Stuart Baggs: The Reporter
The latest instalment of Diary of an Editorial Assistant.
By Ben Lee
DS Towers was visited by one Stuart Baggs earlier this week. The past season's Apprentice might have ended one month ago and may not be relevant anymore, but out of all the candidates, he is the one who still evokes the most memories, for better or worse. The two-part interview on the site with Alex was great, but if you want more, I've got more. Here on The Assistant, I can reveal exclusive tidbits that you won't find anywhere else!
For example! 'The Brand' pitched to us a few ideas on how he could contribute to Digital Spy, including an offer to be our red carpet reporter. He promised a straight-talking, harsh attitude, which I'd personally love to see happen - I'm imagining in my head Baggs triumphantly asking Cher: "Burlesque was a load of b*llocks, but what was it like working with Christina?" He also suggested he could strip off for the site. This - maybe not quite as appealing.
Lastly, in true Baggs-style, he claimed with confidence that he could make millions for DS. All we had to do was give him some money, and he'd take care of the rest, conjuring up insane amounts of traffic. No word on whether he'd refund our money back if he failed, though, like he offered to Lord Sugar.
Oh, and to all you forum posters who keep speculating on whether he's gay or not, speculate no more. He brought his girlfriend along with him - that's right, he has a girlfriend.
In continuing with the BAFTA talk from last week, Simon and Tom attended the nominations event and spoke with actors Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley. They were slightly flummoxed by Dominic's story where he accidentally deleted his entire iTunes library (how does someone do that?), and Tom was even more flabbergasted when he found that there were no muffins this time around. "But there was fruit. Fruit?!" The consensus among the movie-going portion of the office is that the BAFTA nominations make far more sense than the Golden Globes. Tom even quipped that the Globes make even our very own DS Movie Awards super credible.
And, in a nice way to end the week, Mayer reintroduced 'Cheese of the Week'. Cheese and crackers for everyone at the office - awesome. I was told that it used to be a regular thing before I came along, but was temporarily abandoned. I'm glad this is being resurrected.
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