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MaineWriter:
Perving on Hugh saves lives
March 08, 2008 12:00am
WITH his rippling biceps, hirsute facial features and that leading man swagger, there's a lot to like about Hugh Jackman these days.
But perving on the box office star allegedly saved the lives of three star-struck women yesterday, who escaped injury in a near-miss car accident.
All by a Wolverine whisker.
Self-confessed "lover of Sydney Confidential" Virginia Kim survived to tell her harrowing celebrity tale, when the car she was travelling to work in slowed to check out the Aussie actor having breakfast at Bills restaurant, Darlinghurst.
"He was kind enough to perch himself at the window table, looking very early morning scruffy but still very lush," Kim said in an emotional email.
"As we drove past the window (for the third consecutive time), we slowed the car to an absolute crawl and came to a very early stop at the traffic light," Kim wrote in the email.
"Two seconds later, a crazy out-of-control car came out of nowhere and crossed on to the wrong side of the road. Had we stopped where we were supposed to, it would have been a head-on collision."
The Sydney publicist and her two colleagues were shaken by the incident, but the drama merely confirmed their interest in the star.
"Hugh Jackman's good looks and our incapacity to take our eyes away literally saved our lives," she gushed. "He's the office hero."
Confidential attempted to speak to the Man Of The Moment, but a spokeswoman for Jackman said the star was unavailable for comment.
Probably busy delivering puppies or helping little old ladies across the street, we would guess.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23336845-5013560,00.html
MaineWriter:
Hugh with his wife:
MaineWriter:
Hugh making a funny face:
MaineWriter:
First known as The Tourist, then The List, Hugh's new movie is now called Deception and due to open on April 25th. It also stars Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams. Here's a short article from Cinematical:
Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor Get Dirty In "Deception"
Posted Mar 21st 2008 10:32AM by Elisabeth Rappe
The trailer for Deception, the much-renamed thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor has finally hit the net -- just as I was beginning to wonder what ever happened to the movie. The embedding links from MSN are not working, so you'll have to go watch it here. If that doesn't work, the official site also has it. McGregor plays an accountant, who is introduced to an exclusive sex club by his lawyer friend, played by Jackman. Of course, not everything is as it seems -- and poor McGregor finds himself a prime suspect in a woman's disappearance.
I won't say any more than that, as I think too much is already given away in this trailer. It has a suspiciously slick look, suggesting it might have been straight-to-DVD if not for the star power. I'm trying to sound critical, because my attention was admittedly diverted by the combination of Jackman-McGregor-sex club. It's amusing to think either of them would ever need one.
Here's the official website with the trailer:
http://www.deception-movie.com/site/index.html
MaineWriter:
from Variety:
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_story&articleid=VR1117982679&categoryid=13
Posted: Wed., Mar. 19, 2008, 8:30pm PT
Marshall shifting gears for Universal
'Doomsday' helmer to adapt Sallis novel
By MICHAEL FLEMING
Neil Marshall has signed with Universal to direct "Drive," an adaptation of the James Sallis novel. Hugh Jackman is attached to play a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway car driver in heists.
Hossein Amini wrote the script, and Marc Platt is producing with Jackman and his Seed Prods. partner John Palermo.
"Drive" marks Marshall's first big studio job for a non-genre picture, and Universal hopes to make it this summer. Scheduling will determine whether Jackman gets behind the wheel for the L.A. set action thriller.
In the book, the stuntman's already-exciting existence gets jolted when he discovers that a contract has been put out on his life.
"This is something I haven't done before, and I've wanted to bring a British sensibility to an L.A. shoot and a scorched classic film noir concept," Marshall told Daily Variety. "Hoss is a fantastic writer, and he's written three amazing car chases in the film. He's turned them into dramatic scenes as opposed to the usual crash, bang, wallop. I would like to be shooting it this summer."
Deal marks the second recent pact for Marshall at Universal after signing to write and direct "Sacrilege," a horror story set in the Old West, at U-based Rogue Pictures, where Marshall wrote and directed "Doomsday."
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