Church officials have denied requests to use Westminster Abbey as a filming location for The Da Vinci Code. Read more…

I’m in the middle of changing the layout. Please excuse the mess.

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Also, Erika from jimmybennett.net has seen Firewall call sheets that name Paul’s character as Bill Cox. Jimmy Bennett is the boy who will play Harrison Ford’s son.

The satire site pugbus.com has posted a very funny “article” about Russell Crowe wanting to have the accurate smell of his characters. It includes these “comments” from Paul:

Paul Bettany, who has played downwind of Crowe in deodorant and pre-deodorant roles, says the difference in those experiences is like day and night.

“When I did my brilliantly eccentric turn as John Nash’s invisible roommate in ‘A Beautiful Mind,’” said Bettany, “there was nothing offensive about the way Russell smelled. In fact, I thought he nailed the scent of a hyper-smart Ivy League student.

“On the other hand, when I turned in my vastly overlooked performance as the ship’s doctor in ‘Master and Commander,’ it was all I could do to sit in the same room with Russell for those silly musical duets, which I thought looked a bit gay, if you must know. He smelled like a side of rotting beef because, like it or not, that’s the way most captains smelled in the early nineteenth century.”

Empire Online has posted a good article about Paul’s Da Vinci casting.

A million thanks to Rahalia for sending some amazing new pictures and wallpapers, which you can see in the gallery updates.

I think it’s about time for a new contest…

Well, here’s some exciting news after all! According to Variety and several other news sources this morning, Paul has been cast as the albino monk Silas in The Da Vinci Code! Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) is directing it, and it also stars Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen, and Audrey Tautou. The movie’s official site is here. Thanks to Leeloo, lunam, Gillsers, and Sean!

Happy 34th birthday to Paul! :hehe:

Since we don’t have any news or goodies (damn you, Paul! do an interview!), I’ve added five really pretty scans of Jennifer from the new magazine V Life. You can see them in the gallery updates.

Brits, the hard-to-find (and so bad it’s… bad) movie Dead Babies will be showing at 2:00 AM on Channel 4. That’s tonight or Saturday morning, however you choose to look at it. Thanks, Els!