I've been quite busy a couple of weeks ago and just found out that the site (well, was flashed with PHP error message) can't be accessed. Now everything is back and there're many Claire updates. I'll update the pictures asap.
I just saw Stardust and I must say that this is one of the best Claire's movies in recent years. I enjoy the movie so much. I like Yvaine (though she's annoying at first) and the way she glows when her heart is fulfilled. It's so sad that the movie doesn't do well when it should do. It's a pity that the trailer can't draw attention at all.
Forget it. Let's talk about her new work, Pygmalion, which Claire got good reviews (Hooray!!), and her very first work, My So-Called Life, which the full DVD has just been released. The New York Post described Claire's transformation from an uneducated girl into a society lady as "handsomely done". The NY Daily News said Pygmalion was Claire's best work since MSCL and Shopgirl. There are a number of articles on MSCL, like this one from NY Mag which has interviewed MSCL producer, Marshall Herskovitz, where he talked about the time of auditioning Angela Chase. Alicia Silverstone was one but Herskovitz said she was too beautiful for the role so Claire got it from her more sophisticated look.
Miscellaneous news:
::: Claire is on the cover of this month's Tatler.
::: According to ContactMusic.com, Claire asked British comedian Ricky Gervais if she could be on his show, Extras, but he turned down. She said, "I tried to hassle my way into Extras, but he wasn't having it. Even if that was as forward as I've ever been with anyone."
::: New York Times had an article about Claire's style called An Eliza Doolittle Onstage as Well as on the Red Carpet.
::: UK Telegraph had an article, Capital Danes, and also a new beautiful picture of Claire.
::: JustJared has pictures of Claire and Hugh Dancy walking in SoHo.
::: Claire told UK Stella magazine about her weather-wise, "occasionally I get it right as an actress and feel proud of what I've done. But the conditions have to be just right. I have to be working with a director who is really capable and attentive. The weather has to be just so and the other actors have to be great. Then, for some reason, it works and I feel wonderful. But then something changes and I go back to square one again."
Glad to be back.