*DVD 'I don't know how she does it' coming out soon March(BELGIUM) *Brosnan in Steven King's "Bag of Bones" *16th of May ; Pierce Brosnan's Birthday *The Bald Hairdresser ;Aug 2012 *Salvation Boulevard ; june 2011
Irish DreamTime projects Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair formed their Los Angeles-based production company, Irish DreamTime, in 1996 with the goal of fostering new talent and producing independent and studio films.
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Pierce Brosnan,
The Man behind the face
27-03-2011
IFTA awards 2011
Winner "Best suporting actor" for "The Ghostwriter"
Roman Polanskis The Ghost Writer scored 7 nominations for the European Film Awards. Samuel Maoz Lebanon received 5 nominations, and Semih Kaplanolus Bal received 3.
(via IndieWire) Nominations for the European Film Awards:
European Film
Bal (Honey), Turkey/Germany, directed by Semih Kaplanolu
Des Hommes et Des Dieux (Of Gods and Men), France, directed by Xavier Beauvois
The Ghost Writer, France/Germany/UK, directed by Roman Polanski
Lebanon, Israel/Germany/France, written and directed by Samuel Maoz
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in their Eyes) Spain/Argentina, directed by Juan Jose Campanella
Soul Kitchen, Germany, directed by Fatih Akin
European Director
Olivier Assayas (Carlos)
Semih Kaplanolu (Bal)
Samuel Maoz (Lebanon)
Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer)
Paolo Virzi (La Prima Cosa Bella)
European Actress
Zrinka Cvite (Na Putu)
Sibel Kekilli (Die Fremde)
Lesley Manville (Another Year)
Sylvie Testud (Lourdes)
Lotte Verbeek (Nothing Personal)
European Actor
Jakob Cedergren (Submarino)
Elio Germano (La Nostra Vita)
Ewan McGregor (The Ghost Writer)
George Pistereanu (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle)
Luis Tosar (Cell 211)
European Screenwriter
Jorge Guerricaechevarria & Daniel Monzon (Cell 211)
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer)
Samuel Maoz (Lebanon)
Radu Mihaileanu (The Concert)
Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award
Giora Bejach (Lebanon)
Caroline Champetier for (Des Hommes et Des Dieux)
Pavel Kostomarov (How I Ended this Summer)
Bari Oezbicer (Bal)
European Editor
Luc Barnier & Marion Monnier (Carlos)
Arik Lahav-Leibovich (Lebanon)
Herve de Luze (The Ghost Writer)
European Production Designer
Paola Bizzarri & Luis Ramirez (I, Don Giovanni)
Albrecht Konrad (The Ghost Writer)
Markku Paetilae & Jaagup Roomer (The Temptation of St. Tony)
Actor Pierce Brosnan (R) and World Bank President Robert Zoellick speak before an advance screening of clips of the National Geographic's film called "Great Migrations" at the World Bank headquarters building in Washington October 7, 2010.
Oceana announced that Keely and Pierce Brosnan along with Jeff Bridges will be special guests at the 3rd annual SeaChange Summer Partythe yearly Orange County fundraising event supporting the international ocean conservation group.
We are delighted that the Brosnans and Mr. Bridges will join us at the 2010 SeaChange Summer party, said Valarie Whiting, Oceana Board Member and SeaChange Co-Chair along with Eve Kornyei. Their support for Oceanas ocean conservation efforts makes them a natural fit for this event and will surely help generate significant funding for the preservation of marine ecosystems worldwide.
Last years event raised nearly $900,000 and was attended by 400 people, many of them Hollywood notables including Glenn Close, Morgan Freeman, Harrison Ford, Ted Danson, Jeff Goldblum, Anne Heche, and Diane Keaton.
This years event will take place on September 10th at Villa di Sogni, a private coastal home in Laguna Beach. To participate in Oceanas SeaChange Summer Party visit seachangesummerparty.org.
The Irish actor said it was not until he lost the part, later taken on and toughened up by Daniel Craig, that he felt he was able to act properly again.
And despite making no secret of the fact hed like to play Bond again after 2002s Die Another Day, Pierce says he felt restricted by the role that catapulted him to the top of Hollywoods A-list.
I felt very shackled by Bond and didnt want to rock the boat, he says.
You get tangled up in your own ego of how youre perceived. You can lose your way.
Pierce, 57, says it took several years to find his feet again after Bond and credits the 2005 comedy drama The Matador with finally helping him to let go of his desire to play the leading man after he was replaced as 007.
It was good to actually act, he remembers.
I have said to my agents, I want to work. I want to play character roles.
You can be a leading man for so long and its wonderful but there comes a time when you have to deal with life and move over on the stage.
The Matador was a great confidence booster. I really felt like I got a transformation there of some sort.
Perhaps it is a good job Pierce is over his desire to portray dashing heroes his recent outing in Roman Polanski-directed The Ghost saw him play Adam Lang, a British prime minister accused of war crimes, whose story features many uncanny parallels to the premiership of Tony Blair
With every yacht charter booked, 1-800-YACHTCHARTER will donate 5% of the proceeds to global ocean charity OCEANA, in the name of the customer. By making a donation on their behalf, 1-800-YACHTCHARTER is helping their clients play a direct role in protecting the worlds oceans for future generations.
Actors Pierce Brosnan, his wife Keely Shaye Smith, Mary Steenburgen, and Ted Danson at Oceana Gala
"This is a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness about ocean conservation," says Jana Sheeder, CEO of 1-800-YACHTCHARTER. "The chance to interact with dolphins and whales and to see coral reefs that are teeming with life up close makes a yacht charter a unique, memorable, and life-changing experience. Protecting our oceans is the only way to ensure future generations can enjoy these same marine life encounters."
Sheeder believes a charitable partnership with her clients can help the effort to save the seas. "Our clients have big hearts when it comes to charity and worthwhile causes. I am certain they will be proud to have a portion of their vacation expenditure donated in their names. Imagine snorkeling among a pod of dolphins, knowing that you are helping protect those creatures from pollution and possible extinction."
Sheeder has selected OCEANA to receive the donations. A leader in ocean conservation, OCEANA receives strong backing from Hollywood's motion picture and television industries. Actor Ted Danson serves on the charity's Board and is outspoken about the group's efforts to reduce climate change and safeguard marine life.
Oceana was prominently featured in the 2008 Green Issue of Vanity Fair and was also named by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine as a "charity that deserves your dollars."
Additional eco-stars who lend their support to Oceana include Harrison Ford, Salma Hayek, Brooke Shields, Diane Lane, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane Keaton, Kelsey Grammar, Noah Wyle, Al Gore, Nicholas Cage, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Beard, Eric Roberts, Ed Begley Jr, Jason Priestly, Jeff Goldblum, Beau Bridges, Lauren Hutton, and Sam Waterson.
For years, celebrities, corporate leaders, and their families have spent their summer holidays cruising the Cote d'Azur on luxury megayachts. Far from the tourist crowds and the paparazzi, charterers enjoy all of the amenities of a 5-star resort in the ultraprivate setting of a multimillion dollar superyacht.
One of the great distinctions of a yachting vacation is the chance to interact with nature from the privacy, safety, and comfort of a megayacht. You carry all of your aquatic exploration toys with you - from kayaks to snorkel gear to scuba equipment. Some of the megayachts even have small submarines for clients to explore coral reefs and observe marine life.
World Oceans Day is June 8, 2009. New charter inquiries received after May 1st and then confirmed via full payment are eligible for the donation. Charters must take place June through October, 2009.
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Its getting so popular. Its an easy thing to do and easy to pick up, says Mike Sandusky, founder of Surf Ontario.
You get the feeling youre walking on water.
Originating in Hawaii decades ago, stand-up paddleboarding was designed by surf instructors to help people who could not pick up the traditional style of surfing. The boards were made thicker and wider and would-be surfers were offered paddles while standing on the boards to help them balance along waves.
Soon however, stand-up paddleboarding emerged from its surfing subculture into the mainstream with celebrities like Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford and Kate Hudson taking up the sport. Its popularity has exploded within Canada in the last four years, the boards becoming a regular sight in Muskoka and along the Toronto lakeshore
DISNEYNATURE: OCEANS - In celebration of World Ocean´s Day, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment today announces the release of "Disneynature: Oceans" as a Disney Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) and 1-Disc DVD, October 19, 2010 and the extension of the "See 'Oceans,' Save Oceans" efforts--an initiative developed between Disneynature and The Nature Conservancy to help establish new marine protected areas.
"Disneynature Oceans" is helping to conserve more than 35,000 acres of coral reef in The Bahamas on behalf of moviegoers who went to see the film during its theatrical opening week. In continued efforts, Disneynature has committed to carry on the "See 'Oceans,' Save Oceans" initiative by contributing a portion of sales to The Nature Conservancy through Disney´s Worldwide Conservation Fund for every "Disneynature: Oceans" Blu-ray Combo Pack or DVD purchased between October 19 and 25. As one of the world´s leading conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy is widely recognized for its efforts to protect vital marine habitats.
"Disneynature: Oceans" on Blu-ray Hi-Def will take viewers on a breathtaking and unprecedented high-definition journey to discover nature´s mysteries, showcasing creatures captured on film for the first time and state-of-the-art imagery of the colorful symphony that lives under the sea. With crystal clear picture, and theater-quality sound, "Oceans" puts audiences in the very heart of the action, racing along amid a school of traveling tuna, leaping with dolphins and swimming shoulder-to-fin with whales that will entertain kids and parents alike.
Directed by Jacques Perrin (two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, Features for "Winged Migration" in 2003; Best Picture for "Z" in 1970) and Jacques Cluzaud ("Winged Migration," "Les Ailes de la Nature"), the two filmmakers venture in, on and around our seas to discover photogenic oddities and endangered wonders. "Oceans" dives deep into the very waters that sustain all of mankindexploring the playful splendor and the harsh reality of the weird and wonderful creatures that live within. These two directors capture mesmerizing footage using the most technologically-advanced equipment that has allowed them to bring this to true high-definition powers.
"Oceans" is narrated by Pierce Brosnan ("The Ghost Writer," "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," and "Mamma Mia") who has long been affiliated with environmental causes and campaigns, including programs such as the International Fund for Animal Welfare's "Save the Whales Again!" campaign.
About "See 'Oceans,' Save Oceans": By purchasing a Blu-ray Combo Pack or DVD of "Disneynature: Oceans" between October 19 and 25, viewers can help conserve our world´s oceans and the species that depend on them for survival. In honor of each Blu-ray and DVD purchased during that period, Disneynature, through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas with The Nature Conservancy, one of the largest conservation organizations in the world. In The Bahamas, The Nature Conservancy and its local partners, including the Bahamian government, are establishing a new marine protected area along the west side of Andros Island. Currently, new marine protected area boundaries are being defined that will expand the part from 300,000 acres to over 1 million acres. These areas will contain miles of vital coral reefs that provide natural habitat, nurseries and feeding grounds for hundreds of marine species. For more details on Disney´s collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, please visit: www.disney.com/oceans
Following in Kevin Spacey, Pierce Brosnan is now set to act in a Sino-American collaboration called Double Lives.
According to Xinhua, the film's budget is over 100 million and, besides Brosnan, will also have True Blood's Brit Morgan and Billy Zane (which, as Xinhua notes, was in Titanic).
Double Lives will be "a story about a treasure hunt while police from China and America work together to track down an international criminal. The actor said the film had comedic elements similar to Jim Carrey's style."
The film's director will be Rob Cohen, most recently known for his work on another Sino-American partnership, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Bavaria boards theatrical documentary about Jane Goodall, JANES JOURNEY featuring Angelina Jolie, Pierce Brosnan
Munich/ Toronto, September 10th, 2009. Munich based sales company Bavaria Film International has taken on the documentary feature about iconic British primatologist turned environmentalist, humanist and UN peace ambassador, Jane Goodall. Captured over the course of almost an entire year, Janes Journey is an intimate portrait of one of the most prominent and possibly most influential women of our time that has influenced opinion leaders and decision makers all over the world, from UN general secretary Kofi Anan to public figures of environmental responsibility and sustainability such as Angelina Jolie or Pierce Brosnan who will be featured in the film. In the early 60s, Jane Goodall started out with groundbreaking behavioural studies on tribal warfare and the creation of tools amongst chimpanzee populations in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Africa. In the 80s, the awarded Dame of the British Empire abandoned her career as a scientist to become a full-time activist, circling the globe 300 days a year, giving lectures and spreading her central message of hope.
Directed by Lorenz Knauer and produced by Munich Based Neos Film, Janes Journey concentrates not only on the official image and public figure but also explores the contradictions, weaknesses and neglects of the private life behind it. Aside from coverage of her still central work in the national park in Africa, her public appearances and a look at her institutional accomplishments such as the roots & shoots movement for children all over the world. Shooting took place from January until September and post-production has started, with an international premiere immanent in early summer 2010.
Dr. Jane Goodall has been awarded Dame of the British Empire, UNESCO Gold Medal Award, French Legion of Honor, TIME Magazine European Heroes Award amongst others.
Statement from Official Pierce Brosnan facebook page
Pierce BrosnanIve just returned from a much-needed vacation and am happy to report that collectively we have achieved an enormous victory for whales worldwide. Concerned individuals, animal lovers, and environmental groups fought to maintain the 1982 global moratorium on commercial whaling. Against all odds, the controversial pro...posal that would have legalized whaling for Japan, Iceland and Norway was defeated. Many thanks! PB
Irish actor Pierce Brosnan has signed up to star in the Chinese-American co-production of Double Lives estimated to have a budget of $100 million.
Brosnan will star alongside Billy Zane and Brit Morgan.
The director, Rob Cohen, collaborated with Jet Li in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" in 2008 which was also a Chinese-American co-production.
Although Brosnan was absent from a press conference that took place in China last week, Zane, who played Roses fiancé Caledon 'Cal' Hockley in the Titanic and Morgan, who plays Debbie Pelt in True Blood", both attended.
Brosnan sent an email apologizing for his absence and promised to take part in the filming, which begins in September.
Cohen said he plans to use a strong Chinese element to this new movie including using a lot of Chinese actors.
Zane said the movie is a story about a treasure hunt while police from China and the U.S. work together to track down an international criminal. The actor said the film had comedic elements similar to Jim Carrey's style.
It is reported the cast crew will visit some outdoor lots in Beijing, Hangzhou and Hengdian, preparing for the film's shooting