December 29, 1999
According to an advert in the 2/00 issue of Empire Magazine,
"Rancid Aluminium" will
finally be released on January 21st in the UK.
December 21, 1999
Evening Standard
New York v London: the party battle; Where are the best parties in the world? TOBY YOUNG in New York and NICKY HASLAM in London reveal their pre -Christmas diaries
To be perfectly honest, I don't suppose Tyra Banks would have gone home with me even if I had managed tochat her up. Believe it or not, supermodels tend not to be very interested in short, bald, 36-year-old British hacks. I went to a total of 13 Christmas parties last week and the only time I managed to persuade a gorgeous girl to stop looking over my shoulder was when Joseph Fiennes wandered past. Among the glitterati, it's considered so "trailer park" to gawk at celebrities that, whenever one comes near, you look anywhere but straight at them. Consequently, when Fiennes was standing right next to me, the frisky young model I was talking to looked me directly in the eye for the first time that evening. Then she left with Joseph Fiennes.
December 20, 1999
According to Tom Treadwell of Arkangel Productions, Joe is definitely NOT in the latest Arkangel audio Hamlet production. [I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for other Arkangle productions.]
December 17, 1999
Daily Variety, Christian Moerk
"The Donner Party" is the story of the infamous American frontier journey that ended in cannibalism. Written by Henry Bean and Mark Jacobson, Joseph Ruben helms and Susan Hoffman produces. Joseph Fiennes and Ashley Judd have been approached to star.
December 14, 1999
Reuters/Variety, By Michael Fleming
Director Jon Avnet is hoping that ``Shakespeare in Love'' star Joseph Fiennes and Universal can get into production his long aborning pic ``Uprising.'' The Paul Brickman-scripted pic concerns the group of Polish teens who defied Nazi SS troops in the Warsaw ghetto during WWII. U's in talks to come aboard.
December 15, 1999
A new Joe article appeared today in the German "Brigitte magazine". The translation of the article can be found in our "Articles" page.
December 16, 1999
Daily Variety
Joseph Fiennes, who played the romantically and professionally frustrated Bard in the Oscar-winning "Shakespeare in Love," has signed with CAA. Previously repped by WMA, Fiennes will begin work shortly on producer Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Enemy at the Gates" for Mandalay. Annaud ("Seven Years in Tibet") also co-wrote the script with Alain Godard ("The Name of the Rose") about the epic battle of Stalingrad. Lensing will begin in Berlin next month. Meanwhile, the actor is also currently in talks to join Jon Avnet's "Uprising" for Universal. Fiennes' other credits include Shekhar Kapur's sweeping period drama "Elizabeth," Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty" and Paul Schrader's "Forever Mine." The thesp will retain his London-based reps, Ken McReddie Ltd. and manager Gene Parseghian, who formed his own Gotham-based management/production company with fellow ex-WMA agent Johnnie Planco, last month.
December 10, 1999
Vote for Joe on the Empire magazine site www.empireonline.co.uk There are several Joe mentions in this months Empire magazine (Jan 2000) the first being that he is suggested as one of the people you can vote for as Best British Actor for SIL in their annual awards.Every year everyone gets a chance to vote and then they have an awards ceramony in London, they take lots of pics and then post them in the mag for us all to see ( the stars usually turn up). Anyway if you want to vote to try to get Joe an award to add to his ELLE one here´s what you do. The movies have to be released in the UK between Jan 1 and Dec 31 1999 (which means SIL is well in there) and you have to choose a... Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best British Film Best British Director Best British Actor (Joe) Best British Actress Best Debut Then you Email this to empire@eom.emap.com.uk or write to The Empire awards, Mappin house,4 winsley Street, London W1N 7AR (include your address and phone number some of the voters are invited to attend) or fax to 0171 312 8249.
December 9, 1999
The Herald (Glasgow), Suman Bhuchar
Working Title, the independent company which produced Elizabeth and Notting Hill, is also seriously considering making a Bollywood film. The company recently held its Christmas party in the style of a Bollywood premiere. Snippets of Hindi films were screened in a large warehouse in London's East End, and stalls served regional Indian cuisine. Western stars masqueraded as Bollywood icons - Joseph Fiennes, who was dressed as an Indian prince, was generally voted the most handsome man. Cate Blanchett came dressed as a "Ramu Kaka" - the ubiquitous manservant character in every Hindi film who wears homespun cotton clothes. [Okay. Where are the pictures from that one?]
November 28, 1999
"Dianeira", subtitle "a tale of anger" was aired on Radio BBC 3. Joe plays Helos, eldest son of Heracles (Alan Howard) and Dianeira (Harriet Walter). It is not clear yet when it will be sold by BBC or Amazon.co.uk.
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