Greets
Got a good update for you guys tonight. So strap yourselves in and away we go.
Melody has put up galleries for Breaking and Entering and Jamiroquai (now sans watermarks).
Speaking of galleries, I know a lot of Nat fans love this shoot. Well, Jenski found a beautiful behind the scenes pic from the shoot.
Let’s talk Goya. Veggiegal and Jenski sent word that there will be 3 premieres (they’re really stretching the definition of premiere aren’t they?) of Goya’s Ghosts in Spain this month. The dates are-
Madrid on 07/11
Zaragoza on 08/11
Valencia on 09/11
I’m sure Nat will attend AT LEAST one of them.
Jenski also sent in some quotes from Nat and Milos. I know one of the recent articles spoke about how Milos chose Nat for the role but I don’t recall it being in this detail. But if its a repeat…well tough.
Natalie Portman, Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee for Mike Nichols? Closer, was cast in the role of Ines Bilbatua, Goya?s youthful muse. Strange to say, Forman wanted the young star for the role without knowing exactly who she was.
?I didn?t know Natalie Portman at all,? Forman says. ?I had bought a copy of Vogue or a similar fashion magazine and was reading it to relax when I was struck by the photo of the young woman on the cover who turned out to be Natalie. And as I?m looking at it, I open a book about Goya?s last painting in Bordeaux called A Milkmaid in Bordeaux, and I see they are the same face.
?So I started to make inquiries about the qualities of this actress and I saw how much people like her. And then I saw the film Closer and saw how good she is and knew that I wanted her. Her range is amazing, big, surprising, and that was very important here. Basically she plays three different characters in the film.?
?When I went to Paris to meet with Milos and Jean-Claude, I was surprised to discover that they wanted me in the film at first not because they?d seen my work but because the saw a photo of me and decided I looked like a young woman in some of the paintings,? Portman says.
?I was interested and intrigued to meet them, and a little intimated, too, because I love Milos?s films. I was ready to read or test for the role, whatever they wanted. When they offered the part I was very excited. Ines figures in a part of history I never knew about. It was something terribly different from what I?d done before.?
And rounding off the Goya news is this small new pic from Spanish Mag Fotogramas. Thanks to Cristina.
It’s been awhile since we heard any Nat-Gael rumours but they’re in the same country now so it was inevitable (that they’d meet or that the rumours would be made up?). Here is Amo with the rundown.
In “heat” magazine this week, Nat was spotted chatting to Gael on Brick Lane. Wierd – my friend saw Bob Geldof there the other day eating a kebab.
Gael is in town promoting Babel. He also did a more general Q&A on mexican cinema/his career etc. It’s in the guardian – quite a good read actually.
Babel is closing the London Film Festival tomorrow at the Odeon Leicester Square (the film is scheduled to start at 7pm) – i might mosey on down to see if Nat guests, but TBH if either Pitt or Blanchett is attending, i doubt i’ll get close.
Bringing and end to the news is this scan from Aussie magazine, Foxtel. Nothing really new but Terry took the effort to scan so I thought I’d put it up.
Alright, enough of Nat. Let’s get our fanart on.
Marie kicks things off with two rocking wallpapers. Click here and here.
While Amy sent in these two wallpapers. Click here and here.
And finally, Germson sent in this retouched pic.
That’s it for now but I’ll be back soon and hope to bring you a new comic by the end of the week.
Peace
