is finally finished. Writer Richard Curtis said "It's been a long process but it is finally over...the discussions, the rewrites, the postproduction." He is excited about the finished product and said "We are all very pleased with the final cut, it's everything we hoped it would turn out to be." But there's bad news for fans of George Clooney, who have heard the rumours that he was to appear in a dream sequence. Curtis explained "I'm sorry for everyone hoping to catch a glimpse of George Clooney in a dreamy haze but that was never going to happen. He is a hunk, but we have our very own hunks in the film. Both Colin and Hugh are ample match." So how did the rumour get started? "I don't know where that story came from but we never intended to put Ren�e through that disappointment. George was never approached - that whole dream thing was just a dream, dreamt up by some outsider." However, there might be hope for the future, as Curtis added "But then maybe it will happen in Bridget Jones 2! No, we have no intention of doing a follow up - at least not yet!" ~~~~~~~~ He doesn't know where such a rumor started?? How about the Alec Baldwin cameo in NH, for example.

The official website has been revamped (to make it cutsier) and there's another pic of Colin (no folds in evidence!!): http://entertainment.msn.com/bridget/default.asp Also check out Send Valentine, for Colin/Cupid with halo. Will put up in a bit.

If you do the Valentine of Mark Darcy, you can see Embeth Davidtz sitting next to him.

(Richard Curtis) He is a hunk, but we have our very own hunks in the film. Both Colin and Hugh are ample match." Much as I like reading the words 'Colin' and 'hunk' in the same sentence, methinks inclusion of the word 'Hugh' therein is a misprint. Love the lovely valentine! LMAO!

Colin Cupid is sooo cute!:-) I bet they were going to use this in their ads when the film was originally slotted for February. From the gag me department: just got the March issue of Biography Magazine (same people who run A&E) and Huge is listed as their cover story for April. Well, let's still hope Elliott Forrest can come through.

Very cute, thanks, Karen!

no folds in evidence They're all safe with their appointed Keeper. Biography Magazine (same people who run A&E) and Huge is listed as their cover story for April. Yuk. But maybe Colin is to follow?

I like the Mark Darcy hair in the new cupic.:-) Looks much more like the real thing, nice 'n tousled. Moon, is that collar more satisfactory?;-) As much as I like George Clooney, I'm glad he stayed home (variation on "too many ladies;-)

Great Valentine Karen, thanks. have been hearing about the "rejacketing" of BJD, to be published in time for film release here in UK. RZ on cover in her "jim-jams" and the book will include 20 stills from the film. There is also going to be an audio release, (but not a straight reading of the book), I am afraid that my contact became a bit "vague" at this point, but I am not sure exactly what!! It's no good shrieking about whether it will contain ODB'S masterful tones at the top of your voice in a crowded wine bar, to someone who is not a CF fan. Hopefully we can resolve the mystery of this on soon . Meanwhile , back to the chardonnay, ho hum!

Moon, is that collar more satisfactory?;-) The best I've seen so far, but not perfect, yet.

"rejacketing" ... with RZ on the cover...and 20 stills? v. possible, but there should also be a published script, if NH is the example. Thanks, Lizza.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330487612/o/qid=982251736/sr=2-5/202-1589245-1563851 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141000198/qid=982251878/sr=1-20/ref=sc_b_20/102-8100265-2577704 Waterstone's also shows there will be new audiocassettes and CDs of the book with the film tie-in. Wonder if HF will do the reading? And another book: Comic Relief: Bridget Jones' Guide to Life (�2.50) Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones' Guide to Life" is a humerous comment on the new Millennium, Bridget-style. This title is published in support of the BBC's Comic Relief appeal. ISBN:0330488570 Picador paperback Pages: 64pp. Published: 12 March 2001

So we now have some new BJ to read. :-) Thanks, Karen!

Wonderful , thanks Karen! Despite the fact there is a lot of publicity for Comic Relief on TV ( Delia Smith's recipes etc) plus the noses designed by Aardman animations and the chocolate bars for sale, I hate it that we have to wait until almost Comic Relief Day to purchase BJD's life! AAA ggh!

From Dark Horizons: Bridget Jones' Diary: Ginger Spice herself Geri Halliwell has recorded a new version of the classic "It's Raining Men" for the film's soundtrack. George Michael is contributing a few songs too.

Big yuk! Not a fan of either and never heard of the singer doing the title track. I listen to college radio stations. This is a big downer for the music lover that I am. :-(

You can hear It's Raining Men (by the Weather Girls) at amazon with the famous chorus: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B0000025X7001005/102-8100265-2577704 If this link doesn't work from here, go to the CD's page and click on the song: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000025X7/qid=982341889/sr=2-2/ref=sc_m_2/102-8100265-2577704

This takes me back to my disco days. ;-) Here's the whole song as a wav file (will take some time to load as is large): http://people.goplay.com/michelle96/rainin1.wav

Far prefer "The weather girls" to GH but there you go, she's fashionable, "Hello" material, so it ensures maximum publicity. I wonder who she will "fake" an affair with this time in order to promote this particular single? Go on Hughie..... flop to it!

(Karen) This takes me back to my disco days. ;-) I think it's from the early to mid-80's which was post-disco in Jersey ;-P. It's one of my all-time faves from my own Bridgetesque days--don't know about GH's version, though. It looks like everyone (even those somewhat past the peak of their careers) wants to be tied to this movie. Goody! *humming* gonna let myself get absolutely soaking weeeeeeet....

(Lizza) Far prefer "The weather girls" to GH This would be like having Britney Spears sing Jennifer Holliday's "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls. (Eileen) I think it's from the early to mid-80's which was post-disco in Jersey ;-P You know how backward we are in Middle America. ;-D

Thanks for the link to The Weather Girls, Karen. This song always makes me smile and I've been bouncing around in my chair listening as I read. Let's hope that even GH can't ruin this song. Either way, "It's Raining Men" suits Bridget well. BJD's soundtrack may be one to buy for the car ;-).

Jana: you can download that wav file to your hard drive, where it will play immediately. Doesn't it give you visions of all the kids dancing down the street in a la Fame?

From today's Telegraph (thanks to Peggy for spotting): The Outlook is bright for Spring We are in for a bumper spring of home-grown cinema success. Friends have managed to sneak into very private screenings this week of two long-awaited British films, the adaptations of the best-selling books Captain Corelli's Mandolin & Bridget Jones's Diary. The friends are born-again cynics but pronounce that both - Captain Corelli starring Penelope Cruz & Nicholas Cage is out on May11 & Bridget Jones, with Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant & Colin Firth, is released on April 13th -are astonishingly good. Bridget Jones, made by Working Title, which also featured Grant in 4 Weddings & Notting Hill, is especially refreshing. Though Bridget is a fashionable media-type -about-London, the film doesn't include one single shot of over-fashionable Notting Hill (ed: Huh?). Apparently there are even some laughs for men in what is going to be a film largely for female audiences.

Colin isn't the only published author in our midst.:-) Just opened the new issue of Entertainment Weekly (week of February 23), and Evelyn's letter is in there: "Thanks for the info on Bridget Jones's Diary. I can't wait for it to open in April, but how about also featuring Colin Firth, the handsome British actor who plays Bridget's love interest, Mark Darcy?" Waytago, Ev!

Well done Evelyn! And I like the sound of "born again cynics" giving BJD a good rating..."astonishingly good" and "is especially refreshing" (ie better than CCM). Even allowing for hype, sounds promising. I'm sure Working Title will be hoping for/planning for a sequel. If there are plans for seven (!!) Harry Potter movies, then a BJD2 movie doesn't seem excessive.

"but how about also featuring Colin Firth," They must have gotten an onslaught of letters because they *did* feature him last week. Oh God...wait til my friends and relatives see this!!!