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===Other activities=== [[File:Graham Norton with Dog.jpg|thumb|Norton with his dog Bailey in 2006, supporting [[Crusaid]]]] Norton played Mr Puckov in the 2006 American comedy spoof film ''[[Another Gay Movie]]''. In 2007, Norton played Taylor in the [[romantic comedy]] film, ''[[I Could Never Be Your Woman]]''.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} Norton was involved in a high-publicity advertising campaign for the UK [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] as an animated [[unicorn]], the stooge to a character based on [[Fortuna (luck)|Lady Luck]] (played by [[Fay Ripley]]). He has also advertised [[McVitie's]] biscuits.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 April 2000 |title=Graham Norton comes out with a long tube in his hand |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/graham-norton-comes-out-with-a-long-tube-in-his-hand/59176.article |access-date=24 January 2023 |website=The Grocer}}</ref> In 1999, Norton featured in the music video for [[Boyzone]] song "[[When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (song)|When The Going Gets Tough]]". Eight years later, in 2007, he featured in [[Girls Aloud]] and [[Sugababes]]' music video for the single "[[Walk This Way (Girls Aloud VS Sugababes version)|Walk This Way]]". Both songs were for [[Comic Relief]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In January 2009, Norton made his West End stage debut in a revival of ''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage Aux Folles]]'' at the Playhouse Theatre.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 November 2008 |title=Graham Norton to star in La Cage Aux Folles |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3530810/Graham-Norton-to-star-in-La-Cage-Aux-Folles.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3530810/Graham-Norton-to-star-in-La-Cage-Aux-Folles.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=9 November 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2009, Norton was the host of the comedy game-show ''Most Popular'' on US cable television channel [[WE tv]].<ref>{{cite web |date=20 July 2012 |title=Most Popular Bio: Graham Norton β WE tv |url=http://www.wetv.com/most-popular/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211012315/http://www.wetv.com/most-popular |archive-date=11 February 2011 |access-date=4 July 2014 |publisher=Wetv.com}}</ref> Norton wrote an advice column in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' newspaper from 2006 to 2018. In October 2010, his columns were made into a book entitled ''Ask Graham'', published by John Blake Publishing. In late 2018, Norton stood down from the role and the newspaper found a replacement as their agony aunt in [[Richard Madeley]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=7 October 2019 |title='Toxic' Telegraph made me feel 'nauseous', says Graham Norton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/07/toxic-telegraph-made-me-feel-nauseous-says-graham-norton |access-date=7 October 2019 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2016, Norton published his debut novel ''Holding'', published by Hodder & Stoughton, about a murder in an Irish rural community.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 October 2016 |title=Holding by Graham Norton review β a solid debut |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/02/holding-graham-norton-review-debut-novel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011022204/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/02/holding-graham-norton-review-debut-novel |archive-date=11 October 2016 |access-date=11 October 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> ''Holding'' won Popular Fiction Book of the Year<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 2016 |title=Graham Norton and Paul O'Connell among prize winners at Irish Book Awards |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/graham-norton-and-paul-oconnell-among-prize-winners-at-irish-book-awards-430958.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043040/http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/graham-norton-and-paul-oconnell-among-prize-winners-at-irish-book-awards-430958.html |archive-date=21 November 2016 |access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> in the Bord Gais Energy [[Irish Book Awards]] 2016. In 2022, [[Holding (TV series)|an adaptation of the book for television]], directed by [[Kathy Burke]], aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |author-link=Lucy Mangan |date=14 March 2022 |title=Holding review β a charming adaptation of Graham Norton's novel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/14/holding-review-a-charming-adaptation-of-graham-nortons-novel |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> On 7 March 2013, Norton broke the [[Guinness World Record]] for "Most Questions Asked on a TV Chat Show" on ''Comic Relief's Big Chat'', which raised Β£1.02 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2013 |title=Graham Norton breaks world record and raises Β£1 million with Big Chat β TV News |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a464259/graham-norton-breaks-world-record-and-raises-gbp1-million-with-big-chat.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310030340/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a464259/graham-norton-breaks-world-record-and-raises-gbp1-million-with-big-chat.html |archive-date=10 March 2013 |access-date=11 March 2013 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref> In 2014, Norton criticised the decision by Irish broadcaster [[RTΓ]] to settle out of court with opponents of [[gay marriage]] who claimed they had been defamed in an edition of the ''[[Saturday Night Show]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 2014 |title=Graham Norton 'furious' over RTE homophobia payout |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26287377 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221160108/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26287377 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |work=BBC News}}</ref> In 2014, Norton publicly backed "[[Hacked Off]]" and its campaign toward UK press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable".<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2014 |title=Benedict Cumberbatch, Alfonso Cuaron, Maggie Smith Back U.K. Press Regulation |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607221419/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289 |archive-date=7 June 2014 |access-date=4 July 2014 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Burrell |first=Ian |date=18 March 2014 |title=Campaign group Hacked Off urge newspaper industry to back the Royal Charter on press freedom β Press β Media |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/campaign-group-hacked-off-urge-newspaper-industry-to-back-the-royal-charter-on-press-freedom-9197869.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714094012/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/campaign-group-hacked-off-urge-newspaper-industry-to-back-the-royal-charter-on-press-freedom-9197869.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |access-date=4 July 2014 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Leveson Royal Charter Declaration |url=http://hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302093453/http://hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png |archive-date=2 March 2015 |publisher=[[Hacked Off]]}}</ref> In October 2014, Norton released his second memoir, ''The Life and Loves of a He-Devil''. It won in the Non-Fiction Book of the Year category at the 2014 [[Irish Book Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2014 |title=The Life and Loves of a He Devil |url=http://www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-a-memoir/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219124730/http://www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-a-memoir/ |archive-date=19 December 2014 |access-date=19 December 2014 |website=Irish Book Awards}}</ref> Also in 2014, he was named in the top 10 on the World Pride Power list.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Pride Power List 2014 |url=http://www.worldpridepowerlist.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208160458/http://www.worldpridepowerlist.com/ |archive-date=8 February 2015 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> Norton has a shareholding of two per cent in New Zealand winery [[Invivo Wines]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anthony |first=John |date=10 April 2016 |title=Graham Norton giving Invivo Wines celebrity factor |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/78605117/graham-norton-giving-invivo-wines-celebrity-factor |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |location=Wellington}}</ref> Norton has his own wine range in collaboration with Invivo, the first wine was first released in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 September 2014 |title=Norton's Kiwi wine a star seller |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11320195 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref> In July 2015, the [[Bishop of Cork]], [[Paul Colton]], hosted an evening with Norton involving 90 minutes of interview, questions, and answers with an audience of more than 400 people. The event, part of the West Cork Literary Festival, was sold out.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2015 |title=Bishop Paul Colton Hosts an Evening with Graham Norton at West Cork Literary Festival |url=http://ireland.anglican.org/news/5794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419020642/http://ireland.anglican.org/news/5794 |archive-date=19 April 2016 |access-date=7 April 2016 |publisher=Ireland.anglican.org}}</ref> On 9 October 2020, Norton announced via Twitter he had been cast as the voice of Moonwind, a spiritual sign twirler, in the [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]] animated feature ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'', starring [[Jamie Foxx]] and [[Tina Fey]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1314597693705125888 |user=grahnort |title=Very excited! Disney and Pixar have a new funny, sweet, incredibly timely film called Soul, and .... I'm in it! This is my character Moonwind, a spiritual sign twirler. See the movie exclusively on Disney+ from 25th December.#PixarSoul @PixarSoul |author=Graham Norton |date=9 October 2020 |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
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