James Cameron doesn't get to burn more than $300m a movie without being smart. Not only did the Avatar director turn up in Abu Dhabi with James Murdoch last Wednesday – but two days earlier he was a star attraction at an away day organised by Elisabeth Murdoch. That, of course, was Shine Group's annual conference, held at Bafta in Piccadilly with the director being introduced by Jane Featherstone from Ashes to Ashes producer Kudos. But anybody who says Cameron was hedging his bets better had wash their mouth out; this was nothing more than the kind of away day where only the top names rock up. The other highlight was of course Rupert Murdoch – soon to be the new owner of Shine – who took questions from his daughter. No doubt they were demanding.
