Last night Tom and I went to the Children's Charity Network dinner to celebrate the Australian Young Writers and Artists. Of course it was a great - and glitzy!- night catching up with friends and meeting some new people, but it was also a real thrill to meet the kids who'd been selected as the winners from all the thousands of young Australian writers and artists who'd entered. I've been reading the book of the winning entries during the day, and it's very exciting to see what they've accomplished. The winning art was displayed last night too - some amazing pieces. I especially loved the painting of an erupting volcano!
One of the nicest moments of the evening was when everyone at our table introduced ourselves - we were sitting with Shaun Bullock and his parents, from Tamworth in Queensland - and soon discovered that he'd won the the Young Australian Writer of the Year. How lovely to be able to share the experience with them!
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By: Betsy Bird,
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Sometimes you just can't make these things up. Guess the next Sherlock Holmes. Aw, go on. Is it Jeremy Irons? Is it Alan Rickman? Is it Jason Isaacs?
Think again.
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Unlike previous films this one is going to focus more on Holmes' physical attributes, including his talent for bare-knuckle and sword fighting, which were both mentioned in the original books. "Russell is the favourite for the role as it's felt he'll give the character the action-man-like qualities the part is going to require."Just wondering if the seven percent solution is going to get its due.
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Jeremy Brett will be forever and ever, my one and only Holmes.
I detect an attempt to rewind the franchise and do for Holmes what Daniel Craig did for James Bond.
I must now find a way to incorporate the clunking phrase "action-man-like" into my everyday vocabulary, because it's too funny to pass up.
Crowe might be interesting for other reasons -- like how he played John Nash in A Beautiful Mind. (If folks are correct and Holmes is borderline Asperger's, that is.)
Yes on Jeremy Brett. Though my mind was blown the other day when we watched My Fair Lady and I realized that he was Freddy Eynsford-Hill.
Crowe I cannot see, though I didn't see A Beautiful Mind.