03-31
Nada on any news on what's up in the world of Mark Wahlberg. So I've been checking on the other stuff I have healthy interest in (ie bordering on obsession lol). So I updated things a bit on the links page. 

A lot of bands have 'days', the New Kids had April 24, 1989 (13 years ago! I feel really old cause I remember seeing it in the newspaper!)  proclaimed by then Mass. Governor Michael Dukakis, as New Kids on the Block Day. Not too many get a day named by a governor, usually it's just fans picking a day important to the band or sometimes just a random date. So I added 2 'days' for two bands I listen to. I was thinking maybe we could do one for Mark, but I like to think everyday is Mark Wahlberg day. :)

03-27
While Mark didn't make a run over the red carpet, he did show up at an Oscar  party thrown by Endeavor and DreamWorks' Production Prez. Also more on the Razzies in the news.

03-24
Oscar is just around the corner and yes Mark is once again not one of the nominees. POTA has the unfortune to be awarded only with Razzies for: Worst sequel/remake; worst supporting actress, Estella Warren and worst supporting actor, Charlton Heston. If you don't know what Razzies are, just know Mariah Carey & Tom Green won the actor categories.

03-22
Thanks to Kazuko who found a bit of info on Mark doing a Teen Summit in association with the Boys & Girls Club in Anaheim this weekend. I found the whole PR on PRNewswire which you can read here. And check out the picture available at the official B&G Club site.

03-21
MW.com has been updated to add info on the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.

Upcomingmovies has noted The Truth About Charlie is rated PG13, so all of you you who had to drag your parents or older siblings to Rock Star , will have no problems seeing this by yourself.

03-12
Alright finally a bit of news on what Mark has been doing over break. Variety says he's working on a TV show called "The Entourage" for HBO, something along the lines of The Larry Sanders Show or The Chris Isaak Show (for those who don't remember Larry's show) focusing on the life of the people around an actor instead of a talk show host and a musician of the other shows. Seems unlikely Mark would actually star but I wouldn't put past a cameo now and then. No time frame on how long this will take but HBO has a fairly fast turn around. Now why MW.com wasn't updated on this since it's owned by Leverage is something I'd love to see explored on the show (among other things). I personally can think of several things Mark could probably pull out from his own experiences and I expect alot of inside jokes.

03-09
I've been sick last week, so sorry about the lack of updates. But on Thursday, Mark was at the El Rey Theatre in LA to watch a new group - Jonny Was - E is helping manage,  perform.

02-28
If you haven't been to the Mark Wahlberg MBs, they're back up.

Still nada on the MW front, just some little related tidbits: From PTAnderson.com - PTA's agent, John Lesher, has left UTA (United Talent Agency) to joined rival agency Endeavor as a partner and agent in the their motion picture literary department. According to reports in the Hollywood Reporter & L.A. Times, UTA agreed to settle Lesher's contract, which still had 14 months to go. John Lesher represents other clients such as directors Sydney Pollack, David O. Russell, Kimberly Peirce, Jessie Nelson & actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. At this point, it is unclear which of Lesher's clients will follow him. Lesher will be one of 10 partners at Endeavor. Lesher worked at UTA since 1991. 

As most of you know Mark is with Endeavor and has said in recent interviews he would be working with PT and David O. Russell on some small indie films one of these days. Maybe with Lesher joining the agency, the projects will get an added booster.

And from USA Today - Robert Marc and Microshapes are two of the brands favored for sunglasses and regular frames by those in the bright lights.

"No celebrity can leave the house without being behind their shades, either to hide or for style," Marc says.

Though Marc has been around for 20 years, celebrities still stock up on his offerings, available in finer eyeglass stores around the country, as well as in Japan, England, France and Switzerland, and range from $225 to $500.

Marc is known for combining colors, such as azure, orchid or azalea on a mint background. His spring line will include a safari collection with the warm browns, rusts and greens of Africa.

Fans include Bebe Neuwirth, Julianne Moore, Kyra Sedgwick, Brooke Shields and Uma Thurman.

The line gets on-screen time as well. Look for Marc frames on Meg Ryan and Spalding Gray in Kate & Leopold, Julia Roberts in Ocean's Eleven, Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton in The Truth About Charlie (October) and Rene Russo and Eddie Murphy in Showtime (March 29). 

So I think that solidifies the Fall date, so it'll be quite awhile til we see Mark on the big screen. Kinda cute that the sunglasses are Robert Marc, as Mark's name is Mark Robert [Michael Wahlberg]! Wonder if the costume designer or Mark picked up on that?

02-14
POTA got nothing from the Academy, not even Rick Baker! I loved A Beautiful Mind, but there wasn't that much makeup effects on the cast. 

A few pictures out there in magazines, the newest Movieline has Mark listed as one of the sexiest men in Hollywood. Duh! Thnx Jenn! There's a tiny photo in Esquire (US Edition - March), with Mark being listed as most improved in the Best dressed article.

AOL has some of Mark's favorite places in and around the Boston area, even his favorite secret place. It ain't no secret anymore!

New pic of Mark & Thandie in 'Charlie' here, from MarkWahlbergfanclub on Yahoo groups.

02-12
According to the NY Post, Mark was spotted in Hollywood. ASHLEY Hamilton, the son of George Hamilton and ex-husband of Shannen Doherty, gets no respect. The other night, Hamilton was hanging with a pal in a booth at Joseph's in Hollywood when the club's promoter, Pantera Sarah, asked him to move. "She had to make room for Mark Wahlberg," said our spy. When Wahlberg refused the seat, Hamilton was allowed back, but seconds later was booted when Matthew Perry walked in. 

Mark's bro, Donnie is set for a new series on NBC - Hollywood Reporter 

In the first casting for the NBC/NBC Studios L.A.-based ensemble cop drama from writer/executive producer Graham Yost, Wahlberg has signed on to play one of the leads -- a bright, shyly charming and soulful detective, who seemingly has it all -- a perfect job and a perfect family -- but is falling apart on the inside. The pilot will be directed by Jon Avnet. 

"I think that the writing-directing team of Graham Yost and Jon Avnet and now the casting of Donnie Wahlberg show that this is a very high-profile project that's going to attract other actors of similar quality," said NBC Studios president Ted Harbert. 

Wahlberg, repped by David Lillard at the Ilene Feldman Agency and AMG, recently signed to star in Castle Rock Entertainment's adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller "The Dreamcatcher" for filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan and the indie feature "Leopold Bloom." His other credits include "The Sixth Sense" and HBO's "Band of Brothers." 

02-08
Fixed up the February links. Mark is listed in the latest issue of the Hollywood Reporter's Power issue as a strong star, meaning he is just below superstar status in the eyes of Hollywood. Pal and co-star George Clooney was in the super category, more details here.

Other news, the NY Post reports: Abel Ferrara is searching for one to play a younger version of Christopher Walken in "The Last Crew," the
long-awaited prequel to Ferrara's "King of New York." Mark Wahlberg was set for the role last year, but dropped out. 

02-04
More POTA news, including a states side report on the lawsuit and some nomination news. BAFTA, the UK Oscars have nominated POTA for best makeup & hair and costume design. Also Colleen Atwood - head of costumes on POTA, is also up for an award from the costume designing guild.

I also got myself a dvd player, so I'll be running round town to get some Mark movies in the new format. Yipee! Anyway, I've added some preliminary thoughts on Mark DVDs. I need to do some research before we try anything, but let me know if there's anything else you want to add. I may start a more comprehensive DVD page once I get my collection up to par, depending on how things go. 

Other DVD news, while searching around for the forementioned stuff, I saw The Big Hit is being rereleased as a Superbit collection in the US/Canada in March. What it means is don't worry if you already have the 1st release, it's just a new Sony way of placing info on a DVD disc. It's suppose to be better sound and even better picture, but only if you're fanatical about how DVDs look and have a home theatre system would you notice anything different if at all.

02-01
Several extras are suing Fox over supposed exposure to carcinogens during filming. Lurker actually gave me a heads up on this report, before I found some more details. Thanx!

01-31
This week's EW has a pic of Mark, Thandie and director Jonathan Demme in it's 2002 preview issue. Thanks to Baby Junior for pointing that out. It has Charlie set to open in August! This film has more dates attached to it than legs on a millipede! Don't forget to write to EW to thank them for the sneak peak and how we want more!

Julie over at the boards has a new website devoted to Mark, Donnie and Robert called Those Wahlberg Men. Go check it out.

01-25
Dark Horizons reports: "Pride & Glory: New York City Mayor's Office of Film confirm the Hugh Jackman cop thriller project "has been shut down and cancelled as of late last week" So that scratches this project off the possible list.

01-23
It has been a week of Mark DVD releases, last Thursday saw POTA out in Region 4, RS came out Tuesday in Region 1 and today Region 4 again, gets The Yards! Those without DVDs, it also means you can go out and rent VHS!

Dark Horizons is reporting Pride & Glory (the possible Mark project) may be placed on hold because it is about corruption in the NYPD.

AICN pulled my short transcript I sent over to PTAnderson.com (not citing sources how nice) and posted on my MarkTalk group from HotDog Magazine's interview with Mark. 

Word is PT is also considering a sequel to Boogie Nights!

01-18
Rock Star opened as #8 in the UK, go out and support the film.

Some mics dates on DVD movie releases outside the US, I don't want to list all the countries, as some have 3 dozen. I'm sure you can figure it out if you buy DVDs.

OT: Posted my little report about my QAF signing.

01-10
Upcomingmovies just updated the date to Oct 11, 2002 for Charlie! Almost exactly 10 months if he's right!

Gorgeous official pics of Mark & Thandie from The Truth About Charlie from 13th Street via Dark Horizons. Further confirms Fall opening.

There's a pretty good interview in the UK mag, Hotdog (UK-Jan). Don't know how difficult it is to find, but  got mine at Virgin Megastore. I'll try and transcribe it soon, but I'm not giving myself a deadline. So don't kill me if it takes weeks.

I was asked by AskMen to link to this site! Mark was Man of the week Dec. 20th and they have a small feature you might want to check out.

Rock Star is open in Germany and will be out in the UK Friday. 

01-09
Thanks to Nicki who sent in a short article about RS from Teletext (UK).

If you happen to be in the biz, you could prob get into the academy screening of POTA down in LA Wed. with your creds. Maybe rub some shoulders with bigwigs...

Totally OT. I met 3 of the actors of my favorite TV show I cannot watch - Queer as Folk - tonight! Got their autographs and a few pics. Quality is crap thanks to the darkness and strobe lights (again with the lighting- 1st RS now this!) But OMG, Peter, Michelle and Gale were gorgeous. I'll post soon!

01-07-2002
The UK papers are starting up on some reviews of RS, the Independent has a barb filled positive review and the Herald has a mixed one.

Well, according to Variety, The Truth About Charlie is still scheduled for 'Fall,' in a recent article about the studios. So the date is definately in the air folks.

Mark's artwork over at AOL went for $2,051! 

Monica over at the MBs has set up an Italian website to Mark. Lots of lovely pics and such.

Thanks to Garth over at Dark Horizons for the info. Those in Australia & the rest of the Oceania region and South America will finally get a chance to buy the DVD of The Yards Jan 23, as well as rent the vid.