Outlook – July 28, 2019

96 OUTLOOK 29 July 2019

Prepare, ‘Bond Boys’

No, don’t fret, no one can replace James Bond so

perfectly that the name itself can be transplan­

ted to a lesser spook. As Bri tain’s premier agent

leaves “active service for a tranquil life in Jama­

ica” (like his cre a tor Fleming), the ‘007’ mantle

falls on a woman of colour. Her name? We

don’t yet know. Her impersonator? Lashana

Lynch (Captain Marvel). Lash...lynch...

Britain’s enemies are quaking in their boots.

Baz Luhrmann, director of The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge, has found his king. After the likes of

Harry Styles and Miles Teller were cast aside, Austin Butler will play Elvis Presley in his biopic which

will speak about Elvis’s relationship with Col Tom Parker, his manager, to be played by Tom Hanks.

THIS TOO

HAPPENED

For The Billionth Time

Gossip columns merged with the news pages

when Jeff Bezos paid his wife Mackenzie a $38.3

billion divorce settlement. Yet look at him now,

as cool as the tens of billions he still has left,

whispering into the hair of partner Lauren

Sanchez in the royal box at the Wim b ledon cen­

tre court. Chewed your nails as Djokovic battled

Federer? Jeff just chewed the breeze.

Elements of Design

Though the Russians presented a united

front of splendrous symmetry, winning

golds in synchronised swimming at the

FINA world championships at Gwangju,

S. Korea, we only have eyes for the Italians,

caught here in the glistening throes of

a cascading collapse, arms linked and eyes

cocked. Olgas and Tatianas hit the podium;

Giulias and Francescas smacked us hard

in the solar plexus.

glitterati

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