Jeremy Irons was among the guests at Westminster Abbey, on Monday 24 October 2011, for Lady Saatchi aka Josephine Hart’s memorial service. The Irish-born British writer, theatrical producer and television presenter who was married to Maurice Saatchi sadly passed away at the age of 69 from ovarian cancer on 2 June, 2011.
(October 25, 2011 – Photos by Bauer Griffin)
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Oscar-winning actor, Jeremy Irons, has come on board as ambassador for the new Cork Screen Commission (CSC), which will launch at the Cork Film Festival on November 11th.
Irons (The Borgias, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Lion King) has signed up to be an ambassador for the organisation which aims to promote Cork as a filming location, and to service the needs of productions filming in Cork.
Irons has spoke of his love of Cork saying ”I was attracted to Cork by its end-of-the-roadness, by its culture, its music, by its landscape and by the way the waters knit into the land. When I discovered Cork, which was 23 or 24 years ago, I thought it was sort of like paradise!”
The Oscar nominated actor praises the natural advantages of Cork as a filming location saying ”I think the light here, with the water and the colours of the landscape is cinematic. Even on grey days, it’s good for cinema because the light is so balanced. But we get spectacular days here also. There’s a beautiful variety to Cork; the landscape is very different from West to East, you have Cork City, of course, and some spectacular mountains to the North.”
Irons also highlighted the ease of transport and the highly skilled labour force available in Cork. Jeremy’s role as an ambassador for Cork Screen Commission is to help attract more film work to the area. Jeremy Irons currently lives in West Cork.
The Cork Screen Commission will be officially launched on November 11th during the Cork Film Festival, when its official website http://www.corkscreencommission.com will also go live.
Jeremy Irons was named FAO Global Ambassador at the Ceremony on the Occasion of World Food Day in Rome, Italy on 17 October 2011.
Watch video of Jeremy’s nomination acceptance speech:
Listen to the full audio of Jeremy’s nomination acceptance speech:
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All photos 17 October 2011, Rome – ©FAO/ALESSANDRA BENEDETTI
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See the full FAO News flickr photo album HERE.
Global food price volatility will be the focus of World Food Day celebrations in Rome on Monday which will also address the issue of massive farmland purchases by rich countries in the developing world. Read more HERE.
At the Ceremony on the Occasion of World Food Day, on Monday 17 October 2011, Jeremy Irons will be named the FAO Goodwill Ambassador. Read the Programme of Events HERE.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has named as previous Goodwill Ambassadors U.S. actress Susan Sarandon, Canadian singer Celine Dion and Senegalese music legend Youssou N’Dour and U.S. Olympic track and field star Carl Lewis.
Watch Jeremy’s video in support of the FAO’s campaign 1billionhungry.org:
UPDATED POST: EXCLUSIVE! Audio of Jeremy’s reading of excerpts from the Book of Isaiah from King James Bible: The People that Walked in Darkness, recorded live at the National Theatre 21 October 2011. The clip is approximately 1 hour in length.
[Headphones strongly recommended]
Jeremy wore grey. Dark grey trousers, grey shirt and vest, and a long scarf which was beige or whitish. Plus brown boots. Prior to Jeremy reading, Simon Bubb, Maureen Lipman, Prasanna Puwanaraajah, and Emily Taaffe read excerpts from the Book of Esther for about 20 minutes.
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You read it here FIRST! As confirmed by the National Theatre today, Jeremy Irons will at the Lyttelton Theatre at the National on Friday 21 October 2011 as part of the cast of “King James Bible: The People that Walked in Darkness”.
The National Theatre will be taking part in the 400th anniversary celebrations for the King James Bible. An ensemble of leading NT actors, directed by Nicholas Hytner, James Dacre and Polly Findlay, will read twelve extracts from the Book that changed the world.
Read more about the event HERE.
Jeremy Irons, William H. Macy, Edie Falco and Laura Dern were part of Bravura Television, a panel discussion, moderated by Tad Friend, at the 2011 New Yorker Festival on 1 October 2011 at 4:00 p.m. EST.
A Few Things Jeremy Irons Doesn’t Like by Meredith Blake for the New Yorker Festival blog.
The Secret to Great TV Explained by Kevin Lincoln for the Business Insider
Jeremy Irons, Laura Dern, Edie Falco, and William H. Macy all agree on at least one thing: cable television’s time has come.
Photos via @gbenaharon on Twitter and Neilson Barnard/Getty Images.
Jeremy Irons was among VIP guests at the first night in the Abbey Theatre for a new production of Juno And The Paycock by Sean O’Casey, directed by Howard Davies and with a cast including Sinead Cusack and Ciaran Hinds. He was joined by Sean O’Casey’s daughter, Siobhan, and RTE personalities Pat Kenny and Joe Duffy, Richard Boyd Barrett, British ambassador Mr Julian King and President Mary McAleese.
Sinead Cusack and Jeremy Irons at the Opening Night of Juno and the Paycock. Photo copyright Kieran Harnett
Audio of Sinead Cusack and Ciaran Hinds on RTE News at One
From Balint Regius’s Gallery – Photos taken in 2010 from behind the scenes of The Borgias season one. The photos were taken on locations in Soponya, Komárom, Budapest and Etyek in Hungary.
Unfortunately, it seems, he did not get any photos of Jeremy. David Oakes, Francois Arnaud and Colm Feore do appear in some of these photos, however.
25 September 2011 – Jeremy Irons attended the Swiss premiere of Margin Call at the Zurich Film Festival.
Photos via @thelazymarmot on Twitter/Twitpic, Getty Images, muriel hilti/tilllate.com, Sven Bänziger for NZZ.ch, Aleksander for usgang.ch and veroshappytravels.com
Read the full interview at Flickering Myth Movie Blog
Flickering Myth was one of a number of sites invited to take part in a virtual roundtable interview with Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers, co-directors of The Lion King, to discuss the 3D re-release of the animated Disney classic, ahead of its arrival in the U.K. on October 7th.
The resulting two-hour Q&A covered a whole range of topics including the making of the original film, its recent conversion to 3D, traditional animations vs. computer animation, the future of the industry and much more.
Here are the excerpts which pertain to Jeremy Irons:
Q: Can you share with us some memories of working with Jeremy Irons?
Roger Allers: Jeremy is a gentleman and a brilliant actor. He always gave us extra interpretations of lines which were fantastic.
Q: I think that Scar is the best villain of all Disney`s movies.What do you think about Jeremy Irons voice performance?
Roger Allers: I think I’d put Jeremy’s performance up on the top of all time best vocal performances.
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