Preview of David Tennant on Never Mind the Buzzcocks

David will host Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC Two on December 16 at 10:00pm. Check out the show's preview:



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2nd year anniversary

I had been meaning to post something to commemorate two years of the blog being up, but I'm one day late.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported the blog. Thank you for reading, for posting comments, for sending e-mails, for following on Twitter and Facebook. Thanks for your questions, your ideas, your reminders. Thank you for sending me links of things I've missed, forgotten, or overlooked. One of the most important things we have is our time. And for you to give the blog even a few minutes of your day means so very much to me.

This started off as a side project, but quite recently, it has helped me become a writer. Instead of talking about writing, and dreaming about it, I get paid a little to do it for a newspaper. I would never have had the courage to take writing this seriously a few years ago, and I've learned that even though it sounds like a cliche, your dreams really can come true. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and New Year and I look forward to doing this for many years to come.

Gerard Butler's outtakes from Signature Magazine

Gerard appeared on the cover of Signature LA Direct Magazine in November. Tons of outtakes from the photoshoot have been released:



















Photographed by: Dominick Guillemot

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Kevin McKidd writes letters for the troops + new 'Percy Jackson' poster

Thanks to Kevin McKidd Online for sharing links to 3 photos of Kevin McKidd writing holiday letters to US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. You can view the photos here, here, and here.

Appearing in the T.V. show Grey's Anatomy, actor Kevin McKidd writes a holiday letter during the F.T.T. (For the Troops) organization event to write holiday letters to U.S. Soldiers currently on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, held at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. December 5, 2009. The event was held by the organization FTT (For the Troops) which helps ship care packages like food, entertainment and personal hygiene items to U.S. Soldiers currently on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Below is the Swiss poster for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief:


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Craig Ferguson: sexiest talk show host

Craig Ferguson won Marie Claire's poll for Which Late Night Host Would You Sleep With? It doesn't look like the winner has been officially announced, but he's got about 70% of the vote as of now. He talked about it on his show last night:





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David Tennant on the set of 'Rex Is Not Your Lawyer'

These are photos of David on the set a few days ago. It's mostly photos of him on his lunch break:

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'Variety' feature on Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler did an interview with Variety for their feature on the International Star of the Year. Excerpts from part one and part two are below:

Born in Glasgow, Butler spent much of his life in nearby Paisley before earning a degree and becoming a lawyer. Despite showing promise in the legal profession -- he was elected president of his school's law society -- the opportunity to pursue his passion for acting came when he auditioned for a stage production of Shakespeare's Roman tragedy "Coriolanus."

Now, more than two decades later, he is gearing up to star in a bigscreen adaptation of the play opposite Ralph Fiennes, who also makes his directorial debut with the project. Butler hopes that his current streak of box office success will enable him to continue to pursue more challenging and left-field roles.

"If I can keep making movies that perform at the box office, then it allows me to go and move into Shakespeare territory," Butler says. "I was talking to someone the other day and we were both surprised that I've actually been able to make it. I would always love to go off and make films like 'Dear Frankie' or 'Beowulf' even when there were larger projects around. In the long run that has paid off, but in the short term -- especially when those films didn't make any money -- it can make you a liability. But I wanted to do those films because I loved them."

Part two:

On fellow actors:

"When I was younger, what made me want to act was the movie stars I was in love with, whether it was a Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Mitchum or even a David Niven, crazily enough. Sean Connery, of course, topped them all in my book, since I am Scottish.

"These characters, these actors -- just wanting so much to be them and live that life and to live the world that they created. I know this might sound very boring, but my fantasies in life was always to live within another story, another world, another fantasy. When I would watch movies or even television it would hurt so much wanting to be there, doing that and being in that character and in that world."

Favorites:

Scottish actors: Brian Cox, James McAvoy, Robert Carlisle, Ewan McGregor

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Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 12/7: Wayne Newton, Shirley Manson
Tu 12/8: Michael Clarke Duncan, Gillian Jacobs
We 12/9: Morgan Freeman, Overtone
Th 12/10: Howie Mandel, Paula Marshall
Fr 12/11: Jim Parsons, They Might Be Giants

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'The Last Station' LA and NY December screenings

The Last Station's one week Academy qualifying run starts Friday, December 4 at The Landmark in Los Angeles. You can call (310) 281-8233 for more information on tickets and show times.

In New York The Last Station will open for one week on December 4 at The Angelika in New York. You can go to The Angelika's website for more information.

I managed to get a list (posted below) from The Calanander of all the theaters in New York and Los Angeles that show independent films, so if you live in NY or LA you can check them out to find out when and where The Last Station opens after its January opening. The Calanander has lots of information on limited releases, Q&As, and advanced Screenings in NY and LA if you're interested in other screenings.

Los Angeles Theaters

• American Cinematheque Theaters
• The Arclight
• Laemmle Theatres
• Landmark Theatres
• Los Feliz 3
• Mann Theatres
• Pacific Theatres
• The Vista

New York Theaters

• Angelika Film Center
• Beekman Theater
• Cinema Village 12
• Film Forum
• The Film Society at Lincoln Center
• IFC Center
• Kew Gardens Cinema
• Landmark Sunshine Cinema
• Lincoln Plaza Cinema
• The Paris Theater
• Quad Cinema
• Village East Cinema

New James McAvoy interview

There's a brand new interview and a new photo with James McAvoy in the Los Angeles Times. James talks about working with Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer on The Last Station. An excerpt from the interview is below for you to check out:

His character has the distracting habit of sneezing violently when nervous.

"It's a complete opposite of so much film acting, [which is] 'I know you're feeling uncomfortable now but stop indicating it; do it with a look.' Well, I'm not going to do it with a look; I'm going to physicalize it in the most overt, audible, unavoidable and most noticeable way I can. I loved that.

"I played Yepikhodov in 'The Cherry Orchard' when I was at drama school; he's the character with the squeaky shoes. He can't stop them: Squeaky shoes, squeaky shoes, squeaky shoes. As soon as I read that sneezing thing, I thought, 'I know how to do this!' "

McAvoy is delightfully sneeze-free now, having left that set behind as well as overcoming the swine flu mini-epidemic that swept through the Savannah, Ga., set of his upcoming "The Conspirator" (directed by "the one and only" Robert Redford). Sounding hale and broguing heartily by phone from New York, the actor says he's enjoying a weekend in "the Big Apple," revisiting "The Last Station."

"I'm not used to seeing biopics, historical period dramas, that are funny," McAvoy says. "I wouldn't describe it as a comedy, but I think it's got a bit of the works of Chekhov, you know? A Chekhovian sense of humor. High melodrama followed by moments of, essentially, high slapstick or broad humor."

Which brings us back to that sneezing: It turns out there's a blessing to it.

"There are a lot of times when he's very nervous and he doesn't sneeze -- I was like, 'I'd be in sepsis right now! I'd have snot all over!' But that ends up helping to chart the evolution, the maturing of the character," says the actor. "Which sounds very simple and reductive, but it's kind of a good marker along the way." [Michael Ordoña]

You can now also book tickets for the waiting list to The Last Station's red carpet premiere in New York on January 11, 2010. The event has already reached capacity, but you can sign up to the wait list in case seats open up. You can go here for more information.

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Gerard Butler awarded Variety's International Star of the Year award

Gerard is will receive the award at this year's Dubai Film Festival. The festival starts December 9 and ends on December 16.

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Ewan McGregor on the set of 'Beginners'

Above is a photo of Ewan taking what looks like a lunch break on the set of Beginners which is now shooting in LA:

Actor Ewan McGregor takes a break from shooting his latest movie - with what looks like a pair of tights on his head.

The 38-year-old Star Wars hero was snapped on the set of new flick The Beginners.

The dodgy headgear was to keep a wig in place as he filmed a Halloween costume scene in Los Angeles.

One eyewitness said: "Ewan was in character and was caught between scenes while having something to eat.

"He had just taken off his wig and it looks like he has a pair of women's tights on his head." [The Sun]

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David Tennant on Greatest Scots

David Tennant placed fifth in The Greatest Scot vote from last night. Robert Burns was voted the winner and William Wallace, Alexander Fleming, Jock Stein, David, Robert the Bruce, Billy Connolly, Alex Harvey, Andrew Carnegie and Sir William Alexander Smith rounded out the top 10. Here's a look at David's segment from the episode:



There will also be some St. Trinian's 2 specials on TV in the UK. The film's London premiere special airs on Sunday, December 13 on Channel 4 starting at 12:50pm. Another special airs on Sky Movies Premiere HD on Monday, December 13 at 11:50am. Thanks to David Tennant News for the heads up.

Hamlet is set to air on December 26 on BBC 2 at 5pm. The DVD will debut a few days later on December 28. Hamlet airs sometime in 2010 in the US on Great Performances on PBS.

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Gerard Butler named Glasgow film ambassador

Earlier today the Glasgow Film Office announced that Gerard Butler will be their first ever film ambassador. You can head on over to the Glasgow Film Office's website for video of Gerard talking about making films in Glasgow.

At a ceremony on December 1 in Glasgow Scotland, Gerard Butler was officially launched as the first Ambassador for Glasgow Film Office (GFO). The 300 and Law Abiding Citizen Scottish-born star will serve an initial two-year term in the effort to help attract film and broadcast activity to Glasgow through the Glasgow Film Partnership.

Prior to the launch, Butler commented "I'm very honoured to be asked to be Glasgow Film Office's ambassador. Anything I can do to support the local film and television industry is worthwhile.

"I wish Glasgow Film Office every success in the launch of the Glasgow Film Partnership and hope the benefits of this new initiative will lead to increased production in the city very soon."

He further said, “Glasgow is a great place to make movies. You can shoot anything here from urban and contemporary to rural and period. The crews are fantastic and it is an easy city to get around rather than spending the endless hours in traffic when you make movies elsewhere.”

Film commissioner for Glasgow Film Office, Jennifer Reynolds, said "I am absolutely thrilled that Gerard Butler has agreed to become our ambassador. His profile helps lend credibility to Glasgow and combined with his support for our office, he will help to publicize Glasgow within the film industry.

"He shares with Glasgow Film Office a strong passion for raising the profile of the city and we look forward to future collaborations and opportunities to promote Glasgow together." [Examiner]

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