EWAN WILL NOT BE FILMING IN IRELAND FOR--KNOCKOUT.

RONAN McGREEVY
Fet 8 2010

THE WORDS “Hollywood” and “glamour” are commonly associated with one another.

But fame, fortune and the endless rounds of red carpets and award ceremonies really belong to showbusiness. The process of making movies, as any early bird in Dublin’s Grafton Street witnessed yesterday, is a tedious one of shooting and reshooting and mostly hanging around.

How many times can you film a woman coming out of Burger King? Let us count the ways. It took nearly two hours to film Gina Carano, the star of Knockout , crossing Grafton Street to the flower stall at the corner of Chatham Street, a sequence that might end up being 10 seconds in the film or alternatively could end up on the cutting room floor.

Carano, a relative unknown, is a tough cookie with a background in mixed martial arts, but, in between takes, she wore a full-length puffer jacket to keep out the cold.

Knockout , an international thriller, is one of the most high-profile Hollywood films to come to Ireland in recent years, mostly because it is directed by Steven Soderbergh who won a best director Oscar for Traffic in 2000.

Soderbergh’s films, which also include the Oceans Eleven series, Erin Brockovich and Sex Lies and Videotape, are better known than he is and few shoppers recognised the angular-looking man with the outsized glasses calling the shots yesterday.

You would have to have got up early to follow Soderbergh and the 100-strong cast and crew. While many people were sleeping off their Saturday night excesses, the team filmed outside the Shelbourne Hotel at 7.30am taking advantage of the light and the empty streets before moving on to Grafton Street and finally to Dawson Street.

In total they shot for 10 hours. At best five minutes of it will make it on to the screen.

The $25 million (€18 million) budget for the film is partially financed by the Section 481 tax breaks and money from The Irish Film Board. Irish company Parallel Films is one of the producers.

The movie also features three bona-fide A-list stars in Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas and ********Ewan McGregor.
Unfortunately none is taking part in the Irish leg as the film is also being shot on location in Turkey, Spain and New Mexico.

The makers of Knockout will film in Ireland for three weeks in total

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o0fhVNPyV8

VIDEO ------AT THE PREMIERE OF ILYPM Feb 2010
IN FRENCH.

Does anyone know what the viewers were saying after seeing the film?
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EDIT---
THIS, I WAS TOLD, IS SOME OF WHAT WAS SAID.

The people love it, they say that it´s very amusing and funny.
They love the character of Jim carrey and Ewan. and one woman said that Ewan's character is extraordinary. so they all love it^^
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People also said that the film manages to be both entertaining and moving, and that it made them cry and laugh.

Oh yes, and French producer Luc Besson "thanks" American studios for refusing to fund the project which gave him the opportunity to take over.

ADVENTURE WITH EWAN~~!!!

THIS MAY BE A REPETE OF INFORMATION BUT IT JUST CAME IN TODAY.
PERHAPS WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AND GET SOME PICTURES OF EWAN.
IT WILL BE RELEASED IN FEB.


Davidoff seeks new Adventure with Ewan McGregor
by Sandra Rose

February 5 2010


Coty Prestige have announced a new addition to their Davidoff franchise; Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraîche will be ********released in February.

The new fragrance is said to be a fresh green juice that will be packaged in a flacon reminiscent of an adventurer’s hip-flask. Opening with top notes of green mandarin, bergamot and neroli, the fragrance has a heart of ginger and basil leading to a base of vetiver, cedar wood and musk.

Actor Ewan McGregor has been signed as the face of the fragrance, the advertising campaign draws on McGregor’s experiences filming Long Way Round his journey around the world on his motorcycle in 2004, and his most recent adventure Long Way Down in 2007.

Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraîche will be available as a 50ml and 100ml Eau de Toilette and will cost approximately €50 and €65 respectively. Also available will be a 150ml shower gel, €19 and a 75g deodorant stick €21

I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS--- 2-2010

Jim Carrey's rude painting shock

Jim Carrey painted a rude picture on a poster for his latest film

Published Date: 05 February 2010

Jim Carrey pushed the boundaries of outrageousness in Paris when he daubed a smiley-faced penis on a poster for his new film I Love You Phillip Morris.
With his co-star ****Ewan McGregor and the assembled European press looking on in stunned silence, Jim produced a pot of red paint and a brush to leave his mark on the billboard-sized poster.

The stunt came at the end of an hour-long press conference at a posh hotel to promote the film, which tells the true story of conman Steven Russell, who escaped from jail five times in the name of love, to be with Phillip Morris.

Russell is currently serving 144 years in prison in Texas, while his former lover makes a cameo appearance in the film.

:: I Love You Phillip Morris is released in UK cinemas on March 17.

LINK TO ARTICLE..
http://www.thestar.co.uk/latest-entertainment-news/Jim-Carreys-rude-painting-shock.6047496.jp
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LINK TO A VIDEO WITH JIM DOING THE DRAWING AND EWAN LOOKING ON.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDNoH_wWrKc


HERES THE LINK TO ANOTHER VIDEO WITH EWAN AND JIM --- ILYPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZrfKB15lF4

EWAN--- UNICIEF---

Unicef to launch £55m children's rights campaign
3 February 2010
Children's charity Unicef hopes to generate some £55 million in a new five-year fundraising campaign set to launch on Monday (February 8th).

Put It Right will comprise three phases that focus on advertising, donations and marketing and already has the backing of some high profile personalities, including Unicef ambassadors***** Ewan McGregor and Duncan Bannatyne.

The campaign aims to raise awareness of the rights of children and instigate cultural change.

David Bull, Unicef UK executive director, told the Guardian: "We want local authorities to try to embed children's rights approaches into their policy and practice.

"I hope the campaign will be transformative in changing public attitudes to children."

In related news, July 2009 saw the charity launch a new campaign to improve sexual health services in the UK.

According to statistics gathered by Unicef and the Terrance Higgins Trust, 20 per cent of young people who have visited a sexual health clinic rated it as ''bad'' or ''very bad'', while many do not know where to turn for sexual health advice and information.

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Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor Kiss!
PostedTuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor kissing.

Everything that Jim Carrey does looks like a joke. We just hope that kissing
*****Ewan McGregor was also one of his jokes. The two actors have been honored by French Culture Minister and named knights in the National Order of Arts and Letters for their contributions to the film industry. A serious thing as it sounds. But not with these two who have expressed their pride by smooching each other on the lips.
But if we look closely, the Minister Frederic Mitterrand gave a far-from-formal speech too: "I love you, Jim Carrey! I love you, Ewan McGregor!"

Anyway, the actors' gesture and the Minister's speech are connected to the fact that they are co-stars in 'I Love You Phillip Morris' where Carrey and ****McGregor play as gay lovers.

"If I were to be really honest, there is a homophobic voice that rises up inside me. It goes 'that's kind of scary'. First of all, what will people think? And second of all, will I like kissing ****Ewan? How will that affect me and Jenny [McCarthy, his girlfriend]? Those are the honest kind of thoughts that go through your head", Carrey declared during the Sundance Film Festival's press conference.

Then he added this is not a gay movie, "I think it's a movie about humanity. For me, for my perspective and the perspective of my character, it's really about the lengths we go to for acceptance or love", he said.

Jim Carrey and ****Ewan McGregor tackle the roles of Steven Jay Russell and Phillip Morris respectively in the movie that will hit US theatres on March 26 2010.

EWAN ---- VOICE OF CAMPAIGN ---- UNICEF

Unicef launches five-year push

Tue, 2 Feb 2010

Unicef is launching “Put it Right,” a five-year initiative with its first ever television campaign to champion the rights of children across the globe.

The TV ads, created by Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO, are supported by a fully integrated marketing campaign press ads, outdoor ads and digital activity which will roll out in three phases.

The campaign focuses on five key rights children should have; right to a childhood, to be healthy, to be educated, to be treated fairly and to be heard, and features five children from around the world who have received help and support from Unicef.

The first phase of the campaign breaks on 8 February with TV ads across terrestrial and digital channels and will feature Unicef UK ambassador *****Ewan McGregor as the voice of the campaign.

The second and third phases will see a 60-second direct response TV ad and a direct marketing campaign to solicit donations.

Unicef UK executive director David Bull, says the campaign marks a “transformative moment” for the charity and is the start of the long-term initiative to build public awareness and support.

GROUND HOG DAY----

The little fellow saw his shadow, so there will be 6 more weeks of winter.

BUMMER~!!!!!


PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – The groundhog has spoken. And it's bad news.
FEB 2 2010

Punxsutawney (puhnk-suh-TAW'-nee) Phil has emerged to see his shadow before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will last another six weeks.

German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.

The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club annually announces Phil's forecast at dawn on Gobbler's Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Phil's announcement came before hundreds of onlookers who huddled as temperatures hovered in the teens.

The Groundhog Club says since 1887 Phil has predicted more winter weather by seeing his shadow nearly 100 times, but there are no records for nine years.

EWAN ON THE RED CARPET--ILYPM ---FRANCE---FEB 1 2010




JUST A COUPLE MORE PICTURES OF EWAN IN FRANCE.....

FROM THE X FACTOR
THIS IS A HEARTWARMING VIDEO.

I KNOW I SHED A FEW TEARS...
BEAUTIFUL~!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-ocLJuHRA