TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE An evening with Maureen Beattie and friends. Join us for an evening of poetry and prose celebrating love in all its guises. Maureen Beattie presents a special revue show for one night only to help raise funds for the Seat Restoration campaign. From the wit of Oscar Wilde to the glorious poetry of Robert Burns, from the sketches of Victoria Wood to the plays of William Shakespeare. Maureen has assembled a dream cast including Simon Russell Beale, described by The Independent as “the greatest stage actor of his generation”, Scottish stage and TV star Siobhan Redmond and Lord of the Rings favourite Billy Boyd. 14 Apr 2013 The event will include a celebrity auction hosted by Johnny Beattie and BBC TV star and auctioneer Anita Manning. CELEBRITY AUCTION Bring your wallets on the night to bid on a host of great prizes donated by celebrities in our charity auction. Prizes include: - An original painting by Scottish artist Robert Kelsey - A photo donated by Alan Cumming - A script & DVD of the film Decoy Bride signed by its stars David Tennant and Kelly MacDonald - Dinner with Tam Cowan reviewing a Glasgow restaurant - A meal for two with Johnny Beattie and Libby McArthur and a copy of the River City book signed by the whole cast - and more to be announced
All proceeds to the Citizens Theatre Seat Restoration Fund Read more at the Citizens Theatre website
One of Kevin's most beloved charities is Save the Children, an organization devoted to — you guessed it! — helping children in need. He's supported the charity for years, and even donated the proceeds from his folk album to it.
Now, he's hosting a charity auction that his fans can take part in!
Now through Monday, February 25, you can bid on items ranging from message cards to keychains to photo frames on eBay. They're all hand crafted items from The Scrappy Tree, and each one is signed by Kevin himself. As of now, it looks like most items are in the $10-20 range.
The proceeds will go to Save the Children's international emergency response campaigns. According to Kevin's website,
the funds will help "recovery and life saving support efforts involving
USA Hurricane Sandy, Philippine flooding, South Sudan shelter aid,
African food and hunger crises, and Haiti earthquake relief, to name a
few."
Exclusive: poster for 'California Solo' starring Robert Carlyle For more than two decades, Robert Carlyle has been a
familiar face in projects on both sides of the ocean, becoming one of
the most reliable players on TV and in the movies. Of course, he's
likely best known for playing the deliciously deranged Begbie in Trainspotting, but roles in 28 Weeks Later,The Full Monty,Angela's Ashes
and more have solidified him as a true talent. And while it's not often
that we seem him in a lead role, when the opportunity arises it's
likely one worth checking out, and you'll get a chance soon with California Solo. Premièring at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the film from writer/director Marshall Lewy (Blue State)
finds Carlyle playing a former Britpop rocker living in the United
States, who finds himself facing deportation.
Here's
the full synopsis for the picture:
"LACHLAN MacALDONICH (Robert Carlyle) is former Britpop rocker who
has settled into a comfortably numb existence in farm country just
outside Los Angeles. By day, he works on an organic farm and travels
regularly to the city’s farmers’ markets to sell produce. By night, he
retreats to his crummy apartment to record "Flame-Outs," his podcast
that recounts the tragic deaths of great musicians. The only spark in
his humdrum existence is BEAU (Alexia Rasmussen), a lovely struggling
actress and amateur chef who frequents the Silver Lake farmers’ market.One night, Lachlan gets pulled over for a DUI, a charge that
dredges up his past drug offense and threatens him with deportation.
Lachlan’s only hope of staying in the U.S. is proving that his removal
would cause “extreme hardship” to a U.S. citizen spouse or relative.
Lachlan contacts his estranged ex-wife and daughter, raising past demons
that he must finally confront.CALIFORNIA SOLO is a touching, human story about post-fame life and personal redemption."
California Solo will hit New York and Los Angeles on November 30th courtesy of Strand Releasing, with more cities and dates to follow. Source: Indiewire
Once Upon a Time fans bid to help with Kids Glasgow
Calling all Once Upon a Time fans! You have a unique opportunity this week to acquire some one-of-a-kind Once memorabilia and help out a cause supported by Once Upon a Time star Robert Carlyle. The British Once Upon a Time fansite, Once Upon a Fan has teamed with With Kids Glasgow to auction some fantastic items this week, including fan art, rare DVDs, a signed script and more.
In fact, Mr. Carlyle has donated a very special Once
keepsake to the auction—Rumplestiltskin’s treasured chipped cup, used in
last season’s “Skin Deep.” The cup is autographed by both Carlyle and
Emilie de Ravin, who, of course, plays Belle in the series.
Carlyle tweeted about it yesterday, including a photograph of him holding the Rumple’s treasured memento of Belle.
Begun last year as a single page blog, the Once Upon a Fan site has
grown into a huge world-wide fan community. In addition to the main fan
site, the group has a Facebook page with 11,000 "Likes," as well as
11,500 followers on Twitter.
Site creator Gareth Hughes proudly noted to me that, “we recently
celebrated a million site visits! It’s all non-profit and the writers
work extremely hard and give up their own free time so I am very
grateful to them for all their input. Big shout out to them.”
I recently “spoke” with Gareth, as well as Suzy Blair, community
development coordinator of With Kids Glasgow via email to talk about the
auction and the U.K. based charity. Gareth told me that he’d initially
learned of the organization from Oncers who had sent him links to video
interviews Carlyle had done as a With Kids ambassador. Here's Part 1 of
that video interview:
“I was quite inspired by his passion for the project,” Gareth told
me, “and could relate to his tales about growing up in Glasgow. I was
born in quite a poor area of Merseyside. I know my parents struggled to
make sure we had the best of everything so I could really relate to the
difficulties that disadvantaged families go through and the idea that
everybody deserves a chance, or a happy ending.” With the fan site growing in popularity, Gareth believed it was an
ideal time to “really do some good. The fans have just been amazing in
the way they have sent in items for the auction or donated to the
appeal. It really reinforces your faith in humanity to see what people
have done.”
Steven Brand, Seamus Dever, Armin Shimerman donate to Antaeus company's online auction Antaeus Company has announced that it will hold its second annual online auction from September 10 to 24.
The auction will feature exclusive items, tickets, and experiences, such as dining with the likes of the stars of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (including Armin Shimerman), Seamus Dever of Castle, or The Scorpion King's Steven Brand. There will also be changes to win on set tours of Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory.
Items
up for auction include handmade pieces of jewelry and home décor
crafted by company members and the complete Dakin Matthews Collection
including translations, new plays and adaptations signed by the author.
Duelling Doctor Who Videos Make Us Wish For A Full-Fledged Musical Episode One of the great things about the advent of the internet is that TV and movie fans have gotten to see all sorts of crazy things that we wouldn't have otherwise. It turns out, making a movie or TV show is a lot of work, and the folks involved have a tendency to blow off steam by doing silly, silly things. Thankfully, many of these silly, silly things make it online in one form or another. Over the years fans have sat through countless blooper reels from their favorite shows, not to mention the odd bit of even more entertaining minutia (albeit in horrible quality).
Now two new relics have surfaced, this time from David Tennant's days on Doctor Who. Supposedly both videos were aired at the wrap party for Tennant's last episode of the show, but thanks to the interwebs you don't need a TARDIS to check them out. First up, David and the show's crew express their love for The Proclaimers' song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)."
What I love almost as much as Tennant's enthusiasm is the varying degrees of commitment and/or nervousness on the faces of the crew. You can tell some of these folks aren't used to being on that side of the camera.
Still, that video just features Tennant and the others lip synching. You have to wonder how well he'd do without a voice track. Ask and ye shall receive: I give you "The Ballad of Russell and Julie" (via GiantFreakinRobot.com) Recounting (roughly) the story of how the 2004 resurrection of Who came about. Tennant lends his pipes to the role of former Who head honcho Russell T Davies, joined by Catherine Tate as exec producer Julie Gardner. Also along for the ride and looking incredibly dapper is John "Captain Jack Harkness" Barrowman as our narrator. Take it away, guys...
WOS Awards Charity Stage One Launches Theatre Auction Stage One, the adopted charity of the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards – which opened for nominations this week – has launched an online fund-raising theatre auction called West End Lots, featuring a range of fantastic prizes.
Among the lots on offer is the chance to tread the boards alongside Mackenzie Crook and Mark Rylance in Jerusalem, an opportunity to meet the cast of Wicked, and a range of theatrical memorabilia including programmes signed by the likes of Cameron Mackintosh and David Tennant.
The auction will be held online at auction.stageone.uk.com until 24 February 2012 – five days after the results are announced at the glittering Whatsonstage.com Awards concert at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Bidding for these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and highly original items will help Stage One to continue to identify and nurture the next generation of theatrical entrepreneurs through its apprentice schemes, workshops, bursaries and the practical support its gives to new theatre producers.
Terri Paddock, managing and editorial director of Whatsonstage.com, commented: "The experiences and memorabilia pulled together by Stage One are truly thrilling, and we are delighted to be able to promote them and the West End Lots auction via Whatsonstage.com. I know I won't be the only one bidding daily for my own little piece of theatre history."
Current confirmed auction lots of theatrical experiences include: A once-in-a-lifetime chance to play a walk on part in the triumphant Jerusalem with Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook Two VIP tickets to the glamorous 2012 Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House, an invitation to the exclusive after show party and a night in a top London Hotel Two tickets to the Press Night and Party of Long Day’s Journey Into Night with David Suchet Two Tickets to the Press Night and Party of La Soirée, the internationally successful cabaret spectacular, and dinner Four family tickets and a chance to meet the cast of Wicked A pair of tickets to Rock of Ages, and a backstage meet and greet with the cast, plus dinner and a stay in a 4 star hotel An exclusive dance class with Dirty Dancing’s Johnny Castle and a pair of tickets to the show in Manchester, plus a stay at the Radisson Edwardian VIP tickets in the Royal Box to West End legend, The Mousetrap, with complimentary champagne Tickets to Stomp, the RSC hit show Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical and Potted Panto
Theatrical memorabilia on offer so far includes: The TS Eliot poem quoted in Butley, signed by Dominic West together with a signed photo The Armani tie worn by Christian Slater in Swimming with Sharks Two original signed illustrations by Mackenzie Crook, and inspired by Jerusalem The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary programme and My Fair Lady artwork signed by Sir Cameron Mackintosh The poster and playtext of Much Ado About Nothing, signed by David Tennant and Catherine Tate Signed script of Driving Miss Daisy with Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones An original drawing of Leonard Rossiter by Clive Francis The site goes live at 10.00am on Friday 4 November when the silent auction begins. The website auction.stageone.uk.com has details on how to place bids and all the latest updates on new auction lots as they become available.
Producer Bryan Singer is holding a charity auction for the chance to visit the set of X-Men: First Class and meet the cast (which presumably includes James McAvoy). The set visit is scheduled for Fall 2010 in the UK. You can head on over to CharityBuzz to start bidding.
McGregor is one of the most astounding actors of our lifetime, starring in major movies such as “Trainspotting,” “Moulin Rouge” and the “Star Wars” prequels. He also helped to define the ’90s youth generation and became the poster boy of the British film industry.
This item is a great gift for any true McGregor fan. What better way to impress your friends and family than to have Obi Wan greet them on your voicemail? His seductive Gallic tones would surely entice any caller. And not only shall you be getting the gift of Mr. McGregor’s delectable voice, but you shall be giving a voice to the many poverty and at-risk children that Children Mending Hearts help on a daily basis.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any “Ewan’s Angel,” and one that will help support a better life for an “Angel” at Children Mending Hearts.
The bidding for Ewan McGregor’s voicemail ends on April 6 at 1:08 p.m. [Amanda Mc Keever]
Gerard Butler's tux up for charity auction Artists for Peace and Justice is auctioning off Gerard Butler's Dolce & Gabbana Golden Globe tuxedo at CharityBuzz.com. All proceeds will go to APJ's Haiti relief efforts. The auction will end Wednesday, March 17.
Character stills and on set stills from How to Train Your Dragon Photos courtesy of Totally Hollywood Hunks News photo gallery The Bounty Hunter and How to Train Your Dragon premiere dates GerardButler.net shares the US and UK premiere dates for The Bounty Hunter and How to Train Your Dragon:
March 11 UK The Bounty Hunter Premiere Vue West End Cinema Leicester Square – London
March 16 US The Bounty Hunter Premiere Zeigfeld Theatre – New York City
March 21 US How To Train Your Dragon Premiere Location TBA – Los Angeles
UNICEF UK is putting Ewan McGregor's Moto Guzzi California Vintage motorbike up for auction. The money will go to children affected by wars and natural disasters all over the world.
You can go here to watch video Ewan talking about his work with UNICEF (sorry people, I can't embed). You can also visit ebay to find out more about the auction and to pre-register to bid.
