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Copyright 2003 The Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times
All Rights Reserved
March 30, 2003 Sunday Home Edition
SECTION: Sunday Calendar; Part 5; Page 1; Calendar Desk
HEADLINE: MOVIES; Michael Moore, the new diplomat; In Europe, the director has come to symbolize the American underdog.
BYLINE: Kristin Hohenadel, Special to The Times
DATELINE: Paris
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When Michael Moore won best documentary for "Bowling for Columbine" at last week's Academy Awards, his antiwar comments -- "Shame on you, Mr. Bush!" -- were met
with cheers and jeers. The orchestra cut him off. Steve Martin made a joke.
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On press night of "Michael Moore -- Live!" last November in slightly out-of-the-way Camden, the sympathetic audience -- which included actor Alan Rickman snorting it up
a few rows back -- laughed, cheered and generally went along for the ride as Moore did his shtick: a whole skit about the things you can't bring on a post-Sept. 11 plane;
real-time calls to fast-food joints in the Middle East to gather intelligence on Osama bin Laden. A call to the FBI switchboard, in which an operator had never heard of the
Office of Homeland Security. He ate Doritos while sitting in a scruffy easy chair, with blown-up photos of a young W, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Tony Blair
hanging behind him.
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Georgiana
Seattle - Sunday, March 30, 2003
| March 29, 2003 |
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Copyright 2003 Independent Newspapers (UK) Limited
The Independent
March 29, 2003
HEADLINE: THE WEASEL
BYLINE: Christopher Hirst
IF YOU'VE got a house full of books - and lots of people thrilled by this books issue will have - how do you sort the damn things out? Some do it by colour, which was easy
when Penguin stuck to cheery orange spines, but it is now almost impossible to avoid the coat-of-many-colours effect. The other day, I came across an interior designer who
achieved literary uniformity by the inventive expedient of turning all his book spines to the wall. So minimalist, my dear, and so exciting every time you reach for a volume.
Some sort their books by size, which sounds potty, except this is exactly how the British Library files its stock in order to save on space.
In Weasel Villas, we have developed our own slightly idiosyncratic method for ordering our ever-expanding library. Perhaps you'll be able to guess how it works if I list some
of the books lined near me as I type these words: The Rivals by James Naughtie, The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, Counting My Chickens by Deborah Devonshire
and Street Graphics Tokyo by Barry Dawson. Do you know what it is yet? Well, here's another quartet: Classic Cocktails by Salvatore Calabrese, Apollinaire Selected
Poems, The Incomparable Rex by Patrick Garland and Baking by Marguerite Patten. Do you perceive a link? Does any taxonomy suggest itself? Maybe the Duchess of
Devonshire discovered a shared fondness for Darwin's masterpiece with Jim Naughtie during a visit to Tokyo? I'll spare you any further nut-scratching. The books listed
above have nothing in common whatsoever. Like bladderwrack and plastic bottles on the seashore, the arrangement of the books in the Weasel Library is purely the result of
random forces.
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Though publishers obviously intend their cover screeds to be compellingly alluring, they often have the reverse effect on me. One that starts "Alan Rickman is an enigma"
prompted the response "And long may he stay that way" rather than any impetus to open Alan Rickman: The Unauthorised Biography by Maureen Paton (Virgin, pounds
9.99). Similarly, "Jack is the 11-year-old son of an Elvis impersonator who works the clubs at night and fits wigs by day ..." failed to impel me to embark on Another Elvis
Love Child by Janette Jenkins (Vintage, pounds 6.99).
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Georgiana
Seattle - Saturday, March 29, 2003
| March 28, 2003 |
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Copyright 2003 EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS
The Express
March 28, 2003
SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 51
HEADLINE: THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE; THEATRE
BYLINE: ROBERT GORE LANGTON
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Old Vic, Bristol, 0117 987 7877, ends April 5 KING LEAR Old Vic, London SE1, 020 7369 1722, ends April 19
BACK in the mid-Eighties LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES was a huge stage hit starring Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan. It finally ended up as a film, Dangerous
Liaisons, with Michelle Pfeiffer as the victim.
Based on an obscure 1782 French novel, Christopher Hampton brilliantly dramatises its tale of two decadent French aristocrats playing out a nasty game of sex and
intrigue. Their chosen target is a woman of impeccable virtue and they deliberately set out to ruin her. The original play's impact does not quite come over in the new
production directed by Sam West. Dervla Kirwan is the ice-cool La Marquise de Merteuil and Rupert Penry-Jones is her partner in crime, the randy Valmont. He is a tad too
meek and she never quite sparks off him. That said, it looks good, Bristol's lovely Old Vic suits the show's period perfectly and the story still exerts a creepy, fascinating
grip.
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Georgiana
Seattle - Friday, March 28, 2003
| March 23, 2003 |
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Copyright 2003 Associated Newspapers Ltd.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
March 23, 2003
By Tamzin Lewis
DRESSED down in a baggy rugby shirt and grasping lecture notes under her arm, she looks like any other student on her way to a tutorial.
But Bryony Daniels still turned heads as she strolled through the Scottish town of St Andrews - not only for her model good looks, but also because her companion just
happens to be heir to the throne.
The 20-year-old beauty, who is tonight set to make a stunning catwalk appearance, has struck up a close friendship with Prince William since they began studying
geography together at the town's university. The Prince, also 20, has a very close set of friends but it is Bryony who is said to have won his trust. Tonight she will be in the
spotlight at a charity fashion show - and the world will be watching to see if her Royal friend puts in an appearance.
The 5ft 11in beauty has been chosen to model for the Don't Walk 2003 show, organised by students and held in the opulent surroundings of the five-star St Andrews Bay
Golf Resort and Spa hotel.
Bryony was among ten female students who were selected to promote the event at a photocall last month, posing in a ruched top, cropped trousers and matching brown
jacket.
And after the publicity shoot, Bryony met up with Prince William, who accompanied her into the town centre.
A year ago William, who uses the surname Wales at St Andrews, surprised onlookers by taking a front-row seat at the Don't Walk fashion show - then a fledgling event at the
student union.
He was captivated as models strutted before him in lingerie, while his pal Kate Middleton - now his flatmate - appeared in a transparent lace dress.
Then, Bryony sat alongside the Prince and their circle of friends at the GBP 200-a-seat show. Tonight, she'll appear on the catwalk in the event - supported by supermodel
Claudia Schiffer and actors Dame Judi Dench and Alan Rickman - which hopes to raise GBP 20,000 for charity.
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Georgiana
Seattle - Sunday, March 23, 2003
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Countdown To Charities Campaign Fashion Show 10 Mar 2003
The University of St Andrews Charities Campaign Fashion Show will take place later this month (Sunday 23 March 2003).
It is hoped that the "Don't Walk" event, which will feature a range of haute couture, will raise up to £20,000. An original painting by world renowned Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, Patron of the show, will be auctioned at the glitzy event.
The show, which achieved international acclaim in 2002, will this year support Juvenile Diabetes and Scottish International Relief. Backed by Jack Vettriano, Judi Dench, Alan Rickman and Radio 1's DJ Spoony, the event will again bring the best of European student designs from Paris' ESMOD, Rome's Design Institute and, on exceptional loan, Pierce Brosnan's Die Another Day and Mel Gibson's Braveheart costumes. The show has been heavily sponsored, most notably, by DHL.
NOTE TO EDITORS
You are invited to send a reporter/photographer to the fashion show at St Andrews Bay hotel at 7pm on Sunday 23 March 2003.
Space for photographers will be limited.
To book a press pass, please fax Director Charlie Moretti on 01334 467458.
Passes will be handed out at the entrance to the venue.
ID may be required on the night.
MEDIA WHO HAVE NOT ORDERED A PRESS PASS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED ACCESS TO THE EVENT.
The auction of Jack Vettriano's painting will take place at approximately 7.45pm. A jpeg version of the painting to be auctioned - copyright Jack Vettriano and courtesy of Portland Gallery, London - is available from Claire Grainger, Press Officer, University of St Andrews - 01334 462530 or 07730 415 015.
Kimberly
- Friday, March 21, 2003
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There is a big Peace Concert scheduled in Covent Garden this coming Sunday evening (I expect that tube station is still closed), 23 March. At this point, Mr. Rickman is not listed as a participant; Lindsay Duncan and Ian McKellan are.
Georgiana
Seattle - Thursday, March 20, 2003
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The Halifax Daily News
March 13, 2003 Thursday DAILY Edition
SECTION: MATINEE; Pg. 27
HEADLINE: Still sexy: Titillating tale worth telling, retelling
BYLINE: By MARILYN SMULDERS, The Daily News
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There are some stories worth telling -- and telling again. Such is the case with Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Written by Choderlos de Laclos in 1782 -- seven years before the
French Revolution -- the novel tells of the seduction and betrayal practised by the central characters, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil. They ploit for
pleasure and power, but their scheme turns against them.
Merteuil sets the plot in motion by ordering Valmont to seduce Cecile Volanges, a virgin heiress. But Valmont finds Cecile presents too easy a conquest, and sets his sights
on Madame de Tourvel, a beauty known for her purity. Valmont wants the challenge of arousing passion in the heart of a good and pious woman.
Laclos was a career army officer. And although he was imprisoned and his novel banned, the book was an unqualified hit. It's said Marie Antoinette had a copy bound into the
cover of her prayer book so she could titillate herself with the goings-on of the fictional court while maintaining the appearance of piety.
Christopher Hampton's play -- "as hideously diverting as the original," according to Vanity Fair -- debuted in 1986 by the Royal Shakespeare Company, running for nearly
2,000 performances in London's West End, and then making the jump across the Atlantic to New York. It made a star of the young actor who played Valmont -- Alan
Rickman -- and Hampton adapted his own play for the film version starring Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich.
The shock of the story comes not so much from the scenes of seduction, the nudity, and the scheming, but from the portrayal of the Marquise de Merteuil who behaves "like
a man" throughout, using people, and determined to stay in charge.
"That is the scandal -- that she actually behaves in a way that is manly," muses director Ron Ulrich, on a break from rehearsals. "She follows her own will, and enjoys sexual
congress. That's pretty much unheard of in literature."
Ulrich, Neptune Theatre's artistic director, saw Rickman in the RSC production in London, and again in New York, and he's probably seen the play another half-dozen times
besides. Heeding the desire to stage a lavish costume production, he decided it was time for Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Neptune.
"I think the playwright, Christopher Hampton, is so brilliantly true to the original text -- it's like reading the novel, but instead it's alive before your eyes. To me, it's a
miracle. Five-hundred pages of book jammed into an hour-and-a-half play, with all the ideas, the thoughts, the intrigue intact."
SIDEBAR: At Neptune
- WHAT: Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton
- WHERE, WHEN: Previews tonight, 8 p.m. Opens Friday, 8 p.m. and continues to Sunday, April 6, in Neptune's Fountain Hall. Showtimes Tuesdays to Fridays, 8 p.m.;
Saturdays, 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
- HOW MUCH: Tickets $36.50, $31.50. Tuesdays and Sunday nights, $30.
SIDEBAR: The movies
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, adapted for the stage by Christopher Hampton from the 18th-century novel by Choderlos do Laclos, has also been the inspiration for three films.
- Dangerous Liaisons (1989) is closest to the play, since the screenplay was also written by Hampton. Glenn Close stars as the predatory widow Marquise De Merteuil, who
challenges a notorious rake (John Malkovich) to seduce a beautiful newlywed (Michelle Pfeiffer). The movie was nominated for Oscars for best picture, best actress (Close),
and best supporting actress (Pfeiffer). Hampton won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay. It also won for costume design and art direction.
- VALMONT: That same year, Milos Forman's Valmont was released, starring Annette Bening, Colin Firth, and Meg Tilly (in the Pfeiffer role). Valmont is said to be "freely
based" on Choderlos de Laclos's book. The plot remains the same: two debauched, depraved 18th-century French aristocrats, the Vicomte de Valmont (Firth) and the
Marquise de Merteuil (Bening), conspire to destroy several innocent lives, just for the fun of it. Valmont missed out on Oscar attention, attracting one nomination for
costume design.
- CRUEL INTENTIONS: Director Roger Kumble transfers Les Liaisons Dangereuses to modern Manhattan, where wealthy prep-school student Kathryn (Sarah Michelle
Gellar) bets her stepbrother Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe) that he can't deflower Annette (Reese Witherspoon) before the school year begins. "A 90210 rerun on Viagra!"
spouted one critic.
GRAPHIC: Gina Wilkinson (right) and Lawrence Haegert in Neptune's Les Liaisons Dangereuses.; FILE Colin Firth, Annette Bening in Valmont.
Georgiana
Seattle - Thursday, March 20, 2003
Copyright 2003 Sun Media Corporation
The Ottawa Sun
March 19, 2003 Wednesday, Final Edition
SECTION: Showbiz; Pg. 35
HEADLINE: SUPER QUIZ
BYLINE: ISAAC ASIMOV
Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman level, 2 points on the Graduate level and 3 points on the PhD level.
SUBJECT: ALLEN OR ALAN
Each answer is a person named Allen or Alan
(e.g., She was an Oscar nominee for her roles in Nixon, The Crucible and The Contender. Answer: Joan Allen).
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. Winner of the best director Oscar for Annie Hall.
2. The voice for Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story.
3. He starred in the title role of the movie Shane.
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. In 1953, he created The Tonight Show for NBC.
5. She starred with her husband, George Burns.
6. His first major film was Die Hard, where he was cast as Hans Gruber.
PhD LEVEL
7. He commanded the Green Mountain Boys.
8. He broadcasted for the New York Yankees from 1939 until 1964.
9. Along with Eric Woolfson, he created the Tales of Mystery and Imagination album.
SCORING
18 points -- congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points -- honours graduate; 10 to 14 points -- you're plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points -- hit the books harder; 1 point
to 3 points -- enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points -- yikes!
ANSWERS
1. Woody Allen. 2. Tim Allen. 3. Alan Ladd. 4. Steve Allen. 5. Gracie Allen. 6. Alan Rickman. 7. Ethan Allen. 8. Mel Allen. 9. Alan Parsons.
Georgiana
Seattle - Thursday, March 20, 2003
Copyright 2003 The Stage Newspapers Ltd
The Stage
March 20, 2003
SECTION: Pg. 11
HEADLINE: DAVID SCASE;
Obituaries
BYLINE: Patrick Newley
Variously described by his colleagues as both fierce and lovable, David Scase was a renowned British repertory director who will be especially remembered for his pioneering
work at the Library Theatre, Manchester.
During Scase's tenure at the theatre, which opened in 1947, his company included a host of up and coming actors who went on to become household names. Anthony
Hopkins, Robert Stephens, Alan Rickman, Martin Jarvis and Patrick Stewart were just a few who benefitted from Scase's sound advice and direction. Born on September 21,
1919, in Fulham, London, David Scase first worked in a factory before joining the Merchant Navy, when his ship was torpedoed. He then went to work at the BBC as a sound
engineer.
Later he branched out into acting and stage management and joined Joan Littlewood's famous Theatre Workshop when it was based in Manchester in 1945. He met his future
wife, the actress Rosalie Williams, in Littlewood's company.
Scase became a director with the Manchester Library Theatre between 1954 and 1966 and from 1969 to 1983.
In 1972 he oversaw the opening of the Wythenshawe Forum, which has now closed.
Most of his productions at the Library Theatre were critically acclaimed and hugely popular with local audiences.
He was a daring and inventive director, very much of the no-nonsense old school, and among his most famous productions were Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge,
Henry V starring Patrick Stewart and The Long and the Short and the Tall with Steven Berkoff.
In 1978 he commissioned the radical play When the Actors Come by Don Taylor.
It opened during the 'winter of discontent' when much of the country was on strike.
The theatre was officially closed and audiences had to enter across the stage.
He also directed at Liverpool, Nottingham and at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre.
In the West End he directed Eric Chappell's The Banana Box starring Leonard Rossiter, which became the precursor of the popular TV comedy series Rising Damp.
Scase continued to work as an actor as well as directing and among his most memorable performances were Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and the theatre owner Dmitri
Weismann in Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies. On television he appeared in Juliet Bravo, The Racing Game and Till We Meet Again.
He died on February 27, aged 83. His wife of 58 years, Rosalie, survives him, as do his three daughters and son.
Georgiana
Seattle - Thursday, March 20, 2003
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Copyright 2003 Evening Herald (Plymouth)
Evening Herald (Plymouth)
March 18, 2003
SECTION: Features; Cinema/Video; Films; Pg. 24
HEADLINE: Liam Leads This Excellent Cast
The only film of the night is the story of Irish hero MICHAEL COLLINS (ITV1, 12.25am). Neil (The Crying Game) Jordan's controversial biopic charts the life of the man who
led the 1916 Easter uprising against British rule.
Jordan shows how Collins became a hero for Irish nationalists before his single-mindedness drove a fatal wedge between him and his followers.
There's an excellent cast, led by Liam Neeson as Collins.
Superb support comes from Alan Rickman, Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn and Ian Hart, although Julia Roberts is largely wasted as the love interest. Still she gets to wear some
nice hats, bless her. (1996).
Georgiana
Seattle - Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Copyright 2003 People's Press Printing Society Ltd
Morning Star
March 18, 2003
SECTION: Pg. 8
HEADLINE: TV Previews;
BYLINE: WITH ANN DOUGLAS
TONGHT'S film is the powerful biographical drama Michael Collins (ITV, 12.25am).
Michael Collins was the firebrand republican who wanted to see a free Ireland and started a resistance movement with his friend Harry Boland. He was joined by many others
in his quest to liberate Ireland from British rule.
Collins virtually invented urban terrorism. He fought the British authorities and negotiated the treaty that was to split the republican movement and lead to his assasination
by his own side in 1922.
The film dramatises the events somewhat, but it still makes compelling viewing, showing a period of history that many would like to forget.
Liam Neeson stars in the title role, Aiden Quinn plays Harry Boland, Alan Rickman is superb as the duplicitous Eamon de Valera.
It is well worth staying up to watch the film or to programme the video to tape it.
Georgiana
Seattle - Wednesday, March 19, 2003
| March 17, 2003 |
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Copyright 2003 Time Out Group
Time Out
March 12, 2003
SECTION: Pg. 146 147 148 149 151 152
HEADLINE: Theatre: West End
Platform performance Collateral Damage: Responses to War Fri 5.15pm. Free.
A weekly platform for artists to respond to the Iraq conflict. This week's contributors include Terry Jones, Jeremy Hardy, Joe Penhall, Vanesse Redgrave, Alan Rickman and
John Sessions.
Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, March 17, 2003
Copyright 2003 Time Out Group
Time Out
March 12, 2003
SECTION: Pg. 146 147 148 149 151 152
HEADLINE: Theatre: West End
Platform performance Collateral Damage: Responses to War Fri 5.15pm. Free.
A weekly platform for artists to respond to the Iraq conflict. This week's contributors include Terry Jones, Jeremy Hardy, Joe Penhall, Vanesse Redgrave, Alan Rickman and
John Sessions.
Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, March 17, 2003
Copyright 2003 Time Out Group
Time Out
March 12, 2003
SECTION: Pg. 6 7
HEADLINE: #2 THE INSIDER SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME; THE KNOWLEDGE
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'DEATH' BY CHOCOLATE
So with head spinning, we set off to the opening night of Ian McKellen's production of 'Dance of Death' at the Lyric (see review in Theatre, which startson page 142). And the
aftershow party was appropriately luvvied up at the Swedish ambassador's private residence. While Frances de la Tour mingled with Alan Rickman and Rachel Weisz around
the ornate Georgian fireplaces, it seemed nothing could invade the party's air of calm sophistication. Then Dawn French arrived in search of chocolate and armed with just
one joke, with which she proceeded to regale the entire room. 'But the Ambassadeur is not spoiling us, ' she grumbled.
'Where are the Ferrero Rocher?'
Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, March 17, 2003
| March 14, 2003 |
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This is the actual announcement re Alan's appearance on March 16, 2003:
The one night only, gala performance on 16 March at 7:00pm of Kids 4 Freedom!
The exciting new dance show by Kids Working 4 Kids is performed by a cast of highly talented inner-city youth from south London, aged between seven and 17. The show draws attention to the millions of children in slavery throughout the world today.
Held at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, in the company of film stars and patrons of the event Alan Rickman and Jane Horrocks, all proceeds will be donated to Anti-Slavery International for its work.
To book tickets download the ticket form or contact r.dasani@antislavery.org
Kimberly
Michigan - Friday, March 14, 2003
Alan will be appearing at another event in the UK on March 16, 2003. This event requires a ticket. Here's the link: AntiSlaveryEvent
Kimberly
Michigan - Friday, March 14, 2003
Here is a link to the speech from Senator Robert Byrd, of West Virgnia, which Rickman read at the National Theatre (Collateral Damage) event.
Renie
CA - Friday, March 14, 2003
| March 12, 2003 |
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Comic Relief is showing on BBC-1 Friday March 14. For more info and a funny preview of 'Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan', check out
Comic Relief. Click on 'Harry preview'. Very French and Saunders (and Jeremy Irons (as Snape), Miranda Richardson...)
Silvia <millamant99@yahoo.comfoo>
- Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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All Rights Reserved
The Vancouver Province
March 11, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition
SECTION: e entertainment today; Pg. B13
HEADLINE: Aisle seat
SOURCE: The Province
BYLINE: Glen Schaefer
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Kamloops-born Megan Leitch had a recurring role on The X-Files as Mulder's sister. More recently she filmed the upcoming indie drama See Grace Fly and she's appearing
onstage this month at the Stanley Theatre in the black comedy The Memory of Water.
What was the last movie you watched at home?
"I've been watching lots of British films to get the flavour of the language. I just saw Mrs. Brown, with Judi Dench and Billy Connolly. She's great, I'd love to see her on stage.
It's a story about Queen Victoria grieving her prince."
What was the last movie you saw at the theatre?
"Talk to Her, from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. Now there's a storyteller. He creates such complex characters -- they're not black and white. He seems to have a
really good sense of humour -- there's a short black and white silent film in the middle, about a tiny little man exploring a woman's body and he's surfing down her breasts."
What movie could you watch over and over?
"Truly, Madly Deeply, with Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson. He got a cold and he died. We start off with her in deep mourning and he comes back with all these friends
from the netherworld."
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Georgiana (Sue, please email me) <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Copyright 2003 The Scotsman Publications Ltd.
Evening News (Edinburg, Scotland)
March 11, 2003, Tuesday
SECTION: Pg. 8
HEADLINE: KELLY SET FOR CITY STAGE
TELEVISION presenter Matthew Kelly is set to take to the stage in Edinburgh tonight just two weeks after being cleared of child sex abuse allegations.
The Stars in Their Eyes presenter will appear in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at the King's Theatre until Saturday. Kelly, 52, has been on a tour of 12 theatres with the show, and Birmingham Rep had already said he would be appearing before police action against him was ruled out. Kelly was quizzed over allegations he sexually abused a
young boy in the 1970s.
Kelly's co-star George Costigan had penned a letter of support for Kelly , which was signed by actors, writers and directors, including Alan Rickman and Julie Walters, Les
Dennis and Toyah Willcox.
Georgiana (Sue, please email me) <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Copyright 2003 Reed Elsevier Inc.
Variety
March 10, 2003
March 10, 2003 - March 16, 2003
SECTION: LEGIT; Strands; Pg. 43
HEADLINE: 'Angels' in America
BYLINE: MATT WOLF
LONDON What's happened to "Fallen Angels," you may (well, maybe not) have found yourself asking of the Noel Coward revival that had been assumed to be a late entry in
the current Broadway season. The answer: London producer Bill Kenwright has been busy pursuing a surprising pair of American stars --- Annette Bening and Judith Ivey ---
to lead the veddy English play to New York in the fall.
The two women performed Coward's 1923 play for radio outlet L.A. TheatreWorks some years ago and now are expected to open on Broadway sometime in the autumn at a
Shubert house to be announced. Although precise dates and the exact length of run have yet to be pinned down, the production should arrive in New York after Kenwright's
other Broadway revival planned for the fall --- a reprise of director Anthony Page's West End "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," starring Ashley Judd and London's formidable,
Olivier-nommed Big Daddy, Ned Beatty.
"It's very much an entertainment for today in that you just sit back and wallow," Kenwright says of "Fallen Angels," which seemed of late to have fallen by the wayside for
New York as a clutch of Oscar- and Tony-winning star names came and went. In the U.K., director Michael Rudman's production starred Felicity Kendal (aka Mrs. Rudman)
and Frances de la Tour and was the unexpected smash of the 2000-01 West End season, playing to capacity for six months and succeeding where immediately previous
London revivals of Coward's "Hay Fever" and "Private Lives" --- the one with Juliet Stevenson and Anton Lesser, not Lindsay Duncan and Alan Rickman --- had sunk. . . .
Georgiana (...loved "Angels" in London...) <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Copyright 2003 Guardian Newspapers Limited
The Guardian (London)
March 11, 2003
SECTION: Guardian Leader Pages, Pg. 25
HEADLINE: David Scase: Making radical theatre accessible in the regions
David Scase, who has died aged 83, was one of England's foremost repertory directors. Although he worked in Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol - as well as in
London - it was his years as artistic director at the Library theatre, Manchester, that marked him out as a key regional figure, with a reputation for attracting young,
radical talent.
Fortunate to preside over that golden age of rep, before television asserted its omni-potence, David and his Manchester company became one of the most sought-
after in the country. Robert Stephens, Patrick Stewart, Janet Suzman, Martin Jarvis, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Griffiths and Alan Rickman all cut their teeth under
his tutelage. . . .
Georgiana (Does anyone read this page? <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Tuesday, March 11, 2003
| March 9, 2003 |
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Copyright 2003 The Chronicle Publishing Co.
The San Francisco Chronicle
MARCH 9, 2003, SUNDAY, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SUNDAY DATEBOOK; Pg. 38; VIDEO
HEADLINE: VIDEO; Sweet, gentle S.F. 'Tales' chronicles simpler times; Original miniseries finally arrives on DVD
SOURCE: Chronicle Dance Critic
BYLINE: Octavio Roca
[review of "Tales of the City" DVD, then ...]
'SMILEY'S PEOPLE'
Calling John le Carre a spy novelist is like calling Boswell a celebrity biographer: There are spy novels, and there are le Carre's riveting and heartbreaking tales of
the veteran spymaster George Smiley. And while there is no substitute for reading the novels, the film adaptations have been superb and the best among them
happen to be two miniseries starring Sir Alec Guinness as Smiley.
After the resounding television success of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," le Carre was so impressed by Guinness' portrayal of Smiley that he began tailoring his
greatest creation after the actor's interpretation. When it came time to adapt "Smiley's People," le Carre chose to write the screenplay. He created a rich
panorama of the last days of the Cold War, a prescient political and personal drama and a gripping espionage yarn. He also gave the unassuming Guinness the
most complex and fascinating role of the rich Indian summer of his career.
As in le Carre's novels, the film's attention to detail is delicious: everything from the High Church language of the Circus' inner circle in evidence after the old
Russian's brutal murder to the dowdiness and the pathetic little terrors of emigre lives. Eileen Atkins as the terrified old exile in Paris, Beryl Reid as the Circus'
canny lesbian sleuth, Sian Philips as Smiley's far-from-constant wife, Curt Jurgens -- in his last role -- as a dignified old soldier hoping for the fall of communism
well before most of the world thought such a thing possible: These and other acting gems dot the landscape of "Smiley's People." Then there are small, brilliant
contributions from what would become the cream of the crop of the British stage, such as Alan Rickman as a hotel clerk in the Savoy, Alex Jennings as a young
intern in the secret service. But it is the Guinness spell that lingers.
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Georgiana
Seattle - Sunday, March 09, 2003
Copyright 2003 EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS
The Express
March 7, 2003
SECTION: LEADER; Pg. 13
HEADLINE: LEADER; FORGET THE UN AND RESOLVE TO SHOW SADDAM HIS TIME IS UP
BYLINE: MITCHELL SYMONS
LATER today Hans Blix delivers his report on Saddam Hussein to the United Nations. He'll probably give him a B ("has made progress but could do better") but
it wouldn't make any difference if he gave him an A+. George W Bush has decided to expel him and that's that.
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WELL it's too late for Saddam. The Americans are itching to get on with it and they will.
There's no other possible scenario. They've committed more than a quarter of a million troops and they've made plans for after the war. Damn it, they've
probably even sold the film rights and so they'll have to get a move on because Bruce Willis, who will take Baghdad single-handed before killing Saddam, has
four other movies to do this year. Incidentally, if a film is made, what's the betting Saddam's played by an Englishman (think Alan Rickman, Jeremy Irons, Alfred
Molina)?
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Georgiana
Seattle - Sunday, March 09, 2003
Copyright 2003 The Financial Times Limited
Financial Times (London)
March 8, 2003, Saturday London Edition 1
SECTION: FT WEEKEND - HOW TO SPEND IT; Pg. 10
HEADLINE: Big car, big flat, big on antiques? Men with money are increasingly investing in antiques, finds Simon Brooke. And their taste is suitably macho
BYLINE: By SIMON BROOKE
Men tread a familiar path to owning antique furniture: with a higher salary comes a flash car, which is upgraded again before an apartment is bought. "They then
start to think about quality and want to find something different," says Marc Weaver, of Guinevere Antiques. "Which is where antiques come in."
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With its whitewashed walls and neo-industrial feel, Andrew Nebbett's showroom in north London, where regulars include Jamie Theakston and Alan Rickman, is far
removed from the traditional crowded antique shop.
Nebbett believes in the "power object" - the one piece that dominates a room.
He is currently offering a Victorian lighthouse in sections (Pounds 3,800/Dollars 6,333) and a round cast-aluminium fireplace from the 1950s that is a unique
piece (Pounds 7,500/ Dollars 12,500). Also on offer are wooden moulds that were used to make metal cogs, which are being snapped up by interior designers for
men's homes for Pounds 650 (Dollars 1,100).
Nebbett's pieces are also now available through Ralph Lauren in the UK and US.
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Georgiana
Seattle - Sunday, March 09, 2003
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Here is the photo from the April 2003 Vanity Fair. It's on the Colin Firth website: April03VF
Kimberly
Michigan - Saturday, March 08, 2003
April edition of Vanity Fair magazine(on newsstands now), "The Hollywood Issue." Page 208. Color posed portrait of the entire cast of "Love Actually." AR seated in front, looking very, very, very, very handsome. Excellent hair, cool clothes, smiling beautifully, wearing those Peter Sellers glasses that he seems to need now (anybody confirm?). Very. Very. Very. Very. Are you getting my drift? VERY
Kate
San Francisco, - Saturday, March 08, 2003
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Copyright 2003 The Stage Newspapers Ltd
The Stage
March 06, 2003
SECTION: Pg. 2
HEADLINE: NT's anti-war path
BYLINE: BY JEREMY AUSTIN
Some of Britain's leading performers, including Judi Dench, Harriet Walter and Jude Law, are to take part in a series of free anti-war events at the National Theatre.
Organised by Corin Redgrave, the performances will take place at 5.15pm every Friday, beginning on March 7.
Eileen Atkins, Kevin Day, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Hardy and Redgrave take part in the first event, alongside the cast of Anything Goes, which is currently running at the theatre. Redgrave said he hopes the event, called Collateral Damage, will take place every Friday for the duration of any conflict in the Gulf.
"Some of us sat around thinking and talking about any way in which we could best pool our talents and our energies into something useful and creative about the war and against the war, " he said.
"It seemed to us it was going to be a difficult and depressing time because I don't think that this country has ever been in a situation before where the political leaders have insisted on going to war against the clear and rather large majority that doesn't want to do that."
Redgrave said he saw some footage of Dame Myra Hess giving free performances at the National Gallery during the Second World War that included commentary about the need for entertainment at that time.
He added the series of events would be funny, entertaining, provocative and moving.
The NT is providing a small stage and a microphone while Ralph Steadman has created a backdrop. Joe Penhall and Patrick Marber have both written new pieces for it.
On March 14, Penhall is joined by Terry Jones, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman and John Sessions. The following week Judi Dench, Hanif Kureishi, Jude Law, Maggie Steed and Harriet Walter perform. And on March 28 Marber is joined by Nadim Sawalha performing a show, Salam Ya Salan Cabaret, in Arabic.
Redgrave added that it was easy to find people willing to take part in the event.
Georgiana
Seattle - Thursday, March 06, 2003
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Copyright 2003 Newspaper Publishing PLC
The Independent (London)
March 5, 2003, Wednesday
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 9
HEADLINE: COLLEGES COMBINE IN ATTEMPT TO FOUND FIRST ARTS UNIVERSITY
BYLINE: SARAH CASSIDY EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
PLANS FOR Britain's first specialist arts university were launched yesterday by a federation of five of the world's most celebrated art and design colleges.
The London Institute, which counts Stella McCartney, Simon Callow and Sir Kingsley Amis among its alumni, is already allowed to award degrees but it is not yet a
university in its own right.
Sir Michael Bichard, a former permanent secretary at what was the Department for Education and Employment who is now a rector of the London Institute, aims to
establish the federation as one of the world's leading universities for creative arts.
"We already have specialist universities for science and technology but not for creativity. I think that this is very sad. The world of art and design needs a flagship
to fly the flag for creativity," he said. "The wealth of the country is now driven by innovation. That is what we do here. We develop people who can think outside the
box. We want people who are different and that's what the country needs at the moment." The institute was formed in 1986 when five colleges merged into a federal
structure: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London College of Fashion and London
College of Printing.
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"Creativity, apart from being a vital ingredient of the quality of all our lives, is the second most important generator of London's income. We need universities that
generate scientific research and academia, but we also need ones that train creative business people."
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FAMOUS ALUMNI
Chelsea School of Art
Patrick Caulfield CBE, artist (graduated) 1960
Anish Kapoor, below, sculptor,1978
Chris Ofili, painter, 1991
Alan Rickman, actor, 1968
Mark Wallinger, artist, 1981
London College of Fashion
Jimmy Choo, shoe designer, 1981
Patrick Cox, shoe designer, 1988
Emma Hope, shoe designer, 1984
London College of Printing
Rankin, photographer, 1991
Jane Root, controller, BBC2 1981
Camberwell College of Arts
Sir Howard Hodgkin, painter, print maker, 1950
Tim Roth, actor, 1980
Central St Martins College of Art and Design
Gilbert & George, artists, 1970
Katharine Hamnett, right, fashion designer, 1969
Stella McCartney, fashion designer, 1995
Alexander McQueen, fashion designer, 1992
Frank Auerbach, painter, 1952
Georgiana
Seattle - Wednesday, March 05, 2003
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Here is The link to whole Guardian article
Sue
England - Tuesday, March 04, 2003
I was surfing around and just saw a story in the online Guardian (UK)that AR appeared at a 50th birthday concert for cult bizarro rock star Robyn Hitchcock on Monday night in London (AR read a poem). That means The Man took part in the Lysistrata project Monday morning and was boogying (well, you don't actually boogy to Robyn Hitchcock, you sort of flop around in an acid-induced stupor) till late. Apart from the staggering fact that AR is into Robyn Hitchcock (!), this begs the question -- er, Alan, aren't you supposed to be off somewhere filming "Prisoner of Azkaban"?
Kate
San Francisco, - Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Here is the London press release for the Lysistrata Project: Lysistrata
This press release does mention Alan Rickman. The promoters are urging women to withhold sex from their men until the threat of war with Iraq has abated. This is, of course, the premise of Aristophanes play "Lysistrata," an anti-war comedy where women withhold sex until the men agree to outlaw war.
Kimberly
Michigan USA - Tuesday, March 04, 2003
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Copyright 2003 The Telegraph Group Limited
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON)
March 02, 2003, Sunday
SECTION: Pg. 16
HEADLINE: Paperbacks
BYLINE: By CHALRES OSBORNE
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Alan Rickman by Maureen Paton
Virgin Books, pounds 9.99
THIS revised and updated biography offers a fascinating insight into the personality of an actor who, although widely known for his portrayal of Professor Severus
Snape in the Harry Potter films and for a wide variety of roles on the stage, remains something of an enigma. A London working-class socialist, Rickman has always
kept politics at the forefront of his interests, but he continues to shy away from journalists and interviewers, and he has a reputation of being difficult to work with.
Maureen Paton has explored his life through interviews with Rickman's friends and associates.
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Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, March 03, 2003
