Archive for the 'Dirty Dancing' Category

The time of our lives

We were approached a few months ago to participate in an article for Mal Magazine, which is the house magazine of the Malmaison Hotel chain. The article was about various people whose lives have been changed by the internet.  For the shoot, they asked me to squeeze back into my Baby dress from the wedding…not [...]

Patrick, my mum and Marilyn Monroe

It’s been a busy old week. First, our episode of Oprah aired on November 6, where the world saw me have a heart attack when Patrick Swayze turned up to dance with me. James also danced with him, so now we’ve both lived every woman’s fantasy.
The days following the event saw us on London Tonight [...]

Julia and James on Oprah - Nov 6!

Last month, James and I travelled to Chicago to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which is airing this Tuesday in the US. I’ve just watched the trailer for the episode and I’m still chortling.  We appeared alongside Chad and Steve, who are the creators of YouTube, P Diddy, Paul Potts, Judson of “Evolution of Dance” [...]