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Claire Foy Source aka Claire-Foy.org

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | Book, Celebrity, Sites, TV | 3 Comments

Yay! It’s online! Anna and I’ve been quite busy in recent weeks and are really proud of our little baby. Claire really caught my attention in Little Dorrit and I reading interviews with her only made me more appreciative of the talented British actress. Not sure why I resisted a website for her last November but I’m sure it had something to do with my vow not to have a new website when I was neglecting the ones I already had. Never mind that, when Anna suggested we opened one I remembered all the reasons why I adored Claire and also I was excited about the idea of working together with Anna for the first time!

Mariana created the lovely header and I adapted my recent Marion WP theme.

So far, I’ve never really been lucky when it came to being part of a team on a website. Well, AnnaPaquinFan was really good, but I really only came onboard late and only to help out Angie. And it seems it only lasted a second. But apart from that… First of all, I’ve always liked to work alone on my precious websites about Sophia and Marion (also Scarlett, back when I still had it). And then there were a few occasions when one or both of us lost interest etc, so things just went their natural course. Really, I’ve no hard feelings at all about those instances. It just wasn’t meant to happen & I myself am partly responsible. But then there were times when everything I heard about someone’s commitment to a project sounded so fabulous and honest and serious, I stopped whatever I was doing and made it all happen. After everything was set up (or a very short while later) there was complete silence on the other end. Matthew and Emily were the sites in question. Anyway, not sure why I’m talking about all that now, but I’m sure I’ll have a great time on Claire Foy Source with Anna!

Not sure if I’ll be keeping my Fragment of Light site, but I’d really love to use it for all those screencaps etc I intended it for when I opened it. If only I had some more time & motivation to updated it! Let’s hope that’ll soon come!

Other than that I’ve read the first Sookie Stackhouse novel and kind of liked it. I mean it’s nothing deep but it’s good fun. I don’t see however, how fans of the book would condemn True Blood for its kinky scenes. Sure, the book only has those that involve Sookie, but she’s intended to be the innocent character, at the beginning at least. So what exactly did you guys think was going on in other people’s lives??!! Nothing?! Some people never cease to amaze me. The scenes might not be to their liking but to say they have nothing to do with the book is such a self-deceiving lie. Whatever makes them happy I guess.

As for True Blood, I’ve only seen the first episode of the new season yet. I’m not as enthusiastic about it as others are, but then I’ve always kind of felt ambiguous about the show. Also, I would never have said I’m into vamire stories. Go figure why I enjoyed Moonlight and why I keep watching True Blood. Well, there’s something about it that intrigues me. Not least Anna’s involvement. Though I have to say she looks too thin this season, also something about the shade of her hair is slightly off. It all gives her a “hard” look, and she looks kind of old. Well, I seem to be picky, what do you want?! I’m still in love with Erik played by Alexander Skarsgard (don’t care about the spelling right now) and if nothing else he’ll keep me watching lol

About actresses being too thin… Scarlett Johansson has come under quite some scrutiny lately. My opinion on the matter. Had she not lost some weight for the role, she’d be equally critizised, at least when the film comes out. Besides, she’s never really been curvy. Well, she’s got cleavage yes, but that’s just genes. No one who just happens to have large breasts but is otherwise very slim deserves to be commended for being “healthy” and “non-Hollywood” when others are more flat-chested but really more naturally curvy. Scarlett’s always had great legs and slim arms, people just never noticed because she always wore those tight and revealing dresses. It seemed to me she couldn’t press her cleavage enough, couldn’t make people notice it enough. It always looked as if everything would pop out any second. Now, apart from the weight loss the more significant change is her style of dress. The outfits aren’t as lowcut, as tight, as revealing. On pictures, black fabric makes it very hard to figure out what someone looks like in reality. So when people show me a pic of her dressed in some white skin-hugging fabric and a low-cut bodice next to one of her dressed in some black almost old-fashioned dress to “prove” that she lost more than she said I can just shake my head. Get over it people, she’s always been slimmer than most people I know in real life!

Matt Smith - Who?

Monday, January 5th, 2009 | Celebrity, TV | No Comments

When I read that Matt Smith was cast as the new doctor (Doctor Who) I had no idea who he was. I learned that he was in Ruby in the Smoke with Billie Piper and JJ Feild (gotta love him!) and I remembered I have been meaning to see this film for a while. So, after having seen it I can honestly say that I can see a quality in Matt Smith - even though he played a different part - that I will find appealing as the new Doctor. I can’t wait to see what kind of a doctor he’ll be. Best of luck to him!

All things come to an end…

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | Film, TV | 1 Comment

Little Dorrit: Absolutely loved the finale! Matthew Macfadyen as Arthur Clennam waking from his illness and turning his head to follow Amy with his eyes - while still lying in bed: priceless. Also I loved that ample screentime was given to the declaration of love between the two - unlike in Wives and Daughters - also penned by Andrew Davies - where the rain scene is gorgeous indeed, but we don’t even get a kiss… and this after almost 5 hours of unrequited love. Anyhow, back to LD, the final episode more than made up for the somewhat slow last few episodes. Can’t wait for the DVD!! I’m definitely buying it! Only problem: whatever happened to the Meagles daughter? And Freema’s character Tattycoram’s sudden change of heart was sudden indeed but not delved into more… But I can live with that.

True Blood: I’m happy for the critical praise it’s getting - esp. for Anna Paquin. She just received her 3rd Golden Globe nomination! However, I can’t exactly see what’s supposed to be so much better about this show than Moonlight. Granted, the latter was cheesey, but so was TB in its own way. I have to say, I can’t stand it when shows with lots of violence and sex are deemed more “valuable” from the beginning and people/critics are so willing to shower it with praise no matter what - while cheesey shows are prejudiced against…

The Devil’s Whore: Now that was a good looking period romp! Some developments in the story as well as in the characters were rather sudden and numerous - but I thoroughly enjoyed the mini series. Andrea Riseborough - and John Simm - as well as the beautiful cinematography being the main reasons.

Spooks: I stopped watching after Season 4 - but now I’ve heard that Richard Armitage is on board since Season 7 I’m determined to catch up. Yesterday I watched the first 4 episodes of Season 5 and I have to say this show is just gripping and dramatic - I’m once again under its spell. Granted, it’s over the top and probably far-fetched but it’s a TV series so I don’t mind at all.

I re-watched the 2 The Cutting Edge movies. The first one from 1992 about 3 times in a row. I just LOVE that movie! The second one is nothing special but I love watching the skating scenes. For the same reason I plan on watching the third.

I wish

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | Book, Celebrity, TV | 2 Comments

It’s the kind of phase in my life right again where I’m often thinking/saying “I wish…” instead of focusing on the now and dealing with it. Although, have to say life’s kept me pretty busy these days. Can’t even begin to think of what I need to do on my sites. Not even my beloved Sophia site is up to date. But I intend to start catching up on that and email correspondance soon.

Been away for the weekend but it was no good since I was sick the whole time and would have been faaaar better off home. This week I received something like what would have been called a social call in the old days and we’re getting new windows today/tomorrow. Good thing: our apartment is perfectly clean and more or less tidied up! Also it’ll be nice to have modern windows instead of the very old ones (as in double windows). Will have friends coming over tomorrow and hopefully they’ll stay the night, it’d be so much fun!

Watched all of the episodes of the US version of “Life on Mars” that have aired so far. Can’t believe we have to wait till January something for new episodes! I really loved it though, even though I still can’t understand why they had to re-make it for the US I think it’s a successful transition. It’s as addictive as the UK one and I’m curious to find out if it’s true that the US will have a different mythology.

Also watched the 1999 version of “David Copperfield” - of which I found a relatively cheap DVD - and loved it quite a lot. Can’t believe how many actors I start to recognize from seeing them in different literary adaptations. Alun Armstrong seems to be in everything but he’s really talented. Also love Pauline Quirke. I think in the end these are the actors that are the happiest in their profession. They seem to get work regularly - so they’re not struggling actors - but don’t get the whole package of promotion, papparazzi etc. They can really spend their time doing what they love which is acting. Reminds me of a conversation I recently had with someone in the business about how the reality of Hollywood, LA and everything just turned out to be so different from what she imagined and how doing BBC/ITV projects might after all be preferrable to trying to land leading roles in Hollywood productions - which means spending months being unemployed in isolated LA… From where I stand I’d say this is a wise decision!

Started reading “Little Dorrit” in English. After I got past the first few pages it started to be a really gripping read despite the dated feeling of the writing. Which reminds me, have to find downloads for “Little Dorrit” and “The Devil’s Whore” again. I wonder why they’re relatively hard to find compared to e.g. “Lost In Austen” or “Tess” back when they aired.

Ice Blue

Monday, November 24th, 2008 | Personal, Songs, TV | No Comments

Been meaning to write about this yesterday but then I felt not motivated at all… I went for a traditional ‘Sunday walk’ shortly after lunch, something I started to hate when I hit puberty. It’s something I’ve only done maybe a handful of times since living alone - and it was the first time at my ‘new’ place. I enjoyed it a lot though and I will definitely have to make time for this more often. I’m always out & about during the week (and even on weekends) that I rarely muster up the motivation to walk just for the pleasure of it on my time off.

It snowed a number of times during the weekend and then around lunch yesterday we had the most pleasant sunshine. I dressed warmly, put on a cap (I looked not very fashionable, I guess) and walked to the top of my village. Up there the view was great, though I missed seeing the Alpes behind the hills (they were all wrapped in clouds), and I loved the combination of clear blue sky with single clouds. However, the wind up there was ice cold - which gives the word ice blue a whole new meaning I guess! Only half an hour after I returned home the sky was almost fully overcast again so I was glad I hadn’t postponed my walk - it was definitely the achievement of the weekend and I felt really proud of myself.

Later on I listened to the Spanish version of Laura Pausini’s new CD - it’s absolutely fantastic - and watched the first episode of The Devil’s Whore. This is actually really good! I loved the windswept parts and the overall look, John Simm and Andrea Riseborough are great actors and I liked the story development so far a lot. Only thing I don’t like so much is that it’s about war… True Blood’s last episode aired yesterday I guess - so after I’ve seen that there’s one less series I will have to keep up with, which I’m glad of because I don’t really have the time to download so many different series. But then it also makes me sad. I only hope they ended the season well. Oh, and Pushing Daisies got cancelled. How sad is that?! Even if they have plans to release comic books and even a movie (I’ll believe it when I see it…) I’ll definitely hate the cliffhanger the series supposedly will end with.