Christopher Hitchens Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

22^nd April 2012

Fact: Actors Sean Penn, Olivia Wilde and Stephen Fry were among the stars who paid tribute to celebrated author Christopher Hitchens at a Vanity Fair memorial in New York earlier this week (begs16Apr12).

27^th July 2006

Quote: "I think I actually modelled my look slightly after that enfant terrible Christopher Hitchens. He's the old British hack who you tolerate in this country, whose politics seem to have taken a large degree swing, but he's well worth a look at." SCOOP star Ian McShane tells a US reporter the inspiration for his journalist character in the Woody Allen film.