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Journalist Piers Morgan has published in the Daily Mail a list of what he considers the top 100 British Celebrities Who Really Matter.

Michael Sheen appears at #79, and even Morgan admits that this should be higher.

He should be a lot higher on this list, frankly, because Sheen is probably our most successfully versatile thespian at the moment. But he’s not that ’sexy’, so he doesn’t command the kind of tabloid attention that propels actors from stars to superstars – something that I suspect he’s quite happy about. He’s got one of those Rory Bremner-like faces that can adapt to almost any character, from Tony Blair to David Frost. And he’s a fine, fine actor. So he matters, but not nearly as much as he would if he got caught on a sex tape with Paris Hilton. A tragic, but accurate, state of affairs.

I am afraid Piers Morgan, that you are quite, quite, wrong when you say that Michael is not sexy – myself and the many people reading this post now, would strongly disagree.

You can read the full list HERE.

Michael Sheen attended the 82nd Oscars last night. Although he was not nominated for an award, he did go on stage.

For the ‘Best Actress’ award several actors came on stage to tell us a little about each of the nominees.  Michael was there to talk about Helen Mirren who was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in The Last Station.The award was presented to Sandra Bullock for her role in The Blind Side.

He joked about his time on the set of The Queen,  and how he wondered if it was wrong to be so attracted to a queen.

Michael must have been pleased by the result of the Best Actor award, as he said in his interview last week with Digital Spy that he wanted Jeff Bridges to win, having been a fan of his for years and recently worked with him on Tron Legacy.

After the Oscars, he attended the Govenor’s Ball with his daughter Lily, and Neil Gaiman.

Today is National Doodle Day and as previously reported on 22nd February, Michael Sheen has submitted a doodle.

He is amongst almost 300 celebrities that have submitted their own handy work which will be auctioned off on Ebay.co.uk for charity. The bidding on Ebay.co.uk is now live and you can find the auction for Michael’s entry HERE.

Please click on the thumbnail below to be taken to Michael’s drawing on National Doodle Day site where you can also buy this design on mugs, t-shirts or mousepads etc.

There is also a competition to vote for your favourite celebrity doodle.  UK fans can vote for Michael’s doodle as the best doodle of 2010 by texting DOODLE 1783 to 80039. Texts cost £1.50 in addition to your normal rate.

Proceeds from the sale of the drawing, other merchandise and the voting will go to a charity to raise money to help those suffering from epilepsy and neurofibromatosis.

Michael Sheen is Digital Spy’s official favourite actor, as well as ours.  As you know he won their Poll for Best Actor back in October last year.

They have recently sat down with him to talk about Alice In Wonderland, but of course, also talk briefly about his role in Tron and other projects.

You can read the full interview HERE.

Hollywood.com have spoken to Michael Sheen about his role in Alice In Wonderland. He also talks about his other roles briefly such as Frost, and Brian Clough.

Interestingly, Michael is also asked about Underworld 4.

“Nobody’s gotten in touch with me about it, so I don’t know anything about that. Genuinely, I know nothing at all. So either they don’t want me to be a part of it or they’re scared to ask me, I don’t know. We’ll see.

The difficulty of playing a character who never gets any older, and who’s always in fantastic shape, is that I get older and I’m not always in fantastic shape. It gets harder and harder each time. So I don’t know [if I could]. If only they could come up with a loophole where Lucian can get older, even though he’s dead. Also, there’s only so many prequels you can do, and I died in the first film.”

You can read the full interview HERE.

Film 4’s Catherine Bray has posted a lovely interview with Michael Sheen on their site.

The interview predominately focuses on Alice In Wonderland, but his other upcoming projects such as Tron Legacy get a mention.

You can read the full interview HERE.

Thanks Catherine for the heads up.  To our members, Catherine assures me that he is a “total gent”… but we knew that didn’t we guys?

Over the weekend, Disney have hosted a screenings where the official trailer for Tron Legacy was watched by a small group of fans as culmination to a week of viral campaigning .

According to ComingSoon.net

“a white-haired most-likely villain (who may very well have been Michael Sheen; Kosinksi [the director] said that he was in the trailer and that his character is barely recognizable”

You will be able to see the trailer for yourself as it is attached to Alice In Wonderland

Michael Sheen will be appearing on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson again on March 3rd.  As soon as we have a copy of the video we will be adding this to the Video Gallery

Source: Late Night TV Lineup

Here are a selection of press reviews of Alice In Wonderland with differing opinions, so I would recommend you go watch, and make up your own mind.

• HeyUGuys  (read more)
• Movies IGN (read more)
• OK Magazine (read more)
• Times Online (read more)
• Guardian Film (read more)
• HitFix (read more)

The air dates for Michael Sheen’s two appearances in the hit US Comedy ‘30 rock‘ have now been confirmed.

Future Husband – airs 9:30 PM-10:00 PM EST on NBC, March 11

JACK’S FUTURE IS AT STAKE WHEN A RUMOR SURFACES THAT SHEINHARDT WIG COMPANY MIGHT BE SELLING NBC. ELIZABETH BANKS RETURNS IN HER GUEST STARRING ROLE AS AVERY JESSUP AND MICHAEL SHEEN GUEST STARS. Jack’s (Alec Baldwin) dreams come crashing down when Avery (guest star Elizabeth Banks) informs him that a cable company is rumored to buy out NBC. Meanwhile Liz (Tina Fey) tracks down the man of her dreams whom she met in her dentist’s waiting room, while Jenna (Jane Krakowski) reluctantly assists Tracy (Tracy Morgan) in pursuing a Tony Award.

Don Geiss, America and Hope – airs 9:30 PM-10:00 PM EST on NBC, March 18

LIZ LEMON (TINA FEY) KEEPS RUNNING INTO WESLEY (GUEST STAR MICHAEL SHEEN), FORCING THEM TO QUESTION THEIR DECISION, WHILE JACK DONAGHY (ALEC BALDWIN) TRIES TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF WITH THE NEW CABLE COMPANY Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) questions her fate when she keeps running into Wesley (Guest Star Michael Sheen). Meanwhile, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) is distressed about his reputation when his kids’ former nanny writes a tell-all book, and Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) seeks to secure his own position in the new company.

Source: 30Rockfan.org