Thor: The Dark World official site now online.

http://marvel.com/thor

One .gif of note for Chris fans:

Doctor Who - Danny Boyle Opens Up About Christopher Eccleston Mortuary Fears.

Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston was so afraid of getting locked in a real-life mortuary for a scene in Shallow Grave, director Danny Boyle had to ask a crew member to stand in the shadows and comfort the nervous actor.

The future TV time lord hated the idea of being shut in the final resting place, surrounded by dead bodies, so Boyle came up with a plan to make him feel more at ease.

He explains, "It was a real mortuary and there were real dead bodies in there. Christopher, who went on to be a future master of the universe said, 'I can't do this!'

"Eventually we agreed that we'd put one of the prop guys in there, so when the door is closed and it goes dark he wouldn't be alone with the dead.

"In fact, on the soundtrack when the door is closing and the lights go off, you can hear this guy going, 'It's alright Chris!'"

‘1984’ audio.

Just discovered that the link for this audio was incorrect, my apologies to anyone trying to listed/download, this has now been corrected.

www.bad-wolf.info/audios.html

"It's time to thank the Doctor for saving the Earth."

Doctor Who 50th anniversary Official Royal Mail stamps:

http://www.royalmail.com/doctorwho/foes?utm_campaign=DoctorWhoFinal&utm_medium=email&utm_source=RM

Behind the scenes Song for Marion.

Chris Vs Terence Stamp table-tennis match on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/F2OgPWm2Fvs

New Award Announced for Emerging Theatre Directors.

http://www.royalexchange.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?article=426

The Royal Exchange Theatre Hodgkiss Award offers a theatre maker of outstanding promise the chance to direct a new piece of work – by a writer of their choice – in a production fully supported by the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 2014.
Actor Christopher Eccleston and award-winning playwright Rona Munro will be joined by Bush Theatre Artistic Director, Madani Younis and Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Sarah Frankcom on the judging panel. Also on the panel will be Sue Hodgkiss, local business woman and philanthropist, whose support has made this inaugural award possible.
Royal Exchange Theatre Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom said: “The creation of new work and the collaboration between the director and writer is at the heart of the theatre-making process. The Royal Exchange Theatre is excited by the potential of this award to introduce new voices, explore new ways of making work collaboratively and engage with the modern world.”
Judging panel member Madani Younis said: “I’m delighted to have been asked to be one of the judges for the inaugural Royal Exchange Hodgkiss Emerging Directors Award. This award offers a unique opportunity for theatre-makers to be bold and imaginative, and potentially to work with the Royal Exchange Theatre and I am looking forward to joining my fellow judges in discovering and supporting new theatre-makers.”
Click here to meet the judges

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THE APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications can be submitted online from Monday 8 April until Saturday 18 May.

To register your interest in applying, please email emergingdirectorsaward@royalexchange.co.uk.
(Please note application forms will not be available before 8 April 2013.)

Five candidates will be shortlisted and will be asked to attend an interview and work-sharing day on Saturday 29 June at the Royal Exchange Theatre. The successful Director will be announced at 7.00pm that evening.

George Orwell’s “1984”.

I will be uploading this to my Chris website very soon. It’s the entire production so is just under 2 hours long.

http://www.bad-wolf.info

Interview: Christopher Eccleston

Best known for playing the Doctor in Doctor Who, Christopher Eccleston stars in the upcoming comedy drama Song for Marion.

Eccleston, who plays James in the film, described the subject of Song for Marion as a “spiritual awakening done in a very light comedic style.” He explained: “It’s a little bit like A Christmas Carol in a way. It’s about the awakening of a miserable old man to the possibilities of life.

“Arthur (Terence Stamp), my father in the film is married to Marion (Vanessa Redgrave). His wife is in a local community choir that get together and sing popular songs poorly. He’s very disapproving of this and distant from it as he’s been with his son all his life. I play the son.”

He continued: “During the course of Marion being involved in the choir, she realises that she’s got cancer and that she’s dying. This has a massive emotional impact on Arthur and his son, and increases the tension in their relationship, but Marion is increasingly involved in the choir.

“When she’s gone, there’s a gap and the young woman who runs the choir, played by Gemma Arterton, pursues Arthur to become involved, in order to help him deal with his grief and in order for him to shed some of his misery really.”

Eccleston, who has also appeared in Elizabeth, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and The Others, said that working with Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave and Gemma Arterton was a beneficial experience: “I looked at Terence’s character and I looked at Vanessa’s character and I had to decide how much each of them had influenced the psychology of my character James.

“I think it’s probably very difficult if your father’s distant, cold and unemotional. However, it seems that his mother was the complete opposite of that, which is often the case in couples, and she was very warm, very expansive, inclusive and optimistic. Based on this, I think I decided that my character was far more like his mother than his father.”

He added: “I only had one scene with Gemma but it was great to be around her obviously.”

Despite being set in London, Song for Marion was filmed in Newcastle and Durham, where the local community were “hugely supportive” of the film. Eccleston, who was born in Salford, explained: “You know you get a very specific generosity and warmth in the North of this country.

“It’s fact that people voted the Geordie voice as the friendliest on the telephone. We’ve got great locations. We were made to feel very welcome. It was a very positive experience up there.”

Song for Marion, also known as Unfinished Song, closed the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and has already received a “very positive” response. Eccleston explained: “You never get universal approval but generally people have responded really well to Gemma, Vanessa and particularly Terence’s performance, because he anchors the film.”

Song for Marion is released in cinemas on February 22^nd, 2013.

http://www.thenationalstudent.com/Film/2013-02-11/Interview_Christopher_Eccleston.html

Christopher Eccleston receives 'substantial' hacking damages.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-02-08/private-christopher-ecclestone-receives-substantial-hacking-damages/

Actor Christopher Eccleston received a public apology, "substantial" damages and his legal costs.

David Sherborne, representing the star, told the judge that the star was "repeatedly targeted" by News Group Newspapers (NGN) in 2005 and 2006 "not only because of his successful acting career, but also because his private life was apparently of significant interest to the News of the World".

He said Mr Eccleston was a "private individual who has always taken care to keep his personal life out of the press".

Christopher Eccleston has received a public apology, "substantial" damages and his legal costs Credit: Yui Mok/PA

The News of the World "targeted" him as "part of their unlawful activities, to obtain private information belonging to him, and then sought to publish articles about his personal relationships and private life".

Counsel told the court: "The claimant was deeply angry and upset to discover that, owing to the deliberate destruction of documents by the News of the World, he will never find out the true extent to which his privacy, and that of those close to him, was invaded."

He said NGN now accepted responsibility for its unlawful actions and agreed to apologise to the actor.

9th Doctor eBook.

9th Doctor eBook is in the works. Puffin is releasing the eBooks - one for each Doctor - for the 50th anniversary.

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