Harrison Ford Web has a great batch of videos from the Firewall publicity blitz. Paul is in two of the ones that PBnet doesn’t have – the TV Guide and A&E specials. The A&E one is especially worth the download.

Looking at the site’s stats, I saw that someone found PBnet by doing a search for “definition of fonging.” :laugh:

Whoever you are, if you’re still looking, read the Knight’s Tale commentary with Brian Helgeland and Paul:

Brian: “Fong” is kind of an interesting word that we used in the film, and it actually… it means “to kick.”

Paul: Does it? It’s an actual word?

Brian: Yeah. It means “to kick.”

Paul: So that’s how you got away with it. Cause it does… it does bring to mind another expletive.

Brian: Yeah, but it’s not. In fact, I was questioned about it for the airline version, and I assured everyone that it means to kick.

Australia’s Herald Sun has an article about Russell Crowe’s phone-throwing incident last year, and how it might have cost him an Oscar nomination for Cinderella Man. The article mentions that Paul said he would be “appalled” if this were true.

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is on trial in England over accusations that he stole the ideas for his book from the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, a nonfiction book published in the 1980s. Brown already won a case last year over a man who claimed copyright infringement and wanted to block the publication of the book and the release of the movie. This new trial started today and should continue into next week. Thanks to Sue for the heads-up.

I just finished redoing the Master and Commander screencaps, and there are now 482 in all (what can I say? I’m a Stephen Maturin fangirl). So now I’m finished remaking all the screencaps I wasn’t happy with. Yay!

Monks at Moviehole has an update on recent movie rumors, including this bit:

An insider over at Warner in Burbank gave me a short update on those “Batman Begins 2″ rumours that are doing the rounds – Hugh Jackman and Hugo Weaving have NOT been contacted about roles in the film. Apparently the Nolan’s are going to finish the script before they even consider casting – and that includes officially offering Paul Bettany the role of The Joker. His name has been mentioned, but he’s merely “one of several possibilities,” I’m told.

I’ve redone all the screencaps of the Master and Commander special features and deleted scenes. There are a lot more, and they’re somewhat better quality. Next up: A Beautiful Mind. =)

Well, this is kind of Paul-related. Warner Bros. announced today that production on The Blood Diamond has started in South Africa, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connelly. I assume this means that Paul is in SA now as well.

MSN has a short Da Vinci Code movie clip from the Today Show. It features Robert and Sophie talking about one of the codes. You need Explorer 6+ to watch.

The gallery is working again. Dreamhost sent this message:

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