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Вельвет: Сюда пишем новости о Джонатане)
Кицунэ: Язва опять. Ест не то, что надо, пьет не то, что следует... И встречается не с той девушкой!!!!!!
sunshine reggae: точна...ну вот ЧТО он в ней нашел?
Вельвет: Кицунэ пишет: Язва опять Да эта бяка у него уже не пройдет(( Эх не бережет себя
Вельвет: УРА! МУРЬ УЖЕ В ПОРЯДКЕ))) Опять таки девушка на форуме официальном МУря написала - Just a quick note....spoke too Jonny 10 minutes ago and he is fine and well and out of hospital. Is very relaxed and tanned. Все ОК))))
sunshine reggae:
Вельвет: JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS 'became' HENRY VIII while playing the English king in TV series THE TUDORS, and stayed in character for the entire five and a half month shoot. The Irish actor found it a tough task taking on the role, because he looks nothing like the 16th century monarch - so he opted to live and breathe Henry day and night while filming the forthcoming third season of the hit show. Rhys Meyers explains, "I never left the character for the whole 5 1/2 months I shot it. "What I do is isolate myself while I'm shooting it. I lived in a house on my own. It's very Spartan, I don't have luxuries. I go to the gym, all of this almost physical meditation. That's what it takes, because I don't look like Henry, so I have to do more to be Henry VIII. "I don't phone people up, don't see people, don't see my friends." http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/rhys%20meyers%20stayed%20in%20henry%20viii%20character_1099773
Вельвет: А ещё Майерс у нас оказываеться поэт Говорит что возможно когда будет постарше издаст стихи свои))) Будем ждать с нетерпением JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS has an alternative career lined up for when he's too old to act - he wants to be a poet. The Irish actor writes verse during his spare time, but is too embarrassed to let anyone read his creations just yet. Instead he plans to wait until he retires from the stage and screen before showing fans his literary efforts. Rhys Meyers tells the New York Daily News, "I write poetry. That's something very private, though. Maybe when I'm a lot older and I won't be so embarrassed, I'll publish it." http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/rhys%20meyers%20the%20poet_1099873
Вельвет: Concern is mounting for Hollywood heart-throb Jonathan Rhys Meyers, as the Irish star remains in hiding after cancelling a number of public appearances in New York. The actor pulled out of appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the Martha Stewart show due to illness. Two days prior to this announcement, the troubled Corkman had walked the red-carpet alongside young British co-stars Tamzin Merchant and Annabelle Wallis to attend a premiere party for the TV series Tudors in New York. Shocked Donning a pale grey suit, the 31-year-old was determined to enjoy the evening, and according to revellers "avoided the bar all night". "He was in a great mood," one party insider told the Diary. "He was happy to pose for the cameras and was being flirty and playful with Annabelle for the benefit of the paparazzi. "People were quite shocked by how thin he looked, though; his face seemed very gaunt." But friends of the star now claim the Big Apple publicity tour was too soon for Jonathan to return to the glare of the media spotlight following his recent stint in rehab. "He pushes himself too hard," a close friend said. "Instead of easing back into it slowly, he throws himself into his work. "Obviously, the pressures of a life in the public eye are enormous and can be exhausting." Last month, the movie star spent two weeks at the exclusive Causeway Retreat on Osea Island, off the Essex coastline, for the treatment of alcohol addiction. The actor paid almost ?12,000 a week for treatment at the exclusive 10-bedroom retreat. It was the third time the star had sought rehab help for alcohol, this time following a nine-day drinking session. But the actor's spokeswoman, Meredith O'Sullivan, was quick to deny that there was any link between his previous problems and his sudden bout of illness. "After Jonathan completed two full press days in New York, he came down with something and we had to pull him from his remaining press," she said. Isolated Prior to taking ill, Jonathan revealed the extreme measures he had taken to ensure he accurately portrayed King Henry VIII in The Tudors. The star aid he isolated himself in order to ensure he played Henry to his satisfaction. "I don't phone people up, don't see people, don't see my friends," he said of the process. "I just don't engage in life that much. "I isolate myself while I'm shooting it. I lived in a house on my own. I don't have luxuries. I go to the gym, [and do] physical meditation. "That's what it takes, because I don't look like Henry, so I have to do more to be Henry." http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/concern-mounts-as-ill-star-rhys-meyers-remains-in-hiding-1699957.html
Вельвет: Джосс Стоун рассказывает про участи в фильме и вот про свою героиню и про героя Джонатана и их совместной сексуальной сцене) MediaBlvd> How was it to work with Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Did you do any love scenes with him? Joss> We didn’t get to do a love scene. There was no consummation. She was a minga. Henry didn’t want to have sex with her. They didn’t want to consummate the marriage and, therefore, he was allowed to annul the marriage. Otherwise, it would have been a divorce, and him being Catholic made that a little bit of a problem. Then, he would have had to chop her head off and it would have been messy. http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/joss_stone%27s_television_acting_debut_in_%27the_tudors%27_200904051680.html
Вельвет: КТо-нибудь зает французский? http://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Cannes-Premiere-partenaire-du-Trophee-Chopard/(gid)/1594116
Вельвет: 'Tudors' star Jonathan Rhys Meyers prefers his king on the slim side 2 hours ago LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Rhys Meyers would be relieved to see "The Tudors" end before his character, King Henry VIII, transforms from a robust young man to pudgy old ruler. "I wouldn't be very good at putting on a lot of weight. When I played Elvis (a young Presley, in the 2005 TV movie "Elvis"), I really had to struggle so I would have Elvis' puppy fat," Meyers said. "I had to keep eating." Meyers' portrayal of an energetically trim Henry is in sharp contrast to portraits depicting a mature, full-faced monarch, one with an apparent appetite for food as well as marriage. "The Tudors" is in its third season on Showtime (there's no word yet on a Canadian airdate). It has unfolded as a flashy chronicle of the early and middle years of Henry's political and domestic life, which included an infamous six wives and the beheading of two. Henry's health has been hobbled as the series progressed, but the cause is a leg injury and not weight. "It doesn't seem to have affected his sexual prowess," Meyers observed. "Of course, Henry wasn't as sexed up as the show is. But we're not selling it to a 16th-century audience." Meyers has two scripts in hand for the fourth and final season, scheduled to begin production in June, and has yet to discover how the tale will end. "If I was going to make a suggestion, just go to a certain point and then you have a placard saying, 'Henry continued to rule and died in the year 1547,"' he said. The Dublin-born actor has relished playing the colourful king, whom he views as an "arrogant, selfish man" who was driven to folly because of his romantic obsessions and determined pursuit of a male heir. The current season includes third wife Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis), the woman who was "probably the great love of his life," Meyers said, and less-cherished wife No. 4, Anne of Cleves, played by pop star Joss Stone. Meyers has the intense, pouty-lipped look that makes him a natural for bedroom scenes. But the episode he singles out involves a grief-stricken Henry and the court "fool," whom Meyers describes as the only man in England who can speak truth to power. He's played by David Bradley, "a wonderful actor," Meyers said. The episode, the season's fifth, debuts May 3. "We get plastered drunk .... and I've never done that before, never had to act drunk. It's quite difficult to get it right," he said. So that encounter trumps filming Henry's flings with a succession of lovely women? "Doing the erotic stuff, it is what it is," Meyers said. "But it's not really where you get the best of your acting. I have a girlfriend, these girls have boyfriends. So where's the respectful line in doing a sex scene if you really want to do a good one?" He recalled being asked by the director in the first season to touch an actress' breast, and being cautioned by her that she had a boyfriend. "Not anymore," a cheeky Meyers replied. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5geJF7lKSakjErrkRgFBTPlTIj39Q
Вельвет: ВОт тут очень много классных цитат Джонатана http://news.google.pt/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&qsid=H4ewop3H3Y7v7M
Вельвет: LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Rhys Meyers would be relieved to see "The Tudors" end before his character, King Henry VIII, transforms from a robust young man to a pudgy old ruler. "I wouldn't be very good at putting on a lot of weight. When I played Elvis (a young Presley, in the 2005 TV movie "Elvis"), I really had to struggle so I would have Elvis' puppy fat," Meyers said. "I had to keep eating." Meyers' portrayal of an energetically trim Henry is in sharp contrast to portraits depicting a mature, full-faced monarch, one with an apparent appetite for food as well as marriage. "The Tudors" is in its third season on Showtime. It has unfolded as a flashy chronicle of the early and middle years of Henry's political and domestic life, which included an infamous six wives and the beheading of two. Henry's health has been hobbled as the series progressed, but the cause is a leg injury and not weight. "It doesn't seem to have affected his sexual prowess," Meyers observed. "Of course, Henry wasn't as sexed up as the show is. But we're not selling it to a 16th-century audience." Meyers has two scripts in hand for the fourth and final season, scheduled to begin production in June, and has yet to discover how the tale will end. "If I was going to make a suggestion, just go to a certain point and then you have a placard saying, 'Henry continued to rule and died in the year 1547,' " he said. The Dublin-born actor has relished playing the colorful king, whom he views as an "arrogant, selfish man" who was driven to folly because of his romantic obsessions and determined pursuit of a male heir. The current season includes third wife Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis), the woman who was "probably the great love of his life," Meyers said, and less-cherished wife No. 4, Anne of Cleves, played by pop star Joss Stone. Meyers has the intense, pouty-lipped look that makes him a natural for bedroom scenes. But the episode he singles out involves a grief-stricken Henry and the court "fool," whom Meyers describes as the only man in England who can speak truth to power. He's played by David Bradley, "a wonderful actor," Meyers said. "We get plastered drunk .... and I've never done that before, never had to act drunk. It's quite difficult to get it right," he said. So that encounter trumps filming Henry's flings with a succession of lovely women? "Doing the erotic stuff, it is what it is," Meyers said. "But it's not really where you get the best of your acting. I have a girlfriend, these girls have boyfriends. So where's the respectful line in doing a sex scene if you really want to do a good one?" http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/apr/25/meyers_actor_who_would_be_king79825/
Вельвет: Sarah Bolger: 'Now that I'm 18... everyone's asking me about sex' Sarah Bolger was the cute kid in In America but now she's all grown up and planning an ambitious career assault on Hollywood. She just has to do her Leaving Cert first. Susan Daly reports Turning 18 is a coming of age for most girls, but for young Irish actress Sarah Bolger it has been more of a rude awakening. Seven years ago, she was the cute older kid from Jim Sheridan's Oscar-nominated movie, In America, acting alongside her younger sister Emma. Now, sex is suddenly on the agenda. "It's madness," she says, shaking her head. "People think that now that I'm 18 it's all right to, like, ask me about sex and stuff. I was in Berlin [where she won a prestigious European Shooting Star award in February] and this interviewer asked, 'So who would you like to jump into bed with?' We had been talking about Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, so I'm sure he just wanted me to say him." That interviewer's assumption that the Dublin teen might be, let's say, worldy-wise stemmed from her association with the TV series The Tudors, which stars Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as the randiest King Henry VIII since Sid James in Carry On Henry. Sarah rejoins the cast as Princess (later Queen) Mary for the show's fourth and final season, to be filmed in Ireland this summer after her Leaving Cert exams are finished. The bed-hopping question was inappropriate on two levels. For one thing, the character of Princess Mary -- daughter of Maria Doyle Kennedy's Catherine of Aragon, history fans -- is pretty conservative. While Rhys-Meyers is frequently required to act with his breeches down, "thankfully, Princess Mary has never been involved in any incestuous relationships, or had her boobs hang out of her costume", says Sarah. When it comes to stripping off for 'artistic purposes', Sarah is adamant. "I wouldn't do nudity, I don't think," she says, before adding, "for a very long time". She has been forced to think carefully about the subject for some time now. "These scripts were coming up for me even two years ago that had stuff in them that would be just a little dodgy." The second problem with the question is that the interviewer evidently didn't research Bolger very closely before he asked it. Although she is no wide-eyed ingénue, she doesn't seem a likely candidate for the child-star-goes-off-the-rails hall of infamy. If anything, she's keen to stress her wholesome credentials. She doesn't drink alcohol and she went to a club once, but didn't like it. "I'm scared stiff that I'd be standing there with a glass in my hand and someone would take a picture of me, saying, 'Oh, there she goes'." She didn't go out to celebrate her recent milestone birthday because she was too busy preparing for an appearance on RTE's Seoige show. I'm starting to feel relatively debauched for accepting a strong coffee, which she brews up on the espresso machine she bought as a birthday present to herself. The sturdy, second-hand Volkswagen runaround sitting outside the front door of the family's large, pleasant house in Rathfarnham was her 18th birthday present from her parents. "I probably won't get near my money until I'm about 40," she laughs. As a learner, Sarah is forbidden to drive without a licensed driver in tow. Her parents want her to go to lunch with them when we have finished our interview, but Sarah wants to stay home and study. "They think I'll be straight out the door driving the car on my own as soon as they're gone," she says. If there is the tiniest hint of a pout, it's gone before it has a chance to dance on her lips. Unfailingly polite -- she tends to refer archaically to men as "gentlemen" -- I get the feeling that she's used to behaving herself in front of adults. As her mum Monica says: "She has lived a life in her years already. She's been doing this for ages, dealing with adults and taking meetings that would daunt anybody since she was small. She takes it all in her stride." She certainly knows how to handle herself. This is how she dealt with her creepy questioner in Berlin: "I said, 'Do you know what? I don't feel comfortable answering this question'." Next! Sarah is similarly composed about her upcoming Leaving Cert. Although she missed her mock exams because she was away for work, and has had to substitute attending school with on-set tutors from time to time, she is preparing to sit nine subjects in June. She lists them out: English -- her favourite -- Maths, Irish, Biology, Business studies, French, Classics and ... um ... what's the other one? Oh yes, Geography. "The Leaving Cert is an exam to help you in your future career, as is any acting job I've ever done," she explains. "I want to do well in it but I'm not counting on it. I'm probably going to defer any course for a year. I don't have any plans other than acting anyway." Monica and dad Derek are insistent that she puts the head down, as any concerned parents would be, but Sarah is justified in saying that she has put in the groundwork for a career in acting. Noted south Dublin drama teacher Ann Kavanagh first spotted Sarah as a four-year-old in her pre-school play and marked her as 'one to watch'. When she was just seven, she took a role in the TV movie A Love Divided (1999) alongside Orla Brady and Liam Cunningham. Her big break arrived in the shape of director Jim Sheridan and In America, which was released in 2002. She and sister Emma played on-screen sisters whose parents, played by Samantha Morton and Paddy Considine, are grieving the loss of their only son. Sarah went on to win the Phoenix Film Critics Award for best young actress for her sensitive turn as Christy -- but almost didn't get the part because Sheridan had originally envisaged the role for a 14-year-old (Sarah was 10 at the time of filming). My sister's in the car; I'll get her As Jim Sheridan once told the story, he had just informed Emma, then six, that she had been cast in the part of younger sister Ariel: "And she said, 'Oh good, my sister's in the car, I'll get her'. I said, 'No, Christy was written for a 14-year-old', but Sarah came in and that was it." In America launched the sisters on a whirlwind of publicity and awards ceremonies. In one surreal moment, Tom Cruise sang Happy Birthday to Sarah at the aftershow party at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2004. She continued to work steadily on home-produced dramas such as The Clinic, Stardust and Tara Road, but the past two years have seen her consolidate her position as a strong young presence in Hollywood. Stormbreaker in 2006 had her getting thrown off a building by Mickey Rourke -- a "gentleman" apparently -- and The Spiderwick Chronicles last year brought her further to the notice of the highly excitable, and highly desirable, teen market. Her interests in LA are being represented by respected Irish agent Hilda Queally, who also looks after Kate Winslet. Michael Symons of Hamilton Hodell, Sarah's agent in London, says: "Sarah is incredibly fortunate that she has reached that stage where she doesn't have to do all of those gruelling stages of open auditions. The Berlin award was really wonderful. People sit up and take notice of that as they only choose 10 a year from the whole of Europe. If you look back at who has won it in the past, they have gone on to have some very exciting careers." In that context, where you are a lauded young actress in demand, being trained in swordplay by the Canadian Olympic fencing coach (for Spiderwick), or being linked on the internet with your dishy young co-stars Freddie Highmore and Alex Pettyfer -- "One said I was pregnant!" -- no doubt, it's difficult to get starstruck. Sarah is very poised, and has clearly sat through many interviews. It's nice to see a touch of teenage dramatics breaking through when asked if she's ever been impressed by anyone. "Ewan McGregor!" she replies instantly, voice rising an octave. "He was only on-set [of Stormbreaker] for one day and I was there on that one day, thankfully. I was like, 'Oh my God, he's coming over here! He's coming over to me!'" When she comes home, though, she is Sarah Bolger again -- a schoolgirl at Loreto Beaufort in Rathfarnham who likes to hang out in Dundrum Town Centre with her pals and walk the family dogs. Her father, Derek, a friendly man who bounces down to the gate to usher me in out of the rain, owns an organic butcher's shop in Rialto. Is it true Sarah can be spotted giving a hand behind the counter? "I say I do sometimes," she smiles, "but really I'll drop him in lunch on a Saturday -- that's about the extent of it. I don't think I'm the butchering type." Neither, it seems, is sister Emma, who is now 14 and, after a break from acting for a few years, recently signed up with the Irish agent of Oscar-nominated Wexford youngster Saoirse Ronan. "I feel that if you leave for a while, you'll never get back into it," says Sarah. "But Emma's going to be one of those little bitches who leaves for three years and then lands a big film. She'll be great, though. She's so bubbly, 14 going on 50 and she's very loud -- if you don't see her, you'll hear her." The sisters have no other siblings. They squabble occasionally, says Monica, but they are very close. "Emma has decided loosely to get back into the acting," says mum, "but she's seen how Sarah has worked and she's not quite sure it's worth the sacrifice. They have their moments, but Emma has a calming effect on Sarah and she trusts her. If Emma says that something doesn't look good on Sarah, then Sarah won't wear it." The Bolger girls have obviously been given a grounded, supportive upbringing. When Sarah came back from travelling with the Spiderwick premiere to LA, New York, Sydney, London and Paris, it was straight back to school the next day. Monica travels with her eldest daughter on her frequent trips to meet producers and directors in LA. "My parents are protective of me, but you can't complain when they just want to look after you," says Sarah. In The Tudors last season, the script had her kiss a prince but "the gentleman [the actor] himself was 28", she says, "and my dad was like, 'He's what age?' My father doesn't normally go to the set, nor does my mother, but that day they both showed up!" Not that she's kept locked up in a tower like a medieval princess. She does have a boyfriend, of whom she says coyly, "He's not Irish", and she has plenty of friends in Rathfarnham. "I don't think I am famous enough -- or at all," she corrects herself, "for people wanting to be friends with me just because of that". But she does notice that some people make a point of not mentioning her 'other life'. "They will completely ignore the fact that you have acted and I can understand it. But I enjoy doing it -- so feck them all!" Friends with Saoirse Ronan This note of defiance gives a glimpse of a somewhat steelier core than you might expect. She may be only on the cusp of adulthood, but Sarah Bolger is a young woman with a plan to break Hollywood. "I feel like the past couple of years have been Colin, Cillian and Jonathan. The last Irish woman I can think of is Brenda Fricker. Irish women have to get up there and say: 'Move over, gentlemen!'" That's fighting talk, but it is true that Sarah and Atonement star Saoirse Ronan (15), from Wexford, are alone in the young Irish female contingent landing big-budget parts in the US. The pair became friends after meeting during a joint newspaper interview and at the IFTAs earlier this year, where they were both nominated for awards. "We have been texting ever since, cos we're both in the same position, you know? Her next character is a Polish girl and she was asking me about it the other day." (Sarah has just finished filming The Iron Cross, a Second World War drama in which she plays Polish girl Kashka, and knocks out a line of what sounds like impeccable Polish for my benefit. "Saoirse has done fantastically well -- I was so rooting for her when she was up for the Oscar. We're going to have to take over!" http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/sarah-bolger-now-that-im-18-everyones-asking-me-about-sex-1719666.html
Вельвет: Bully? Hero? Britain fetes much-married Henry VIII By JILL LAWLESS – 6 days ago LONDON (AP) — Monarch. Tyrant. Reformer. Husband from hell. King Henry VIII, who took the throne 500 years ago Tuesday, went on to transform Britain. He married six times and sent two of his queens to the executioner. His battle to divorce his first bride led him to break from the Roman Catholic church and establish the Church of England. He still divides opinion. "He was an awful person," said Brett Dolman, a curator at Hampton Court Palace, Henry's residence southwest of London. "Emotionally twisted, a bully." His colleague, Suzannah Lipscomb, is a bit more forgiving. "I wonder sometimes whether I am the first female sympathizer with this monstrous tyrant," said Lipscomb, who is overseeing anniversary exhibitions at Hampton Court and has written a book about Henry. "I'm not sure I like him, but I think I have a lot more insight into why he did what he did." Lipscomb said Henry's influence on Britain was huge. "He marked the transition from a medieval state to a modern state. He founded the Church of England. He swaggered out and claimed a place for England on the European stage that it has held ever since, despite its size." Henry is probably Britain's most famous monarch, instantly recognizable from Hans Holbein's portrait of a stout, bearded man in a black-and-white hat. Hampton Court, the sprawling red-brick Tudor palace that was a favored retreat for the king and his court, draws tourists by the busload to its grand state apartments, cavernous kitchens and 500-year-old tennis court, as well as its 60 acres (24 hectares) of riverside gardens and famous hedge maze. Knowledge of its former resident, however, tends to be limited to a few facts. "His wives and the creation of the Church of England," said Matt Cicinelli, 22, visiting from Washington, D.C. "Overall, just a monarch who did what he wanted to do." "I haven't heard entirely positive things about him, to be honest," said his friend, Tom Peterson. Britain's museums and palaces are using the anniversary to take a closer look at the man behind the image. Many have mounted special exhibitions to mark the occasion. Venues include Windsor Castle, one of the homes of the current monarch, Elizabeth II, and the place where Henry is buried alongside his third wife, Jane Seymour, who bore him a son. The British Library is showing off a large collection of Henry's books — many annotated by him — in an attempt to get inside the mind of the monarch. The National Archive is exhibiting original documents from Henry's reign, including a parchment roll recording his second wife Anne Boleyn's trial for high treason, with its lurid allegations of adultery and incest. There's also a major television series hosted by historian David Starkey, who calls Henry "our most important single ruler." Henry took the throne on April 21, 1509, as a svelte and athletic 17-year-old with a passion for jousting — not too far from the lithe, sexy figure portrayed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Showtime's popular TV series "The Tudors." By the time he died in 1547, crippled by leg ulcers, his waist measured 55 inches (140 centimeters). The king's expanding girth can be charted in a Tower of London exhibition devoted to Henry's suits of armor. Bridget Clifford, who curated the Tower exhibition, said in the popular imagination Henry is "an elderly tyrant ... a large, rather overbearing figure, almost geometric, with triangular shoulders." The youthful armor is that of a popular warrior king eager to win the hearts and minds of his subjects — especially the women. Well educated, he spoke several languages and was a patron of the arts. But he also had political rivals, former friends and two of his wives — Boleyn and Catherine Howard — arrested, locked in the Tower of London and beheaded. "Clearly, at the beginning of his reign he was quite a catch — ebullient, charismatic, handsome," said Dolman, who has put together a touching exhibition at Hampton Court devoted to the women in Henry's life — his put-upon wives and his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. "He's a horrid person, but he is a passionate person and he loves — passionately loves — at least four of his wives." His passion for Anne Boleyn led him to seek divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon, who had failed to produce a male heir. The Vatican's refusal to annul the marriage led Henry to reject the authority of the pope and install himself as head of the Church of England. Under his successors, England became a resolutely Protestant nation. The schism and Henry's dissolution of the affluent monasteries shifted power in England from church to state. His wars ensured England was a major player in Europe, and the shipyards he founded helped produce a globe-girdling navy. Although he was obsessed with siring a future king, his only legitimate son, Edward VI, died at 15. His daughter, Elizabeth I, went on to rule for 45 years and oversaw one of England's greatest eras. Lipscomb said it's important to realize "how important he is to our sense of national identity." "Although we are horrified by him, we are proud of him as well," she said. "He symbolizes English identity. The key is in that stance, which is powerful and majestic." Even the king's famous bulk seems fitting to this calorie-loving nation. "He looks like a lot of English men, doesn't he?" Lipscomb said. "We are familiar with the girth." http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jOtBZbTmDznFi6NeAHKPDjbSZ3gAD97LJ7O00
Вельвет: If all has gone according to plan, Kristen Bell was wrapping up a whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C. last Friday, having met with White House and Senate staffers to press the case of children who are being abducted and forced to become soldiers in Uganda. The "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" star has taken their plight to heart in a big way. She'll also be present at Saturday's child soldier rescue rally in Santa Monica, Calif. Organized by the Invisible Children organization, it's one of more than 100 such rallies planned in cities around the world to draw attention to the urgent problem. "I was first exposed to Invisible Children when I was doing 'Veronica Mars' through Ryan Hansen. He said, 'Hey, my best friend Jason Russell has done this documentary, and you should see it. I did, and I was so moved I immediately said, 'Whatever you need me to do, I will be available for,'" she explains. Extremely important to her is "letting young people know, 'You can change the world.'" As that remarkable film (which can be viewed at www.invisiblechildren.com) shows, USC Film School grad Russell and fellow twentysomething filmmakers Laren Poole and Bobby Bailey wound up immersed in the bloody 23-year Ugandan conflict, relentlessly working toward rescuing the child soldiers who begged for their help. He tells us, "Over the course of the war, there have been 30,000 children abducted … The reason it's so urgent now is that the rebel leader, Joseph Kony, has stepped up his activities, and since Christmas has murdered about 1,200 Congolese and abducted over 700 children." With enough pressure from the international community, he declares, "We want to stop this war." Bell is due to begin work on Disney's "You Again" comedy — in which she'll play a girl who finds out her brother is marrying the ex-classmate who made her life miserable in high school — in July, and has "When in Rome" due out in August. Then will come her recently completed "Couples Retreat" with Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman. However, she's thinking only of Invisible Children now. "Shooting a movie seems so pointless in comparison, but I recognize what gifts I've been given," she says. "Because of work, I have the platform to be able to speak and make a difference." IT'S ALL IN THE EXECUTION: "The Tudors'" James Frain, who portrays the infamous Thomas Cromwell, tells us that in the season currently unspooling, "I've got a lot more storytelling to do. Cromwell starts out as this really powerful guy and then ends up being humiliated." In real life, Cromwell lost face, then his head. Observes Frain: "It's kind of similar to the story that Anne Boleyn had last season but without the sex." He notes, "As a whole, they've achieved what they were going for in terms of the show definitely being darker. There's more at stake for the characters. There's also more power intrigue going on. It just gets better as the season goes on." Frain feels the same way about Jonathan Rhys Meyers. "With each season he seems to become more powerful and more confident in his role as king. He's done a really good job of creating that aura of fear and respect," says Frain of the actor in the role of Henry VIII. "These people thought that the king was close to God. He was supposed to be ordained by God," he points out. "Part of the reforms that Cromwell was pushing through were making Henry legally the head of the church, and answerable to no one. You've seen the human costs of that as far as what it does to someone to think of himself that way, and what it does to the people around him. We know in our own time that he's just a human being, but they didn't really have that understanding. I think Jonathan's performance gives a sense of the all inspiring, terrifying power that he had, but also what that did to him, and how it made him more and more isolated." TRAVELING LIGHT: Rocker Rick Springfield says that far from looking at his forthcoming summer concert date schedule as grueling, he sees it as invigorating. "I get a lot of energy from playing live. It's like a workout. I have the best band, too, and it's really fun to go out on the road," he says. "I know a lot of people who don't like it. We certainly get people looking at the way we tour — we go out for a couple of days and go home, a couple of days, go home." He can do that, he notes, because "We have a great show that doesn't rely on anything but the music. A lot of time, especially in the '80s, it was all about how big a show was and the effects, how many trucks it took to bring it all in. There are people who spend everything on the road now. But the way we go out works a lot better for us. There are people who've started to copy our approach to touring now." INDUSTRY BITS: The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon people are already casting about for just about everything — singers, comics, bands, novelty acts — for this year's Labor Day extravaganza. Summer goes so fast, doesn't it? With reports by Emily Feimster. http://www.bendweekly.com/news/17772.html
Вельвет: In The Tudors' third season (Showtime, Sundays at 9 pm/ET), Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis) has taken the throne as the new queen of England. With her ascent, King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) finds happiness at home, even as rebellion across the country threatens his sovereignty. But this week, Henry's world — and the history of England — changes forever when tragedy befalls him, his queen and the royal court that adores her. TVGuide.com caught up with Wallis ahead of the heart-breaking episode to get to know more about Seymour, see why she's left out of Henry's more salacious scenes and why her on-screen dances with Meyers are few and far between. TVGuide.com: As an English native, what was your opinion of Jane Seymour before you began playing her? Annabelle Wallis: I was always really interested in that period of time ... so I knew of Jane Seymour, and luckily for me, she's the most beloved queen. She was a very amiable, good queen, a peacemaker... . And of course, she's far less obvious than someone like Anne Boleyn. I think there's an intelligence behind her lack of obviousness. In a way, she has more power that way, and if she had survived [giving] birth, she would have gone to become quite an incredible queen. She really had Henry's trust. And that's interesting in a time where his word is law. TVGuide.com: You play Seymour with a calm, even-keeled attitude, but she had knowledge of some of the dark maneuverings going on in Henry's court. How did you walk that line? Did you ever consider showing her crack a little bit? Wallis: To me, it came across as someone who was very composed, very secure... . She was Henry's rock, and she brought a lot of confidence back into the court. I wanted to make it clear that she's not a stupid woman, that she's not weak. She tests her boundaries, she pushes the envelope as much as she can, but you have to put her back in her place. In a way, it's almost protective of Henry, in that he stops her in a situation that may be not so beneficial for her, and oversteps her line. TVGuide.com: The Tudors is a sexy show, yet Jane occupies an almost virginal sphere. Why don't see her in many of those hot-and-heavy scenes? Wallis: After all the trauma and madness of Anne Boleyn, [Seymour] comes in and makes good — she's so beloved and protected, it's not conducive for her to be rolling around, vamping it up... . Sometimes with men, you're either a sexual object or you're the Mother Superior type, where you're protected. TVGuide.com: And yet, for all this adoration, Henry takes a lover — and it rolls off her back! Wallis: You have to remember that, at that time, men had mistresses, it was a done thing. It was something you expected when you went into a marriage, it's not like our day and age. So you have to rethink the whole societal code. TVGuide.com: What was the dynamic between you and Jonathan Rhys Meyers when the cameras weren't rolling? Wallis: We really got on. The whole cast was a good group of people. And Jonathan is wonderful, he has incredible energy and life — on camera and off. It's quite funny, because on the weekends [the cast is out together] and then on Monday ... you're sitting outside having a tea break, and you're in these silly costumes. TVGuide.com: Those large court scenes with dances are incredibly elaborate, costumes included. How much research did you have to do for those? Wallis: We had a choreographer, but if you notice, any scene with Jonathan and I is cut down. We were the worst. TVguide.com: You mean, when the two of you danced together? Wallis: [T]wo people dancing is so different than like when you dance [now]. It's very uptight. Also, when you've been working with people for so long, and you become good friends and then you try to dance. We were hysterically laughing all the time. We couldn't take it seriously, so they decided to cut us out. TVGuide.com: Where does your tragic ending leave things? It's the first time Henry's really seen in an empathetic light. Wallis: Historically, it all goes down hill after Jane. You do have a moment where he's a real human being — and then he turns back into the tyrant. TVGuide.com: Of course, for Tudors fans, there will be a changing of the guard with Henry's wives, when Cromwell brings in Anne of Cleves (played by Joss Stone). Did you have any interaction with Joss — like swapping wifely advice? Wallis: No, I didn't. I was leaving as she was arriving and every time I went back to do reshoots, she had [gone off]. I had heard so much about her, and she'd heard about me... . I'm sure I'll meet her in London when it screens there. http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/405561_tvgif26.html
Кицунэ: Джонатан отрицает слухи о том, что был в реабилитационном центре: Rhys Meyers: 'I was never in rehab' 30 April 2009 Jonathan Rhys Meyers has dismissed speculation that he checked himself into a rehab facility in February. Speaking to The Herald, the Tudors star admitted that he had sought help from a counsellor but denied claims that it was for treatment for alcohol addiction. "I live an incredibly low key life. I think people would like to think I'm a hell of a lot naughtier than I am actually," he said. "I am actually quite a boring guy. I spent the last week-and-a-half playing bloody golf. Me, Jonathan Rhys Meyers! If anyone saw me in those stupid golf clothes on the golf course, there would have been a different story written!" Explaining his decision to pull out of several chatshow appearances and awards ceremonies earlier this year, he said: "I just felt I needed time off...You can get slightly waylaid as an actor doing that sort of thing and I'm never that comfortable at them anyway." Earlier this month, it was confirmed that The Tudors has been renewed for a fourth and final season. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a154521/rhys-meyers-i-was-never-in-rehab.html?imdb То-то у меня в феврале на картах Таро ему выпадали сплошь удача да безмятежность. Я просто голову изломала, пытаясь это истолковать. Вот в чем дело, оказывается...
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