New international trailer for Nim's Island

You can check out the new Nim's Island trailer here - it has way more clips of Gerard Butler than the North American trailer. Just scroll down the page a little bit for the international trailer. Enjoy!

In more Gerard Butler news, the release date for his gangster film Rocknrolla has been pushed up four weeks from Oct. 3, 2008 to Oct. 31, 2008. Halloween with Gerard Butler sounds good to me.

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James McAvoy on Jay Leno and at the Oscars

James is set to be one of Jay's guests on Feb. 21 to promote his upcoming film Penelope. James is also going to be a presenter at this years Oscar ceremony on Feb. 24.

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Why John Barrowman is my hero

I found a great ad campaign at the Film Experience Blog that features Torchwood star John Barrowman. According to Towleroad, John recently took part in the ad campaign with gay rights group Stonewall to fight homophobic bullying in schools. Posters will be put in 53 locations in Scotland and in many others locations in parts of England and Wales all in the hopes of raising awareness about bullying and hate crimes.

Photo from www.filmexperience.blogspot.com

Free advanced screening passes for Penelope

This website is offering 41 free screenings for 11 films including James McAvoy's upcoming film, Penelope, from Feb. 13 to Feb. 28. The screenings take place in California and Florida and you can go here for more information.

Ewan McGregor's new adventure

Here's a picture I found of Ewan McGregor's ad campaign for Davidoff Adventure at www.brandish.tv. I haven't seen it anywhere else before, so I believe that the picture has just been released. I apologize in advance if I'm wrong. According to CareFair.com Ewan will be appearing in print and television ads to promote the fragrance.

The Davidoff Adventure line includes an aftershave splash, hair and body shampoo, aftershave balm and deodorant stick. The fragrance itself comes in both 100ml and 50ml sized bottles. It should be available this month, but only in some European countries for now.

James McAvoy Breaks Through

James McAvoy may have lost the BAFTA to Daniel Day-Lewis, but the New York Times Magazine shows that James is one of the breakthrough actors of the year. You can watch a video that has a very gorgeous James talking about his early influences. He's featured after fellow British actor Jim Sturgess.

Photo from www.jamesmcavoy.com

Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 2/11: Julie Chen, Natasha Bedingfield
Tu 2/12: Susan Sarandon, Bonnie Somerville
We 2/13: Michael Clarke Duncan, Angela Kinsey, North Mississippi Allstars
Th 2/14: Evangeline Lilly, Adam Goldberg, Bebel Gilberto
Fr 2/15: Jeffrey Tambor, Ivana Milicevic, Bobby Miyamoto

Can James McAvoy win his third BAFTA in a row?

Here's hoping. Luckily it has been confirmed that James McAvoy will be going to the ceremony. The 2008 The British Academy Film Awards ceremony is this Sunday, and if you live in the US, BBC America will air the BAFTAS Sun., Feb. 10th, at 8 pm et/7:30 pm pt, followed by two back-to-back encores. If you live in the US and don't want to know who wins before the show you'll probably want to avoid news or the internet for most of the day. I certainly don't want to know before I can watch the show, so I will not be posting about the winners (or losers) until after the 8 pm show is over.

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Desmond's Motivation

There's a really good article on last week's Lost episode that I found. It examines why some of our favorite castaways (including Desmond, played by Henry Ian Cusick) decided to go with Locke and survive, and why others decided to stay with Jack and be rescued. I just hate having to wait for Thursday nights!

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Sean Biggerstaff to appear at the Glasgow Film Fest

Sean Biggerstaff's bio-pic Consenting Adults will be screened at the upcoming Glasgow Film Festival, where Sean and the director, Richard Curson Smith will introduce the film in person. It will show on Feb. 19 at Glasgow Film Theatre 2. You can go here to book tickets and for a detailed schedule of the film festival.

Photo from www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk

Who should win? Gerard Butler or James McAvoy?

Two Scottish actors, Gerard Butler and James McAvoy were recently nominated in the best actor category at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards. You can go here to vote, but you have to be registered at Empire On-Line to vote. You can just go here to register. Voting ends on Feb. 25 2008. According to The London Paper the awards show will air on ITV2 in the UK on Mon., March 10 at 9pm.

Many films (Atonement, 300, Harry Potter, 28 Weeks Later, Zodiac) that starred Scottish actors are also nominated, so here is a list of the relevant nominees:

Best newcomer
Shia LaBeouf (Transformers)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
Sam Riley (Control)
Gemma Arterton (St Trinians)
Thomas Turgoose (This Is England)

Best sci-fi/fantasy
Sunshine
Stardust
Transformers
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
300

Best horror
30 Days of Night
28 Weeks Later
Saw IV
Death Proof
1408

Best thriller
Zodiac
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Bourne Ultimatum
Disturbia

Sony Ericsson best soundtrack
Control
Atonement
Once
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Best British film
Atonement
Hot Fuzz
Sunshine
Control
This Is England

Best actress
Keira Knightley (Atonement)
Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Katharine Heigl (Knocked Up)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)

Best actor
Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
James McAvoy (Atonement)
Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz)
Gerard Butler (300)

Best director
Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Joe Wright (Atonement)
David Yates (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz)
David Fincher (Zodiac)

Best film
The Bourne Ultimatum
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ratatouille
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac

Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 2/4: TBA
Tu 2/5: Amy Ryan, Terry Crews, Cynthia Littleton
We 2/6: Lake Bell, Dierks Bentley
Th 2/7: Jon Favreau, Alicia Coppola, Shelby Lynne
Fr 2/8: Mo'Nique, Bebel Gilberto

Could James McAvoy still go to the Oscars?

According to Awards Daily Los Angeles radio stations reported that the Writers Guild of America has reached a preliminary deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. This means there may be an Oscar ceremony on Feb. 24th after all. Neither the WGA nor the AMPAS have made any statements, and are not expected to make any until next week. Please Lord, let there be Oscars. Who's for seeing Atonement win an Oscar?

James McAvoy is everywhere

It sure feels like that anyway. Penelope opens today in the UK and will open in the US at the end of the month, his Oscar nominated film Atonement will be released on HD DVD in the UK on March 10, 2008, and he was one of the winners of the 2008 Virtuosos Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. You can watch a video of James' red carpet interview at the Santa Barbara Film Festival below (his interview is second, after Casey Affleck's) :