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Ewan McGregor in St Albans

By Emma ClarkCROWDS of people gathered in St Albans city centre on Tuesday to try and catch a glimpse of the shooting of Hollywood star Ewan McGregor’s new film.St Peter’s Street, Market Place and St Albans Abbey will all be used this week as backgrounds to Incendiary, a romantic drama due out in 2008.The film tells the story of an adulterous woman whose life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a football match.It is based on the bestselling novel by British author Chris Cleave.Extras, who auditioned in St Albans last weekend, were on stand-by while leading lady Michelle Williams, best known for her Dawsons Creek role, was filmed in a scene getting off a bus outside Monsoon on Tuesday.On Wednesday Robert Dyas, in St Peter’s Street, became a discount sports store for the day, Specsavers in Market Place was turned into a florist and on Thursday a funeral scene is due to be shot at the abbey.Source: www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk

Long Way Down

By Tom Rayner04 May 2007 07:00Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are just days away from embarking on their latest adventure, the Long Way Down.The pair are planning to go one better than their previous circumnavigation of the globe with a journey from the most northerly point in McGregor’s homeland of Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa.BMW has confirmed it supplied two standard R1200GS Adventures to the globetrotters two weeks ago. Managing Director of BMW Motorrad UK, Adrian Roderick, said: “The bikes are totally standard ? we’ve fitted some crash bars and some luggage but other than that they’re the same as you would see in the shops. The boys have had the bikes for two weeks to get used to.”McGregor and Boorman opted not to fit BMW latest Satellite Navigation systems, preferring the romantic system of maps and stars. The trip to Cape Town is expected to take several months with McGregor promoting his favourite charity UNICEF en route.The provisional dates for departure from John O’ Groats are May 10 or May 12 ? depending on the filming schedule.Source: MCN

30th anniversary of Star Wars

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, the US Postal Service is offering special edition Express Mail envelopes and commemorative stamps featuring images from all six movies in the Star Wars saga. The set of 15 stamps will be released at a first-day-of-issue ceremony on Friday, May 25, at Star Wars Celebration IV, the biggest Star Wars event in the galaxy, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The stamps will be available for purchase on May 25 in post offices, on www.usps.com and by calling 1-800-STAMP-24. Customers may pre-order these stamps for $6.15 starting April 25 (30 days in advance of May 25), by going to www.usps.com or by calling 1-800-STAMP-24. For those outside the U.S., the same options apply. Your postal administration will deliver them as any other delivery from the U.S. All Star Wars stamps preorders will be shipped on May 25. The Express Mail envelop set includes three pre-paid Express Mail envelopes featuring artwork images of Yoda, Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi as well as the new Marine One Express Mail stamp. The set of three envelopes costs $48.75 and will be available only from May 6 through Sept. 1. Customers may pre-order the envelope set now at www.shop.usps.com, by telephone at 1-800-STAMP-24 and in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. They are not available in post offices.America Votes on Favorite Star Wars StampOf the 15 images on the Star Wars stamp sheet, the Postal Service is inviting the public to vote on its favorite. The stamp receiving the most votes will be honored with the issuance of a single stamp, which will be for sale later this summer.Voting for the most popular Star Wars stamp will take place online at www.uspsjedimaster.com through May 23. The winning stamp will be announced at the first-day-of-issue ceremony on May 25.Check www.uspsjedimaster.com for regular updates on the voting ? it’s up to America to choose which Star Wars stamp wins the honor of a single-stamp sheet release.Thanks to Gloria for the heads up!

McGregor/Williams filming Incendiary!

27th March 2007Posted by: Gary Gray For your viewing pleasure today we’ve snapped you some piccies of Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams filming their next movie Incendiary.We caught them while they were shooting some scenes in London for director Sharon Maguire, you know the one who directed the first Bridget Jones flick.While Williams obviously didn’t feel the cold in a micro mini, poor McGregor must have been feeling it rather parky as he warmed his hands on a hot water bottle!The movie will follow follows a woman whose life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match. Making matters worse is that she was having an affair at the time. Williams plays the woman and McGregor the journalist with whom she was having an affair.Also in the pics is some images of the kid who is playing her son and also her late husband.Also in the movie is Matt Macfadyen who plays Williams husband’s boss, a senior anti-terrorist police officer who becomes a rival….For more photos click here.Source: www.realmovienews.comThanks to Roberta for the heads up!

Ewan McGregor & Michelle Williams filming in London

Today Ewan and Michelle were filming outside of City University in Islington, London.for more info and photos visit OhNoTheyDidn’t – many thanks to __ontheboundthree more pics here