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Another year almost over dear friends, so I thought I would take this opportunity to look back at some of the highlights of 2011 before it is over.

January
	At the start of the year, Michael was seen on TV, first in Shooting The Hollywood Stars with British photographer, Rankin, where he portrayed the iconic film star, Charlie Chaplin; then later we saw Michael being honoured with a Best Actor award at the LA BAFTA Britannia Awards that had taken place back in November.
	The dates for Hamlet were announced, and false rumours were abound that Michael had been cast as Blofeld in the next 007 film.
	News broke that the forthcoming ‘Passion’ play would be made into a feature length film, as Michael arrived in his home town of Port Talbot to begin preparations with the community for the Passion.

February
Tickets went on sale this month for both Hamlet at the Young Vic, and also for National Theatre Wales’ Passion
.Michael Sheen received the James Joyce award from the  Literary and Historical Society of University College, Dublin, followed by a Q&A. He also made an appearance at Treat Trust’s gala dinner to raise much needed cash to fund a world-class health and rehabilitation centre in Wales.
National Theatre Wales launched a web community for NTW13 (the Passion Play) as a means to keep the public informed of the progress of the play and to encourage the community to get involved in the project.

March
	Beautiful Boy premiered at Dallas Film Festival to great critical acclaim. Michael continues to visit sections of the Port Talbot community, including the RNLI.
	The viral campaign for the Passion commenced with the launch of Port-Talbot.com, and news that a local Port Talbot man had gone missing. He was later seen in a video for Comic Relief along with other Welsh celebrities miming to a parady song called ‘Newport State of Mind’.
	The rumour that this site broke, of Michael Sheen gaining a voice over guest spot on the forthcoming series of Doctor Who was confirmed by the episode’s writer, Neil Gaiman.

April
Tron Legacy, the sequel to the classic Disney sci-fi film of a cyber world ran by a master program, was released on DVD and BluRay.Jesus Henry Christ premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and the official website launched.
The press surrounding the Passion reached fever pitch. Michael spent a few very busy days appearing on multiple TV and radio shows, including Fern, BBC Breakfast, This Morning, Radio 2 with Simon Mayo and a Q&A at The Laugharne Weekend.
Finally, during an uncommonly warm and sunny Easter weekend, the whole of Port Talbot became the backdrop for the Passion.Michael stayed in the character of ‘the teacher’ for the whole 72 hours of the performance, which featured 1000′s of local people, as well as Welsh rockers, the Manic Street Preachers.

May
	Midnight In Paris opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Michael and his co-stars do a lot of publicity through out the month as the film gets a limited release in the US.
	A portrait of Michael appeared at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition.Michael appears as the voice of the House in a Neil Gaiman penned episode of Doctor Who.
	Midnight In Paris continues to do well at the Box Office, to go on to be Woody Allen’s highest grossing movie.
	Michael Sheen delights Twilight fans when he reads out some fan fiction during an interview on VH1 Buzz.

June
Beautiful Boy gets limited US release and generated potential Oscar buzz throughout the media.
A BBC making of documentary called Passion of Port Talbot airs on BBC One. It followed Michael as he worked with the locals of his home town in the production of the Passion play.
A teaser trailer of Breaking Dawn was released, showing Michael as the character of Aro and a release date for Resistance was announced.

July
	Doctor Who series 6, which features the episode Michael appeared in as House, is released on BluRay and DVD.
	Michael Sheen takes a turn at DJing on BBC 6 Music, and got to spend an hour talking about, and playing, his favourite songs.
	Michael is snapped at the premiere of Deathly Hollows along with his daughter, and her mother, Kate Beckinsale.
	Behind the scenes images from a photoshoot by photographer Steve Carty. The photos were to be used as promotional images for Michael’s upcoming Hamlet production.

August
Beautiful Boy is released on DVD in Sweden before anywhere else.
Rose Theatre in Kingston On Thames announced that as part of their Time To Talk series, there would be holding a Q&A with Michael in the following January.
During a press interview promoting Midnight In Paris, Michael Sheen revealed that he would also be appearing in the untitled Terrence Malick project.
In a series of 4 episodes, Michael reads letters from renowned Kenneth Tynan, as part of a BBC Radio 4 program.

September
	The cast list for Hamlet at The Young Vic is released.
	Michael appeared on BBC Radio 2′s Breakfast show with DJ Chris Evans to start off his publicity for Hamlet.
	Due to an early high demand, more tickets for Hamlet went on sale.

October
Beautiful Boy is released on DVD in US. Midnight In Paris gets a UK and European release, as well as being able to pre-order on DVD in US.
A new poster is released for Resistance. An in depth interview with Michael appears in The Times and in The Guardian as part of his Hamlet promotion.
He also appeared on Jonathan Ross’s ITV show.
Michael Sheen and Bill Mitchell win Theatre Awards UK’s Best Director for the Passion.Previews of Hamlet open at The Young Vic

November
	After official press opening night, and Hamlet’s direction receives mixed reviews, but the feeling that Michael Sheen’s performance was nothing short of tortured brilliance was unanimous. The performances continue to rave reviews and sell out audiences.
	It is announced that Prince Charles will attend the premiere of Resistance, which receives a sadly limited release within the UK.
	Michael unveils a blue plaque from English Heritage on the late Richard Burton’s London Home.
	A new promo image of Michael Sheen as Aro for Breaking Dawn is released.

December
WhatsOnStage awards have Michael shortlisted twice for their 2012 awards. Once for Hamlet, and again for the Passion.
Michael makes an appearance on BBC Radio 4′s Great Livesseries to talk about author Philip K Dick.Hamlet continues to wow Hamlet audiences at The Young Vic, and continues to sell out.
Michael appeared alongside Joanna Lumley and Samuel West at an Index On Censorship held an event at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park to highlight the plight of political prisoners in Belarus.

There are a few people who require a special thanks. One such group call themselves the Sheenian Sisters – @mariamuser @teamaro1 @nouarraa @Evangelinered @fulvia_malacart @gginsp @LucianaLycanus @Margarita_Q @NadyJdB @Redfoxi – thank you ladies for all your support in the twitterverse.

More twitter love to @Merlange @Lilyfreeman @magooglersriot, and @YVTeaBitch.

A really big thank you to my husband who supports me and who graciously, and without envy, accepts that he is not the only man in my life.

Finally, a massive thank you to my sista-from-another-mista @Caryn69. The most bodacious of babes, and a true and loyal friend.

Yesterday, Michael Sheen was a guest on the VH1 Buzz show in the US. The producers of the show had selected some Twilight fan fiction and asked him to read a little, which he did.

Sadly, the original video is not viewable outside the US, but some clever person has managed to get a version onto YouTube. A copy of this has been added to the Video Library. I am still trying to get my hands on the full interview, but in the meantime, here is a clip of Michael reading the fic.

I am reliably informed that the fiction in question is Unexpected Circumstances, and was written by @Savage7289, and can be found on FanFiction.net.

Many thanks to @twilightladies for the heads up

There is currently an auction running on Ebay for a signed hand-drawn picture by Michael Sheen of his character Aro.

The description of the item reads as follows:

A SIGNED ORIGINAL ARTWORK FROM ACTOR MICHAEL SHEEN DRAWN ON 8X5 WHITE CARD.  THE ARTWORK SHOWS HIS TWILIGHT NEW MOON CHARACTER “ARO” DRAWN AND SIGNED IN BLACK.

The seller claims this is genuine, and that this item is being auctioned to raise money for Great Ormand Street Hospital. There is only 2 days left on this auction, so get bidding if you want a chance to win this unique item.

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The highlights of the remainder of today’s press.

• 411Mania – ‘The Damned United’ Review (Read more)
• Toledo Blade – ‘Sheen puts Tony Blair roles on the sidelines’ (Read more)
• STV – ‘Michael Sheen’s Alice Dream’ (Read more)
• Examiner.com – ‘Michael Sheen talks about playing the White Rabbit in Alice In Wonderland’ (Read more)

Michael Sheen talks about Twilight fans and his role as Aro while at the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2009 where he received Actor of the Year award.  Please click on the thumbnail.