Russell Crowe on making Robin Hood...

Russell Crowe talking about making Robin Hood. His son is in this too and he is adorable.

Fertile Ground - Gale pics...

Here are some pics that the lovely Kinwad on livejournal was very kind enough to share with everyone.

I picked a few of the Gale ones and made them bigger, so click on them. The rest you can see here.

He does look amazing in these, so let's just hope that this film is one of the better examples of the genre. Oh, I really do hope so!


UPDATE: I did a couple more, you can barely see Gale in them so I thought they might benefit from being bigger! (I took all the pics back down a size, too, because I didn't like the loss of quality. They're still big, but not quite so big!) :)

Fertile Ground popularity...

So, Fertile Ground is up 58% in popularity on IMDb this week.

Its Moviemeter went from 26,094 on 27 September to 16,472 on 4 October!

Now, I wonder why...

Russell Crowe does such weird stuff...

and that's why I love him!

He's just given away a £60,000 (approx. US$95,514) prop from his film Robin Hood to the Clanranald Trust in Scotland, a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness of Scottish culture and heritage through interactive education.

The prop - a battering ram - will be used during their medieval battle re-enactments, which will be held at the replica medieval Motte and Bailey Fort they are building in the Fintry Hills. They hope it will serve as a visitor attraction.

Apparently the idea is to provide an arena where groups and individuals can experience the atmosphere of an authentic medieval working community.

I won't tell you how much money they've already spent on this fort, you'll have to read this article if you want to know.

Hmm, nice gesture, although I just can't see the relevance of this Trust at all! I know, I'm terrible, aren't I and I'm being very mean spirited.

Anyway, well done, Russ, for being such a generous mad man with your friends! I do really love him for doing ridiculous things like this! You know what though, I'm pretty sure that in similar circumstances, Gale would do crazy stuff like this, too! ;)

Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing's Garden Party Event on October 11th is a bit of a QAF Reunion!

With Bobby Gant, Thea Gill, Scott Lowell as well as Gale Harold all attending, this is going to be a QAF Reunion party too! Not only those four though, because Sharon Gless is one of this year's honourees, and will be the recipient of the first annual Triangle Pioneer Award.

Interestingly, also attending will be Ming Na. Like Gale, she DOESN'T have Vanished listed as a past memorable job either! Hee! The other interesting attendee is Wes Ramsey of Latter Days fame! Oh, how I loved that film at the time.

The party is open to the general public, so I certainly expect several QAF fans to attend on my behalf - it's a bit far for me to travel just for a couple of hours. It's very tempting, though, especially since there is apparently going to be a silent auction! Hm, I wonder what or WHO is up for auction? ;)

Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing's Garden Party Event on October 11th!
Celebrity honorees Leeza Gibbons and Sharon Gless, fabulous silent auction, music by DJ Griffin White, fashion show by Andrew Christian, Qantas Airlines raffle, exquisite food by Nadia Millani Catering will surely put the 'fun' in GLEH's Fall Garden Party
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ — The 2009 Garden Party to benefit Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing will be held from 1pm to 6pm on Sunday, October 11th 2009 at the Hancock Park Estate of Ms. Dayna Devon and Dr. Brent Moelleken in Los Angeles, CA. This year's event is entitled "Celebrating Equality's Pioneers" - celebrating the courage of past generations, honoring their revolutionary leadership and accomplishments which allow us the many liberties that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and elder communities are able to enjoy today.

The event is open to the general public and will offer exceptional food, cocktails, a fantastic silent auction, fashion show by Andrew Christian, entertainment by Mental Head Circus, music by DJ Griffin White and a special tribute to our LGBT seniors. This year's distinguished honorees are Leeza Gibbons (Leeza's Place) who will be bestowed with the Ron S. Gelb Community Service Award and Sharon Gless (Queer As Folk, Hannah Free) who is the recipient of the first annual Triangle Pioneer Award.

This annual event will feature celebrity guest appearances by:

Lance Bass (Nsync)
Robert Gant (Queer As Folk)
Jai Rodriguez (Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!
Thomas Bierdz (Young & The Restless
Jonathan Bennett (Van Wilder 2)
Frenchie Davis (American Idol)
Brian Nolan (The Lair)
Jennia Fredrique (Noah's Arc)
Ming Na (ER, Joy Luck Club)
Wes Ramsey (Latter Days, Charmed, CSI Miami)
Calpirnia Addams (Transamerican Love Story)
Ben Patrick Johnson
Daniel Sladek (Emmy Award winning producer of Prayers for Bobby")
Chris Taaffe (Emmy Award winning producer of "Prayers for Bobby")
Doug Spearman (Noah's Ark)
Thea Gill (Queer as Folk)
Gale Harold (Queer as Folk, Desperate Housewives)
Scott Lowell (Queer as Folk)
Jesse Ferguson (Modern Family)
Angela Featherstone (Exe's and Oh's)
Amy Paffrath (E!)
Drew Seeley (Another Cinderella Story)

This event is not only a chance for supporters of Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing to take part in an exceptional fund-raising event together, but it is an invitation to the community to celebrate and experience the magic of the nation's first affordable housing development providing vital housing and social support services to some of the nation's most vulnerable seniors.

Each year, as our senior population grows, countless low-income LGBT seniors are faced with the challenge of securing safe, permanent affordable housing and social services that address their specific concerns and meet their unique needs. The program is dependent on the contributions and support of the community, private foundations, donors and volunteers.
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Sponsors for this event include Wells Fargo Bank, Ben Patrick Johnson Foundation, Mike Mueller Designs Inc., Qantas Airlines, Capitol Drugs-PowerZone, Union Bank, CAZCO Construction, CRA/LA, Zuno Studios, Silver Birches and Gabriel Pacheco Designs. Alcohol sponsored by Beam Global Spirits and Wine (Effen, Hornitos, Makers Mark, Dekuyper, Cruzan Rum) - Media sponsors include Frontiers Publishing, Lesbian News and Reality Cares.

For information about the event, sponsorship or to purchase tickets, please visit www.gleh.org or contact Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing at 323.957.7200.

Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and operating high-quality affordable, multicultural housing developments which include a community space used to provide social and recreational services for GLBT older adults. Our goal is to provide a safe, nurturing environment that supports the well-being of GLBT elders.

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Btw, here's a link if anyone wants to buy tickets! :)

Congratulations Rio...

and commiserations Chicago!

It's funny, but this decision amazed me, I was absolutely SURE that Chicago was going to win the Olympic bid! I was almost as shocked that Chicago WASN'T chosen as I was four years ago when London WAS chosen!

Better get saving then, I don't suppose a trip to Rio for 17 days will be cheap. At least the 2012 Olympics will be cheaper... they're on my own doorstep! :)

Randy's appearance at the Emelin Theatre last night...

Here are some pictures of Randy appearing last night at the Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck, New York at a behind-the-scenes look at the process of taking Shakespeare from the page to the stage. (UPDATE: I made them a little larger, click.)

Randy was with Elisabeth Waterston and Ezra Knight in an open rehearsal of Measure for Measure, directed by Michael Sexton, The Shakespeare Society's Artistic Director, with commentary from Shakespearean scholar Ruth Carpenter.

A discussion and reception with the artists followed the programme.

He looks absolutely adorable in them! :)



Photos courtesy of the Emelin Theatre website.

Dog fighting gang sentenced...

I was very, very relieved when four people involved in "Europe's largest dogfighting syndicates" were convicted on 15th September, I blogged about it here. At the time I wrote about my fear that they wouldn't get custodial sentences, but instead get paltry fines and a couple of hours of community service.

Well I was wrong. They did get custodial sentences. Nothing too severe though, apparently horrendous cruelty to an animal in this country only warrants a maximum six months in jail!

Anyway, Claire Parker, the woman who held the dog fights at her home, was sentenced to only four and a half months in jail and was banned from owning a dog for ten years. The other three were sentenced to between five and a half and six months in jail and banned from owning a dog for life.

I'm pleased, I really am, that they all got jail time. I just don't think it's anywhere near long enough. How can the sentence for a bank robber in this country be anything between 10 and 30 years, depending on the violence used, and yet the most appalling cruelty meted out to animals for days, months and, in some cases, years only warrants six months or LESS in jail. I just don't understand.

Read the full report on the sentencing here.

Oh, and the great pitbull pic is from the fabulous I Can Has Cheezeburger website.

This cat gets a tap on the head...

I saw this a few months ago, but somehow didn't post about it here. Almost 2 million have viewed it so far, so forgive me if you've seen it before, but I find it fascinating! :)

Anyway, I was reminded of it the other day, thanks to the fabulous Cats Protection, who posted it on their Facebook page.

It's hilarious, but I can't imagine what makes the cat think this is the easiest way to get a drink! Why can't his owner put him a little bowl down? Oh, sorry... that wouldn't make an entertaining video now would it! ;)

Okay, here it is:

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October!

I think by now we're all very familiar with the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Because of this, I've given my blog a bit of a facelift to a very pretty - in my opinion - pink theme. This is not only for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but also to celebrate my best friend's (hee, I typed 'breast' friend!) seventh year as a survivor. We've been friends for a hell of a long time - I'm sorry, I can't be more specific because she'd kill me if I told you exactly how long! All I can say is that we met at school and that place is a very distant memory, but thank God, she isn't! She's alive and well and still my friend and that's due to the fact that we get free mammograms every three years and it was at one of these routine mammograms that her cancer was picked up!

So, when you get that letter from the NHS, or your doctor, asking you to attend for a mammogram and you think you don't need it, can't be bothered or you just don't think you'll have the time. Please bother. Please make the time! Only takes five minutes once you're there and those five minutes could save your life.

You can go to Cancer Research UK to fundraise, donate of just buy something pink and help this wonderful charity keep the research going which perhaps will stop someone dying of this disease.

Better yet, go buy yourself, your best friend or your girlfriend this little gift set. It's by the fabulous Butler and Wilson, so you know it's going to be beautiful and 15 quid will go straight to that other great charity, Breast Cancer Care.

Of course, if you believe all the exploitation theories around again this year about companies exploiting the pink ribbon - read Susie Collins' post of last year entitled Why I Boycott Breast Cancer Awareness Month - you could always do what I do, and that's just give your money straight to the charity of your choice without buying anything.

I do believe that most companies who get involved in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month are quite happy to garner kudos from their customers for trying to help, but I don't agree that it's just simply exploitation. In any case, there is always free will, so if you do happen to believe the exploitation theory, then don't buy anything, but that's still no excuse for not handing over some money! Go on, do it, do it now, I dare ya!