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Hi,
My name is Ken I was born in the U.S. but due to my fathers work commitments (he worked for IBM in France) I grew up in Europe. My work background is in artist management and because of this I have met more celebrities than I can remember. I had the priviledge of meeting Steven Spielberg a few years ago and I found him to be a very considerate and inteligent person who certainly made an impression on me. The worst celebrity I have ever met was ********* sorry I can't name them here! I don't think their lawyers would look too favourably on me.
Presently I work in the London offices of the company acting-up.com - World Database of Actors - it is really cool working in this environment but as they also have offices in Los Angeles and Montreal, I often find myself having to work in these cities at short notice. I am a film buff and I love the old movies with stars like Humphrey Bogart and Jean Gabin. I think the films of today relie too much on special affects and shock tactics were as the older movies relied on story content and above all great acting. I recently watched the film "Mr and Mrs Smith" starring Brad and Angelina and I feel this proves my point as it was in my opinion 95% special fx and cgi and only 5% story. The only modern movies I realy love are from Europe for example the three color series by the Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski are a favourite of mine.
Je m'appelle Ken, né en les États-Unis, mais parce que mon père travaillait pour IBM en France, je plutôt grandi en Europe. J'ai travaillé comme un gestionnaire d'acteurs et en raison de ce j'ai rencontré en chair et en os de nombreux personnages célèbres. Il y a quelques années, j'ai eu le privilège de rencontrer Steven Spielberg et je suis heureux de dire qu'il était très prévenant et intelligent et il a fait une bonne impression de moi. Le pire célébrité que j'ai rencontré était ********* désolé je ne peux pas dire leur nom ici! Je ne pense pas que leurs avocats serait trop heureux avec moi. Quel dommage !
En ce moment je travaille au bureau de la société acting-up.com - Base de Données Mondiale des Acteurs - à Londres. Il est vraiment cool de travail dans cet environnement, mais comme ils ont aussi des bureaux à Los Angeles et Montréal, j'ai trouvé (dans certains cas) que je pouvais être transférés vers les autres bureaux dans un de ces pays et cela peut être à très court préavis. Je suis un cinéphile et j'adore les films anciens avec des vedettes de cinéma comme Humphrey Bogart et Jean Gabin. J'aime aussi les comédie française et en particulier les films de Gérard Oury :-) De nos jours je pense que trop de films hollywoodiens compter sur les effets spéciaux et tactiques de choc mais les films anciens ont des scénarios intelligents et les virements de l'intrigue. Récemment, j'ai vu le film « Mr et Mrs smith » avec Brad et Angelina et car c'était un film avec plus effets spéciaux que scénario - je pense que cela prouve mon point - n'est-ce pas ? J'aurais préféré avoir regardé la collection de films « les trois couleurs » par le réalisateur polonais Krzysztof Kieslowski.
Plus à venir bientôt !

Below is a clip from The Persuaders. I have driven on this road many times and I never tire of it. The last time was March 2010.
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Ci-dessous est un clip d' Amicalement Vôtre. J'ai conduit sur cette route de nombreuses fois et je ne me lasse jamais d'elle. La dernière fois, c'était mars 2010.


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