February 28 A new Universal page on the COM DVD Box Office Prophets: Reader Awards -- Leonardo DiCaprio is a landslide victor in the Best Actor Category for his work in The Departed (he overachieved by also finishing 12th for The Blood Diamond). Way, way back in second place with a third fewer votes is Clive Owen. Interestingly, both actors seem to be very popular with the readers, having placed well in the first ever Reader Awards. Leo finished fourth that year for The Aviator, while Clive finished seventh for Closer. In the Calvins, we concurred with the readers, putting Leo first and Clive third. We liked Forest Whitaker a little better, but other than that the best actor lists are virtually identical. CHUD: COM DVD info The Star Phoenix - Canada.com: Sexiest presenter pairs: It's a dead heat between Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett, in a snug silver gown, and Hugh Jackman and Penelope Cruz in her pink-gold froth of a dress. Look no further than these four, for the steamy glamour we like to associate with Hollywood. - Thanks, Steph February 27 The Results Are In: Recast Gone With the Wind - Thanks, Steph Box Office Mojo Poll (Some Owen responses in there) - Thanks, Kris C PR Newswire: From Universal -- From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: In the Last Days of the Human Race One Man Must Protect Our Only Hope in the Provocative and Acclaimed Thriller, Nominated for Three Academy Awards*(R) 'Children of Men' - Thanks, Steph cbs4.com: Oscar fashions are the talk of the town -- For the men, George Clooney, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Clive Owen all a took home the fashion prize, Phillip Seymour Hoffman took home the cheesy wrapper the prize came in. The NY Post: Take your pick now - 2008 Oscars - "...Others are anticipating a duel for the gold that would pit "His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass" - the first installment in a pricey "Lord of the Rings"- style fantasy franchise with Nicole Kidman as the villain - against "The Golden Age," in which Cate Blanchett reprises her Oscar-nominated role as England’s first Queen Elizabeth. February 26 Lui's calendar for March - two sizes -- one -- two [Ed note: Clive by far the best looking, best dressed man at the Oscars - See Just Jared for pictures, and many more at Wireimage] Cinematical Blog: "Catherine Deneuve is looking lovely, and she is joined by Ken Watanabe to present the funny talk, aka foreign language film. First, we get a history in these films, with a nice little montage. Chances of most of the viewing audience having not seen most, if not any of these films? Or, maybe not foreign film.. They left the stage. Instead, Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett, looking hotter than almost everyone on the planet, are presenting the award. I would be completely distracted if not for... Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others. I always, always pick the losers. I am happy beyond words that Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck grabbed the prize, over other great films. However, the Academy are jerks for not letting him speak. It was a great film. Kudos to the Oscars for recognizing that!!" - Thanks, Steph February 25 Great pic of Clive at the Armani pre- Ocasr bash - Thanks, Steph The Scotsman: Old pals play it by the books -- Mavor takes a certain pride in the fact that until he took a part-time position lecturing at the Screen Academy Scotland last August, he had never had a nine to five job. Instead his CV lists stints writing for Monarch Of The Glen, Take The High Road, Red Caps and The Bill. He also wrote Split Second, a 1999 TV film starring Clive Owen. February 23-24 Clive will present at the Oscars (Scroll) Burlington Free Press: COM/Oscar related - Hawk Ostby says he’s an “Old Navy guy.” Like other writers, he lives in his sweats. But he’ll be wearing Gucci on Sunday night, when he attends the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, with his wife, Monica Ostby. Ostby, who lives in South Burlington, is a nominee for best adapted screenplay for “Children of Men,” an adaptation of a novel by the British author, P.D. James. February 22 Backstage.com: The Saturn Awards -- Clive Owen (Children of Men), Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible III), Daniel Craig (Casino Royale), Will Ferrell (Stranger Than Fiction), and Hugh Jackman (The Fountain) join Routh in the best actor category. - Thanks, Steph (The Saturn Awards Web Site)
February 21 The NY Times: A Very Altmanesque Tribute to Altman (Clive was not there) February 20 The Hollywood Reporter: Scripter Awards Children - Cuaron revealed that the actors in film "pretty much rewrote each single sentence of their characters," and he culminated his thank you's by singling out three people. "Their ideas, their emotions, their thoughts are present in every page of this script and every single frame of this film," he said. "I'm talking about Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and especially more than anyone else, who I consider to be a co-writer of this film, a co-filmmaker of this film, Clive Owen." - Thanks, Steph COM: They have added some interesting stuff on the first page of the official website: "The Possibility of Hope ", a 27 mn featurette that will be also among the DVD special features - A commentary on the film by philosopher and critic Slavoj Zizek ( also to be part of the DVD special features ) -Tributes from Alejandro Inarritu and Guillermo del Toro - Thanks, Steph News from The Electric Palace: The New programme for The Electric
Palace is now out and in a bold new departure will now come out monthly allowing
for the latest releases to be booked earlier. Highlights for March include
a Sunday double bill featuring our Patron Clive Owen's favourite film (as he
revealed in his November visit) Casablanca in a sparkling new print. This is
doubled with a new print of the classic Wizard of Oz. BAFTA Winner Last King
of Scotland, Robert Altman's last film A Prairie Home Companion, A Gala Premiere
(in aid of the Palace Appeal) of Screaming Blue Murder as well as Box Office
hits Night at the Museum, Rocky Balboa and Apocalypto. The new programme can
be obtained from the Cinema or online at www.electricpalace.com. February 19 The Hollywood Reporter: Emmanuel Lubezki was honored for "Children of Men" in the feature film competition at the 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards on Sunday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The prize capped a big week for the Academy Award nominee, who last weekend won in the cinematography category at the Orange British Academy Film Awards. - Thanks, mgill Variety: Early birds take award perch -- "...Universal's "The Golden Age" closely resembles Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth." It's a follow-up to that 1998 pic, with Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush reprising their roles and Kapur again at the helm. Clive Owen has joined the cast as Sir Walter Raleigh." February 18 This Is London: And next year's winners will be? - THE GOLDEN AGE - What is it? Courtly intrigue surrounding the relationship between Elizabeth I and the adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh. Who's who? Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth I), Clive Owen (Sir Walter Raleigh), Samantha Morton (Mary Queen of Scots). Why do we care? Working Title are a smart bunch. Since anything to do with British royalty acts like catnip on Oscar voters, this sequel to the award-winning Elizabeth already looks like a contender. Clive Owen missed out on a nomination for Children of Men. He should get something for this. When it's out: 26 October. - Thanks, Steph The Chicago Tribune: Do other critics still care about the Oscars? -- Tasha Robinson, critic and editor, The Onion -- "I enjoyed four of the best picture nominees. (I thought 'Little Miss Sunshine' was an overrated, watered-down take on Todd Solondz's work.) I enjoyed all of the best director nominees. But I couldn't believe 'Children Of Men' got so thoroughly shut out of the important categories. To be honest, I'm rooting for it to win everything as a write-in candidate . . Thanks, Susan P February 17 Blog Critics Magazine:79th Academy Awards: As Certain as Death and Taxes -- Who Else Should Have Been Nominated: Clive Owen in Children of Men, a film and a performance that were criminally overlooked in my opinion. Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction. Matt Damon in either The Good Shepherd or The Departed. Christian Bale in The Prestige. Edward Norton in The Illusionist. Box Office Prophets: Best Actor 2007 Calvin Awards -- Clive Owen finishes in third place for his superb performance as Theo Faron, a worker in a simple cube farm whose 'talents' become critical for the future of the entire planet. We see all of the action through his character's eyes, and it is this interpretation that shows us the mistakes the British government is making as well as the horror of the beliefs of certain splinter groups. Throughout the film, it's as easy to imagine him coming up with a clever, covert solution to a problem as it is to see him picking up a weapon and fighting his way through. If he wasn't going to be chosen to play James Bond, we're thrilled to see him in amazing films like this one. February 16 MCN: Dave Poland - You want a starter list for next year? Here you go ...Charlie Wilson's War, Che, Elizabeth 2: The Golden Age, Things We Lost In The Fire, The Savages, American Gangster, Margaret, Sweeney Todd, Love In the Time Of Cholera, Reservation Road, The Kite Runner, The Other Boleyn Girl, Youth Without Youth, Synecdoche, New York, Lust, Caution, The Feast Of Love, The Brave One, Margot At The Wedding, Eastern Promises … and I didn't even look that hard. February 15 Reuters: Foreign cinematographers in focus at Oscars -- This year, four out of the five cameramen who will compete for the cinematography Oscar at the Academy Awards on February 25 hail from abroad: Hungary-born Vilmos Zsigmond ("The Black Dahlia"), Britain's Dick Pope ("The Illusionist"), and Mexicans Emmanuel Lubezki ("Children of Men") and Guillermo Navarro ("Pan's Labyrinth"). Only Wally Pfister ("The Prestige") was born in the United States. Variety: How to win auds, subvert genres - "I couldn't care less about infertility, because that goes into the realm of science fiction," he says of his film "Children of Men," in which only one woman on earth is pregnant. "But I saw that infertility could be a point of departure to explore the themes that I cared about" -- themes such as immigration, terrorism and paranoia. - Thanks, Steph February 14 - Happy Valentine's Day! Box Office Prophets: The 2007 Calvin Awards - "...The tricky aspect in defining our third place finisher in best scene is determining where it begins and ends. The Uprising from Children of Men could be accurately described as the final act of the movie. Since we are talking about scenes rather than acts, the staff had great difficulty in deciding exactly what to do with the engrossing final half hour of the movie." - Thanks, Steph Film Journal: Clive Owen will join the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Elliott Gould and James Garner by playing Raymond Chandler's classic gumshoe Philip Marlowe in a project for Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment. Chandler wrote 13 books and stories featuring Marlowe, and while the production team has not yet selected which tale to adapt, they will keep the setting in Chandler's 1940s L.A. Owen will also be an executive producer. From a web site dedicated to roles actors didn't get -- Clive Owen February 13 The Salt Lake Tribune: Culture Vulture: Try your wit on cashiers at the multiplex, they'll love it February 12 Box Office Prophets: the 2007 Calvin Awards - Fourth spot goes to Michael Caine in Children of Men. An aging hippie in the dystopian childless future, he represents the link to the humanity and dignity that has been lost in future fascist Britain. It's his vague hopefulness that the world has to get better and that people are generally sane at heart that provides the movie with an emotional core. ------------- Finally, we have Clive Owen in Inside Man. As the calm, implacable bank robber Dalton Russell, Owen oozed menace with just the tone of his voice and through a twist of body language. It's something he's done before (see: The Bourne Identity) but here he had more of a stage to make this character hum. - Thanks, Steph Box Office Prophets: the 2007 Calvin Awards -- (#5) How impressive is Claire-Hope Ashitey, the young woman who played a critical member of society in Children of Men? Consider for a moment that this was only her second film, and she was able to impress us as she performed alongside the likes of Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Ashitey had a centeredness and focus that helped to drive the film to its never-predictable conclusion. (Fifth place ) - Thanks, Steph February 11 The Telegraph UK: The BAFTAs -- Children of Men, starring Clive Owen in a nightmarish depiction of a sterile future, recieved Baftas for Cinematography and Production Design. - Thanks, Steph Cinematical: Children of Men: Who Really Wrote the Script? - "I met with one writer who was trying to turn this into a generic action movie, and the other two I didn't even meet, didn't even know existed. But by the same token, Clive Owen, now he was a writer. He got involved in this project with Tim and myself, we locked ourselves in a hotel room, and first we went over his character. And he had so much insight that we decided, Tim and myself, that Clive should be involved with the rest of the writing process, even if it was not about his character. I started to admire his instincts, and I asked him to be involved with the rest of the process." - Thanks, Steph Clive supports Amnesty International at YouTube - Thanks, Steph - Here is the link to Amnesty International's USA web site, and here for Amnesty's UK web site February 10 Related - The NY Times Magazine: We are saluting 22 of those remarkable characters: from Helen Mirren, whose subtly layered portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II both humanized a seemingly cold matriarch and revealed the complicated nature of duty in shifting times, to Sacha Baron Cohen, whose brilliant, seamless portrayal of Borat was simultaneously hilarious and shocking, to the lesser known Abbie Cornish (The Golden Age), who was heartbreaking in “Somersault,” an Australian coming-of-age film that played in American theaters for only a few weeks. (Link to slide show HERE) February 9 Working Title Films - The Golden Age DVDActive: Universal Home Video has sent over early details on Children of Men which stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, and Michael Caine. The Alfonso Cuaron directed drama will be available to own from the 27th March, and should retail at around $29.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. The extras haven't been revealed in full I'm afraid, although we can confirm that the disc will include deleted scenes, featurettes and more. A HD-DVD/DVD Combo release will also be available from the 27th for $39.98. We'll bring you further details shortly." - Thanks, Steph February 8 No new news today February 7 The Guardian: (Cuaron) Film-makers without borders - Just because I'm a Mexican film-maker doesn't mean that my movies only represent Mexico. The world is my cinematic oyster. The Independent: The House of Lords - "Baroness James of Holland Park Conservative - Background: Phyllis Dorothy James, known to everyone as P D James, is a former Home Office civil servant .Best known for: Her series of crime novels, beginning with Cover Her Face, published in 1962, featuring her best known character, the detective/poet Adam Dalgliesh. Many were dramatised ontelevision. The 87-year-old also wrote The Children of Men, a futuristic novel recently made into a film starring Clive Owen. Can appear slightly formidable in interviews." February 6 Happy Valentine's Day greetings to Clive HERE at the Murphsplace Forum February 5 Radar: Kurt Andersen is ready for his close-up - "...Hirshenson and Jenkins had their own suggestions for who should play the writer, editor, and radio host. Robert Downey Jr.'s name was mentioned, as was Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling ("For Kurt: the Young Years"). Other possibilities included John Cusack and Clive Owen." That last suggestion prompted the usually modulated radio host to positively chirp, "You guys are brilliant! You guys are really brilliant!" Not brilliant enough to suggest Weeds's Martin Donovan, who's an Andersen dead ringer. Blog Critics: 2006 DVDs to look out for- COM: "It might leave you flinching in your chair or drive you to tears, yet, as far as I'm concerned, the best characteristic of the film is that it feels real and is a portrayal of a future that could happen, a future we can avoid. A MUST watch!" You can also watch the E*Trade ad at the CBS Super Bowl Commercial site (Third Quarter). "Get down on the floor!!!" The
E*Trade bank robbery video mentioned yesterday is at IFilm - Thanks,
Steph February 11 The Telegraph UK: The BAFTAs -- Children of Men, starring Clive Owen in a nightmarish depiction of a sterile future, recieved Baftas for Cinematography and Production Design. - Thanks, Steph Cinematical: Children of Men: Who Really Wrote the Script? - "I met with one writer who was trying to turn this into a generic action movie, and the other two I didn't even meet, didn't even know existed. But by the same token, Clive Owen, now he was a writer. He got involved in this project with Tim and myself, we locked ourselves in a hotel room, and first we went over his character. And he had so much insight that we decided, Tim and myself, that Clive should be involved with the rest of the writing process, even if it was not about his character. I started to admire his instincts, and I asked him to be involved with the rest of the process." - Thanks, Steph Clive supports Amnesty International at YouTube - Thanks, Steph - Here is the link to Amnesty International's USA web site, and here for Amnesty's UK web site February 10 Related - The NY Times Magazine: We are saluting 22 of those remarkable characters: from Helen Mirren, whose subtly layered portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II both humanized a seemingly cold matriarch and revealed the complicated nature of duty in shifting times, to Sacha Baron Cohen, whose brilliant, seamless portrayal of Borat was simultaneously hilarious and shocking, to the lesser known Abbie Cornish (The Golden Age), who was heartbreaking in “Somersault,” an Australian coming-of-age film that played in American theaters for only a few weeks. (Link to slide show HERE) February 9 Working Title Films - The Golden Age DVDActive: Universal Home Video has sent over early details on Children of Men which stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, and Michael Caine. The Alfonso Cuaron directed drama will be available to own from the 27th March, and should retail at around $29.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. The extras haven't been revealed in full I'm afraid, although we can confirm that the disc will include deleted scenes, featurettes and more. A HD-DVD/DVD Combo release will also be available from the 27th for $39.98. We'll bring you further details shortly." - Thanks, Steph February 8 No new news today February 7 The Guardian: (Cuaron) Film-makers without borders - Just because I'm a Mexican film-maker doesn't mean that my movies only represent Mexico. The world is my cinematic oyster. The Independent: The House of Lords - "Baroness James of Holland Park Conservative - Background: Phyllis Dorothy James, known to everyone as P D James, is a former Home Office civil servant .Best known for: Her series of crime novels, beginning with Cover Her Face, published in 1962, featuring her best known character, the detective/poet Adam Dalgliesh. Many were dramatised ontelevision. The 87-year-old also wrote The Children of Men, a futuristic novel recently made into a film starring Clive Owen. Can appear slightly formidable in interviews." February 6 Happy Valentine's Day greetings to Clive HERE at the Murphsplace Forum February 5 Radar: Kurt Andersen is ready for his close-up - "...Hirshenson and Jenkins had their own suggestions for who should play the writer, editor, and radio host. Robert Downey Jr.'s name was mentioned, as was Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling ("For Kurt: the Young Years"). Other possibilities included John Cusack and Clive Owen." That last suggestion prompted the usually modulated radio host to positively chirp, "You guys are brilliant! You guys are really brilliant!" Not brilliant enough to suggest Weeds's Martin Donovan, who's an Andersen dead ringer. Blog Critics: 2006 DVDs to look out for- COM: "It might leave you flinching in your chair or drive you to tears, yet, as far as I'm concerned, the best characteristic of the film is that it feels real and is a portrayal of a future that could happen, a future we can avoid. A MUST watch!" You can also watch the E*Trade ad at the CBS Super Bowl Commercial site (Third Quarter). "Get down on the floor!!!" The E*Trade bank robbery video mentioned yesterday is at IFilm - Thanks, Steph February 4 An E Trade commercial on the Super Bowl imitated Clive in Inside Man - "Get down on the floor!" February 3 The Age au: Our fair ladies -- Editor of Men's Style magazine Peter Holder isn't sure that blokey image has the same effect at home. "Generally speaking, Aussie women don't love Russell, Eric and Hugh as much as they love George Clooney or now Clive Owen. If only Australian women could claim Clive Owen as one of their own."- Thanks, Steph A page on Clive as patron of The Electric Palace Theatre - Thanks, Steph To read again - The NY Times review of Children of Men February 2 Go to cliveowen.org for many video files of Clive's latest appearances (Scroll left column) - Lots of other good visuals there too. |
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Steph: Thanks to Marta, who sent it to RougeLove. Apparently the ad has already
been published in the last edition of National Geographic in Spain. Notice
that the ad is in French. (Click on small image to left for a larger version.
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