Every Woman Dreams…

From The Hollywood Reporter comes this article on the October release of The Three Musketeers. (http://hollywoodreporter.com/new/three-musketeers-first-photos-released-182618).
See Milla Jovovich, Ray Stevenson, Matthew Macfadyen and Luke Evans ahead of the film’s fall release.

COLOGNE, Germany – Producer Constantin Film has released the first pictures of Paul W.S. Anderson’s highly-anticipated 3-D reboot of The Three Musketeers. See his wife, Milla Jovovich, in costume as M’lady De Winter.
Musketeers stars Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans and Logan Lerman as the titular swashbucklers Aramis, Porthos, Athos, and D’Artagnan. Orlando Bloom plays the Duke of Buckingham, Christoph Waltz Musketeer nemesis Cardinal Richelieu and Mads Mikkelsen plays Rochefort.
Constantin will bow The Three Musketeers in Germany Sept. 1, ahead of the film’s global roll out.
However, those of you who know me, know what I’ll be doing on the film’s release locally. Thank goodness 3D has changed since those old red and green cardboard lens. Matthew is 3D shall be magnificent!!!!

Author Kerri Nelson has organized a disaster relief effort to help tornado victims in Alabama. Her Between the Scenes:Authors Helping Others: A Buck for Bama campaign can be found at http://betweenthescenes11.blogspot.com/2011/05/buck-for-bama-help-tornado-victims-in.html. People can chime in with support or make donations through PayPal as part of the site.

Austen Actors with May Birthdays
It is time once again to take a second look at some of our favorite actors in Austen-related films. We shall celebrate fifteen actors this month. Some have acted in more than one Austen film: Christina Cole was in both Lost in Austen and Emma 2009; Phyllida Law acted in both Miss Austen Regrets and Emma 1996; and Carey Mulligan can be found in both Pride and Prejudice 2005 and Northanger Abbey 2007. Together, Michelle Ryan and Hayley Atwell took on roles for 2007’s Mansfield Park. Ben Gourley and Kam Heskin acted together in Pride and Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy. Phyllida Law is Greg Wise’s mother-in-law. The “connections” go on and on. Unfortunately, three of those we highlight in this slideshow have left us forever: Peter Cushing, Maureen O’Sullivan, and Sir Laurence Olivier. I hope you enjoy the slide show.
http://pf.kizoa.com/sflite.swf?did=1671379&k=P138462148&hk=1

In the wake of this week’s tornado devastation, I cannot help but to think of those in 1974. It was April 3, 1974. I was in my 3rd. year of teaching and finishing up my master’s program. I lived and worked in southern WV at the time. The Midwest, especially OH and IN, was trampled by the storm’s intensity. Much like what we saw in Alabama, Xenia, Ohio, was flattened by the magnitude of the storm. Showers and thunderstorms were predicted for the the day, but no one could predict the utter destruction that would follow. Tornadoes broke across the heartland with such an intensity and frequency never seen before in the United States. Homes and schools destroyed. Loved ones lost. 315 people lost their lives in this storm, and 5,000 people were injured.

Nominations for the British Academy of Film/Television Awards have been released. Here is a list of those nominated:

LEADING ACTOR
Jim Broadbent, Any Human Heart Channel 4
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock BBC One
Daniel Rigby, Eric and Ernie BBC Two
Matt Smith, Doctor Who BBC One

LEADING ACTRESS
Anna Maxwell Martin, South Riding BBC One
Vicky McClure, This Is England ’86 Channel 4
Natalie Press, Five Daughters BBC One
Juliet Stevenson, Accused BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey ITV1
Martin Freeman, Sherlock BBC One
Johnny Harris, This Is England ’86 Channel 4
Robert Sheehan, Misfits E4

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gillian Anderson, Any Human Heart Channel 4
Lynda Baron, The Road to Coronation Street BBC Four
Lauren Socha, Misfits E4
Jessie Wallace, The Road to Coronation Street BBC Four

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Rob Brydon, The Rob Brydon Show BBC Two
Stephen Fry, QI BBC One
Harry Hill, Harry Hill’s TV Burp ITV1
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show BBC One

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Jo Brand, Getting On BBC Four
Dawn French, Roger and Val Have Just Got In BBC Two
Miranda Hart, Miranda BBC Two
Katherine Parkinson, The IT Crowd Channel 4

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
James Buckley, The Inbetweeners E4
Steve Coogan, The Trip BBC Two
Tom Hollander, Rev BBC Two
David Mitchell, Peep Show Channel 4

SINGLE DRAMA
Eric and Ernie
Victoria Wood, Peter Bowker, Tim Bricknell, Jonny Campbell
BBC Two /BBC Wales /Blue Door Adventures
I Am Slave
Andrea Calderwood, Gabriel Range, Jeremy Brock
Channel 4/A Slate Films and Altered Image Production for UKFC, Channel 4, Limelight, JAC Rights Management LLP and the Film Agency for Wales
The Road to Coronation Street
Production Team
BBC Four/ITV Studios
The Special Relationship
Production Team
BBC Two/Rainmark Films and HBO Films

DRAMA SERIES
Being Human
Rob Pursey, Philip Trethowan, Toby Whithouse, Colin Teague
BBC Three/Touchpaper Television
Downton Abbey
Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge, Nigel Marchant
ITV1/Carnival Films
Misfits
Murray Ferguson, Petra Fried, Howard Overman, Kate Crowe
E4/Clerkenwell Films
Sherlock
Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue, Beryl Vertue
BBC One/Hartswood Films

DRAMA SERIAL
Any Human Heart
Lynn Horsford, Lee Morris, Sally Woodward Gentle, Michael Samuels
Channel 4/Carnival Films
Mad Dogs
Cris Cole, Andy Harries, Suzanne Mackie, Adrian Shergold
SKY 1/Left Bank Pictures
The Sinking of the Laconia
Alan Bleasdale, Jonathan Young, Uwe Janson, Hilary Norrish
BBC Two/BBC Productions
The Promise
Peter Kosminsky, David Aukin, Hal Vogel
Channel 4/Daybreak Pictures

CONTINUING DRAMA
Casualty
Production Team
BBC One/BBC Productions
Coronation Street
Production Team
ITV1/ITV Studios
EastEnders
Production Team
BBC One/BBC Productions
Waterloo Road
Sharon Hughff, Sharon Channer, Fraser MacDonald, Lis Steele
BBC One/Shed Productions

INTERNATIONAL
Boardwalk Empire
Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Tim Van Patten, Howard Korder
SKY Atlantic/HBO
Glee
Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
E4/Twentieth Century Fox
The Killing
Soren Sveistrup, Piv Bernth, Birger Larsen, Sophie Grabol
BBC Four/DR/ZDF Enterprises
Mad Men
Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Jennifer Getzinger
BBC Four/Lionsgate Television

FACTUAL SERIES
Coppers
Production Team
Channel 4/Blast!
One Born Every Minute
Production Team
Channel 4/Dragonfly Film and Television
Welcome to Lagos
Will Anderson, Gavin Searle, Chris King, Andrew Palmer
BBC Two/Keo North
The Young Ones
Leanne Klein, Tom McDonald, Michael Jochnowitz
BBC One/Wall To Wall Television

SPECIALIST FACTUAL *
Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (The Making Of)
Martin Rosenbaum, David Sabel, Toby Coffey
More 4/Lone Star Productions
Flying Monsters 3D
David Attenborough, Anthony Geffen, Celia Taylor, Sias Wilson
Sky 3D/Atlantic Productions
Human Planet
Brian Leith, Dale Templar, Nitin Sawhney
BBC One/BBC Productions
Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
Paul Elston, Daisy Scalchi, Richard Bradley
BBC Two/Lion Television

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY **
Between Life and Death
Nick Holt, Meredith Chambers, Marina Parker, Ben Brown
BBC One/BBC Factual Wales
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
Jamie Doran, Najibullah Quraishi, John Moffat, Mike Healy
More 4/Clover Films
Pink Saris
Production Team
More 4/Ginger Productions
Scenes From a Teenage Killing
Morgan Matthews, Ruth Kelly, Steve Hewlett, Michael Harrowes
BBC Four/Minnow Films

FEATURES
Come Dine With Me
Production Team
Channel 4/ITV Studios
Hugh’s Fish Fight
Andrew Palmer, Will Anderson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Frankie Fathers
Channel 4/Keo Films
Mary Queen of Shops
Production Team
BBC Two/Optomen Television
Pineapple Dance Studios
Jonathan Stadlen, Pat Doyle, Hannah Springham
Sky 1/Pulse Films

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Kids in Care (Panorama)
Simon Gilchrist, Roger Graef, Tom Giles, Clare Johns
BBC One/Films of Record
Lost Girls of South Africa (Dispatches)
Deborah Shipley, Brian Woods, Xoliswa Sithole
Channel 4/True Vision Productions
Secret Iraq
Eamonn Matthews, Sam Collyns, James Jones, Philippa Lacey
BBC Two/Quicksilver Media
Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children
Jezza Neumann, Zoliswa Sithole, Brian Woods, Deborah Shipley
BBC Four/True Vision Productions

NEWS COVERAGE
BBC One: Ten O’Clock News: Handover of Power
Production Team
BBC One/BBC News 24/BBC News
Channel 4 News: From Chile’s Ecstasy to Congo’s Agony
Production Team
Channel 4/ITN Productions
ITV News at Ten: The Cumbria Murders
Production Team
ITV1/ITN Productions
Sky News: Egypt Crisis
Production Team
Sky News/Sky News

SPORT
6 Nations – England v Wales
Production Team
BBC One/BBC Sport
FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Portsmouth
Tony Pastor, Paul McNamara, Jamie Oakford, Rob Hollier
ITV1/ITV Sport
Formula 1 – The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Production Team
BBC One/BBC Sport
Wimbledon 2010
Production Team
BBC One/BBC Sport

NEW MEDIA
LabUK/Brain Test Britain
Richard Cable, Zoe Heron, Kathy Neil, Peter Harvey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Multiplatform
Misfits
Matt Jarvis, Chloe Moss, Owen Priestly, Carl Hodler
E4.com/ Clerkenwell Productions & Kerb Digital
Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone
Dave Addey, Armando Iannucci, Henry Cooke, Henry Volans
iTunes App Store/Agant Ltd & Faber and Faber
Wallace and Gromit’s World of Invention
Production Team
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Aardman Digital/BBC

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME ***
The Cube
Adam Adler, Nathan Eastwood, Andrew Newman, Andrew O’Connor
ITV1/Objective Productions
The Graham Norton Show
Graham Norton, Jon Magnusson, Graham Stuart, Steve Smith
BBC One/So Television
Have I Got News For You
Richard Wilson, Jo Bunting, Nick Martin, Mark Barrett
BBC One/Hattrick Productions
The X Factor
Andrew Llinares, Mark Sidaway, Nigel Hall, Richard Holloway
ITV1/TalkbackTHAMES and Syco

COMEDY PROGRAMME
Catherine Tate’s Little Cracker
Catherine Tate, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Izzy Mant
Sky 1/Tiger Aspect
Come Fly With Me
Adam Tandy, Paul King, Matt Lucas, David Walliams
BBC One/A Little Britain Production/BBC Productions
Facejacker
Kayvan Novak, Ed Tracy, Mario Stylianides, Tom Thostrup
Channel 4/Hat Trick Productions
Harry and Paul
Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Sandy Johnston, Izzy Mant
BBC Two/Tiger Aspect Productions

SITUATION COMEDY
Mrs Brown’s Boys
Stephen McCrum, Martin Delany, Ben Kellett, Brendan O’Carroll
BBC One/BOCPix and BBC Productions, in association with RTE
Peep Show
Phil Clarke, Becky Martin, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong
Channel 4/Objective Productions
Rev
Kenton Allen, James Wood, Peter Cattaneo, Hannah Pescod
BBC Two/Big Talk Productions
The Trip
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Michael Winterbottom
BBC Two/Revolution Films
* Specialist Factual is given in honour of Huw Wheldon
** Single Documentary is given in honour of Robert Flaherty
*** Entertainment Programme is given in honour of Lew Grade
The awards ceremony is Sunday, May 22.

Check out Maria Grazia’s Fly High blog on the modern poetry adaptation of “The Song of Lunch,” starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. Thompson’s husband, Greg Wise, is the executive director of the 50-minute episode. You will love this reuniting of the Sense and Sensibility 1995 actors.

http://flyhigh-by-learnonline.blogspot.com/2011/04/song-of-lunch-poetry-on-tv-with-alan.html

Is one of your favorites on the list? Check out iMBD’s list. I think you will find it amusing.

http://www.imdb.com/list/RkNNgdX4gBg/

When I write a Pride and Prejudice sequel/adaptation, I do so from Darcy’s point of view, rather than from Elizabeth’s. When I speak of Austen’s Persuasion, I speak of Wentworth’s thoughts. When I am writing of the Realm, I do so as a member of this British covert unit. So, what does this mean in terms of how I approach a tale? It means that I must know something about the differences in how a male and a female views the world. For example, a woman would say, “I bought an indiglo-colored gown with a cornsilk netting.” However, a man might respond, “She bought a blue dress with some sort of beige-colored scratchy material attached.” With this in mind, let us take a look at some of the basis differences, which affect the plot line.

*Women are better at judging a person’s character. A man excels in judging cause and effect.
*Women seek acceptance; men seek respect.
*Women see “romance” as the building of tension (eye contact, whispered words, gentle caresses, etc.). For men, desire equals instant gratification.
*Women lie to make someone feel better. Men tell lies as a cover up, as a way to build their own egos, or as a means to expedite an issue.
*Women prefer an emotional bonding (talk about it). Men hate to jump through a woman’s “hoops” just to get what he wants.
*Women are more likely to conform to the group/situation’s rules regarding sex. Men will seek sex even if the group has outlawed it.
*When women dine out, they carefully divide the check for what each owes. Men will often compete to pay the whole bill, or they will throw money on the table to cover the tab.
*Women are competitive about the degree of attractiveness among their acquaintances. They are also competitive about morals and about domestic abilities. Men are highly competitive about job, social/professional status, and income.
*Women can speak and listen at the same time. Men have no idea how to accomplish this.
*Women will use words such as “Always” and “Never” when they argue. This allows a man to prove the woman’s points have no basis.
*Women choose blank greeting cards. Men choose ones already loaded with words so they do not have to write anything beyond their names.
*Women have a better recall of the spoken word than do men.
*Women are more than likely to show their teeth when they smile.
*Women leave a relationship because they are emotionally unfulfilled. A man feels he has failed if “his woman” is unhappy.
*Women ask questions. Men make statements.
*Women use words such as “could,” “would,” and “shall.” Men prefer the word “will.”
*Women nod their heads to show they are listening. Men take that as agreement to their ideas. Little do they know, an argument will ensue later.
*When a man seeks a mistress, he wants only the “status” of doing so. Often, he has no desire to leave his wife. A woman gives a man her heart and her body.
*Men will challenge and interrupt more often than women.
*Men will speak more bluntly than women. They are also more likely to use risqué language.
*When speaking with female friends, women are likely to call each other by their given names and discuss intimate details of their lives. In an all-male gathering, men discuss life in general (no specifics), make crude jokes, and are likely to call each other by some derogatory nickname.
*Women not on hormone replacement or the Pill find more masculine features attractive (the cave man effect). Women on the Pill, etc., find “softer” male faces more attractive.
*Women need a “connection” to allow themselves to be vulnerable. For men, sex is the connection of choice. They use sex to display their vulnerable side.