They’re so vain: pop culture’s most misguided vanity projects

A rundown of pop culture’s infamous vanity projects in TV, film and music, featuring Alex James’ cheese, John Travolta’s Battlefield Earth and beyond Related: Don't be afraid of vanity projects 30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends
Considering Rick Stein is so charming and watchable, it doesn’t matter what he’s doing as long as he’s on screen. So Long Weekends was probably an easy pitch. “What if Rick travels around, eats delicious food then talks about ho