Click here to see a new Dustfinger picture and read a short article from Germany’s TV Spielfilm.  Many thanks to Lu for scanning and translating this!

Today we wish a very happy 36th birthday to the man who brought us all here: Paul Bettany!

See the Vogue scan here.  Thanks, Annie! 

The June issue of Vogue (US) has a picture of Paul and Jennifer at the Blood Diamond premiere.  Can anyone out there scan this?  Thanks to Pattie for the info!

Looks like There for Me is back on track. The film has been on hold for what seems like ages due to lack of funding, according to Paul’s comments in interviews. But sources such as this one are reporting that producer Diandra Douglas is now backing the film. A bit more of the plot is also revealed: “One couple is wealthy, while the other duo is composed of a woman married to an injured boxer [this would be Paul], confined to a wheelchair. Unlike so many Hollywood films, Douglas told Jones, the screenplay ‘is not a film which is tied in a perfect bow. It is a thinking person’s film about the difference between love and passion, responsibility and doing the right thing.’” As a few Paul fans have noticed, IMDB has also posted that filming is set to begin in June, with the movie’s release to be in December. Presumably, then, Paul will be working on both There for Me and Franklyn this summer in London.

According to Cornelia Funke’s site, an Inkheart trailer was made for the Cannes Film Festival (is it already that time again?  how time flies!), which opens tomorrow.  Hopefully, this means we’ll be seeing it online soon.  The post also mentions that Cornelia will be seeing a rough cut of the full movie.

Click here to see a fan photo of Paul, Jennifer, and Kai visiting the Cape of Good Hope last year.  Thanks, Lynne!

Click here to see a YouTube video of Paul speaking for the Amnesty International Control Arms campaign.

Edit: You can now click here to download the video (right-click and save). You’ll need to get a free Flash Video player to watch it – good thing to have on your computer anyway. Screencaps are here, transcript is here.

Click here to see pictures of Paul and Jennifer at last night’s Costume Institute Gala in New York. Thanks to Stacey for the heads-up about this!

Just a reminder that Paul’s birthday is May 27. If you’re planning to send him a card, make sure you send it well in advance, since all his mail goes through his agents first. Click here for the mailing addresses we have.

And now for something completely different.

Regarding the monthly desktop calendars: I simply don’t have the time or inspiration anymore. So I’ve made a section in the gallery for desktop calendars. If you want to design one, email it to me (edeainfj {at} gmail.com) and I’ll upload it to the gallery. The gallery info will include your website link if you specify one in your email. Your wallpaper(s) can be any resolution, as long as it is a standard size. If you don’t know how to give it a standard size, send it anyway, and I’ll resize it to whatever it fits best.