News05 Jul 2008 07:00 pm
News04 Jul 2008 12:57 pm
Okay, maybe these guys are more likely to make it to VH-1, but the offer’s out there!
Billy Boyd: “I was over in the US a month ago and saw Orlando, Viggo and Elijah Wood.
“Beecake did a gig in Los Angeles and Viggo came along. He’s keen to get involved in the album. But I think I’ll pester him to be in a video.”
News02 Jul 2008 10:59 pm
Viggo to attend Roskilde exhibit opening in Denmark
The word from the gallery is that Viggo is expected to attend the opening of his Skovbo exhibit on Saturday, October 18, from 12-4 p.m. Please bear in mind that this is HIGHLY advanced notice. Actors’ schedules change on a moments notice. Stay tuned for further gallery updates.
News02 Jul 2008 10:40 pm
News02 Jul 2008 10:29 pm
“Saving the American Wild Horse” on Documentary Channel 7-7-08
Saving the American Wild Horse
The program airs 9 p.m. EST Monday on the Documentary Channel. Directed by James Kleinert, it’s narrated by Peter Coyote and features Viggo Mortensen.
The documentary examines the Bureau of Land Management’s policies regarding wild horses on public lands and includes interviews with ranchers, historians, animal rights activists, environmentalists and others.
News29 Jun 2008 10:08 am
Star wars: actors’ strike divides Hollywood
From The Independent:
“To have people at the level of Tom Hanks and Jack Nicholson on opposite sides, one versus another, is a deplorable spectacle,” Oscar nominee James Cromwell told The Independent on Sunday yesterday. “Two unions going at each other is never a pretty sight. And in a climate in this country which is already profoundly anti-union, it’s also dangerous.”
AFTRA supporter Cromwell is upset by what he sees as the underhand tactics of the opposition, criticising SAG’s leadership for its “politicisation” of the pay negotiations. “You have, for example, Viggo Mortensen being persuaded to come out and criticise AFTRA. But he has been misinformed about the nature of our deal.”
News29 Jun 2008 09:04 am
News29 Jun 2008 07:41 am
Interview with Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly
Thanks to marce for finding these. There’s a very funny interview that aired on Argentine TV with Dom and Evangeline. They were in Argentina to film a pilot for CQC, an Argentine show that has been adapted for air around the world. Dom is wearing his San Lorenzo jersey that he says Viggo gave him, but I don’t think Viggo will be happy with the outcome. Take a look!
VIVA ESPANA!
News25 Jun 2008 08:34 pm
FOTR in LA followed by a panel discussion on Monday, June 30
The 2001 Best Picture nominee THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. The fantasy about a hobbit and his epic quest to end the reign of evil in his land by destroying an ancient ring will screen on Monday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Following the screening, producer Barrie Osborne, executive producer Mark Ordesky, film editor John Gilbert, supervising sound editor Ethan Van der Ryn, Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Jim Rygiel and U.S. casting director Victoria Burrows will participate in a discussion about the film….
Individual tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Passes and tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call 310-247-3600.
News25 Jun 2008 04:14 pm
Viggo takes a stand in support of SAG
Jack Nicholson, Viggo Mortensen, Nick Nolte and other actors will come out in support of the Screen Actors Guild’s negotiating team and call for a smaller union to return to the bargaining table in a new ad to run Thursday, said a person familiar with the situation.
The ad, to run in trade publications Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, contains the names of more than 60 actors including Josh Brolin, and Rosanna and Patricia Arquette, said the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
The high-powered endorsement of the union’s tactics comes just days after Tom Hanks added his name to a petition calling on actors to endorse a deal reached by the smaller American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
The battle of lists put a smaller group of guild-supporting stars like Martin Sheen and Holly Hunter against the AFTRA backers who signed onto an online petition at http://www.AFTRAYes.com led by Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, and some 600 other lesser-known actors.
The three-year contracts of both unions, covering prime-time TV and movie productions, expire Monday.