| - David Hyde Pierce and Sarah Paulson have got the highly coveted supporting roles opposite Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in the romantic comedy Down With Love for director Peyton Reed. David is one of the stars of T.V's Frasier, he plays niles. Shooting begins 28th May. - Ewan is wanted for Sex and the City! Benjamin Bratt and Sean Penn also wanted for the show by Kristin Davis. - Also on wants, Ewan is wanted for a cameo in Lord of the Rings, i'm not sure at the moment but i'll keep you posted. - Moulin Rouge is nominated in three categories in the MTV Movie Awards. Best Female Performance, Best Kiss, Best Musical Sequence. Black Hawk Down is nominated for Best Movie and Best Crash Sequence. - Star Wars everywhere! there are so many magazines coming out on AOTC. Here are a few to wet your appetite: - Ewan waltzed around the set totally nude! Most actors demand a closed set if they have to strip for the camera, but not Ewan. He roamed around stark-naked even after his scenes were over! "He's certainly not embarrassed by his manhood," says an eyewitness on the set of Young Adam, the thriller he's filming in Scotland. "And he definitely shouldn't be." - The maker of Wicker Man, Robin Hardy, has asked Ewan to be in his new film, Riding the Laddie. "It's up to his agents and his schedule", said Hardy recently. The film is due out 2003. - Attack of the Clones is coming up very soon!! tickets are evailable for pre-booking in Australia. - Black Hawk Down DVD cover: - Other than the release of the Black Hawk Down DVD, another one, with more extras on it will be released after this first one with only a few extras on it. If i were you i'd wait until the 2nd version of the DVD to come out, it would be worth it. - Empire magazine are releasing an Attack of the Clones issue with nothing but Star Wars goss, must have! - Ewan was swept into the cold waters of Scotland! At night and he was instantly seized by a current so strong he nearly drowned, he told friends. Ewan slipped while disembarking from a barge onto a boat during filming of the movie Young Adam, a strong current pushed him away from the boat and into the darkness. Crew members panicked as they lost sight of him, and two crew members dove into the water. Guided by his shouts, they located him, tossed him a rescue ring from the barge and got him back aboard. Unhurt, but shivering in near-hypothermia, Ewan was quickly taken back to shore for dry clothes and a hot bath. - Black Hawk Down will be released on DVD in the UK on July 22nd. It wil be released in the US on June 11th.DVD Specifications include digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video Mastered in high definition, widescreen presentation, audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital stereo, subtitles: English, French, Korean, Chinese, Thai, on The Set Featurette, theatrical trailers, filmographies, animated menus, production notes, scene selections. - Christina Ricci will also be starring in Borgia with Ewan. Filming will begin after Australia's winter. - HAPPY BIRTHDAY EWAN FOR SUNDAY!! - Ewan is to star in the new historical drama Borgia. Viggo Mortensen was originally in negotiations to take the role of Cesare in the film. But he has opted to appear in the Walt Disney western Hidalgo instead. Borgia is set in the 15th century and follows the fortunes of the Borgia family led by Pope Alexander VI, his character is a hypocritical priest who plunders the nation to further his family's power. The film will go into production soon, with Neil Jordan as director. - The 2nd Moulin Rouge soundtrack is really fantastic, the music is really funny in some parts but others make me cry...it is a really good soundtrack, must get it, all of you. Available in Aust. of yesterday. Also available in the UK and US. - Ewan has made an album of his own songs - but is refusing to release it. He has recorded new tracks with producer and composer Marius De Vries. Ewan's spokeswoman said: "He's never going to release an album, but he has been recording stuff for himself. Ewan also hinted about collaborating with his favourite artists in Scotland. Music industry expert Gennaro Castaldo, of HMV, said: "With an artist like Ewan the sky would be the limit. Assuming the music was accessible and that he was prepared to do the promotional work, he would be a success. Ewan is extremely bankable and he has proved he has a brilliant voice with his singing in Moulin Rouge. Ewan met De Vries while working on Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman and the pair have been close ever since. - Filming has commenced on Young Adam in Scotland. - Go here to vote on an online poll for the oscar nominees and the snubed ones too, including Ewan. - Some rumours are that Ewan McGregor has been approached for Lupin, a misunderstood wizard with werewolf tendencies in the 3rd Harry Potter film. hmm... - Ewan is still doing Nautica, but Heath Ledger isn't doing it anymore. They are currently finding a replacement. Filming starts later this year. - Ewan is trying to get more people to come and make movies in Scotland. - Ewan McGregor has written to a leading US stateswoman to plead for the release of seven Arctic polar bears which he claims are being ill-treated at a circus. The star has written to US Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton on behalf of the UK-based charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), to ask for the animals to be taken away from a travelling circus in Puerto Rico. Ewan became interested in polar bears last year when he was asked to host a BBC documentary called The Bear Facts.He spent weeks in a freezing Canadian town to see what happens when polar bears look for food. In the letter to Ms Norton, he said he was "appalled" the animals had been forced to live in "deplorable conditions" at the circus. He said he believed the US Fish and Wildlife Service should confiscate the bears, which are travelling with a Mexican-based circus. Peta says the circus was recently charged with cruelty to animals by Puerto Rico's department of natural resources, which found during an inspection that the bears were living in dirty cages without water.The letter read: "As a willing performer who was fortunate to host a documentary on polar bears, I find it appalling that such intelligent animals are forced to live in deplorable conditions. "Polar bears are intelligent animals who are specially adapted to freezing weather conditions. To imagine their current plight with a tropical circus, layer on your heaviest winter clothing and spend all day outside on a hot, steamy day." He went on: "I have every confidence that this abysmal mistreatment of the great white bears is in violation of federal laws and that you will make the humane, responsible decision to remove them from a situation that causes them great suffering." Peta has offered to cover the cost of relocating the bears and said the American Zoo and Aquarium Association had offered to place the animals with accredited organisations. - AOTC movie trailer will be coming out very soon in the UK. Sometime around march 22nd. - Roger Moore backs Ewan McGregor for 007 role, he says Ewan McGregor would make a good James Bond. The former 007 star said McGregor had "the right characteristics" for the role.He described him in an interview with American magazine TV Guide as "a fine actor" and "good looking". hmmm... - Moulin Rouge has been named best picture of 2001 by the Producers Guild of America. |
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