Week of 7/03/06 to 7/09/06

AICN: Some more preview reviews of Children of Men (Spoilers!) - Thanks, Steph

An extra's entry in the Kapur Diary: "4th July 2006 - When I woke up this morning and hurried to set the last thing I would have expected was to be standing right in the middle of the dancing scene with Queen Elizabeth, Bess and Sir Walter – as an extra! Indeed for seven or so hours I was a courtly lady from the 16th century. I guess this is the magic of life – you can’t second-guess what’s going to happen next. The make up and costume were so convincing that few people in the crew recognized me… it was rather amusing...."

Related - The Independent UK, David Thomson: Film Studies: It took her 60 years to get there, but Charlotte has reached her prime - ".... and in Mike Hodges' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. It was around that time that she started working for François Ozon and now she seems poised to make middle-aged women a new movie attraction."

Kapur Diary: "A return to the atrium of Elizabeth’s private chambers where Bess Throckmorton and Raleigh dance the volta under Elizabeth’s watchful eye" -- An image of Elizabeth dancing the Volta.

Isifa has pictures of the riding scene in Golden Age - Thanks, Steph

DVD Talk Review for The Magician - Thanks, Yvette

The Star Telegram: Inside joke makes 'Pink Panther' scene that much funnier -- Q: Is that Clive Owen, one of my favorite actors, in The Pink Panther remake? I searched and searched, but couldn't find his name in the credits. -- L.M., Fort Worth --- A: Yes, the British actor has a brief and uncredited cameo as "Boswell, Nigel Boswell. 006." ("Do you know what that means?" he asks Steve Martin, who's playing Inspector Clouseau. "Yes! You're one shot away from the big time!" Clouseau replies.) According to the Internet Movie Database, all of this was a joke that referred to Owen being in the running to replace Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond movies. He either lost out to actor Daniel Craig or, as some Internet reports say, he turned down the role. As for not finding his name in The Pink Panther cast, he's not supposed to be there, remember? - Thanks, Yvette

Three new entries in Kapur's Diary: A Moment Alone -- A Day in the Country -- New Worlds - Thanks, Steph

Week of 6/26/06 to 7/02/06

The Observer UK: Possible role for Clive?: Just what we need instead of miserable Morse... a gloomy Swedish detective - Thanks, Steph

From Steph: It seems that "Shoot'em up " has a movie trailer on its way (IMdb message board)

From Lui: Here comes the wallpaper for July - featuring Clive as King Arthur. Size one and two - I posted the wallpapers at my lj again and I will also update the calendar site of my wallpaper corner

Imagine Casting - in a vote on an upcoming Denzel Washington directed film Halo - Scroll to "Thom Shepard - The Tech Chief"

Kapur's Diary 6/28 - "...In this place Raleigh now tells Elizabeth of other wonders, of the strange lands beyond the edge of her maps and of the silent immensity of the ocean." - Thanks, Steph (Can't you just hear that voice of his telling of all these magical things?)

Film Experience.com: Top 100 actors of the Aughts (Scroll to #6) - Thanks, Yvette

Week of 6/19/06 to 6/25/06

Working Title Films: JUSTIN POLLARD, HISTORICAL RESEARCHER - "Today we're finishing Raleigh's first presentation at court - the scene we began the day before yesterday. Raleigh is an adventurer with a dream - a dream that offers a new life in a new world, an apparent Eden untouched by the political and religious strife of Europe. As such he shows the Queen the wonders to be had there - the strange vegetable he is (apocryphally) credited with having introduced to Ireland, the potato, and a leaf the Virginian natives smoked, tobacco, which he certainly greatly helped to popularise in England. He also brings with him two native Americans, Manteo and Wanchese, who are actually attested in England at this time and no doubt added greatly both to the exotic reputation of the court and Raleigh's sales pitch. But it is the last gift he presents to the Queen that hints at the other side to Raleigh's character - Spanish gold. Elizabeth's favourite might have been a dreamer but it was dream he intended to finance with other people's money." - Thanks, Steph

icNewcastle: Related - Charlie Hunnam -- "The one-time Byker Grove star, who received rave reviews for playing a football hooligan in Green Street, may be hankering for home because he's been back in England, shooting his latest movie. Children of Men is a futuristic thriller set in the year 2027 based on the P D James novel of the same name."

Variety: Venice Film Festival (Announced July 31) - But a Eurocentric bent does not rule out a strong U.S. crop, expected to include Irwin Winkler's Iraq coming home drama "Home of the Brave," Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" and Alfonso Cuaron sci-fi thriller "Children of Men." - Thanks, mgill

James Bond fantasy image - Thanks, Yvette

Two new Raleigh related entries at the Kapur Diary - With This Ring and Dorney Revisited - Thanks, Steph

Hollywood.com: Found in the Street (I don't know if this is a new or old project. I am checking it out) - Thanks, Yvette

Week of 6/12/06 to 6/18/06

Teddy and Moo's Celebrity Gossip - Clive walking around in London - Thanks, Yvette

Boxofficemojo: Clive's box office results for his films- Thanks, Yvette

A treat -- Kyle has snaps from the Pink Panther to view at the Murphsplace Forum

Working Title Films: Behind the scenes at The Golden Age - Thanks, Steph

The Hollywood Reporter: Ads for Dimension Films' "Sin City" led the pack to pick up four awards at the Hollywood Reporter's 35th annual Key Art Awards, recognizing achievement in motion picture advertising materials.

Interesting literary info about Raleigh from Wikipedia: "The School of Night (mentioned in the Kapur diary comments) was a cabal of men centered on Sir Walter Raleigh. They were a collection of poets and scientists who included Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman, Thomas Hariot, Richard Baines (who testified against Marlowe in his trial for atheism), and the assassin of Marlowe, Ingram Frizer. They studied science, philosophy, and religion, and all were suspected of atheism. William Shakespeare seems to refer to them in Love's Labour's Lost when he says, ". . . Black is the badge of hell/ The hue of dungeons and the School of Night." Atheism at that time was a charge nearly the equivalent of treason, since the monarch was the head of the church and to be against the church was, ipso facto, to be against the monarch. However, it was also a sign of anarchy, and it was a charge frequently brought against the politically troublesome. There is no reason to believe that any of the figures were, or were not, atheists or revolutionaries. -- References: Muriel C. Bradbrook, The School of Night: A Study in the Literary Relationships of Raleigh (1936)"

The Weston and Somerset Mercury: It's the day Hollywood came to Down - (TGA) Thanks, Doro

This is fun -Lovefilm.com has created the ultimate film desktop with 100 cryptic film titles to find - Thanks, Judy T

Indiewire on Inside Man

At the Clive Owen Picture gallery site, images from Shoot 'Em Up

Kapur Diary: The Game of State -- "...This is the world Walter Raleigh is walking through in our scene this morning – glittering and terrible. But making powerful friends does not concern him now for he is playing an even more dangerous game. He is the Queen’s favourite and whilst she smiles on him he is untouchable. But the smile will not last."

reviewjournal.com: DVD - TV transfers: Clive Owen plays an on-the-edge lawyer whose road rage leads to a deadly mistake in "Split Second" (BFS). And James Garner returns to a signature role in "The Rockford Files: Season Two" (Universal). - and Pink Panther is coming out on DVD.

Week of 6/05/06 to 6/11/06

Stephen Dillane, not Clive will be in Savage Grace with Julianne Moore

At the Owen Blog - Tell us in the comment section what actors or actresses or directors you would like to see work with Clive

Cambridge News: (Golden Age) Film extra calls in RSPCA after 'animal abuse' - Thanks Gieselle, Doro

Cinematical: People are pretty stoked about Children of Men - Thanks, Steph

At Ain't It Cool News, two positive reviews for previews of Children of Men (Spoilers in the second one) "...Clive Owen is forced to carry the picture and does a good job with it. He knows how to play the reluctant hero and grounds his character with the same disbelief and exhaustion that I felt at times." - (The film opens in September) Thanks, Steph (Children of Men page)

The Open Directory (dmoz) has an excellent page of links to all things Clive Owen - Thanks, Gieselle for choosing this site as a starred item

Play.com: The Inside Man DVD release for Region 2 (PAL) is scheduled for release on 7/31//2006 - Thanks, Steph

The Review Journal - New DVD releases: TV transfers: Powerhouse drama keys "My Name Is Bill W." (Warner), featuring James Woods' Emmy-winning performance as the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. James Garner co-stars. Also on the dramatic front, "The Magician" (Lance) stars Clive Owen as a Scotland Yard detective tracking a suspected counterfeiter.

There are many pictures of Elizabeth, and one of Raleigh throwing down the cloak at cateblanchett.net - Thanks, Doro

Week of 5/29/06 to 6/04/06

Thanks to Pudge, new images of Clive added to the Golden Age page

Hollywood Sports Book: MTV Movie Awards: Brokeback Mountain still favorite for "Best Kiss"

Shekhar Kapur's Diary: 5/30 -"...For Elizabeth such secret arrangements were a betrayal and the worst sort at that – one by those closest to her. In our scene it is Bess Throckmorton who feels the force of her tempestuous anger. Not only has she become pregnant and wed behind the Queen’s back but the man she has married is none other than Sir Walter Raleigh. As the waspish Sir Edward Stafford wrote as the storm broke “if you have anything to do with Sir Walter Raleigh or…Mistress Throckmorton, at the Tower tomorrow you may speak with them…”. He was not wrong."

Abbie Cornish in Interview Magazine: "GF: And now you're off to London to play a character that Joan Collins once played--Elizabeth Throckmorton, Sir Walter Raleigh's wife, in The Golden Age. AC: Yep. They fall in love in Queen Elizabeth's court and get married in secret, but they get found out because she is pregnant. They had a really beautiful life together. Even after he died, she apparently carried his skull around on a chain on her neck." - Thanks, Misha

MTV.com: The Tongue and the Restless Best Kiss -- "...The "Sin City" star insisted, meanwhile, that her Best Kiss-nominated co-stars in the film were merely following director Robert Rodriguez's orders when they splashed all that sultry color across his black-and-white cinematic canvas. Nevertheless, the Dawson-Owen smooch still makes Alba wince every time she sees it. "I think she kissed him so hard that she drew blood from his mouth," she insisted, adding that it's nevertheless sexy — in a morbid kind of way. "Especially coming from Rosario; she's real hot."

Lui has her June wallpaper calenders available in two sizes - One - and Two -- All of her wallpapers are available HERE

Buffalo News: Old TV Shows are a gold mine for Hollywood - Man With a Camera: The old syndicated series that introduced Charles Bronson as Mike Kovak, an old combat photographer turned scrambling freelancer could be turned into a whole different kind of movie now - a lone wolf photographer trying to maintain integrity in a profession overrun by paparazzi. Clive Owen maybe? Tom Cruise? (Think of the revenge he could get.) M-Squad: Frank Ballinger, the toughest TV cop of all time, was originally played by Lee Marvin with TV's greatest prop fedora. Here is a Clive Owen movie - even Mel Gibson, now that he's an aging crank.

Week of 5/22/06 to 5/28/06

Cinematical: Jeffrey M. Anderson's 400 Screens, 400 Blows - Cinema on the Way Back Down -- Spike Lee's Inside Man drops below the 400 mark this week to 281 screens, nursing its amazing $87 million-plus gross. That's a big hit for Lee, and a very big hit for such an uncommonly intelligent and subtle Hollywood movie. As we near the year's halfway point, Inside Man is still my favorite movie of the 100-plus I've seen (not counting a couple of weeks off for the birth of my son, although the only really big movie I missed is Poseidon -- no big loss). I like Inside Man mainly because it wishes to say something about the way we live in the world today, but does so in a way that movies do best: by slipping its message inside a crackerjack thriller yarn. It's the kind of movie Samuel Fuller might have made given a $45 million budget.

The Charleston Post & Courier: Bits and Pieces - Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti are two of the hotter actors in the business just now. But providing the real sizzle for Michael Davis' "Shoot 'Em Up" is Italian screen goddess Monica Bellucci. Owen stars as a man who delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then compelled to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen. - Thanks, mylosh

Celebrity Travel News: "...Several top stars are donning corsets for their roles in upcoming romances. Keira Knightly will once again promenade in petticoats across the big screen in the drama "Silk," which will feature a scene filmed on Rome's Ostia Beach.....Cate Blanchett reprises her role as The Virgin Queen in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," while Clive Owen portrays Sir Walter Raleigh in the period piece, which will debut in theaters in early 2007. The movie's director will soon yell "Action!" at Ely Cathedral, an Anglican house of worship in Cambridge founded by St. Etheldreda. Several key scenes will take place inside Lady Chapel, the largest chapel built in all of Britain to venerate the Virgin Mary." - Thanks, Yvette

Film Stew - Related - Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) - Thanks, Yvette

DVDActive has cover art and content info on the Inside Man DVD - out on August 8. - Thanks, clemato

Cosmetics Design.com: Lancome has taken the brave step of becoming one of the first major cosmetics companies to sponsor a leading male star to promote male skin care products.

Week of 5/15/06 to 5/21/06

The Daily Mail: After Lizzie and Uma, the new face of Lancome is...Clive Owen?

I will be away from the computer from tonight (5/19) until Sunday evening, so no new updates until then.

The Cambridge Evening News: Sir Walter rallies to help superstar Cate -- MOVIE star Cate Blanchett looked stunning as Queen Elizabeth as she re-enacted the famous scene in history when Sir Walter Raleigh - played by Clive Owen - lays down his cloak over a puddle.

Children of Men preview page at scifimovie.com - Thanks, Yvette (Opens in September)

Brand Republic: "LONDON – British actor Clive Owen, star of the recent Spike Lee film 'Inside Man', has been named as the new face of L'Oreal-owned luxury cosmetic brand Lancome." - Thanks, Gieselle

Some well-known Harry Potter stars have been named as part of the Best of the British list from Netscape. The list combines some of the best actors to emerge from the UK in recent years and includes Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Other actors on the list include Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and the new James Bond, Daniel Craig.

The Daily News - Rush and Malloy Side Dish: The new face of Lancome? Not Uma, not Kate, but Clive, as in Owen, and what a nice face it is. We hear he's getting $4 million ..." - Thanks, Yvette

From Gieselle: "Just wanted to let you know that Clive Owen is the new face of Lancôme.  His contract is worth a reported $4 million." (Anybody have a link to this news?)

NME.com: "Hard-Fi were joined by a surprise special guest tonight (May 15) for the second show of their five-night residency at Brixton Academy.... Speaking about the performance after the show, which was watched by the likes of Huey from the Fun Lovin' Criminals and Hollywood actor Clive Owen, frontman Richard Archer told NME.COM: "It was amazing playing with Weller."

Finally - Some news! The Trailer for Split Second is HERE - Thanks, Annie

Week of 5/08/06 to 5/14/06

NY Post - Page Six: May 12, 2006 - Sightings-- CLIVE Owen and co-star Monica Bellucci dancing to celebrate the wrap of their latest, "Shoot 'Em Up," at Stone's Place in downtown Toronto. - Thanks, Steph

Premiere Magazine first look - Children of Men

Screen stars join stately shoot (The Golden Age) - (Error in story) - Thanks, Doro

An early movie of Clive's, Split Second, will be available to buy from overstock.com after 6/13/06 (Thanks for reminding us about this film, Doro)

Week of 5/01/06 to 5/07/06

Kapur's Diary for The Golden Age - The First and Second Day's Dailies -- "...So if I have already decided that the film is Turner, what symphony or any one piece of music would complement the paintings of Turner?" [See left]

Related --- ninemsn: Somersault star jumps at backpacking - "...Cornish took a five month break between filming Ridley Scott's A Good Year with Russell Crowe and Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen and Geoffrey Rush."

The NY Times: Interview with Paul Giamatti - "...He recently portrayed a German inspector in an Edward Norton vehicle called "The Illusionist" (set to open on Aug. 18) and had returned the day before from filming "Shoot 'Em Up" in Toronto, where he and Clive Owen get to race around and fire at will." "I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point," he said - Thanks, Allison

I have begun a new blog as a tribute to Clive. You may post comments there to any of my entries. It will also be used as a back-up place in case of server trouble at Murphsplace. I hope you enjoy it.

From Kyle: CNN - CM Classic Shorts film competition. The seventh annual competition, held during the London Film Festival - "Note that judges for this year’s competition include Richard E. Grant (who was in Gosford Park) and Stephen Poliakoff (who directed Close My Eyes), and judges from last year’s competition included Alan Rickman (who appeared in Close My Eyes) and Hellen Mirren (who was in Gosford Park and Greenfingers)… seems like they’re hung up on Gosford Park and Close My Eyes, doesn’t it? :-) maybe they’ll ask Clive to be a judge next year!"

The IMDb: Release dates for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) -- Finland 19 January 2007 - Belgium 31 January 2007 - Netherlands 1 February 2007 - UK 2 February 2007 - Thanks, Steph

Hello Magazine: Clive is up for most attractive man of the month for May. You can vote here. - Thanks, Kimmi

The Australian: Stars fail to come out for premiere - Related - "Cornish, 23, was due to return for the premiere but has been held up in Europe filming Elizabeth: The Golden Age alongside Rush and Australian Oscar winner Cate Blanchett. The film is the sequel to Blanchett's 1998 hit Elizabeth. Rush, who plays a drug manufacturer in Candy, has also stayed with the Elizabeth project, which is now in its last week of rehearsals before filming". - Thanks, barbiecat

Week of 4/24/06 to 4/30/06

Lui has the May calendar sheets ready to right click and print out - Size One -- Size Two

Proud to be listed under "Talent Sites" at Ann Thompson's Blog

he Washington Post: A hit or a miss at the movies? It's in the stars -- "Whether it was director Spike Lee or screenwriter Russell Gewirtz who truly auteured "Inside Man," it had a shrewd understanding of the star principle. For example, note that although each member of the film's star trio in some sense fights for control of the picture, he or she never fights for control of the immediate environment. As the movie is organized, each is the head of a small independent unit — one a police negotiator, one a masked bank robber, one a slick power broker — and the absolute master of that world, for whom the deference of others is a fact of life."

People Magazine's most beautiful people of 2005 - Clive is #6 - Thanks, Yvette

MSNBC: Where have all the Sexiest Men Alive gone? - 20 years of People’s picks for top hunks in Hollywood -- "Lately it feels like we’ve entered another fallow period in the Sexiest Man Alive sweepstakes. The most recent group of actors may have the looks but not the weight, and maybe not the longevity. They feel like women’s men as opposed to men’s men. No Russell Crowe, for example, or Javier Bardem or Clive Owen. " - Thanks, barbiecat

Ely Cathedral: "The filming is scheduled to start on 24th May and finishes on 2nd June. However there will be a great deal of activity beforehand on Cross Green and the East Lawn as the film crew are due to begin their preparation & set up around 8th May. The bulk of filming will be taking place in the Lady Chapel although there will be 3 days of filming in the nave." - Thanks, Steph

Cambridge News: "ELY Cathedral is rumoured to be receiving a six-figure sum for allowing a major period drama to be filmed there. Working Title Films, the company behind top British movies such as Four Wwill arrive in the city next Monday to start shooting scenes for The Golden Age - the sequel to the Oscar-nominated film Elizabeth. Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett and Brit actor Clive Owen will be in Ely for around a month to film scenes in the cathedral's 12th Century Lady Chapel and the main nave of the 11th Century cathedral...." - Thanks, Steph

Coming Soon.net: MTV Announces '06 Movie Award Nominees - Best Movie - Sin City -- Best Kiss-Rosario Dawson & Clive Owen - Sin City (Dimension Films) -- Here is the video of the kiss -- Thanks, Steph

PR Newswire: Mystery, Scandal & Mayhem ... MTV Reveals the Cast of Hollywood's Most Anticipated Blockbuster, the '2006 MTV Movie Awards' -- "Fans can vote for the entire nominated cast of the "2006 MTV Movie Awards" by visiting movieawards.mtv.com before May 19th."

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Week of 4/17/06 to 4/23/06

You're The Beesknees Blog: Scroll to Starstruck Part Duex - Thanks, mylosh

Rita Zirkas in the Star Toronto (Scroll): "Conspicuous consumption -- Clive Owen, wife and two daughters shopped at Kidding Awound in Yorkville last weekend for giftees to take back to England after he's wrapped Shoot 'Em Up. The haul included a Pink Panther, a couple of hurdy gurdies, a game of Old Maid and Fred's Head, whose brains bubble up when squeezed. We know the feeling." - Thanks, Steph

The DePaulia: Clive Owen, not Denzel, the 'Man' in this thriller - "... While all of the acting in the film is superb, Owen clearly steals the show from his Oscar-winning co-stars. Seventy-five percent of his screen time is spent behind a mask and sunglasses, yet Owen manages to portray every aspect of Dalton’s charisma, intelligence, and brutality simply through his voice and body language. Much in the same way Hugo Weaving personified the vigilante V in V for Vendetta, Clive Owen proves that one does not have to show face to act brilliantly. Washington and Foster also turn in the expected strong performances, yet I couldn’t help but feel that the great Washington was coasting, merging aspects of characters that he’s played before. The end result is still electrifying, but oddly unsatisfying. As for Foster, she imbues Madeline White with a complete overload of bitch that is perfect for the role. It’s a complete turnaround from the shy, humble women forced into situations they must overcome that Foster has played recently. White clearly owns every situation she’s in, and as long as she’s not onscreen with Owen, so does Foster." - Thanks, Kyle

The SMH: Queen Cate to reign again

The Bookstandard.com: Sin City 2 is also scheduled for a 2007 release, and Sin City 3 the following year. Those two will be directed by Robert Rodriguez, who also helmed the the first in the series. Original cast members Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen and Brittany Murphy are set to return for both. Dawson told the SCI FI Wire website last month that production is on hold for the first sequel until Angelina Jolie, who has apparently signed on for the film, gives birth to her and Brad Pitt’s baby. - Thanks, Steph

From Kyle: Pink Panther -- Pick up your copy of Clive doing "Agent 006" on June 13th! (i'll be picking up mine!) ;-)

The LA DAily News: Moviegoing back in a big way - "...As a result, ticket sales are up 2.2 percent from the same time a year ago, and weekend box-office receipts have been up for four consecutive weeks. The current roll began with a terrific March 24 opening for "Inside Man," the bank-heist thriller starring Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen that surpassed expectations by grossing $29 million in its first three days." - Thanks, Steph

ET on line: Clive Prepares to 'Shoot 'Em Up' (Watch tonight 4/18) - Thanks, Steph

Week of 4/10/06 to 4/16/06

The SMH: Queen Cate to reign again -- "...Blanchett is starring opposite Clive Owen in the film, which explores the relationship between Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. But despite being steeped in real-life British history, the film is laden with Aussie stars. Apart from Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush, emerging star Abbie Cornish also features in the movie." -- Also remember to visit Shekhar Kapur's Golden Age Diary

Vue Weekly: "Spike Lee’s Inside Man contains more incidental pleasures than almost any cops-and-robbers picture of the last few years, and one of the most delightful is the presence of an actress named Marcia Jean Kurtz, playing one of the bank tellers who gets taken hostage by Clive Owen’s gang of masked thieves."

Clive in GQ Magazine for May - Thanks, Steph

Dave Poland's The Second Annual THB Survey WHO ARE THE BIGGEST STARS IN THE WORLD? Fifty-Five Worth Five (Million): "55. Clive Owen - Many love him. He's been in good projects. But needs a few more Deraileds before it's certain that it's for real."

Planet Rugby.com: England's victory at the 2003 Rugby World Cup is to be given the dramatic treatment in an play entitled 'Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson' which premieres in London later this month. The new comedy is written by Chris England, who co-wrote 'An Evening with Gary Lineker' which was made into a film starring Paul Merton, Clive Owen, Martin Clunes and Caroline Quentin.

A scan from the May issue of Premiere Magazine - First looks - Children of Men - Thanks to clemato

Week of 4/03/06 to 4/09/06

Excellent interview with Clive at thecinemasource.com.

The Washington Post: To shine, stars must be aligned properly -- "...So it is with Washington, Owen and Foster. While each is beautiful, it's not really their beauty upon which the camera feasts; it's some (admittedly stereotypical) essence of character. Washington is the nobility of the African American; Owen is the intellectual superiority of the European; Foster is a kind of sexually ambivalent avatar of piercing female intelligence, not luscious or adorable, but deeply admirable. It's our love of these hidden archetypes that compels our identification with the characters they play, regardless of which side of which line they are on."

The Toronto Star: Collector's skulls are the real deal -- "Jamieson rents out fake skulls for film productions. He just furnished props for a witchcraft movie (he doesn't remember the title) and a woman is taking photos of small dinosaur figures for another production. "They rented stuff from me for the (Clive Owen) film Shoot `Em Up for the bad guy's freaky home," Jamieson says. There is a skull rack roomy enough for a family of four and he shows off a shield with hair from heads taken from hunters in Borneo. Collector's skulls are the real deal " - Thanks, Steph

The SMH: Abbie's Excellent Adventure (Abbie Cornish) - "Cornish is now abroad again, shooting Elizabeth: The Golden Age in Cambridge and eastern England, which means months of corsetry and a decent pay packet. It's a far cry from her previous years overseas, where she worked in bars and youth hostels, and answered the phones for an internet company. "Safetydirector.com! How may I help you?" she says, chucking on a chirpy American accent." - Thanks, Steph

The April issue of American Cinematographers Magazine will highlight Inside Man - Thanks Ivani

Spike Lee at If Magazine - Thanks, Steph

Vogue UK: Suits you, sir - Clive as best dressed. (If anyone can buy and scan the May GQ, we can see the pictures. E-Mail them to me. Thanks.)

Shekhar Kapur, the director of The Golden Age, has begun a diary on the film. - Thanks, mgill

Pictures of filming Shoot Em Up are available to view at the "childrenofmen" Live Journel - Thanks, Steph

Per Reveal Magazine - Clive to take time off from acting. Thanks, Steph

Ain't It Cool News: The INSIDE MAN finds Quint plotting with screenwriter Russell Gewirtz!! (Thanks, Steph) [ed note: Clive's Dalton Russell was the smartest guy in the film. He fooled them all]

GQ Magazine UK: Actor Clive Owen has been voted the Best Dressed and David Cameron the Worst Dressed man of 2006.

Week of 3/27/06 to 4/02/06

Second Sight 1 is part of a new boxed DVD collection by PBS and available from Amazon. It also includes The Lynley Mysteries and Touching Evil 1 - Thanks, Kyle

The Montgomery Advertiser: County, city purchase slick movie prop - "A state-of-the-art command post is only a bit player in the nation’s hottest movie, but it’s going to be a big star in Montgomery. City and county public safety departments plunked down $458,000 in federal homeland security funds to buy the command post seen in “Inside Man” starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster. (The manufacturer shaved almost $40,000 off the asking price since it’s used — barely.)

Variety: Auds turned out for "Inside Man" over the weekend, but "V for Vendetta" isn't holding up at all. U's "Man" posted a $29 million bow, star Denzel Washington's highest to date. Pic averaged $10,280 at 2,818 playdates to come in just behind the year's biggest opening, $30 million for "Madea's Family Reunion."... Proving moviegoers were hungry for a sophisticated thriller, "Inside Man" outperformed expectations by drawing heavily on adults: 68% of attendees were over 30. Male bias was slight: African-Americans drawn by helmer Spike Lee and star Denzel Washington were overrepresented at 21%.

Week of 3/20/06 to 3/26/06

Reuters: Inside Man tops Box Office -- "Denzel Washington and director Spike Lee scored the best opening of their careers on Sunday, as the heist thriller "Inside Man" grabbed the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in North America with estimated ticket sales of $29 million. The film, which also stars Clive Owen and Jodie Foster, was the top picture overseas as well, with sales of $9.6 million from 18 countries, including No. 1 openings in Britain and Germany, according to distributor Universal Pictures."

The Chicago Sun Times - Cindy Pearlman: He's Owen, Clive Owen - Thanks, mgill

Moviefone's Movie Meter - IM #2 of films to see for the week - Thanks, Yvette

Hamstead and Highgate Express: Closer to Clive -- "....Four films happening at once is not ideal but it is far worse if you are not working," he said, throwing his hands up in mock despair. "When I finish this spate of movies I am going to make no more films for a long, long time." - Thanks, Doro

The Columbia Spectator: How did Washington go so wrong? - "...I’m very wary of making Paul Newman comparisons, but if there’s ever a good time to make one, it’s now. Not that Owen is a thing like Newman, but rather because both men really have a grasp (if you’ve seen Empire Falls, you know Newman still does) on what they not only personally do best, but better than maybe anyone else in film. Owen’s the perpetual asshole in the same way that Newman’s the cocky, grinning, half-drunk ladies man. And like Newman, I’ll watch Owen in damn near anything, even a half-ass script with “Creesy-bear” stealing screen-time."

The Boston Herald: New fame gets Clive Owen ‘Inside’ - By Stephen Schaefer - Thanks, Doro

The Flick Filosopher (For USA residents) - Win a hat and T shirt from Inside Man (Write a caption) - Thanks, Doro

Inside Man review - The NY Times - Manohla Dargis: "To watch Mr. Washington breeze into a scene smooth as silk, smooth as Bogart and Easy Rawlins combined, or to listen to Mr. Owen murmur sweet nothings into the camera, is to experience the ineffable pleasures that only big-screen stars can provide. Mr. Lee rarely treats his actresses or female characters as well as their male counterparts, but whether by design or neglect, he helps Ms. Foster deliver her wittiest, most relaxed performance in ages. Part Mata Hari, part Ilsa the She Wolf, she stalks the sets in form-fitting suits and nose-bleed heels that show off her spectacular legs wonderfully. (She could kill with those things!) In a story dominated by men, in which most of the women are either desexualized or double-D babes, her character presents an amusing fantasy of female power. One of those mysterioso brokers who circumvent both the law and the criminal element for the deepest pockets in town, Madeline isn't the equal of any man: she's superior. And you thought dominatrixes wore only black leather."

UK fans take note --- Cambridge Evening News: Do you look pale and interesting? -- MEN with beards and pale, interesting ladies step forward - you could be in line for a part in a major new film. Cambridge residents will have the chance to act in a sequel to the Oscar-winning 1998 film, Elizabeth. Producers are looking for extras for The Golden Age, parts of which will be filmed in Cambridge and Ely this May. - Thanks, Steph

IM Reviews also at Metacritic

CBS News: Clive Owen Is On A Roll - Nice interview, video and more - Thanks, Doro

Moviefone: Inside Man behind the scenes - Thanks, Yvette

Related - The UK Times: It's a new Spike with a soft tip -- Spike Lee has changed, Kaleem Aftab discovers. Why, he even has a new enemy to blame

Get links to all the Inside Man reviews at Rotten Tomatoes

EW.com: Inside Man is a hybrid of studio action pic and Spike Lee joint. Or else it's a cross between a 2006 Spike Lee joint and a 1970s-style movie indictment of urban unease. It's also a blend of Dog Day Afternoon and a Foster tough-lady thriller; of a Foster thriller and a smooth Owen sleight-of-hand drama; and of an Owen caper and a Washington out-for-justice pic. Some unwieldy hybrid — and yet the gamble pays off. Everyone gets a piece of the deal. Everyone gets a piece of the city with the brutally changed skyline, in all its new paranoia. - Thanks, Steph

DVD Verdict's review of The Derailed DVD - Thanks, Michael

Another IM interview with Clive - The Ottawa Citizen - Thanks, Doro

Cindy Adams - The NY Post - Hot shots come out for film opening (Not a mention of Clive!) - Thanks, Kris C

The Village Voice - IM review

Video of Clive on the Jon Stewart Show - Thanks to Kris C

IM -- Time Out - London - Thanks, Doro

Rolling Stone IM Review: "And watch the canny way that Owen, required to do a lot of acting behind a mask (shades of Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta), brings nuance and wit to the robbery ringmaster. He reacts in shock to a child playing a gory video game called Kill Dat Nigga and then turns ruthless himself in a split second. The scene in which he catches a hostage lying about a cell phone is a model of how to build and sustain tension." - Thanks, mgill

Sacramento Bee: Lee infuses 'Inside Man' with energy - Thanks, mgill

Wireimages of the premiere (Do NOT right click and save)

USA Today: Inside the premiere of Inside Man - "...For Owen, concealing his face for the most of the film was "weird. You get this great script, this great part, and then you put a mask on and hide your face. But you get used to it. I told Spike all the time, 'Anyone could be doing this part.' "

Small pics of the IM premiere at Patrick McMullan - Thanks, Yvettte

Hello Magazine at the premiere

New Yorker review of Inside Man (not great) - Better one at Time Out London -

A new interview with Clive on IM at coming soon.net

Another good IM review - New York Magazine - Thanks, mgill

Week of 3/13/06 to 3/19/06

Reminder! Clive will be on the Regis and Kelly Show and Jon Stewart, Monday, March 20

The Chicago Sun Times - Interview with Denzel Washington - Thanks, Steph -- (Denzel will be on Letterman Tomorrow [Monday 3/20].)

Clive interview at Black Film.com - Thanks, Steph

Derailed DVD is now on sale at stores - From Yvette: Target has the best price. $17.99

Another good review for Inside Man - At Variety - "...the mastermind, Owen is commanding despite being hidden behind a mask much for the time..." - Thanks, Steph

At Overstock.com, a pre-release notice of The Magician DVD - Thanks, Steph

Also at Overstock - Split Second (The Cyclist) - a 1999 TV Drama. You can pre-order. Thanks, Steph

Coming Soon.net: In the future with Clive Owen - Thanks, Nancy

Clive will be on the CBS Early Show on Wednesday the 22nd. Thanks, Yvette

The Hollywood Reporter - Inside Man review (A good one) - "...The head robber, Clive Owen's Dalton Russell, is a character at least as old as Alan Rickman's Eurotrash villain in "Die Hard," but this guy is somehow different: Unusually cool and calm, he is fully in control of the situation as he keeps a step or even a step and a half ahead of Frazier at all times." - Thanks, Steph

From Pamela: "Clive will be on Live with Regis & Kelly on Monday, March 20th promoting "Inside Man." It's a syndicated show so folks will have to check local listings."

Working Title's page on The Golden Age

The Toronto Sun: Clive feelin' alive in Toronto - Thanks, Steph

Eurweb.com: "The Denzel Washington film “Déjà Vu” entered the second month of its scheduled four-month shoot in New Orleans this week. In early February, the Touchstone Pictures production became the first feature film project to roll cameras in the city since the arrival of Hurricane Katrina.  Meanwhile, the red carpet premiere of Spike Lee’s latest flick “Inside Man,” starring Washington opposite Clive Owen and Jodie Foster, will take place Monday (March 20th) at Ziegfeld Theatre in Manhattan (141 West 54th Street). The guest list includes Jay-Z, Jonathan Demme, Malcolm Lee, Nas, DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Toure and Lynn Whitfield. The film opens on March 24."

Star Pulse: Clive Owen is in a New York state of mind - "...He says, "New York is the best city in the world and the capitol of the world, in my opinion. It's the only place I ever come where I could always stay longer. This was the first time I came to New York to shoot a movie on the street and it was a really fantastic experience. I'm crazy about this city. If it wasn't for the fact that I've got a family and kids that are very settled in London I'm pretty sure I'd probably be living here. There's so much to do here and never enough time to do it." -- There is another Star Pulse snippet HERE. - Thanks, Nancy

Cambridge Evening News: Elizabeth's tour of region - LEADING actors Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen are heading to Cambridge and Ely - to film a new period drama. (New location info)

PR Newswire: UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF 'INSIDE MAN' AT ZIEGFELD THEATRE IN MANHATTAN MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2006 - Thanks, Steph

Gossip - The National Ledger: Lindsay Lohan Rescued by Clive Owen

Clive is up for most attractive man of the week at Hello Magazine (you can vote until 3/21) - Thanks, Ivani

IGN DVD: Derailed (Unrated Version) review - Thanks, Steph

Emmanuel Levy's review of Inside Man - Thanks mgill

Oodles of new Inside Man pics at Black Film - Thanks, Wilson

online ie: Lee fears he's prompted violent video game

Clive on his way to the CBS Early Show 3/10 from Isifa. Also pics of him in an Addidas store in Soho -- Do a search for Clive Owen

The Guardian: Cate back for Elizabeth II - the sequel that is - New British production will take up story 15 years after end of original hit -- "...Though the real Dudley lived until 1588, the year of the Armada, Elizabeth's virginal but roving eye will this time alight on Clive Owen's Sir Walter Raleigh. Tim Bevan, co-founder of Working Title, describes the film as "an Elizabethan thriller". - Thanks to all who found this

Clive on the NBC Today show this morning

Week of 3/06/06 to 3/12/06

comingsoon.net - In the future with Clive Owen: "...Literally, I came from Toronto yesterday," he told us. "This script landed [Shoot em up] and it was so inventive and so crazy and wild. It's an incredibly wild fresh, original script and an incredibly ingenious action movie where the lead character keeps being put in incredible situations. You can't believe he's going to get out of them, but somehow he does in very inventive ingenious [ways]. It starts with the guy delivering a baby in an alleyway with people shooting at him, and it doesn't let up for the next 90 minutes. I met the director and thought if someone can pull this off, this will be wild and extraordinary. I met him and I thought he could pull it off, because he had been planning this movie for seven years, and it's going really, really well. He's incredibly on top of it and organized and it's leaping off the page." - Thanks, Steph

AskMen.com: Stealing Onscreen Styles: Clive Owen In Closer

Emmanual Levy.com: Great article and comments from Spike on Inside Man - On Clive Owen - Clive Owen is great, and he took on a big risk, because the audience can't see his face. Denzel said it was hard for him to act with Clive because he fed off Clive's expressions, and there were scenes when his face was completely masked. To give the actors more "face" time and allow the audience into the clever robber's head, we carefully reviewed the script and found places where Owen's character could be filmed unmasked. - Thanks, mgill, Steph

The Comicbook Bin: Inside Man review - Thanks, Steph

Hello! Magazine: At the Premiere of "Ask the Dust" - Meanwhile Clive Owen was spotted chatting with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The Derailed actor - who is a favourite with Hollywood heavyweights such as Julia Roberts - may have been giving the younger man some pointers on how to get ahead in Tinseltown.

The New Statesman: Trailer Trash -- "...I experienced this recently when I almost saw the trailer for Spike Lee's thriller Inside Man. As soon as it dawned on me that the movie looked intriguing, with an impressive cast (Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Chiwetel Ejiofor), I screwed my eyes shut and clamped my hands over my ears. Other audience members may have interpreted this as a psychotic episode. For me it was insurance to protect the day when I see Inside Man. It may turn out that the film is dreadful, but at least my viewing experience will be unpolluted by knowing who did what to whom and why before I've even bought my ticket."

Derailed at the Sky Blog - Thanks, Steph

A new Clive Site - Fun! - and all tongue in cheek - Thanks, Bai

The Village Voice: Inside Man - March 24 -- " Spike Lee re-ups with Denzel Washington for a fourth time to brush the amorphous disappointment that was She Hate Me off his shoulders with a twisty police procedural that basks in Denzel's post– Training Day roguishness. The ever exceptional Clive Owen will surely do what he can with the rote role of dapper bank robber, matching wits with Washington's detective and, um, Jodie Foster, who apparently enjoys confined spaces."

PR Web: Related - Melissa George -- George was most recently seen opposite Clive Owen in the thriller ‘Derailed’, alongside Ryan Reynolds in ‘The Amityville Horror’ and has just wrapped filming on Steven Sawalich’s ‘The Music Within’, starring opposite ‘Sex and the City’ star Ron Livingston.

Looks like Clive is doing the circuit for The Inside Man - Marie says her Chicago station lists him as a guest on the Today Show on NBC on March 13.

BMW's new campaign: "...BMW Audio Books is the second time the company has offered entertainment over the Internet; from 2001 to 2005, it produced "The Hire," widely lauded three-minute downloadable dramas by directors like Ang Lee and Ridley Scott and with actors like Madonna and Clive Owen."

Week of 2/27/06 to 3/05/06

On the Indie Channel’s “Dinner for Five”, Brian Grazer will be one of the dinner guests on Friday, March 10. - (Could be for the Inside Man) - Thanks, Pamela

Box Office Prophets - March openings - Inside Man (Scroll to number four and click on the name of the film for more information

Simple communicate.com: How Did I Get Here: Laurence Moody, TV Drama Director -- "Moody is a huge fan of actors. He directed the late Michael Elphick in Boon, and helped break the careers of Robson Green and heart-throb Clive Owen in Soldier, Soldier and Chancer respectively. "Look at Clive on-screen and he just has this incredible gravitas. He doesn’t seem ever to blink. We sat down and counted him; in an hour’s episode, he only blinked three times on camera." - Thanks, Steph

Lui has the March desktop calendar sheets available at the forum. Scroll to her latest post

Film Journal: 40 acres, 20 years - (Spike Lee) -- "...A fan of Clive Owen's Oscar-nominated performance in Closer, Lee met with the British actor several times during last year's awards season to discuss another project. When Inside Man materialized instead, the director immediately thought Owen would be perfect for the role of the smoothly menacing bank robber."

Entertainment News.au: Related -- ADD Abbie Cornish to the list of Aussiewood stars. - Thanks, Steph

Clive and Jennifer were among the finalists for Moviefone's Moviegoer awards - Sexiest Kiss

Videoclip of London Derailed News Conference - Thanks, Steph

Biggie NZ: Melissa George on Clive - "Q: So what is it about Clive Owen? A friend of mine says he’s “dreamy”. - A: Oh, he’s beyond dreamy. I don’t know if there are even words to describe how dreamy he is [laughs]. But seriously, he’s restored my faith in leading men. I really can't play opposite so many of today’s actors because they seem kind of feminine. They’re too groomed or something. But Clive is a real man. And as actor, he just seems to have so many levels that you can never really predict what he’s going to do. He also has a great sense of humor and made me laugh all day long. - Thanks, Steph

Week of 2/20/06 to 2/26/06

Clive and Sarah Jane - In Style Magazine for March - Thanks, Clemato

Slash Film review of Inside Man: "...Lee is a skilled director, but not yet a master. His three stars turn in good performances. Clive Owen’s Dalton is the most interesting, understating his case at every turn, and watching a mean Jodie Foster is entertaining. Everything else about Inside Man is done right, like Lee has watched a lot of thrillers in preparation for this job. But as much as its twist ending would like to blow your mind, this is a thriller on par with the genre."

PRNews: Five revolutionary films, one great director - " 'The Spike Lee Joint Collection' - Special Set Featuring 'Clockers,' 'Jungle Fever,' 'Do The Right Thing,' 'Crooklyn' and 'Mo' Better Blues' Available on DVD March 7, 2006 From Universal Studios Home Entertainment - Includes Free Movie Ticket to Upcoming Thriller 'Inside Man' Directed by Lee - Thanks, Steph

New Inside Man pics at blackfilm.com - Thanks, Steph

Related - Variety: A wonderful long article on Robert Altman. Brief mentions of Gosford Park

Week of 2/13/06 to 2/19/06

The National Ledger: (In a review for Firewall) - "...Among the trailers was one for the upcoming The Inside Man (starring Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, and Jodie Foster). It's about — you guessed it — an intricately planned bank robbery. I have high hopes for The Inside Man. The 60 second trailer was better than all of the movie that followed. (Actually, the opening credits of Firewall are impressive. If the rest of the film had lived up to those wonderfully rendered few minutes, it would have been a pretty good show.)"

IGN.com: Sin City2: "Casting is still unknown, but "A Dame to Kill For" would bring back several characters from last film, including Gail, played by Rosario Dawson. Dwight, played by Clive Owen in the first film, is the star of "Dame". However, in this story (which takes place before the events of the first film), Dwight has a different face, so it's unclear if Owen would still be cast in the role. Also appearing in "Dame" and likely Sin City 2 are Miho, Manute and Marv. Yeah, Marv is back, albeit in a smaller role." - Thanks, Steph

From Marg at the forum: "This is in todays Daily Mail: 'Abbie Cornish, a major star in the making, has been honing her English accent. Her Australian tones wouldn't exactly suit her next role: a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth 1. In April, she goes before the cameras in The Golden Age, with Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett once again playing Elizabeth and Clive Owen as the swashbuckling Sir Walter Raleigh, who upsets the Queen when he falls in love with her lady-in-waiting, Bess Throckmorton, played by Ms. Cornish.......'

Pitt U news: Lee to give inspiring talk tonight -- "...Lee’s next film, “The Inside Man,” scheduled to come out sometime this year, is showing promise with an award-winning cast of Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen. Lee has also mentioned that he plans to create a documentary focusing on the racial tensions that erupted in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina." - Thanks, Steph

Thanks to Marie and her translation, an article on Clive from In Style Germany

24Wrestling.com: -- Christian and Chris Jericho are being cast for a movie role in “Shoot Em Up” starring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti. Chris Jericho is also scheduled for a part in a play in Toronto this summer.

Week of 2/06/06 to 2/12/06

Wanadoo.com : Interview with Clive - Thanks, Doro

Empire Magazine says : Thriller Derailed, featuring Jennifer Aniston, Clive Owen and Vincent Cassel, entered the chart at number five with £693,669. (The UK) - Thanks, Steph

inison.ie: (Registration required) - Why Clive refuses to be branded -- 'HOW do I feel about adultery?" Clive Owen answers a question with a question. "Well, I don't do it," he continues with a big laugh. "And obviously I don't condone it. I've been married 10 years and not being adulterous is part of it." Adultery, it's not something you often discuss with a complete stranger. Unless you're paying them to listen - and Clive Owen is not. Instead, he's here to plug his movie - Derailed, with Jennifer Aniston, specifically concerned with adultery - and I'm hereto learn as much about Clive Owen as he will allow. And yet, for the first long moment, neither of us says anything. "Great, this is my kind of interview," says Owen and we both laugh, his smile exposing extraordinary dazzling teeth, disarming in their whiteness. - Thanks, Steph

Week of 1/30/06 to 2/05/06

MI6: But in an interview with Glamour magazine, Owen said: "Playing James Bond would have been like entering a golden prison, and I doubt that would have suited me." (Ed Note: If there are pictures with the Glamour article can someone scan them? Thanks! Here is my e-mail)

The Scotsman: Owen - 'no-one can beat Sean's Bond' - Actor Clive Owen has revealed he repeatedly turned down the role of James Bond - because he reckons no-one can top Sean Connery. The 41-year-old heart-throb was tipped to be the next 007 before Daniel Craig signed up to be the first blond Bond. But in... - Thanks, Steph

Jam Canoe CA: Clive Owen has a cameo in The Pink Panther as a British agent with the code name Agent 006. “I think we knew at the time we approached Clive he was being considered for James Bond,” reveals Martin. “I think that’s a big part of the joke of having him play our Agent 006.” - Thanks, Steph

Movie Hole: Is Angelina Jolie headed to "Sin City"? - "Jolie would no doubt be playing Ava, the sultry sexy mermaid who left Dwight (Clive Owen) for a rich bankroll of a husband a few years back. Year’s later, Ava shows up on his door, speaking seduction but secretly planning his corruption and downfall." -- Thanks, Steph

icWales: Owen on Track - In the past couple of years, Clive Owen's Hollywood career has exploded. Here, he tells Rob Driscoll how he keeps a handle on fame, and what it was like working with Jennifer Aniston in his latest movie - Thanks, Steph, mgill

The Independent UK: Clive is #5 on the New Woman sexiest men list - Thanks, Allison

PR Newswire: Heads Up! - 'Sin City All Star Saturday (2/4)' Lineup on Starz

Lui has two new calendar sheets for February - HERE and HERE

Movies on line Canada: Complete DVD details for Derailed - Thanks, Doro

Week of 1/23/06 to 1/29/06

The NY Post on Paul Giamatti:"...But Giamatti does reveal that his character "shoots and kills lots of people" in "Shoot 'Em Up," a "very odd action movie" with Clive Owen that will shortly go into production in Toronto."

Businesswire.com: Moviefone Moviegoer Awards: "...In addition to traditional categories such as Movie of the Year and Actor of the Year, the Moviefone Moviegoer Awards, sponsored by JC Penney, also offers more offbeat categories including Biggest Badass, Vilest Villain, and Most Hysterical Performance. Beginning today, moviegoers everywhere can visit the Moviefone.com(R) web site to cast their votes. Voting ends on February 24 and the winners will be announced on February 28." (Clive gets a nomination for "Sexiest kiss" from Derailed)

joblo.com: Director Kevin Smith's top 10 films: "The One That Did the Impossible: Sin City - Robert and Frank Miller somehow managed to take the “Sin City” graphic novels and put ‘em up on screen as… the “Sin City” graphic novels. This flick was, visually, an amazing achievement, and fun as fuck to watch." - Thanks, Allison

New picture from Inside Man at blackfilm.com - Thanks, Wilson

The NY Post: Dental Dictator -- "COULD mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer be behind the rash of huge white horse-teeth Hollywood's male stars are sporting these days? When Bruckheimer wants to work with a movie hunk, he insists they "look like a star," one insider giggled, "so they all have to go out and get what we call 'Chompers' - caps on their teeth. They all get their teeth whittled down and these big white gleaming caps on." Which would explain the blindingly white smiles of Ben Affleck ("Pearl Harbor"), Nicolas Cage ("National Treasure") and Clive Owen ("King Arthur"). A rep for Bruckheimer declined comment." [ed note: Well, I for one don't like it one bit!]

The Guardian UK: 'He's a bit of an idiot but I did like him' - Clive Owen tells Laura Barton why he was attracted to playing a fool - Thanks, Steph

Entertainment Wise: "The gentlemanly actor Clive Owen splashed out on an elaborate gift for his ‘Derailed’ co-star Jennifer Aniston in a bid to cheer her up.... Read More - Thanks, Gieselle

The Independent: "The fashion world was shocked to see the edgy Hollywood star Clive Owen sitting a few seats from Peter Mandelson at Giorgio Armani's catwalk show in Milan last week. Strangely, although it was reported that they later shared a dinner table, Owen is anxious not to be pegged as a chum of the Prince of Darkness. "Oh no, we definitely weren't there together," Owen tells me. "In fact, much as I would have liked to, I didn't even get to meet the guy. But I do understand that he was there at the show." Having discussed the author of "bra wars," Owen - who was speaking at the premiere of his new film, Derailed - broke his silence about missing out on the plum role of James Bond. "I'm a professional," he said philosophically. "I actually think Daniel Craig was an excellent choice and, of course, wish him the best." - Thanks, Doro

The Daily Mail: Owen: I didn't leave Jen black and blue - Thanks, Steph

Channel Four UK News: Clive Owen's an Aniston fan - Thanks, Doro

The Scotsman: 'Clive Owen attends film premiere' - Hollywood heartthrob Clive Owen has attended the UK premiere of his new film Derailed. The 41-year-old heaped praise on his co-star Jennifer Aniston, who could not make the event. - Thanks, Steph - Also, there are 2 images at Getty

IESB: Interview with Don Murphy (Shoot em Up) - Thanks, Steph

Four word reviews of Clive's film - Some quite funny - Thanks, Doro

Week of 1/16/06 to 1/22/06

The Denver Post: Mention of Clive in an article mostly about Orlando Bloom - "...The closer the likeness, the more we become facsimiles, sudden stand-ins on a film set. Actor Clive Owen, fine, I'll play the understudy: granite jaw, meaty fists, the dark stare of a Brit one step ahead. Show me a scene he doesn't commandeer." - Thanks, Doro

It looks like Clive will attend the UK premiere of "Derailed" on Monday, January 23rd 2006. See link HERE - Thanks, Sara

Images of Clive, the Armani show, at the childrenofmen live journal - Thanks, Steph

Vogue UK: "WITH Clive Owen and Peter Mandelson in the front row, Giorgio Armani brought the menswear shows to an end in Milan last night with a collection that couldn't fail to please all his fans – famous or not."

Kansas City Star: Eat, drink and watch movies -- ..."We love previews, and we got only one. On the upside, if you’re going to give a girl only one trailer, at least it was “Inside Man,” starring the charming and sexy Clive Owen and Denzel Washington.

This is Hertforshire: Fears for studio's future -- "... The studio announced real term profits for the first half of last year, which compares to a significant loss made by one rival studio. This is, in no small part, due to the attraction of major films to the site, such as Derailed, starring Clive Owen, who won the studio's first BAFTA in 30 years for Closer. Other new movies based at Elstree include the slavery epic Amazing Grace and World Cup film 66." - Thanks, Doro

Hornsey and Crouch End Journal: Gym car wash ban upsets the stars -- "...Actor Clive [Owen] said: "The people who worked the car wash are really nice guys and did a good service. I can't see what the fuss is about." - Thanks, Doro

You can read the Croupier script HERE - Thanks Brian

The Guardian - Sex and the 16th Century Monarch: "...In Hollywood's upcoming The Golden Age, Queen Cate Blanchett disports herself with Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh." - Thanks, Doro

Week of 1/08/06 to 1/15/06

Canada.com: Toronto braces for Hollywood bullets - "...Monica Bellucci has been cast as the female lead in the movie and Paul Giamatti will play a villain. Production is scheduled for February 13 to May 8 in Toronto. (Toronto fans keep an eye out!) Written and directed by Michael Davis, Shoot ‘Em Up is described by Dark Horizons as “one of the most inventive action/gun fight movie scripts ever to be assembled with shootouts during both a sex scene and in the midst of a freefall.” The movie opens with Owen’s character, named only “Mr. Smith,” delivering a baby in the middle of a gunfight. The mother dies but the infant lives so Smith teams up with a prostitute (Bellucci) and goes on the run in a desperate attempt to save the baby’s life.

You can buy the Derailed DVD from Amazon on March 21, 2006 - Thanks, Steph

Moonbeam has a blog with lots of Clive in it. (and a mention of this site) - Thanks, Doro

Large versions of the COM images of Clive are at the Bean Box Message Board

Sky News: "Who's In The Bag? If you're known as a bit of a heart-throb, you'd be a ever so slightly gutted to learn your latest role entailed putting a bag on your head." Thanks, Steph (UK release in November)

Clive on the set of Children of Men at WENN - Thanks, Kittie

Moby Games: Info on Privateer 2 - The Darkening - Thanks, Doro