Posts Tagged ‘Michael Sheen’

The 2012 Oscar nominations were announced today, and although there wasn’t any for Michael (obviously the panel didn’t see Beautiful Boy?), there were several for Midnight In Paris.

Best Director

Best Picture

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Congratulations to all involved!

The 84th Academy Awards take place on Sunday 26 February at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood. They will be presented by actor and comedian Billy Crystal. At least we might get some nice pics if Michael attends the ceremony.

This evening, Derren Brown made a post on his blog where he detailed the full process of his portrait of his friend Michael Sheen.Apparently, Michael was very pleased with the picture, but for some reason, Derren asked him not to smile too much in this photo.

Derren goes on to say that he did not paint the picture for Michael, but he may give him a print of it. Derren’s work is usually sold through a gallery exhibition.

You can view Derren’s blog HERE.

All the pictures Derren posted as the work was in progress have been added to the gallery and you can view them HERE.

What are your thoughts on the picture?

Resistance sadly had a very limited cinematic release in the UK. The good news is that it has a DVD/BluRay release date of 19 March 2012. You can now pre-order this from Amazon UK using the links below.

Resistance DVD

Resistance BluRay

US Fans – I cant find it on Amazon.com, and unfortunately the above are in European format, but you should be okay if you have a multi-region player.

Wittertainment, the Radio 5 Live film review show with Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, had a live Christmas Special show this afternoon at Prince Charles Cinema in London.

Michael Sheen made an appearance as a special guest. He talked about his energetic Hamlet performance, and even performed a little scene including a member of the Leicester Square audience. A download of the full show is available on Wittertainment website.

The show was also aired via webcam live. Unfortunately, I didn’t realise this until the show was half way through so was unable to capture it. If this footage turns up, I will obviously add a copy to the site.

A download of just the portion Michael Sheen was in has been added to the site’s Downloads catalogue, or you can click on the button below.

Back in March 2009, Michael Sheen appeared on Radio 1 with Edith Bowman to talk about his role in The Damned United, where he plays legendary football manager, Brian Clough. He also talks about his performance as David Frost in the theatre and film production of Frost / Nixon.

A download of the interview has been added to the site’s Downloads catalogue, or you can click the download button below.

Thanks to Lilyfreeman for the info

The Lost Picture Show is a website that offers a weekly podcast that uncovers and celebrates forgotten movies. The presenters, Julian and John, take it in turns to present a film for discussion that they feel never got the recognition it deserved.

Back in 2009, they spoke to Michael Sheen about a rather obscure film called The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, a 1975 sci-fi movie in which a college professor begins to experience flashbacks from a previous incarnation, and he is mysteriously drawn to a place he has never been before but which is troublingly familiar. He soon finds himself in the company of his previous incarnation’s wife.

The podcast is available to download from their website, and a copy has also been added to the site’s Download catalogue.

Thanks to Merlange for the info.