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News and Updates for Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Lance sent in the following press release:
Narrated by Orlando Bloom - Everest Documentary Premieres on Canadian TV
Everest: A Climb for Peace makes its debut on the CBC Documentary Channel in Canada, Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT.
Narrated by actor Orlando Bloom and hailed by the Dalai Lama as a "tremendous achievement". Everest: A Climb for Peace is not just your typical Everest film, this socially relevant documentary explores peace, war and the power of the human spirit.
Filmed on location in Nepal, Tibet, Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, U.A.E and the United States, Everest: A Climb for Peace chronicles the spectacular journey of nine peace climbers from different faiths and cultures as they embark on their journey, believing that "It's through actions of peace that peace is spread".
Palestinian Ali Bushnaq and Israeli's Dudu Yifrah and Micha Yaniv come together to forge a path of teamwork and cooperation while attempting to summit the world's highest peak—not an easy task, considering their nations have been embroiled in a brutal war for years and each believes they are on the right side. It will be Everest that tests their spirits, as they each know that it is there, on the highest point in the world, that cooperation is a matter of life and death.
To learn more about the film, please go to: www.EverestPeaceProject.org
The Documentary Channel is Canada's television destination for film-lovers, passion-seekers and those hungry for fresh ideas and perspectives. From Academy Award-winning features to cutting-edge independent films, documentary is home to the most innovative, engrossing, edgy and entertaining documentaries and films from Canada and around the world. www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. With 28 services offered on Radio, Television, the Internet, satellite radio, digital audio, as well as through its record and music distribution service and wireless WAP and SMS messaging services, CBC/Radio-Canada is available how, where, and when Canadians want it.
~posted by Stephanie at 10:48 AM CET
Kerly from Estonia sent in an article from the Estonian newspaper SL Õhtuleht, which she was kind enouogh to translate for us. She also says that this newspaper is considered leaning more to the Yellow press than anything else. So take the following with a big grain of salt:
Orlando Bloom has only time for business
Katrin Lust-Buchanan
London
When you usually meet the Hollywood heartthrob Orlando Bloom at fashion and movie parties, then he was at an unusual place this time in London: at the Hempel Hotel to support a real estate project called "Aquiatanium" in Dubai.
The total cost of this highly criticized project with such a posh name is £ 2.7 billion. It was launched without considering the recession and the bad situation on the real estate market and is a district of luxury apartments where one apartment costs about £ 2.5 million.
It may be useful to know that for that kind of money you can get quite a sumptuous villa even in the City. Many of the businessmen are still baffled not understanding why they should invest into so expensive real estate in Dubai. Orlando, who is connected to this weird endeavor explained why he has become a businessman.
A real estate project in Dubai – it sounds anything but you – a movie star Orlando Bloom.
I suppose it does, although I am really interested in real estate. Actually I have little entrepreneurial connections with this project in Dubai. The reason why I decided to support them was that I recently founded a production company.
Will acting not suffer with the business involved?
I really would like to reduce the share of acting a little bit and would rather see myself making the movies in the future. But business will not interrupt with anything: my involvement in this real estate project is very small and to be honest I have nothing to do with the entrepreneurial part of it. When I engaged myself with the project, my only thought was to get some connections in Dubai and make some PR for my name there.
A question from an entirely different area: how are the things with love in your life at the moment?
I have to admit honestly that as an actor it is very hard for me to keep some stability in relationships. I travel a lot in the world because of my work. I am also not the kind of a guy who likes women who do nothing but wait for me at home. All the women I have gone out with have had a career of their own and it has been hard to combine the lives of both of us. That was one of the reasons I wanted to do a production company so I could be a little bit more in one place.
It is difficult if both travel and meet once a month at London, New York or Paris.
~posted by Stephanie at 10:38 AM CET
Orlando to play alongside Sir Sean Connery?
9wsr.com reports the following:
Former James star Sir Sean Connery has reportedly come out of retirement to shoot a new film with Orlando Bloom.
The 78-year-old has turned his back on acting in recent years reportedly turning down a chance to reprise his role as Indiana Jones' father in the recent Indiana Jones film and has not appeared on the big screen since 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
But now Connery is said to have signed up to star in Quest of Sheherzade, based on the legendary 1001 Arabian Nights tale, alongside fellow Brit Bloom.
The news was revealed by the film's female lead, Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley, who will play an Iranian princess.
She tells British publication The London Paper, "Sean Connery is there in the film and recently Orlando Bloom was also signed. They are planning to start the shooting from January next year."
~posted by Stephanie at 10:20 AM CET
News and Updates for Monday, August 4th, 2008
Orlando was spotted in Edinburgh on Saturday reports the news.scotsman.com:
A member of the Bloom family made an unexpected cameo at the White Belly on Saturday. Orlando Bloom, in Edinburgh to catch some shows, was in the audience watching sister Samantha's Edinburgh debut performance of A Cloud in Trousers by a Girl in a Suit.
When Samantha took to the stage, Orlando's dog Sidi was so excited to see her dressed as a man that he mistook her for her brother and bounded on stage. Samantha took it in her stride, and involved the dog in the love story of a Russian poet.
Orlando, who was also spotted handing out fliers to stunned Fringe-goers before the show, said: "Sam was fantastic. It's a beautiful poem that resonates with all of us." ~posted by Stephanie at 14:31 PM CET
News and Updates for Monday, July 28th, 2008
Not much going on on the Orlando Bloom side except the personal relationship thingie, which we do not report here.
If you like movies and TV and maybe want a bit fun of matching celebrities with you on base of the Chinese Horoscope, why don't you hop over to my personal website Pollok Photography and check it out.
I could use your help by you simply clicking through the pages and test them. It is a huge site or at least it will become even more huge. I tested everything thoroughly but even if tested like mad there are always things that don't work. Simply drop me then an email message.
It's a work in progress. So far there are around 680 celebrities you can match yourself against, film synopsis, series guides (only a few so far), soundbites from soundtracks, oh and of course the photographs I do take at the various film premieres (no, I do not do all of the premieres ;-)). In the future I also plan to have the trailers for every film online, but that needs time as well as the okay from the studios.
Thank you kindly and as soon as I have new information popping in with regards to Orlando I'll post them here. ~posted by Stephanie at 15:31 PM CET
News and Updates for Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Contradicting news on Orlando being the Prince of Persia. According to comingsoon.net Disney has denied the rumours that Orlando will play the role. Officially known is that Mike Newell will take over the part of directing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
I guess we have to wait and see what will happen. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:11 AM CET
News and Updates for Monday, April 7th, 2008
And it is another trilogy. According to 9wsyr.com Orlando has landed the lead role in the upcoming Disney trilogy Prince of Persia. The Jerry Bruckheimer production starts shooting in Morocco in July. ~posted by Stephanie at 08:19 AM CET
News and Updates for Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Just to let you all know. I haven't dropped off the earth. I only broke my foot a week ago and I am kind of imobile right now. News will be updated as soon as I am at the computer, which is right now not on a regular base. ~posted by Stephanie at 10:01 AM CET
According to Reuters Orlando has dropped out of An Education because of scheduling clashes just as the movie began rolling, the producers said Monday.
~posted by Stephanie at 10:00 AM CET
News and Updates for Thursday, February 21st, 2008
New project for Orlando! Movie Maze reports the following (this is a translation of the German article):
Molina, Bloom and Hawkins educate themselves
Director Lone Scherfig (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself) could not only win for her drama An Education Peter Sarsgaard (Elegy), Carey Mulligan (When Did You Last See Your Father?), Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams and Oscar winner Emma Thompson (Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix). But also Alfred Molina (Silk), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean - At world's end) and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) have committed to the project.
The script of bestseller author Nick Hornby tells the story of a young teenager, at the beginning of the 60ies in London. Jenny (Mulligan) is about to become an adult. She meets the a lot older (Sarsgaard), who introduces her into the fine society. There she meets the charismatic business man Danny (Bloom) and his beautiful, but mentally challenged girlfriend Helen(Pike).
Just when Jenny's dream of Oxford is in reach it seems as if David has his own plans with Jenny, which don't fit to her.
Shooting begins next month in London. Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey work for the production. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:29 AM CET
News and Updates for Friday, February 1st, 2008
Orlando is named as one of the presenters at this year's BAFTA Awards which take place on February 10th. BBC One will air the awards live. I also shall be flying over and try my luck with taking pictures.
On a side note Viggo Mortensen and Keira Knightley will also attend as nominees and Sir Ian McKellen will present an award.
This is all through the gossip rag and from some of my London sources. No guarantees!!! ~posted by Stephanie at 01:37 AM CET
News and Updates for Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Aliya was so nice to let me know that Orlando indeed appears in the extras for Knocked Up. He's doing a cameo very much like he did in his episode of Extras (the Ricky Gervais TV series) and it's hilarious! You can find the clip on YouTube. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:01 AM CET
News and Updates for Friday, January 25th, 2008
I just received one of those advertising emails for new DVDs and was kind of surprised to read Orlando Bloom besides a DVD called Knocked up. It's a 2-DVD set and apparently there is a special featurette called on the search of Ben Stone in which is said Orlando would appear. I think, if this is true, it's a featurette about the casting call? Anyways, release date is now in Germany.
More information about the film on imdb.com and on amazon.com.
Now, before you run and order, wait until I can confirm this. ~posted by Stephanie at 17:25 PM CET
