23/12/2009
Coty Prestige will extend its Davidoff Adventure franchise in February 2010 with a new version, Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraîche. The scent will again be fronted by actor Ewan McGregor in selected markets worldwide.
As its name suggests, the juice is green and fresh, in contrast to the hot spices and fiery temperament of the original Davidoff Adventure fragrance.
14/12/2009
02/12/2009
Ewan McGregor in the second annual Go Go Gala 2009 .
Ewan McGregor's Go Go Gala interview
Ewan McGregor , along with Scott Fifer, Dave Stewart, Danielle Bisutti, Tony Horton, Blake Mycoskie attended the second annual Go Go Gala 2009 fund raiser to benefit orphan children around the world at Social Hollywood.
Check out Ewan's interview from Friday:
Ewan McGregor , along with Scott Fifer, Dave Stewart, Danielle Bisutti, Tony Horton, Blake Mycoskie attended the second annual Go Go Gala 2009 fund raiser to benefit orphan children around the world at Social Hollywood.30/11/2009
Obi-Wan Kenobi dropped in on Silver Lake this week.
Traveling far from his starring role in "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has joined Christopher Plummer and "ER" actor Goran Visnjic in a low-budget independent movie called "Beginners" that has begun filming on the streets of L.A.
In the movie, which is set in the Silver Lake area, McGregor portrays a young man whose world is shaken when his father, played by Plummer, reveals a double whammy -- that he has terminal cancer and is gay. In a far cry from his role as the heartthrob doctor in "ER," Visnjic is cast as Plummer's partner.
The $3-million film, directed and written by Mike Mills, is among about 50 projects that received approval for tax credits under the state's new film incentive program.
The city figures prominently in the film. So far, the production has shot at Griffith Park, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and on Monday will move to Highland Park to film a Halloween party scene. The crew will also spend several days downtown filming at the Biltmore Hotel.
Even the city's Silver Lake dog park will have a bit part in the movie, location manager Chris Miller said.
Despite the movie's small budget, Miller is especially grateful for the local storyline. His last job, working on the remake of the musical "Fame," ended seven months ago.
"There's so little work out there, I'm just fortunate to be working right now," he said.
20/11/2009
20th Anniversary UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child
On 20 November 1989, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. To commemorate this landmark, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report, The State of the World’s Children, to child rights. The report and accompanying video address the progress that has been made in the last 20 years and the role the Convention can fulfill moving forward into the future.
01/11/2009
30/10/2009
29/10/2009
CONFESSION
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MCGREGOR'S TRAFFIC CONFESSION
EWAN MCGREGOR has risked landing himself in trouble with authorities after confessing on U.S. TV he once sped away from a police officer when he was pulled over for a traffic violation. The Star Wars actor told chat show host Jay Leno he had a close call with authorities, but escaped punishment by fleeing when the traffic cop's back was turned. The Scottish star refuses to reveal further details about his offence or exactly where it occurred, but admits, "I didn't get a ticket, I ran (sic) away from him! I was on my bike!"
Caption: Ozzy Osbourne (Picture) signing copies of his book 'I Am Ozzy' at Eastons bookstore Dublin, Ireland ....
THE THINGS THEY SAY 13908
"Because I'm an actor I went all out. I went as OZZY OSBOURNE. I did a lot of shuffles... People thought I was actually Ozzy Osbourne!" Scottish actor EWAN MCGREGOR was so convincing in his Halloween costume as the Prince of Darkness last year (08), he fooled fans into thinking he was COLIN FARRELL, EWAN MCGREGOR, PARIS HILTON and CINDY CRAWFORD were among the celebrities who joined 96,000 fans for U2's record-breaking concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday night (25Oct09). ****************************************** ***************************
Ewan McGregor Is Ozzy Osbourne
In America, we are subjected to Jay Leno's chode chin five nights a week at 10pm. NBC has decided to bank on that gray pube and screw up their usually awesome 10:00 time slot. Hmm, come to think of it NBC never really had an awesome show at 10 other than Law and Order and I am fucking sick of that show.
Well Jay Leno recently had great actor Ewan McGregor on the show. Ewan admitted to going to a costume party as Ozzy Osbourne and being so convincing that people thought he was actually Ozzy.
This isn't really a hard look to pull off. Black long hair wig, black clothing and a cross of some sort. But the key ingredient is described by Ewan.
"I just did a lot of shuffling around. They thought I was him. I was delighted."
27/10/2009
19/10/2009
Ewan: I'm Always Up for a Hollywood Strip
Ewan: I'm Always Up for a Hollywood Strip; McGregor's Loving His New Life in LA but One Thing Never Changes... He wants to Get His Kit Off!
By Eleonor Mckay
Of all Hollywood's top stars Ewan McGregor is the one who has left nothing to the imagination.
In films such as Trainspotting, Young Adam, Velvet Goldmine and Pillow Book the 38-year-old Scot has exposed himself more than any other current worldwide name.
And he admits he's up for it again.
"Performing nude in a film is for me the most natural thing to do," he shrugs without a shadow of embarrassment. "It's like driving a car. I would do it again if I was asked."
Currently filming The Last Word with Bond girl Eva Green in Scotland, it's his first time filming on home soil sinceYoung Adam in 2003.
The Crieff-born star has lived in London since the late Eighties when he moved down to study at drama school, but headed for Los Angeles last year with wife Ève and his three daughters Clara, Esther and adopted Jamiyan.
And Ewan freely admits he doesn't pine for Scotland.
"I haven't lived in Scotland since 1988," he says. "I've learned how to miss Scotland. I don't miss anything at the moment, I'm just enjoying the change.
"I only ever lived in London. I spent most of my time travelling around anyway so it's much more about where my family are.
"I realised that we don't have to live anywhere, we can live wherever we like.
"I have had a house in LA for quite a long time so I decided to go and live in it for a while. It's good."
Being in LA has also perked up Ewan's career, which some critics claimed was looking shaky after he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the three Star Wars prequels.
Films like Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and Little Voice, as well as a cameo role in ER in 1997, made him an indie favourite. But The Phantom Menace in 1999, Attack of the Clones in 2002 and Revenge of the Sith in 2005 seemed to take his attention with only Moulin Rouge! in 2001 a highlight of that time.
And while Harrison Ford became a massive start thanks to the first three Star Wars, they didn't do the same for Ewan as the prequels and much of his acting was critically panned.
Films such as Eye of the Beholder, Down with Love, The Island, Stormbreaker, Miss Potter, Stay and Cassandra's Dream either bombed or just didn't have the spark fans loved in Ewan's early movies.
Suddenly though he's back. In May this year he had a huge role alongside Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons, which will be followed next month by two more big movies.
First he stars with George Clooney in paranormal comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats, which got its London premiere last night. It hits cinemas on November 6. The following week sees the release of Amelia, in which he stars alongside Hilary Swank. She plays the female adventurer Amelia Earhart while he is her lover, Gore Vidal. And although he hasn't got a British release yet he also plays the gay lover of Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris.
If Ewan was ever worried about the film choices he was making he isn't showing it now.
In black jeans, dusty black motorcycle boots, two white long- sleeve T-shirts in layers under a black jacket, Ewan, who quit booze in 2001, seems relaxed with other journalists reckoning he is more easy going than in previous years.
It's been 13 years since Trainspotting made Ewan the hottest actor in Britain and put Scotland on the movie making-map.
"That film was hugely important for me," Ewan agrees. "It was important in my career but mainly important in Britain and for British films. The mid-Nineties were a real high point - Oasis, Blur, Trainspotting. It was a great time to be young and striking out to do your first work."
And while it would now be difficult to put Ewan in a room and point to someone who was more famous, he claims he still gets star struck.
He says: "The last time I remember being gob-smacked was when I met (Pink Floyd's) David Gilmour. I didn't really know what to say.
"I remember standing next to him at a party our kids were at and I wanted to tell him how much his music had meant to me, but I couldn't find the words.
"Then I met him again after I saw them playing at the Albert Hall and I was able to put my words together and tell him."
Trainspotting was the second collaboration with director Danny Boyle who gave him his film break in 1994's Shallow Grave. They went on to make A Life Less Ordinary in 1997 before Danny dropped Ewan in favour of Leonardo DiCaprio for The Beach.
DiCaprio was the world's biggest actor at the time thanks to Titanic but Danny's choice created a feud between the old friends and they only started building bridges in June this year when he and Danny, now an Oscar-winner withSlumdog Millionaire, met at the Shanghai film festival.
"I loved working with Danny, I've never felt closer to a director and we don't have a relationship anymore, which is quite sad, but I savour what we did have," Ewan says.
"Shallow Grave was a really important film in Britain and then the follow-up, Trainspotting, was just off the charts."
Ewan looks back at Shallow Grave fondly, even though they filmed it in a freezing warehouse and he and co-star Christopher Eccleston had to film the scenes in just T-shirts and jeans while the crew were in hats and scarves.
Grinning he adds: "I do miss that long hair. I will grow it longer one day. I just keep cutting it for films."
A newly-revived Hollywood player, Ewan may not be showing the grittier acting side he displayed junkie Renton inTrainspotting and bisexual rocker Curt Wild in Velvet Goldmine, but his motorbike travel shows add some roll to the rock.
Long Way Round took Ewan and his pal Charley Boorman 19,000 miles from London to New York in 2004, travelling eastwards through Europe and Asia.
Then two years ago in Long Way Down he drove from John O'Groats to South Africa.
While Charley is still on his bike, Ewan reveals he's curbed the travelling for a while.
"We might do another one, but not for a little while I think," he says.
Well, the man is busy.
14/10/2009
Ewan and Eva Green
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
More from the set of Ewan McGregor's The Last Word
There are photos of Ewan and Eva Green shooting below, and be sure to go here
Ewan,reveals spooky experience
Ewan McGregor reveals spooky experience
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October 7, 2009
Actor Ewan McGregor has revealed he had a spooky experience while living in an old house in London when he was 20.
McGregor, now 38, said: "I was wandering around in my dressing gown, running a bath. Suddenly I felt this horrible pain in my back. I ripped off my dressing gown and I had this huge burn mark all across the back of my dressing gown. The next day my friend who lived downstairs was there. I was telling him the story and he went white."
His friend told him how an old man used to live in the house and had been caught in a kitchen fire and died of burns to his back.
McGregor added to British newspaper The Times: "I went: 'Oh s**t!' We were all going to sleep in my friend's room because we were so freaked out. He put his hand on the cupboard and said: 'Look, it's as dusty as when the old man used to live here.'
"Then just at that moment, the whole ceiling of the living room collapsed on our heads. Two or three weeks later, I left."
05/10/2009
Fantastic Man
Tuesday September 15, 2009
FANTASTIC MAN 10
The 10th issue of FANTASTIC MAN is graced with Mr. EWAN McGREGOR on the cover, who can also be found inside. Other gentlemen featured in this issue are Swedish scientist and sword swallower Dr. HANS ROSLING, the make-up artist Mr. PETER PHILIPS of CHANEL, plus the vivid and exceptional journalist Mr. HAMISH BOWLES. These insightful profiles are mixed with an array of other curiosities, with topics ranging from steaks to pickpocketing and the options in coat hangers. The fashion in this issue is full of contemporary men looking amazing in an array of surprisingly formal suits, which feels super correct for the mood of the moment. Plus: an exclusive preview of THE GENTLEWOMAN, an upcoming new title from the makers of FANTASTIC MAN.
Is undoubtedly the most exquisite man in the world
02/10/2009
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