09-30
Moved the calendar to descending and added more early screenings of Charlie, this one in DC for Film Society Members only. Still no Mark, but Thandie & Jonathan will be for a Q&A. If you manage to get into this one or the Austin one, drop me a note about what went on OK?

Also if you want a chance to see Charlie just a few days early (no cast will be at these) EW has a contest to win passes if you live in the 12 cities they have them in. Deadline to enter is Oct 10th!

Caught the ET TIJ BTS on MTV's version, nothing new on Mark, just more questions for Charlize. (She's not engaged to Stuart Townsend)

Coming Attractions is reporting David Duchovny is signing on TIJ! It is very possible as his next film My Dark Places seems to be on hold til financing gets settled. I'd be very happy as an X-Phile and DD fan!

09-28
Did anyone check Donnie on Leno yesterday? He so dogged on Mark! lol Typical big bro behavior, so don't go player hating on Donnie, its all family. 

Word is the Premiere's in LA now! Don't ask where, how or why cause I don't know. Details as they come, so don't ask if you don't see any, it just means I got nada.

Also notice some edits on the Charlie Euro dates, they keep pushing it farther into the Spring and I added the UK date as pretty much every unofficial site listed the date. As always, dates are subject to change esp this far out.

Evidently ET had a segment about TIJ Wed, I don't recall seeing it. Anyway, lucky for us they have the vids up, yeah! Oh Mark's in them so go now! Thanks to Dark Horizons for spotting that! And I forgot to mention Rex Features has more pics of the cars & Ms. Theron. 

09-26
In a recent article, Helena Bonham Carter on Mark: "Very charming, very thoughtful. And for the star he is, pretty well-adjusted." 

UpcomingMovies updated a bit, with TIJ set for May 30th, this of course is unofficial tho Greg is da man when he posts dates. In other news The Sun - the UK paper not the US tabloid, has 2 pics of the new Minis filming parts of The Italian Job in LA this week. And yes that is Charlize on the set last week. Sorry no Mark to be found in the pics!

Just in time for The Truth About Charlie's premiere, the US Postal service will be issuing a Cary Grant 37-cent commemorative stamp Oct. 15 as a part of the Legends of Hollywood series. 

In other news if you want to be a reporter for this site, The 2002 Screenwriting Expo, Nov. 16th and 17th at the LA Convention Center has as their Guest of Honor: David O. Russell on SUNDAY @ 6 PM IN ROOM 502AB, FREE — 1000 seats available. Besides some interesting seminars if you want to get into screenwriting (you have to pay for those), you might be able to help find out about this untitled project David has set to film in Jan.

09-21
Charlie gets #4 on the Chicago Tribune's 10 to watch list. Also if you're in the NYC area, Loews' is giving away free passes to an early screening of Charlie as a part of their Spotlight on the Cure program.  More info to be posted the 27th at their website. Also a % of the concession sales will go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

09-18
Dug out some oldish interviews, articles from RS & POTA press run as well as the now dead project Out on My Feet. 

Small Mark mention in the October Premiere, there's a pic from the '97 photo spread, as well as a great article about independent film, with comments from David O. Russell, Tim Roth and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Also on a not really related to Mark note, last Thursday I went to the Goo Goo Dolls concert where Third Eye Blind played also. Very cool show and I got some up close pics of 3EB frontman Stephan from blah seats! Boy was I glad I was cheap! Sorry, No GGD pics, I spent all my film on 3EB. ;-)

09-13
Ahh, Friday the 13th!! But it's usually a good day for me and I have updates. Mark Shields updated some info about Charlie, dates for the press junket (which means watch out for news stuff after that date) and date of the premiere, tho the location is still unsure. Word it may be a charity event, which sucks because who the heck has $250 to spend especially when you have no taxes to write off?

Also a new address for Mark's foundation, update your files to:
The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation 
c/o Cortina Business Management 
PO BOX 610287 
Newton, MA. 02461

09-10
Wanna see The Truth About Charlie before everyone else? If you live in Austin, Texas you can get tickets to a special screening by the Austin Film Society. Director Jonathan Demme will introduce the film, conduct a Q&A and attend the post-premiere party at Antone's Wed Oct 9 2002 at the Paramount Theater, 713 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX at 8pm. Tickets range from $10-50, with a discount for Film Society members. Tickets only thru Paramount Box office or Star Tickets (469-SHOW) and $50 tickets online purchases only.

Proceeds will benefit the Austin Film Society's educational and artistic programs, with 10% of proceeds going to the Austin Film Festival's Kids N Film program.

09-08
Just a quick peak at the Donnie & Mark hug on Extra can be seen (you'll need Real Player) toward the end of the clip.

I've moved the German date For Charlie to March as Danie from the boards called the publicity office to confirm the date.

Word is The Italian Job will be filming in the streets of LA later this month, so keep your eyes peeled for Minis driven by Mark!

09-06
Thanks to yvebart on the boards for the heads up on Mark being in the Paramount's 90th Birthday pic in the October issue of Vanity Fair (Madonna on the cover). Mark is near the bottom left hand side, near Penny Marshall & James Caan, wearing a white dress shirt.

Side Note from Showbizdata: Only two months after Warner Bros. promoted him to the position of executive vice president, worldwide motion pictures, the top film production post at the studio, Lorenzo di Bonaventura quit Tuesday, saying that he was unhappy with the "corporate" nature of the job. Today's (Wednesday) Los Angeles Times quoted sources as saying that di Bonaventura's resignation came after numerous clashes with Warner President Alan Horn, culminating with a disagreement over whether the studio should make a new sequel to Superman or a film titled Batman vs. Superman. A source told the Times: "Alan wanted to make Superman. Lorenzo wanted to make Batman vs. Superman. I know they polled the executives on which to make. Alan overruled Lorenzo and the project was shelved. ... After that, Lorenzo told people he was really upset at Alan. It wasn't just about this one movie, but it was this project that brought things to a head." di Bonaventura was an important guy at WB, helping push Three Kings onto screens despite its somewhat controversial subject. He stays on with WB as an indie film producer.

09-04
Thanx to Kristy on the MarkTalk Group, we know on Labor Day there was a short segment on Extra with Donnie on the set of Boomtown when Mark stopped by on a break from filming. So TIJ is filming w/o Ed for the moment. Also Steph notes some screencaps of the segment are over at DonnieWahlberg.com.

Also over the weekend, PageSix reported possible problems with Charlie: 
UNIVERSAL Pictures' new movie, "The Truth About Charlie," is such a stinker, the studio has pulled a scheduled Sept. 18 screening from Conde Nast Traveler's Film Forum. The picture, starring Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton and Tim Robbins, is set to hit theaters Oct. 25. Spies say all previews have been canceled. A rep for Universal laughed it off: "It is a matter of scheduling. This was a promotional screening and we had a release date change, so it didn't make sense to show it so early. We have full confidence in this film and will have press screenings."

And word is Tim Burton is doing a Broadway musical version of Batman! According to E! it's set for 2004 which was one of the possible dates for POTA2. Hmmm.

08-29
From the Hollywod Reporter: Aug. 27, 2002
NEW YORK -- Tonight, Edward Norton and Catherine Keener begin their limited off-Broadway run at the Union Square in the revival of "Burn This," the Lanford Wilson drama in which John Malkovich first bedazzled New York playgoers in 1987. It's in for only 10 weeks, with its official opening Sept. 19. (Robert Osborne) So that puts Ed gone til early November and no word from anyone on hows this going to effect The Italian Job filming. Either his part is pretty small or they're cramming filming in the winter. Hey if you're in NYC, see if you can track Norton and ask him what up!

08-24
Go to the store and look for Mark's mug on September's Details Magazine!! Thanks to Harleygirl26 for letting people know! Outside the US, make sure you ask for the US version! Lots of tidbits including - look who tells us what Mark's next movie will be! Make sure you write to Details to let them know you liked it! E-mail is [email protected]

08-21
As you probably heard Mark was in Vegas this weekend to pull in the Boss' (Bruce Springsteen if you don't know) concert!

Forgot to mention, Sarah at the boards mentioned Mark & Thandie in Entertainment Weekly's new issue (w/Leo, Cameron Diaz & Daniel Day Lewis on the cover)  the annual Fall Movie Preview. More quotes about/from Thandie and Demme, but not a thing from Mark. Very curious. Cool pic of Thandie & Mark tho. Also check out previews of Mark past and future co-stars: multiple offerings from George Clooney, Leo, Phillip Seymour Hoffman,  Brian Cox, Julianne Moore and Edward Norton. Movies starring Resse Witherspoon, William H. Macy,  John C. Reilly as well as Directors Ice Cube & PT Anderson also open this fall/winter. 

08-19
The NY Daily has a great article on Donnie and there's a tidbit on his thoughts on a movie with Mark. Let's just say I wouldn't hold my breath.

And yes those are the new official Euro dates for Charlie. Before you ask, No I don't know anymore than what you see as I spent hours going thru the 2 dozen UIP sites to find those. No I don't know why your UIP site isn't updated, I don't know if Mark will be coming to your country to promote it. Yes if I know it will be posted.

08-10
Monica has scans of the pics inside the August Boston Magazine!

Also the Official Charlie site has the movie poster as a wallpaper in 640, 800, 1024 and 1280 screen sizes.

The new Premiere (US edition Sept - Salma Hayek on cover) has a small mention of Charlie in its fall preview including a talk with Thandie Newton. On Mark, she said: "He's like the epitome of sex. You just know he gets a lot of it." LOL Also in the issue is news Edward Norton signed onto The Italian Job for about $1 Million, very much below what he made for his upcoming Red Dragon - which is the prequal to The Silence of the Lambs directed by Demme. There's also a little bit about BN costar John C. Riley and Clooney's movies.

08-07
As you can see Boston Magazine updated their site and see Mark's cover. Its an old pic, last time I saw it I think it was in Cosmopolitan in 98 or so. According to Katt its just a short piece about his favorite places in Boston and a bit about his growing up there. So if you want my opinion, don't spend the $8 if you can't find it around you unless you must have everything with Mark on it.