Brothers winding down and The Night Before the Oscars

Many of us have been wondering when the filming of Brothers will finish but, thanks to this site, we can see that the cast and crew are now into their last two weeks of filming, at least in New Mexico (just look at those early starts). So shortly, from 12 February, there should be no more disruption for the residents and drivers of Los Alamos. I know that they've filmed at the golf course before, but the mind boggles at what they're to film at the local ice rink - ice skating?


An extra on the film, Mikie the Taliban, regularly posts bits and pieces about his experiences on the set. Today, he had this to say about filming with Tobey Maguire: 'I will say this about Tobey Maguire…he is really into what he does. On frist day on the set, I didn’t recognize him with his short beard as he walked by and said Hello, but later in the day he wasn’t as friendly as I was holding a gun on him. The next day he was in heavy ” injury” make up after a helicopter crash, and was also captured by our very own Taliban band (I was the drummer…just kidding), so he was in character most of the time. As a rule, extras do not engage major talent in any way, even direct eye contact. Try that with Val Kilmer and see what happens…!'



The Night Before the Oscars

The night before the Oscars a charity event, called The Night Before, is held to raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund; in other words, it will help many of the people who have lost their jobs because of the writer's strike. It's a private affair, free of press, but it's glitzy and it's been announced that, whatever may happen to the Oscars due to the strike, this event will go ahead.


Here is the list of stars who will be hosting the event on 23 February at The Beverly Hills Hotel: 'Jessica Alba, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Capshaw Spielberg & Steven Spielberg, Nancy & Steve Carell, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Tobey Maguire, Jessica & Jerry Seinfeld, Hilary Swank, Christine Taylor & Ben Stiller, Justin Timberlake, Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks, Kate Winslet & Sam Menndes, Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas.' There's a name there that catches my attention - I'll give you three guesses...


The writer's strike continues and the star support for the strike continues. Maggie Gyllenhaal's support has been expressed through this video. Maggie's video is No 34.

And finally...

When anyone mentions blue eyes, it's Jake I think of as having the perfect example, and it seems Jake may be related to many of us - a report today says that all blue-eyed people may have had a common ancestor - and possibly a Neanderthal ancestor at that. I did like the title of this article, which calls blue-eyed people 'inbred mutants'. Judging by these blue eyes, I would take that as a compliment.



Includes pictures from IHJ.