News and Updates | 7 March 2011
Originally published at LoveLure's Luke and Reid Blog. Please leave any comments there.
In today’s update:
- Greg Hernandez gives a shout-out to Eric Sheffer Stevens
- We Love Soaps and Nelson Branco both highlight Van Hansis’s Pale Swan
- Nelson Branco offers his early predictions for the Daytime Emmy’s including his pick for Best Supporting Actor
- Michael Fairman’s Podcast of Nelson Branco’s Soap Opera Spirit Awards postponed, but still this week
- More info (but still no clips) of the ESS John Hancock ads - including some media buy information
And last, this was just too funny to pass up. Stephanie Gatschet ( AMCStephanie, ex-Tammy on GL) tweeted:
To answer all who have asked, yes Danny Cosgrove was completely "nekked" under that towel. The shock on my face was an honest reaction! #AMC
Given that I just finished the LONG post on Van’s Emmy reels (one of which was up against Tom Pelphrey’s reel, where he played opposite Stephanie), she was already top-of-mind. Both Tom and Stephanie, BTW, are on the announced celebrity list for this year’s SoapFest event (May 14th and 15th on Marco Island, in Florida), along with Austin Peck (Brad), Ellen Dolan (Margo), Terri Conn (Katie), and Billy Magnussen (Casey). And having seen Billy in person in Utrecht, I can wholly endorse that experience!
In the meantime, Daniel Cosgrove (Chris) finished second to Eric in the ATWT Dankies’ Most Attractive Male Star competition. Plus he was in a couple of Trent Dawson’s potential Emmy clips, and was also in Tom Pelphrey’s GL clips (as a much more likable Bill Lewis). In all of these cases, I was amazed at how much more appealing DC and even Chris was than he was playing opposite Katie and Reid, and especially in the September 16th episode (which I just saw embedded and rewatched today).
For heaven’s sake - he had Reid’s heart already and was going to live happily ever after (or at least until Mike or Simon came back to town). When Luke says that he strongly suggested that they make Chris COS, why the heck didn’t he reply, “Thanks Luke, I’m really honored. And I’ll definitely do my best because I know Reid will find a way to kick my butt or give me a coronary if I don’t” instead of being a wishy-washy undeserving nincompoop? (I don’t think I’ve every actually used that word in writing before!).
But back on-topic. Well at least “on” my off-topic topic. About that towel. I would be remiss if I mentioned towel scenes without a nod to Jamie Bamber of Battlestar Galactica. Those of you who have followed this or read my bios on YouTube or FanFiction.net may have seen that Starbuck/Apollo is one of my other ships. And in fact, BSG was my only material TV obsession prior to LuRe (nothing compared to this, though), not the least of which was thanks to this scene:
Click to viewThere were some hilarious interviews surrounding this scene because apparently Jamie was definitely NOT wearing anything underneath and when he drops the towel, you can see Katee Sackhoff’s Starbuck in the background snickering, which apparently was a real response. Meanwhile, Jamie talks about being “intimidated” being naked in front of Xena on her first day on the set (she’s 1/2” taller than he is without heels, according to IMDb, and I’d guess that underestimates the gap). Not to be outdone, Lucy Lawless was quoted as saying that “Jamie Bamber’s towel (ahem) ‘held itself up.’ ”
If the screencaps from this episode weren’t enough eye candy, Jamie did a photo shoot wearing little more than a towel (with a strategically angled mirror, to boot!) as well as a PETA PSA for “bare skin, not bear skin.” I didn’t think I’d find an excuse to plug Jamie and BSG, but now that I have one, here is a taster:
If you’re not familiar with BSG or Jamie Bamber, watch the above scene again - and then watch the either or both of the clips below before reading the spoiler.
Spoiler
If you’ve watched either of the two Paley Center videos, you’ll now know that the incredibly amazing thing is that Jamie is British and does the whole show in American English. Living here in the UK, I’m particularly aware of differences in pronunciation, and I have to say that I noticed only 2-3 instances in the four-year run (totaling about 10 words) where I thought his British-ism was detectable. Really, he was phenomenal. BTW in the second interview, “candy floss” is the British term for cotton candy!
He and James Calliss (who played Gaius Baltar on BSG) have done several interviews joking about how James gets to keep his accent, and Jamie doesn’t. Hugh Laurie (House) was famously quoted on the subject of acting with an American accent as saying:
It’s like ‘Everybody is playing tennis with a tennis racquet, and you’re playing with mackerel.
Oh, and for any of you who adore Eric because he’s cerebral, not just a hunk, (Jamie was #72 on the 2010 After Elton Hot 100), Jamie graduated from Cambridge University with 1st Class MA Honours in Modern Languages (the highest you can achieve, according to Wikipedia). He also drama at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art - like a British Juilliard, if I can be American-centric for a moment) and speaks French and Italian fluently (I think he’s done an interview in French). Plus in the interview, he uses “parochial”, “pertinent” and “eviscerated.” If you’ve read any of my ESS interview liveblogs, you’ll know that I have a thing for men using big words. Squee!
Even if you hate science fiction, there is much in this series to love. If you haven’t seen BSG, I’d strongly recommend watching the pilot miniseries and then the first regular Season 1 episode, “33” which is probably the best hour of television I have ever seen (so yeah, the rest of the series can’t quite live up to that unbelievable start). I have never simultaneously felt like I was on such a heart-pounding ride (not even during a big-screen action flick) for such a sustained time, and yet dreaded that the episode was coming to an end because it was SO good. FWIW, this episode won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Presentation, Short Form, and received an A+ rating from its TWoP recapper.
At any rate, back on-topic. On the subject of towels. Anyone else wonder what Van was wearing underneath his in the Dallas scene?!?
And with that pleasant thought, I’ll leave you with the rest of the news after the jump….
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