Palm Dog is Queen’s Jubilee themed this year. Check out the bone…everyone wants a piece!

After a year of glory thanks to Uggie it was always going to be a question of Palm Dog hitting the ground running. And boy did it!
On day 1 at the UK Film Centre – home to the Palm Dog ceremony – there was a not quite so sneak preview of one of the props for this years glittering even. Festooning the most four legged of Cannes annual events will be a bunch of Union Jack bones.
Colourful or what!
New reached Palm Dog HQ that the very first film in Official Competition included quality hound action albeit of a rather sad variety. The lead mutt a gruesome death at the point of an arrow. But it was a gallant death scene which was also a scene stealer. Day 1. Nomination 1.
We are heading for a bumper bowser year.
And if that was not enough the irrepressible Sacha Baron Cohen came to La Croisette astride a camel to promote The Dictator. After some major mayhem on the seafront he stopped off at a branch of Ralph Lauren to by a scarf. Crazy guy. Crazy Camel.
Your fearless blogger even got a sneaky snap of one of the Dictator Access All Areas passes.
Now that is going the full nine yards for a picture…after all the tyrant in the title role had openly threatened reviewers with kidnapping of them their entire families…so I am embarking on some seriously risky business for year my faithful blog folk…

The Dictator World Tour Access All Areas Pass, including a Ralph Lauren boutique in Cannes

The joyous reaction to the Pudsey win

Sitting watching the top rated Britain’s Got Talent the drama just kept building as the acts gave their best. Of the 11 contenders the wonder of Pudsey,and his fab lady companion Ashleigh, got voted in to the last two.
The two acts stood between the two hosts Ant and Dec.
A nation held it’s breath.
Then the decision ….it was Pudsey and Ashleigh! The lovely lady burst into tears of joy and I was sure that Pudsey was sniffling…..
It was magical. After years of joking about dancing dogs…Pudsey scooped the pot. The £500,000 pot! That’s a lot of dog food!

Uggie uses his celebrity for a good cause – abandoned dogs.

‘I’M UGGIE, AND I WAS ADOPTED’: ‘THE ARTIST’ DOG STARS IN NEW PETA ADVERT

Rescued Film Star Is Group’s Poster Dog for ‘Adopt, Don’t Buy’ Campaign

London – Ten years before garnering international accolades for his
performance in The Artist, canine film star Uggie was a rambunctious puppy
who was passed off by two different guardians who were unprepared for the
Jack Russell terrier’s energy. But dog trainer Omar Von Muller stepped in to
prevent Uggie from ending up in an animal shelter and soon fell in love with
his fearless, playful attitude – and his star quality. And now, to help
other dogs achieve their own rags-to-riches stories, the award-winning pooch
is starring in a brand-new PETA UK campaign that proclaims, “I’m Uggie, and
I Was Adopted. Millions of Dogs Are Waiting in Animal Shelters for a Loving
Home. Adopt, Don’t Buy”.

“Animal shelters are full to the brim with dogs and cats who are waiting for
the opportunity to become the star of a loving family”, says PETA UK Manager
Mimi Bekhechi. “PETA encourages everyone who is considering bringing a
canine companion into their lives to save a life by adopting from an animal
shelter – and never patronising breeders or pet shops.”

A staggering number of dogs are picked up off UK streets by local
authorities – more than 120,000 between 2010 and 2011 – and that doesn’t
include those abandoned at animal shelters. According to a recent study of
300 UK rescue centres, more than 35 per cent of dogs abandoned in 2011 are
still waiting to be adopted. Thousands of lonely, adoptable dogs end up
being euthanised because of a lack of good homes, while breeders continue to
produce more puppies for profit. The Kennel Club alone registers more than
270,000 dogs a year.
In addition to adopting, people can help minimise the number of homeless
cats and dogs by ensuring that their animals are spayed or neutered.

Uggie received the Palm Dog Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and a
special mention at the Prix Lumière Awards in France.

He joins a long list of celebrities – including Justin Bieber, Booboo
Stewart, Kellan Lutz, Joanna Krupa, Audrina Patridge and Patricia Arquette –
who have teamed up with PETA UK to promote animal adoption.

For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk.