Charles Miranda in London
From: News Limited Network
August 23, 2012 10:52AM
ACTOR Hugh Grant is to become a director of a not-for-profit group championing press reform in Britain.
Grant's new post comes as police prepare to name the 600 victims of phone hacking.
The 52-year-old actor has been the public face of the phone hacking scandal campaign, called Hacked Off, since last July when he famously had a verbal stoush with Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre at the parliamentary Leveson Inquiry into media standards.
Hacked Off wants to push through reforms on press regulation and be funded by contributions from other phone hacking victims who were awarded compensation from, among others, News International.
His directorship move came as prosecutors in the phone hacking scandal prepare to reveal the full list of 600 victims of hacking by the now defunct News of the World.
So far, only 200 names have been revealed including actress Sienna Miller, Beatle Paul McCartney, Brad Pitt and football ace Wayne Rooney.
Read more:http://www.news.com.au/news/hugh-grant-to-lead-phone-hacking-reform-group-hacked-off/story-fnejlvvj-1226456462987
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