It is a very slow holiday weekend in North America, with Canada Day & the Fourth of July only days apart. The studios are reluctant to release anything this time of year, let alone anything that may potentially be a big seller. This week we are thrown two box office bombs in the form of Johnny Depp’s ‘The Libertine’ and former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan’s ‘The Matador’. [More]
Month: July 2006
Folks from Billy’s Loons Charities write: We would like to announce an auction of a beautiful Caricature of Billy Boyd, drawn by So Cal Art Studios at the 2006 ORC in Pasadena. The So Cal Art Studios donated this 16″ by 20″ framed art to Billy’s Loons Charities(BLC) and Billy Boyd signed it for this Auction at ORC. All proceeds will be donated to the Scottish Youth Theatre, where Billy Boyd is a patron and BLC is a sponsor. Many thanks to So Cal Art Studios and Billy Boyd! [More]
Orlando Bloom was a guest on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ last week. He was there to promote ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’. They spoke a bit about soccer, Johnny and Orlando getting drunk, and showed a great clip from the new film. Take a look! (41MB MOV)[More]
What makes Orlando Bloom happy about reprising the role of Will Turner in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”? “Don’t you think he’s a bit more pirate and a bit less of a stick in the mud?” the actor wondered rhetorically. “I hope you do, because that was kind of the intention. There is a dark side to Will that I think sort of evolves a little bit because he starts to assume this pirate thing. It’s like, ‘Who is this pirate?’ ” And this time, he added, the footwear is much better. “I get a pair of boots instead of those little shoes and stockings – which weren’t cool at all.” For Bloom, a return to a hit franchise is familiar. His career was launched as Legolas, the archer in the Oscar-winning “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. But “Pirates,” he pointed out, was never intended as a trilogy; the original movie had lowly origins, inspired not by a Tolkien classic but by the Disneyland amusement-park ride. [More]
LONDON (AFP) – Actor Sir Ian McKellen has topped the “Pink List” of Britain’s most influential homosexuals in a list to mark the end of one of Europe’s largest gay pride festivals. Pop legend Sir Elton John came second in the weekly’s annual list of gay men and women who are leaders in fields ranging from the arts and media to politics and business. European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson was fifth in the 100-strong list published in the Independent on Sunday newspaper. McKellen, 67, who played Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy and starred in the movie “The Da Vinci Code” recently, is a highly acclaimed stage and screen actor. [More]
Halfdan Hansen writes: Here is a picture of Ring #24 from the Limited Edition of 100 faithful Sauron sized rings from Jens Hansen Gold & Silversmith – Creators of the World’s Most Famous Ring. The Ben Franklin shows the scale of the ring and alludes to the fact that this is one ‘precious’ that only 100 people on the planet will ever have the pleasure of owning. But there’s something else special in this photo. [More]