City Spy in Davos: Kevin Spacey is the star of a touching scene
Kevin Spacey set off one of the security scanners at the Belvédère Hotel in Davos, and it fell to a twentysomething female security guard to frisk the actor.
She was so thrilled with her hands-on encounter that she performed a little jig when Spacey had been sent on his way.
Later, an exclusive dinner party at Davos emptied out surprisingly rapidly.
Why? Because word got out that Spacey was singing Sinatra songs for guests at the Skybridge Capital party at the Piano Bar on the Promenade and many of the fickle Barclays guests hotfooted it along.
Even chief executive Jes Staley’s post-prandial anecdotes couldn’t compete with a Hollywood legend in full voice.
Pyramid selling on EU reform for Dave?
Former German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rösler left the Davos audience baffled when he introduced David Cameron as “his excellency” — an honorific normally used for archbishops and ambassadors — before his big speech.
Perhaps, in the spirit of the old Ferrero Rocher advert, Rösler wanted to convey that the PM was “really spoiling us” with his delightful demands for European Union reform.
Osborne spots a trend
An aperçu from George Osborne at Davos last night as the Chancellor noted that all the UK’s living former prime ministers — Major, Blair, Brown — as well as the incumbent — Cameron — were in the Swiss resort simultaneously.
A future prime minister too perhaps, George?
No sugar coating for Soros
Billionaire investor George Soros wins the Davos honesty prize.
Asked by Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg at his annual Davos dinner last night what he made of the mood at the Word Economic Forum the man who broke the Bank of England rather plaintively replied: “I don’t know because I haven’t spoken to anyone”.
Others would have made something up.
