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Possible new project?

From Bootstrap Films (thanks to Shelia for the find) comes word about a possible new project for Jonathan: Following on the success of the short film, WHAT IF, the project is currently being developed into a feature film. WHAT IF is produced by Bootstrap Films and Colin Farrell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Brendan Gleeson will star in the feature film version with Simon Delaney and Hugh Lee. The feature is a comedy, which tells the story of two movie stuntmen who, looking for a way out, write a...

28 September 2006 | , | 5 Comments
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Gallery Comments

The Gallery was getting flooded with spam comments so I’ve turned off the feature to comment on images for now. Until I can find a solution to combat the spam, comments unfortunately will remain off. You can still post comments on news and article posts.

16 September 2006 | | 3 Comments
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More on the GQ Awards

You can watch Jonathan’s acceptance speech at the GQ Men of the Year awards on YouTube thanks to Silverhawk (he appears at 3:12 into the video). The October issue of UK GQ magazine has interviews with all of the Men of Year winners. You can also view video and interviews from the red carpet on GQ’s website (there’s a brief glimpse of Jonny in the beginning and his short interview is at 3:36 into the video). Update: YouTube has unfortunately pulled the video that was posted.

11 September 2006 | 3 Comments
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Another version of Alexander?

According to BBC News, Oliver Stone plans to release another version of “Alexander” on DVD. There currently are versions of the theatrical release and a director’s cut. Now Stone says he will release a version of the film with a running time of 3 hours and 40 minutes. Stone told BBC One’s Breakfast “this thing has haunted me”. “By truncating it into three hours, we lost things that were important. This version allows you to immerse yourself in the classical world.” No release date has been announced yet.

11 September 2006 | | 4 Comments
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Hugo Boss preview

FashionTribes has a preview of the Hugo Boss ad campaign featuring Jonathan and this to say: Starting in December, sex god Jonathan Rhys Meyers – who most recently appeared opposite Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen’s latest, Match Point – will be the face of the P&G-owned Hugo Boss. Rankin-shot print ads will appear in Men’s Health and Blender. Additionally, a Hugo by Hugo Boss Limited Art Edition flanker will be available in 2,000 department and specialty stores starting in February. A gambit to make the label appeal to younger,...

11 September 2006 | , | 0 Comments
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Appearances and awards

Jonathan attended Electric Picnic this past weekend, a music festival held in Dublin. The line-up included Belle and Sebastian, New Order, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among many other bands and performers. And last night, Jonathan attended the GQ Men of the Year Awards, held at the Royal Opera House in London. Jonny was presented with the Lab Series Man of the Year award. The UK edition of GQ Magazine normally does a special issue on their Men of the Year so we’ll have to see how they’ll feature Jonny in...

06 September 2006 | , , | 0 Comments
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The Tudors promo

You can now view a promo clip that shows some footage from “The Tudors” on YouTube. Big thanks to user montgomeryclift for sharing the clip online. Update: The clip has been removed by YouTube unfortunately. I hope everyone got the chance to see it before it was pulled.

05 September 2006 | | 4 Comments