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Actor Rupert Everett brands Starbucks a “cancer”
By Mary Annis Aug 19, 2006, 6:23 GMT
Hunky English actor Rupert Everett EPA/M Bazzi
Actor and Norfolk native Rupert Everett, 47, has labeled the sprawling Starbucks coffee chain a "cancer". Everett is spearheading the community backing a campaign to boycott a new branch near his home in Bloomsbury, central London.
Everett told the UK Daily Mail: "Starbucks is spreading like a cancer. Nobody in the neighborhood wants it, including me. There are plenty of diners and coffee shops there already."
Starbucks will be the first major chain store to open on Lamb's Conduit Street, which is famed for its small, independent shops.
The Daily Mail quoted Ash Ranpura, a resident and fellow organizer with Rupert for the campaign. "Lamb's Conduit Street is a rarity in central London, having a genuine village atmosphere where locals know each other, stop and talk and rally round when their community is under threat….The loss of such a thriving street to global chains would be a great loss for the capital."
Everett recently wrapped Stardust directed by Matthew Vaughn, and starring with Robert De Niro. According to IMDB.com, it is a story set in a countryside town bordering on a magical land, and a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
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