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...Millions of his countrymen and -women do. And fad or art form, the text message is entering the realm of popular fiction. Helen Fielding, author of the best-selling Bridget Jones's Diary, has launched an "Ask Bridget" service with Finnish wireless entertainment publisher RIOT-E. For 34 cent, subscribers can dial up a daily text message from Fielding - writing in characteristic Bridget Jones mode - on the quest for thinner thighs and inner poise. "Mobile phones are a perfect way to add another dimension to book characters," says Jan Wellman, RIOT-E's chief executive...
...fascination with Japan's perceived strangeness stretches from the beginning of films - when actor Sessue Hayakawa was one of the first Hollywood stars - to today. In the new Brit comedy Bridget Jones's Diary the heroine's mum blithely describes the Japanese as a "very cruel race." And if you think the Japanese cannot portray themselves as very cruel, check out Teruo Ishii's Joy of Torture films. In these two gore classics from the '60s, victims of feudal lords are roasted, splayed, beheaded, crucified and otherwise inconvenienced. These are not the only examples of cinematic exploitation and self-criticism...
HELEN FIELDING Author of Bridget Jones's Diary, now appearing as a motion picture...
DESCRIPTION OF BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY "A transcendental study of existential despair." "By an Italian reviewer. At last someone has realized how profound I am. Or just possibly something went wrong in the translation...
...Renee Zellweger adds a much heralded 20 lbs. for her role in Bridget Jones's Diary but still looks thin...