Tim writes: Thought you’d be interested to know, Sean Astin just did another comedic NASA video, again for the Spitzer Space Telescope. This time, he provides a voiceover role to support Felicia Day, as she explains some of the science behind what happens when galaxies collide with each other. We have YouTube links as well as Quicktime/iTunes HD files here.
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Lisa writes: This year, I walked in my 16th and 17th Avon Walks for Breast cancer… each walk is a 2-day, marathon and a half (39.3 miles) walk to raise money and awareness to fight breast cancer. Since 2002, I’ve raised more than $130,000 for the cause. Continue reading “Breast Cancer Auction Featuring Billy Boyd”
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer, and painter. His film roles include Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Frank T. Hopkins in Hidalgo, David Shaw in A Perfect Murder, Tom Stall in David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence, and his Academy and Golden Globe Award-nominated role as Nikolai Luzhin in Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises. He is to star in the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road as “The Man”. Visit: percevalpress.com
Pearl Sandybanks writes: While killing time in NY waiting for my flight back home after the concerts this past weekend, I wandered into a magazine store seeking to look at the newest Empire. Lo and behold, but Viggo Mortensen is staring down at me from one of the racks. Attached please find JPEG scans of the article. Words of caution: one sort of inappropriate term used, perhaps more that I don’t recall. Enjoy!! More..
The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s book No Country for Old Men won the Oscar for best picture. So the film version of his latest novel, The Road, is much anticipated. Stephanie West reports. There is also a lot of excitement surrounding the movie because it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. The Road tells the story of a father and son travelling across a burned-out America, ravaged by some unspecified disaster which the reclusive author has never explained. But as the film is shown in Britain for the first time, Channel 4 News talked to its director about Cormac McCarthy’s vision. More..
Actor Orlando Bloom, star of the Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings movies, was named a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations children’s organisation UNICEF on Monday. The 32-year-old British actor has supported the work of UNICEF since 2007, visiting projects in Nepal, Russia and Sarajevo that bring clean water, education and shelters to children. He also took part in a local school radio production put on by children in one of the poorest regions of Nepal. More..