Ewan McGregor receiving the Icon award

Here's Ewan accepting the Empire Icon Award on Sunday. Who knows how long it will be on youtube so enjoy it while you can!

The new Scottish vacuum of charm?

No the world did not just end, but it's a pretty awesome universe that gets Ewan McGregor and James McAvoy in the same photo. It's an even cooler universe that gets Ewan's Othello co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor at the Empire Awards reception as well. For more pictures from the Empire Awards go here. Enjoy people!

James McAvoy wins over Gerard Butler

James McAvoy beat fellow Scottish actor Gerard Butler at Sunday's Empire Awards in the Best Actor category for his role in Atonement. The film also won awards in the Best Actress (Keira Knightley) and in the Best British Film categories. According to Top News one million online users voted for the the epic film. For those of you who missed the show or do not live in the UK here is James McAvoy's acceptance speech from Empire Online:

"That was The Fratellis, they're from Scotland, they're from Glasgow I think and that was cool. I'm truly nervous. I really want to thank Working Title, you do good films and you make a lot of them and you make money with them sometimes, not all the time, you may not have made money with this one but you made it and that's because you believed in the film and Joe and us. Thank you very much for letting me be a part of that. Thanks to Paul Webster as well.

"Thank you Ruth, the best goddamn agent in town and I'd also like to thank Empire as well. I used to get it all the time as a kid, I still get it now if I'm being honest, not all the time, but sometimes.

"And this year's been an amazing for intelligent film, for good film, not just Transformers. What Empire has done is to tell people what to see and well done this year for getting people to see the good stuff and still saying the bad stuff is shit. And this is it, thanks very much."

I'll post more on the award ceremony soon.

Ewan, Gerard, and James - oh my

The Empire Award winners will be announced this Sunday, while the show will air on Monday at 9pm on ITV2 in the UK. Both James McAvoy and Gerard Butler are nominated in the best actor category for their roles in Atonement and 300 respectively. Fellow Scot, Ewan McGregor will be presented with the Icon Award and a recorded tribute will play at the ceremony.


If you don't want to know who wins before the show is aired on Monday avoid TV and the internet and I won't post anything about it until after the show is aired in the UK. Annoyingly, it won't air where I live but to be fair I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone (including myself in some sort of odd way.) I'll post pictures and video clips when I get them after the show airs. Fingers crossed for James or Gerard, and you can go here for a complete list of the nominees.

Photos from: www.onemansblog.com and www.collider.com

Ewan McGregor fans!

I got this directly from beonscreenUK:

"Ewan McGregor Fans Needed For Awards Show

What's your favourite film starring Ewan McGregor? What makes Ewan such
a great actor?

We're looking for Ewan McGregor fans and film buffs to pay their own
tributes to Ewan on the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards 2008 for ITV2.
You'll need to be able to make your own way to London one Sunday in
early March.

Please apply ASAP with one paragraph saying why you'd be great for
this along with your full name and contact phone number."

UK fans can go here to apply. Good luck!

Photo from www.obsessedwithfilm.com

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