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The Wretched Lift Their Voices: Anne Hathaway & Hugh Jackman in 'Les Misérables'
Aloysius J. Gleek:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIJjWpkCiyo&feature=related[/youtube]
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Katie77:
--- Quote from: brian on November 12, 2011, 10:10:54 pm ---At that wonderful dinner I shared with Bettermost people in New York last year, the waiter mentioned he knew Hugh Jackman. Probably due to my accent, the only thing I share with that hunky man. If only he could have arranged a meeting :(. It would have really topped off my visit. In fact it would have topped off my whole life. :laugh:
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I wonder if you agree with me Brian, that Hugh Jackman was not a household name in Australia, before he went to America.
I know he did some movies, but it was his wife Deborah Lee Furness who was the better known of the two of them.
Or did I miss something in Australia?
brianr:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on November 13, 2011, 02:43:49 am ---I wonder if you agree with me Brian, that Hugh Jackman was not a household name in Australia, before he went to America.
I know he did some movies, but it was his wife Deborah Lee Furness who was the better known of the two of them.
Or did I miss something in Australia?
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I am not the person to ask such things. I rarely watch TV and did not see many movies until I retired from full time work in 2002. I know I lost my heart to Hugh in "Kate and Leopold" which I watched on the plane to Europe in 2002. I actually watched it on the way back again even though my earphones were not working. I was happy to just watch :P and knew the story anyway ;D
He seems to have been in "man from snowy river" which i saw but perhaps just a small part. I think the "Boy from Oz" made his name here although he seems to have hosted the Myer Christmas show (for others, it is very big on Christmas eve TV in Australia) before that.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: brian on November 13, 2011, 12:47:58 pm ---I am not the person to ask such things. I rarely watch TV and did not see many movies until I retired from full time work in 2002. I know I lost my heart to Hugh in "Kate and Leopold" which I watched on the plane to Europe in 2002. I actually watched it on the way back again even though my earphones were not working. I was happy to just watch :P and knew the story anyway ;D
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpSlJaP2sHw[/youtube] ;D ;D
FYI, there was a Leopold, Duke of Albany in 1876 (he was 23 years old at the time)--but unfortunately, he didn't look a thing like Hugh Jackman!
::)
Also, he didn't marry Meg Ryan--instead:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Leopold,_Duke_of_Albany
Marriage
Prince Leopold, stifled by the desire of his mother, Queen Victoria, to keep him at home, saw marriage as his only hope of independence. Due to his haemophilia, he had difficulty finding a wife. Heiress Daisy Maynard was one of the women he considered as a possible bride. He was acquainted with Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and was godfather of Alice's second son, who was named for him. It has been suggested that he considered marrying her, though others suggest that he preferred her sister Edith.
Leopold also considered his second cousin Princess Frederica of Hanover for a bride; they instead became lifelong friends and confidantes. Other brides he pursued included Victoria of Baden and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
After rejection from these women, Victoria stepped in to bar what she saw as unsuitable possibilities. Insisting that the children of British monarchs should marry into other reigning Protestant families, Victoria suggested a meeting with Princess Helene Friederike, the daughter of Georg Viktor, reigning Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont. On 27 April 1882, Leopold and Helena were married, at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Leopold and Helena enjoyed a happy (although brief) marriage. In 1883, Leopold became a father when his wife gave birth to a daughter, Alice. He died shortly before the birth of his son, Charles Edward.
Poor Meg Ryan!
:laugh:
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on November 12, 2011, 11:41:41 pm ---
Martha used to be in the left building, Hugh is in the middle, with Nicole Kidman upstairs (if she hasn't
moved)--Hugh is often seen jogging on West Street and the Hudson River Park Esplanade across the
street.
Nice!! :D :D :D
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Very nice! I can see where we stood along the river when we took our Brokie walk there earlier this year. 8)
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