Week of 7/25/05 to 7/31/05

IMDb message board for Derailed (Some spoilers)

The Orlando Sentinel: Book does right thing in telling Lee's story (Spike Lee book)

Clive is number 37 in Company magazine "100 sexiest men" this month. - Thanks, Emma

The Chicago Tribune: Kathy Griffin: From red carpet to black comedy -- If there was anything funnier in the last year than Kathy Griffin on the red carpet at the Golden Globes awards in January, I didn't see it. Griffin, a stand-up comic, reality-TV host and former "Suddenly Susan" star, goofed on celebrity worship by asking Clive Owen if he'd had plastic surgery on his ears and greeting another actor with the question, "Do you guys have any weed?" - Thanks, Steph

Lui's beautiful wallpaper creations have a new home

Related -- MTV.com: Jodie Foster directing Sugar Kings. - Thanks, Steph

Week of 7/18/05 to 7/24/05

Here is the Gettyimages page of the Inside Man pictures 7/21

At the Murphsplace Forum - First pictures from Getty! - Pataki (NY Governor) visits the Inside Man set - Thanks, LNG71

Cinematical on the supposed finalists for Bond: "...Most interestingly, according to the Telegraph, "The auditions have reached their most important stage: how the actors fare in the sack. So stand-in Bond girls have been hired to act out select love scenes from past Bond films with the final four actors." We can only hope that a) these porn-ditions eventually make it to the web, and b), that Clive Owen is somehow involved."

Islington Gazette: Kings Heads Theatre Founder Dies -- "...It became London's most popular fringe venue and a place where forgotten works could be revived. Actors such as Clive Owen, Lily Savage and Corin Redgrave have all performed there. It also helped launch the careers of Hugh Grant, John Sessions and various members of the Monty Pyton team."

From the Filmink newsletter:

Every once in a while, a film comes along that literally pastes you back in your seat when you see it. A film that peels back your eyelids and makes you painfully, shockingly aware that you’re watching an honest-to-god movie, and not merely a money making exercise dreamed up by a committee of people for whom “creativity” and “originality” are foul, dirty words. The kind of people who greenlight films like The Stepford Wives and A Shark’s Tale – both of which are pretty much 90-minute commercials for everything that is truly wrong with the Hollywood film industry. Some segments of the local media are all too ready to put the knife into Australian cinema, but what about some of the films Hollywood makes? Rubbish like Van Helsing and The Terminal?

But sometimes an American film comes along that makes you forget about efforts like that. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City is that kind of film. While it may not have the emotional resonance or classic storytelling sense of something like Million Dollar Baby, it does have originality, creativity and courage to burn. Ripped from the pages of Frank Miller’s graphic novel, this bleak but funny hellish tour de force uses digital technology in a fresh and seamless way, and breaks new ground at every turn. Throughout the magazine this month, we talk to some of the major players – directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, composer Graeme Revell, and stars Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Michael Madsen and Brittany Murphy – about putting this crazy jigsaw together.

Doomsday Gun (with Clive in the cast) will be released on Region 1 DVD on August 30, 2005… you can pre-order it at Amazon.com… Thanks, Kyle

Week of 7/11/05 to 7/17/05

Don't forget to visit the Off Topic Forum at Murphsplace. Many interesting subjects there... (And my web site host has upgraded the forum software to the newest version. Hopefully that will resolve some members' difficulties)

And Leyla's site is back up for your viewing pleasure - Lots of images to enjoy.

The UK Telegraph: the remake of "Don't Look Now." - "...Actors being considered for star roles in the remake include Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Naomi Watts, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen." Thanks, Penny

The Reeler: (NYC Gossip) - Spike Lee's Huge Package Evokes Panic Downtown - Thanks, Kyle

The Sydney Morning Herald on Sin City.

(ed note: I finally saw last week's episode of Six Feet Under, and there on Claire's TV were Clive and Angelina Jolie in a quick scene from Beyond Borders - nice...)

Filmink: Article on Clive -- "The magazine is on sale in Australia and New Zealand from the 15th of each month, and for overseas people can also be purchased online or by contacting customer service." - Thanks, Jane Elizabeth

Pre-order Sin City from Amazon (out August 16)

Jacksonville.com: Related (Inside Man) -- From student to Spike Lee's latest discovery -

Blackfilm.com: Over the weekend, blackfilm.com obtained some set photos of Spike Lee's film, INSIDE MAN, courtesy of Harkrider Enterprises. - Thanks, Chris V

"Derailed" is available as a downloadable e book - Open October 21 in the USA. Look for a trailer later this summer.

A blog with more information on the plot for The Inside Man

Week of 7/04/05 to 7/10/05

Canmag.com: The Island Clip - "Dreamworks has begun a marketing campaign for The Island similar to BMW's 'Watch More' campaign [with Clive Owen] that showed you part of a cool clip and then asks you to show up to some website. Actually, I think CanMag kind of does that when it comes to trailers... but never mind that now." Thanks, Chris K

Our prayers are with all our friends in London today. The Crowe and Owen fans have checked in and are OK.

The IMDb has added a page on the possible Elizabeth and Raleigh film - Elizabeth The Golden Age - My page on the film is updated

The Orlando Sentinel - A story on Ioan Gruffudd: "...Of course, if the rumors are true about him being in the running to be the new James Bond, well, he'll need to be a little frightening. "That's an incredibly flattering rumor, that one. Nothing more to it than that, but I love hearing it. Clive Owen [who played King Arthur] is, of course, another name that comes up. But when we were making King Arthur, we never even mentioned our Bond chances. "I'm sure the rumors with him are just as they are with me, all created by the press. But it's flattering to the both of us. I think Clive has a better shot at it because he has more weight and gravity and he's a little bit older. And he's scarier."

Muswellhill journal.com: Crouch End braced for movie star mayhem (Derailed) - Thanks, Steph

Gannett News Service: And the Top 10 films of 2005 so far are . . .Thanks, Allison

Gossip from Femail First UK -- Celebrities attended a Calvin Klein party in New York recently. The party was held to celebrate the end of shooting the underwear campaign or spring summer 2006. Supermodel Natalia Vodianova and star of the campaign hosted the event at the Perry Street eaterie. ...Other celebrities who turned up were sexy Brit actor Clive Owen and model Jaquetta Wheeler. She looked chic in a simple black dress by Costa accessorised with silver ballet pumps. - Thanks, Kyle

Week of 6/27/05 to 7/03/05

OpenAll Night.com: Denzel Washington cleans up Wall Street. Thanks, Steph

From Sara: Here's the article from the "Islington Tribune: "Va Va Voom on the silver screen -- ARSENAL legend Thierry Henry could hit the silver screen in a movie by Hollywood director Spike Lee. Heartthrob actor and long-time Islington resident Clive Owen revealed the news about Arsenal’s goal ace Wednesday night at the Islington premiere of his new film, Sin City.

Related - The Independent: Ioan Gruffudd: Enter the dragon

Richard Roeper in the Chicago Sun Times: (Scroll) "...The last decent James Bond movie was "Goldeneye" in 1995. The last stellar James Bond movie was "For Your Eyes Only" in 1981. It's been nearly 30 years since the franchise was in its prime, with Sean Connery defining the role. What are you going to do now -- engage in the same tired, leering banter with a babe with a single-entendre name before you take on some madman who wants to blow up the world and leaves you to die via some elaborate means? Yawn. If I'm a talented star on the rise such as Craig or Owen, I'd sprint away from the Bond franchise as fast as possible." [Ed note: I agree!]

ALERT! 6/29 - Clive will be in a Questions and Answers session after the screening of "Sin City" in a cinema in Islington, London at 7.15 tonight. Here's the link. Thanks, Sara [ed note: If anyone goes, will you ask Clive if he knows about this site at Murphsplace? Thanks!]

ET Online interviewed Clive Owen, Gerard Butler, and Daniel Craig about Bond... You can watch the videos. Link on left side of page. Thanks, Kyle

From ligeia at the murphsplace forum: "I was browsing through a book called City Secrets London and noticed a passage contributed by Patrick Marber on Postman's Park and the Watts memorial, the small park pivotal to a key plot element in Closer and where they shot some of the movie. Has anyone been to visit? If you're interested in checking it out, it's located at King Edward Street EC1, next door to St. Botolph's Church, and about a minute away from St. Paul's Cathedral. You get off the St. Paul's stop on the Underground."

From AICN: "Hey folks, Harry here with a story that Michael Fleming over at Variety broke. Apparently - De Palma... being a huge fan of AICN's Capone, has decided to make a prequel film to focus exclusively on his early movie reviewin... oh... wait, it's a prequel to THE UNTOUCHABLES called THE UNTOUCHABLES: CAPONE RISING - terrible title. I'm dying to see Brian's THE BLACK DAHLIA... and as for this... who the hell do you have play the young versions of Deniro's Capone and Connery's Johnny Malone. I guess for Connery - you'd pretty much have to go for Clive Owens [sic] - but would he want to take over the part that Sean won an Academy Award for? As for young Deniro... I don't think we have one of those today. Hope to god the script to this is amazing."

Variety: MAN ON THE 'INSIDE' - Ejiofor teams with Washington on cop pic: "Dirty Pretty Things" star Chiwetel Ejiofor will play Denzel Washington's cop partner in "The Inside Man," the Imagine Entertainment drama that Spike Lee is directing and Brian Grazer's producing for Univeral.

Week of 6/20/05 to 6/26/05

The NY Daily News: Tonight: 8:00 (SHO) "Beyond Borders." Angelina Jolie got a lot out of this movie, including the inspiration to adopt a son. Clive Owen, lobbied for in many quarters to inherit the role of James Bond, co-stars. - Thanks, Kyle

Sin City comes to Malta and Gozo: "KRS Film Distributors have pleasure in announcing the tenth annual National Cinema Day scheduled to be celebrated at all cinemas in Malta and Gozo on Saturday 2 July." Thanks, Kyle

Now Magazine - Thanks to Sue H

Beginning page for Raleigh and Elizabeth

112 new stars joining Oscar Academy voters: "...Also among the glittering crop of young 2005 Oscar nominees to be asked to join the body that decides who gets the gold statuettes are Britons Imelda Staunton, who won a best actress nod this year for the abortion saga "Vera Drake," Briton Clive Owen, nominated for his role in "Closer," and Sophie Okonedo, nominated as best supporting actress for "Hotel Rwanda," will also be among the new voting members of the Academy.

BlackFilm.com reports that Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Plummer, Peter Gerety, Peter Frechette, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Darryl 'Chill" Mitchell and Ashlie Atkinson have joined the cast of director Spike Lee's The Inside Man. (Coming Soon.net) Thanks, Steph, Wilson

From Kyle: "Maybe this will help straighten things out… " Apparently there are THREE versions of the story being filmed… we have one version with Helen Mirren as Elizabeth (this is the version that Irons and Dancy are in), one version with Anne Marie Duff as Elizabeth, and one version with Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth (co-starring Clive Owen)…ContactMusic is often unreliable because they rarely list sources for their information… I'd say they got their stories crossed again this time..."

Whats on stage: On rebuilding the Young Vic in London: "One fundraising scheme allows supporters to buy a seat, which will have their name on it, for the new auditorium at a cost of £1,000. So far, 138 seats have been sold, many to actors, including Patrick Stewart, Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis and Clive Owen, as well as Law and McCrory." Thanks, Steph

Sky.com: Clive -- I'm a Jennifer Fan. Thanks, Steph

The Mirror UK: THIERRY Henry is to become a film star after being offered a part in a Hollywood movie by director Spike Lee. The Arsenal striker - whose acting has so far been limited to the Va-va-voom Renault Clio TV ads - will star alongside superstars Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and British hunk Clive Owen. (Not Clive's favorite team) - Thanks, Steph

Just saw this at Contact Music -- (How Clive could be in Lithuania when he is clearly in Brooklyn NY, I cannot imagine!) "British actor JEREMY IRONS has signed up to join CLIVE OWEN and CATE BLANCHETT in the historical drama ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE. In the film, Irons will portray the EARL OF LEICESTER, while HUGH DANCY will play his rival, the EARL OF ESSEX. The movie, which focuses on the British's monarch's later years, is currently shooting in Lithuania and is scheduled to finish production at the year (05)."

Related: Kelly Macdonald (Gosford Park) stars in the Girl inthe Cafe on HBO - And here is an Auden poem that made me think so much of Gosford Park.

Style.com: "...Meanwhile, over on the West Side Highway, the yet-to-open Jean-Georges Vongerichten restaurant Perry Street was the scene of a celebration for Calvin Klein underwear stars Natalia Vodianova and Freddie Ljungberg. The private dinner drew a high-profile crowd, including the handsome Clive Owen, who much to the amazement of the other women on hand, went unrecognized by Vodianova. "What do you do in the movie?" asked the Russian beauty when the English Oscar nominee spoke of his upcoming Spike Lee film, Inside Man. "I'm an actor," replied Owen. "I'm in it." - Thanks, Steph

Shot - and - Reverse Shot reviews of Sin City

Shoot-em-up: Latino Review has a lot of information, plus the clips Michael Davis made for selling the script, and an excerpt from the script. Thanks, Steph

Jeffrey Wells on the back story for Shoot-em-up - Thanks, Steph

Week of 6/13/05 to 6/19/05 - Happy Fathers Day USA to Clive!

6/15 - Harry at AICN on Clive in Shoot-Em-Up. There is also has an interview with the director/writer Michael Davis.

6/13 - Variety: "Owen targets 'Shoot' Ultraviolent pic to start production in January Clive Owen is taking aim at "Shoot-Em-Up" for New Line. "Sin City" star is in final negotiations for a pay-or-play deal estimated at mid-seven figures, triggering a greenlight for the ultraviolent pic, which will start production in January. Script by Michael Davis, who will also helm, would feature Owen as a mysterious man protecting a newborn baby from criminals out to kill it. Set pieces include a shootout during a sex scene and another in the midst of a freefall. Don Murphy is producing through his AngryFilms shingle along with partners Susan Montford and Rick Benattar. Mini-major is targeting a holiday 2006 release, giving it a second actioner and potential franchise on next year's slate along with shark horror pic "Meg." Davis previously made indie pics including Slamdance winner "Eight Days a Week" and "100 Girls." Cale Boyter and Jeff Katz are overseeing for New Line." Thanks, Bea

Hollywood movies at About.com: Variety is reporting "Sin City" star Clive Owen is close to signing on to star in the dramatic movie, "Shoot-Em-Up," for New Line Cinema. Described as ultra-violent, "Shoot-Em-Up" follows the story of Owen's character as he protects a newborn baby from killers. Michael Davis wrote the script and will direct the film. Filming is expected to begin in early 2006 with a release date penciled in for the 2006 holiday season. Clive Owen was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in "Closer." Owen will next be seen in "Derailed" with Jennifer Aniston and is in in pre-production on "Inside Man" and "The Children of Men." - Thanks, Steph

More information at Empire On Line: Clive Owen Ready To Shoot-Em-Up - Brit actor will star in what could be the ultimate action movie

Week of 6/06/05 to 6/12/05

Canadian Auto Press: BMWfilms.com Adds to its Pool of Talented Directors with Spike Lee (No word if Clive will be back, but they are working on a film together right now)

Letters to the TV reporter of the Washington Post: Colorado Springs, Colo.: Lisa, There actually is some decent TV viewing this summer. BBC America's "Mystery Mondays". Right now they're showing "Second Sight" with Clive Owen, and soon they'll be showing "Prime Suspect", from episode 1. Long live cable! --- Lisa de Moraes: Yes, hooray and all that. I thought Lisa Kudrow's HBO show was interesting too. And, this alleged last season of "Six Feet Under" is great for making you feel like your life doesn't suck after all...

Gosford Park makes Halliwell's top 100 list (There is a new Halliwell's coming out with the top 1000 films.)

Thanks to hannie at the Murphsplace forum - An article from metroco.uk

The News and Star - Sin City is well worth a watch. Thanks, Doro

Coming soon.net: Spike Lee to Shoot Inside Man in Brooklyn - Thanks, Steph (Info on Steiner Studios) - Here is the original story at Variety (Thanks, Bea)

Calendar Live: THE BIG PICTURE - Grazer wants serious success - The producer best known for his comedy hits is working hard at reinventing himself. "...He has two more dramas starting later this month, an adaptation of the "The Da Vinci Code" and a Spike Lee-directed thriller, "The Inside Man."

The Portland Tribune on e-mail writing - Ah for the days of snail mail: "... Furthermore, no amount of cringe-inducing smiley faces will change this fact. I mean it: If Clive Owen sent me a sexy e-mail punctuated with a :) I’d have to dump him. Those saccharine little symbols just make me :("

Film Stew - Project Tracker - The Inside Man is in active development. Starting production date 6/27/05. Thanks, Steph

Clive and Craig fans Doro and Skye have started a group dedicated to all lovers of movies. if you would like to join, click HERE

No Clive in this one: Variety -- "The first wave of thesps -- Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss and Emmy Rossum -- have been cast in Wolfgang Peterson's big-budget remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" for Warner Bros."

Week of 5/30/05 to 6/05/05

From Doro: The Sin City II start date has moved to the earlier start date of February 2006 (IMDb Pro) -- While watching tv tonight I came across an announcement that 'Chancer' is repeated on ITV3 as of Wednesday, 8 June at 10 pm. This may be particularly useful for UK Clive Owen fans.

The Post-Gazette: Creative forces from Pittsburgh: "Homewood native Antoine Fuqua, who has directed some of Hollywood's strongest men -- Clive Owen in "King Arthur," Bruce Willis in "Tears of the Sun" and Denzel Washington in "Training Day." Next: "Under and Alone" with Mel Gibson."

Cherwell on line: (new interview) - "Today, Clive Owen looks like someone you could feasibly see working behind the camera as much as in front of it. While he has that rare quality of actually being more attractive in real life than he appears onscreen, on this balmy afternoon he has a slightly weary, haggard look about him, somewhat akin to that which his harassed publicity people are displaying. His linen suit is a little too crushed, his trousers seem just that bit too short, his eyes appear worn and downbeat. Although his appearance today probably has more to do with having just stepped off a plane from Cannes, following a punishing schedule at the famed film festival, as opposed to tearing up the town Paris Hilton-style. And, well, maybe just a little to do with Arsenal’s triumphant performance over the weekend...(Read on)" Thanks, Steph

Channel 4 UK on ISWID - Thanks, Doro

And on Sin City...

From Genevieve: "I thought you -- and perhaps other fans -- might be interested in knowing that The Movie Store has added quite a few new photos of Clive. (See left) It's a lot cheaper to purchase them directly from the store's web site than to engage on a bidding war on eBay where "re-sellers" list the exact same shots. I can vouch for their quality and service."

Also from Genevieve: "The June 2005 issue #1 of a new UK film magazine titled "British Film" features an interesting interview of Clive (same questions were asked to Jude Law) In the same issue Clive is listed as one of the top 30 British actors, there's also a snippet about Sin City (with a picture of Dwight) and a small photo of him at the BAFTAS, so you get plenty for your money."

Don't forget Conan O' Brian tonight (June 2)

If you got to see a preview of Derailed, or worked on the film, I would love to post a report on site. Just e-mail me. Thanks.

Thanks to June at Ioan on line --- some large pictures of Clive

The Globe and Mail (Canada):THURSDAY - The Return of the Native (1994) Bravo!, 9 p.m. -- "In this Thomas Hardy story Catherine Zeta-Jones plays Eustacia Vye living in 1840s rural England and bored out of her tree. "Life is so drab on this awful heath," she sighs, before adding, "A man of roguish reputation is like a fresh breath of air." But while the swarthy and clearly horny Damon Wildeve (Clive Owen) woos her with promises of escape, she takes instead the hand of Clym Yeobright (Ray Stevenson), who has recently returned from Paris where she hopes they'll emigrate together. When Clym's horizons are not so grand, and Eustacia's hopes are thwarted, the consequences, Hardy-like, build toward the catastrophic as Clym's ill-fated mother (Joan Plowright) is a fine old meddler."

BMW Films and Dark Horse comics are issuing a comic book six series version of The Hire. More info from BMW HERE. and at Auto Week - Thanks, Steph

Week of 5/23/05 to 5/29/05

The Scotsman - Shot in the Dark (Sin City) Thanks, Steph

The NY Daily News: PMK clients Dart to axed publicist - "... More recently, Dart recruited PMK-HBH veteran Robert Garlock, who in turn delivered Uma Thurman, Penelope Cruz, Hugh Grant, Clive Owen, Kate Winslet and Natasha Richardson - with half a dozen other A-listers expected to follow suit. Meanwhile, Tim Burton, Marc Forster, Gong Li and Matthew Vaughn are on the Dart Group's new client roster."

A reminder -- Clive is scheduled for Late Nite with Conan O'Brien on June 2. - Thanks, Roe

From 6 point7 in the UK: "I just saw Clive on our Friday morning programme Entertainment Today and when asked if he'd move to LA he said 'no, there's no point. I don't shoot there. Films are made all over the world. I have two small girls settled into school and if I moved them over there I'd get three films in a row that weren't shooting there.'"

More on Derailed at Insomniac Mania. Thanks, Doro

Futuremovies.com.uk: Sin City Q&A - Thanks, Steph

The Hollywood Reporter: The Weinsteins also set release dates for 13 other features, beginning with "Derailed, a suspense thriller directed by Mikael Hafstrom ("Evil") and starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. A co-production with the Walt Disney Studios, it will open as a wide release Oct. 21, marking the official launch of the Weinsteins' new company as a theatrical distributor. (Also mentions Sin City 2)

Variety: The Weinstein Co. has put dates to its slate. "Derailed," bowing Oct. 21, will be the first of six films skedded for release before the end of the year. In addition, Bob and Harvey Weinstein said they are planning eight launches for 2006 including "Grind House," for which Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez each will direct a 60-minute horror tale.

Empire UK: Sin City UK Premiere - Rodriguez, Miller and Co. go to town - Thanks, Steph

icCoventry: Family man Clive's no sinner - Thanks, Steph

Thanks to those who have submitted this site for an award at movies.com. I see it listed HERE, but cannot find it in the actors' fan sites forum as yet.

u tv: Sin City stars step out for premier -- The stars of new film Sin City will attend its British premiere tonight. (5/23 - look for pictures)

USA Today: Stone gets them to do her bidding (The Cannes AIDS benefit) -- "...Jessica Alba sold tennis lessons with Monica Seles and Boris Becker. Javier Bardem sold a lifetime supply of Dior perfume. Brittany Murphy sold a performance by Liza Minnelli to Milla Jovovich for $110,000. And Clive Owen sold a Robert Rauschenberg painting for $125,000." - Thanks, cinecing

Week of 5/16/05 to 5/22/05

The Telegraph UK scans - Thanks to Dani

Dark Horizons on Derailed:"The still untitled Weinstein Brothers company will kick off with its first title, the Clive Owen thriller "Derailed" in October. They've also snapped up three pics from producer Dino de Laurentiis..."

Thanks to Kyle, a scan of the article in the June Cosmopolitan UK

The UK Mirror's 3 AM Girls on the Sin City after party: "HE's tipped as the next 007, but we don't reckon Clive Owen will be indulging in James Bond's womanising ways. At the same bash, he was surrounded by scantily-clad girls vying for his attention - but he only had eyes for Sarah-Jane Fenton, his wife of 10 years. Our source says, "He rarely left her side and they were so tactile with each other you'd think they were newly-weds." Ahhh..." - Thanks, Kyle

Reuters: Creators plan sequel for Sin City: "We'd always thought 'Dame to Kill For' was the story (for the sequel)," Rodriguez said. "It has all the characters; Mickey's in it, Clive is in it, so it would be great to bring everybody back." During a news conference on Wednesday, the American director said work could begin later this year.

More pictures of Clive (and Sarah Jane) at Cannes

The Irish Examiner: Clive Owen helps launch ultra-violent Sin City

More on Clive at Cannes from The Scotsman - Thanks, Kyle

A picture of Clive at Cannes

Conan O' Brien: 6/2: Clive Owen, Steve Carell, the Fabulous Moolah & Great Mae Young (R) Kyle notes: "This is just a re-airing of the show he was on in March"

From the BBC Cannes Diary: 5/17 - Bruce Willis and Clive Owen attend The Penthouse Party in France, it’s very posh and it’s in the middle of the Cannes film festival. Can that combination create inches? Possibly..... 5/18 - And if you can’t get enough of those boys then Bruce Willis and Clive Owen will be attending the official screening of Sin City today (5/18) (Keep an eye out for pictures)

Week of 5/09/05 to 5/15/05

Hi, FYI Hello Magazine's weekly "most attractive man" contest features Clive Owen as one of the contestants this week. Visitors to the site can vote once every 15 mins. - Thanks, Nancy

A profile of Clive at Hello! Magazine

Please bookmark Nextaris for news of Clive

Page with day by day news on the Cannes Festival

The Daily Mail UK: Stars jet in for Cannes Film Festival - Thanks, cinecing

Clive films at Cannes - Sin City in competition - Dates of showings

The AFP: Cannes Glows with Hollywood Star Power: "...But the core of the festival remains the official competition: a select club of just 21 films this year vying for the Palme d'Or, awarded last year to Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11". "Sin City" is leading the US contingent in that restricted club, although actor Tommy Lee Jones will also be presenting his cinematic directorial debut and past Cannes winner Gus Van Sant will also be back, alongside Jim Jarmusch."

Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) in an interview at Cinema Confidential: "Cinecon.com: Actors [you would like to work with]? CONNIE: There are so many great actors. I’d love to work with someone like Clive Owen or Sean Penn. Someone like that.

Reminder - Second Sight on BBC America tonight.

The NY Daily News: Game Boys vs Manly Men -- "...But there may be a few actors ready to take up the mantle, ­ including Clive Owen (rugged in "Sin City" and last year's "King ­Arthur," and who ­reportedly turned down ­being Bond)..."

Film Stew 5/9/05 - Contemplating Clive Owen - In between The Croupier and those BMW.com Internet shorts, Clive Owen starred in the smashing TV series Second Sight, new tonight on BBC America. - Thanks, Steph

Week of 5/02/05 to 5/08/05

Hello Magazine: Lauren Bacall has her eye on Clive.

From Kyle: "Murph, per Nick's request on your News page, Isent an email to World Productions, and I got a reply back within only a few minutes... thought you might like to see what it says!!!"

"Kyle,
Thanks for your e-mail.
We're hoping to release a Sharman DVD boxset before the end of the year or in early 2006. When we know more or have a release date we'll post it on our website - www.world-productions.com - Best, Matt Jarvis.

The Detroit Free Press: Best bets for Thursday -- ""Second Sight" (9 p.m., BBC America). New sleuth alert. Suave British actor Clive Owen ("Sin City," "The Closer") is Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner, a highly respected cop facing a crisis that could end his career in this new mystery series. Assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a teenage boy, DCI Tanner discovers that he's losing his sight because of a rare eye condition. Sightless crime fighters? James Franciscus played a blind insurance investigator on "Longstreet" in the 1970s and Ron Eldard is portraying a blind NYPD detective on ABC's "Blind Justice." But while they were totally blind, Owen's cop is in denial about his deteriorating condition. The evidence points to a cool sleuth in a tense whodunit predicament." (The "new sleuth alert" is really an error. SS aired on USA PBS stations a few years ago.)

From Nick at www.nicksharman.co.uk: Could you put something on your site asking people to contact comments@world-productions.com and beg them to put Sharman on DVD?

The Sin City sound track is available for download at i tunes USA (You can sample "Dwight.")

Variety: Lee, Schulberg taking on 'Louis' - By ARMY ARCHERD: "GOOD MORNING: Spike Lee starts "Save Us Joe Louis," his long-planned Joe Louis feature, immediately after completing "Inside Man" with Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen for producer Brian Grazer at Universal. Lee and Budd Schulberg have been working (writing) the Joe Louis project for five years. It's the story of the two Louis-Max Schmeling championship bouts (1936 and 1938) and the global ramifications. Lee says characters involved in the pic will include FDR, Hitler, Mussolini and Sugar Ray Robinson for starters, adding Schulberg was on hand for the 1938 fight. Lee tells me, "Budd (93) is going strong. This is a David Lean caliber film." As for "Inside Man," he said, "this is an intelligent bank heist film -- no shooting. It's about criminals who use their brains, not guns." When I spoke with Lee last week, he was readying to take his "Inside Man" co-star Clive Owen to see Denzel Washington (whom Lee has directed three times previously) in "Julius Caesar" at the Belasco. Lee directs his 15 mins. seg for "All the Invisible Children" this week." Thanks, Bea

Photoshop artists take note: Cinematical is holding a Photoshop contest for images of the perfect Bond.

From Book Standard (Scroll): "Universal will also adapt a sci-fi thriller from mystery writer P.D. James, with Children of Men, to be co-produced by Strike Entertainment. Clive Owen, who will appear in another upcoming literary adaptation, of James Siegel’s Derailed (currently in post-production and also starring Jennifer Aniston), will star in the Alfonso Cuarón–directed film. The Mexican director continues to crank out the lit-adaptations (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Great Expectations, A Little Princess) with three major adaptations coming in ’06: The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss; Life of Pi, by Yann Martell (to be scripted by M. Night Shyamalan); and Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty. The script for Children of Men was originally written by Paul Chart and reworked by Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby, following rewrites by Cuarón, Timothy Sexton and David Arata." Thanks, Chris K

Week of 4/25/05 to 5/01/05

Bit of news at AICN on The Inside Man from Spike Lee. So Clive will be in NYC all summer...

The NY Observer: "Anyway, if the eye-squishing is the emblematic moment of the Cinema of Stupidity, then the most recent flowering of the Cinema of Stupidity is the widely acclaimed Sin City, a film which shows all the hallmarks of Late Tarantino (including the fact that he’s billed as "guest director" along with longtime collaborator Robert Rodriguez)."

Beginning Page for The Children of Men

Empire On line on The Children of Men: Owen Has Children Of Men - Clive joins sci-fi for Alfonso Cuarón -- Thanks, fifijfolle at the forum

Cinematical: Dad Can't Lose, Clive Owen Can't Reproduce: Variety in 60 Seconds

Here is the whole Variety story on The Children of Men, thanks to Bea.

The NY Daily News: Pretty boys are so over! Poll finds he-men rule - Thanks, Rita

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Clive Owen, whose supporting performance in "Closer" earned him an Oscar nomination, has signed on to topline "Children of Men" for Strike Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Alfonso Cuaron ("Y tu mama tambien," " Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban") is directing the feature film adaptation of the book by mystery writer by P.D. James. "Children of Men" takes place in the near future, when mankind has lost the ability to procreate and the world is rocked by the news that the youngest person on Earth -- who is 18 years old -- has died. As chaos erupts, a former radical (Owen) becomes protector of the most sought-after person on the planet -- the first pregnant woman in almost 20 years. The project initially was scripted by Paul Chart and then rewritten by Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby. Cuaron had rewritten it with his writing partner Timothy Sexton and David Arata. Owen is on screens in the current release "Sin City." His upcoming films include the thriller "Derailed," with Jennifer Aniston, and he has just signed on to star in Spike Lee's "Inside Man" with Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter - Thanks, Mari, Kyle and 6point7

Clive makes People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people.

BBC News on Bond: "Dame Judi Dench - who played Bond's boss M in the last four films - said Brosnan would reprise the role, the Mirror newspaper reported." - Thanks, Mary F

BBC America has a Second Sight Clip. Thanks, Jinete

MTV.com: Melissa George on Clive as Bond -- Clive Owen "would be perfect," she said of her leading man on the set of the upcoming drama "Derailed." "He's just a charming brute, and he's got that swagger and that 'man' feel about him. He's a brilliant actor and he's got this humor as well. Everything that a 'Bond' man is." - Thanks, Chris

From a press release for the BMW M5: ‘Roadmonster’ also includes a link through to www.bmwfilms.com, BMW’s critically acclaimed series of short films that featured Madonna, Clive Owen and an E39 M5 in a Guy Ritchie directed film, Star. The world’s most famous female pop star plays a clichéd ‘difficult’ celebrity, but it is the M5, with Owen at the wheel, that is the real star.

You can pre-order a Minette Walters DVD from Amazon UK (Region 2 PAL version). It includes Clive's The Echo, and Craig's The Ice House. (Click on info in right column to pre-order through this site.)

Don't forget to check the Cannes Festival (May 11-22) for Sin City news, and Clive's appearance.

Finally some news! "BBC America is advertising it will begin airing Clive Owen in "Second Sight" on May 9." Thanks, Sue Mc

Week of 4/18/05 to 4/24/05

BBC3 - The Essential Top 50 (Video clip of Clive at #37.) Thanks to keiraweb.com

4/23 - The Weekend Australian - Sound and Fury - Interesting story on Shakespeae and the actors who have appeared in his plays: "...Maybe it's because his vulnerability is part of his sexual magnetism but I think I would rather see Law play Hamlet than other actors - his Closer co-star Clive Owen, say, or Russell Crowe, whom you might admire as much or more - simply because he seems so suited to the role."

ETToday - Cannes -- "A quick look at nominated films shows that this year’s Cannes Film Festival will have fewer Hollywood stars than last year. Two that will be turning up are Bruce Willis and Clive Owen, best supporting actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, in the animated feature Sin City." - Thanks, Kyle

"On Sunday, the 17th, Orlando Bloom was on Radio 1, and when asked about Bond, he said Clive Owen should be the next Bond" …Here is an audio clip of his remarks at the fourm thanks to dbrit. (Scroll a bit) - Thanks, Kyle

From Ivani: "I have just watched E! Brazil and it announced Extreme Close Up for Brazil next Sunday."

I have a beginning page on Inside Man

Empire on line: Foster Gets Inside - Jodie on board for Spike's next

Variety -- Jodie Foster & The "Inside Man" Author: Garth Franklin: "Universal Pictures has pegged Jodie Foster to star opposite Denzel Washington and Clive Owen in "Inside Man," Imagine Entertainment's new drama that will be directed by Spike Lee reports Variety. Brian Grazer is producing and Russell Gewirtz has scripted the drama which pits a cop against a clever bank robber who's trying to pull off the perfect heist, and finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation. Foster will play a well-connected lawyer/power broker who is brought in to represent certain behind-the-scenes interests, complicating an already tense standoff. The project will shoot in early summer. Foster's last lead role was in 2002's "Panic Room" and will next be seen in the Robert Schwentke-directed thriller "Flight Plan" this Fall." Thanks, Steph