By accident I was lucky enough to meet both actors that have portrayed Fred Flinstone in the live action movies.
John Goodman, is also known for movies like The Big Lebowski, The Blues Brothers 2000, Fallen and the series Damages and Roseanne. After some mumbling he posed for a picture with me.
Mark Addy, is also known for movies like Robin Hood, The Full Monty and series like Game Of Thrones. Mark signed my posters of Game Of Thrones and Robin Hood and my DVD-covers of Flinstones 2 and The Full Monty. The friendly actor was also very happy to take a picture with me.
This was the third year I attended the London Critic's Circle awards in London. But this time I was here by accident. Usually the awards are being handed out a couple of days before Bafta. But, I found out this year they were being held in january, and at that moment I was in London with Samantha on holiday. I did, however, check out the event at the National Film Theatre and was able to meet the following people;
Jean Dujardin, the man who is probably going to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in the silent movie The Artist, attended and won the London Critic's Circle Awards. He was willing to pose for a picture. Carey Mulligan, known for her parts in Wall Street 2, Drive and the upcoming movie The Great Gatsby, posed for a picture. John Boyega, newcomer and known for his main part in Attack The Block, posed for a picture. Olivia Colman, known and acclaimed for her parts in The Iron Lady and Tyrannosaur, posed for a picture. Asif Kapadia, known for the acclaimed documentary Senna, about the worlds most famous driver in the world, posed for a picture. Ow, and last but not least, Michael Fassbender signed my Blu-Ray cover of 300 and posed for a picture with Samantha!
Another play I went to pay a visit was Hamlet in the Young Vic Theatre, where Michael Sheen (Twilight, Unthinkable, Frost/Nixon) played the lead, Hamlet.
Michael Sheen signed my posters of Alice In Wonderland, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Tron: Legacy and The Special Relationship. He also signed my DVD-covers of Frost/Nixon, Unthinkable and Beautiful Boy, thanks to my girlfriend Samantha. Afterwards he posed for a picture. Benedict Wong, who also starred in the same play, is known for his part in the Sci-Fi movie Sunshine and due to a big part in the upcoming movie Prometheus. He posed for a picture.
My first trip to London was a trip I did together with my girlfriend. Because of this reason I didn't do much collecting. I did however do a few things, including the Richard II play in The Donmar Warehouse Theatre. Eddie Redmayne (Black Death, My Week With Marilyn and The Pillars Of The Earth) was the lead is this play. He signed my Blu-Ray Boxset of The Pillard Of The Earth and the Blu-Ray of Black Death. He was also more than willing to pose for a picture.
The first event I attended in 2012 was the Festival Of Fame convention in Cologne, Germany. I have to say that this was a convention like I've never seen before. With almost no stars, attendees or merchandise/DVD tables this was the most empty convention I've attended so far. Together with me approximately 20 other attendees were wondering what to do with the time, while they were inside. The actors were not enjoying themselves either, they were not supposed to make pictures with us, we had to wait until the photoshoot in the afternoon. But what to do with the time inbetween?
Keith David (Platoon, The Thing, Requiem For A Dream) was the mean reason I went to Cologne for this convention. Before he was told not to, he posed up for a picture with me. Very friendly guy this Keith David. Claudia Wells, known for Back To The Future, signed my Back To The Future poster and also posed for a picture (before she was also told no to!).
Every year the Unesco organisation have a gala in Dusseldorf. This year was the 20th time the gala was being held. The gala is always attended by a lot of celebrities. This year was no different and I was able to meet the following people;
Clive Owen (King Arthur, Shoot 'M Up, Sin City) is British actor who is hugely popular in Hollywood at the moment due to his leading roles in a lot of blockbusters. He signed my Sin City filmcell and posed for a photo. Olivier Martinez, a French actor who had starring roles in several Hollywood movies like S.W.A.T., Taking Lives and Unfaithful, wasn't really in the mood to meet fans but he did sign my S.W.A.T. poster and posed for a picture though.
Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker (The Last King Of Scotland, Vantage Point, Platoon) attended the gala for the second time. This year he signed my poster of Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai and posed for a picture.
Melanie C, former member of the Spice Girls posed for a picture.
Bollywood legend Shah Rukh Khan, known for Bollywood movies like Ra.One posed for a picture. Not that I knew who he was, but hundreds of extremely loud screaming girls pointed out the fact how important he is for them and Bollywood.
Jet Li, the Chinese action-star known for his parts in Romeo Must Die, Lethal Weapon 4 and Kiss Of The Dragon, signed my poster of The One. (Picture below is from Venice, 2011)
Kathleen Turner (The War Of The Roses, Romancing The Stone) signed my poster of Romancing The Stone just before she fell flat on her face on the red carpet. (Picture below is from Gent, 2007)
The weekend of horrors convention is being held twice a year in Bottrop, Germany. Every year the show has a lot of cancellations, but to be fair though, this year didn't have too many...
Asia Argento, known for her roles in "XXX", "Land Of The Dead" and "Marie Antoinette", was perhaps the biggest name at the show this year. I met her before in Cannes a couple of years back, but that didn't stop me posing for another picture with her. Linda Blair, definately mostly known for her iconic role in "The Exorcist" and the sequel "The Exorcist 2" is also known for her parts in movies like "Airport 75", "Repossessed" and "Hell Night". She signed my DVD-cover of "The Exorcist" and posed for a picture during the photoshoot.
Ray Wise is mostly known for his parts in "Twin Peaks", "Robocop" and "The Reaper". It was escpecially good for me to meet him because he is also Vice President Hal Gardner in the fifth season of "24". Because of this, he signed my poster of "24" and posed for a picture during the photoshoot.
Julian Sands is mostly known for his parts in "The Killing Fields", "Arachnophobia", "Leaving Las Vegas" and offcourse as Warlock in the "Warlock" franchise. For me he is also Vladimir Bierko is the fifth season of "24". Because of this he signed my poster of "24" and posed for a picture during the photoshoot.
David Naughton, is best known for his part as David Kessler in "An American Werewolf In London", which is a classic horror movie without a doubt. He posed for a picture with me.
Ladislav Beran, is mostly known his part as Karl Ruprecht Kroenen in the movie "Hellboy". He signed my "Hellboy" filmcell and posed for a picture.
John Amplas is mostly known for his parts in "Martin", "Creepshow" and offcourse "Day Of The Dead". He posed for a picture with me. Bill Mosely, known for his parts in "The Devil's Rejects", "House Of A 1000 Corpses" and "Halloween" posed for a picture. Kathleen Kinmont, mostly known for her part in the series "Renegade" is also known for her parts in "Halloween 4" and "Bride Of The Re-Animator". She posed for a picture during the photoshoot. The German cannibal movie "Cannibal Diner" was promoted at the show. For this three girls that play parts in the horror movie attended the show to pose for pictures and hand out autographs.
Let's do a little promotion myself to view the trailer to everyone here!
Although there wasn't going to be a Belgium premiere for the fourth Twilight installment, there was a fanevent for all the fans of Twilight being held in Brussels. Special guests for this event were Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) and Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen). I have been to many event like these, but this event was one of the most busiest I've ever been to. In this mayhem I was able to meet both Twilight actors.
Robert Pattinson (Remember Me, Water For Elephants) signed my Breaking Dawn poster and posed for a picture. Ashley Greene (Twilight, New Moon) signed my Breaking Dawn poster and my Blu-Ray cover of Twilight. She was also willing to pose for a picture...
Because Tintin (Kuifje in Dutch) is from Belgium, the world premiere of the new movie "Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn" was being held in Brussels. For this special occasion legendary director Steven Spielberg and Jamie Bell (Tintin) came over to Belgium.
Steven Spielberg ("E.T", "Jurassic Park", "Indiana Jones") signed my poster of "Tintin", my filmcell of "War Of The Worlds" and my DVD-cover of "Saving Private Ryan" and posed for a picture.
Jamie Bell ("Tintin", "Billy Elliot", "King Kong") signed my poster of "Tintin", my DVD-cover of "King Kong" and my Blu Ray-cover of "Jumper". After the signing he posed for a picture.
Producer Kathleen Kennedy ("Tintin", "Jurassic Park") signed my "Tintin" poster and posed for a picture. Gad Elmaleh ("Tintin", "Razzia") signed my poster of "Tintin" but I wasn't able to get a picture with him... Below is a trailer for the upcoming movie "Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn".
One of the biggest names in the world of instrumental soundtracks (scores) is Hans Zimmer. I was glad that he attended the world soundtrack awards this year, being held in Gent. I met him in the lobby of the Marriot Hotel in Gent where he was staying. He signed my soundtracks of "Gladiator", "Mission: Impossible 2", "Inception", "Broken Arrow", "Matchstick Men", "Black Hawk Down" and "Sherlock Holmes". Video below is the making of the Inception score by Hans Zimmer
Like every year, this year the F.A.C.T.S. convention was being held in Gent, Belgium. This is one of the biggest movie conventions in Europe. As usual the convention was attended by guests and this year the guestlist was pretty good...
Dina Meyer (known from movies like "Saw" and "Starship Troopers") turned out to be very friendly. She signed my DVD-cover of "Saw" and posed for a picture. Charisma Carpenter ("Buffy", "Angel" and "The Expendables") posed for a picture. Torri Higginson ("Stargate Atlantis", "Storm Of The Century") posed for a picture. Tom Felton ("Harry Potter", "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes") signed my poster of "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes". (Photo below is from Harry Potter 7 part 1 world premiere)
At this years Film By The Sea festival in Vlissingen, internationally acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven, was a jury member. I waited fo him in the lobby of his, presumed, hotel. When I saw him I asked for a picture which he didn't mind at all. When I asked him to sign some items he said he was in a bit of a hurry, but he was willing to sign for me the following items; the posters of "Basic Instinct", "Robocop" and "Total Recall", my deluxe boxset of "Zwartboek" en the boxsets "Robocop trilogy" and a special edition of "Basic Instinct". Besides these items he also signed my DVD-covers of "Total Recall", "Basic Instinct", "Hollow Man", "Showgirls", "Starship Troopers", "Flesh & Blood", "Soldaat Van Oranje", "Spetters", "De Vierde Man" and "Turks Fruit". So that means he signed 16 items in total for me... unbelievable!
This year a special award, Glory To The Filmmaker, was handed out to Academy Award winning actor Al Pacino (Scarface, Heat, The Godfather). Actually he was the main reason I was willing to check out the Venice Filmfestival. So you can imagine I was very glad to meet the legendary actor in person. He signed my filmcells of "Scarface" and "Ocean's 13" and thanks to Samantha the poster of "Heat". And I was even more happy when he posed for a picture with me! Although looking back I have to admit that it's not easy collecting in Venice but I'm happy that I went anyway!
For me one of the most important days was the day "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" was going to have a premiere in Venice. It was that important because Gary Oldman ("Leon", "The Fith Element", "The Dark Knight" was the lead actor and because of that he would probably show up for it... And luckily for me, he did!
Gary Oldman signed my posters of "The Dark Knight", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Harry Potter 7" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". He also signed my DVD-covers of "Leon", "The Fifth Element" and "Air Force One". After signing all these items he was willing to pose for a picture. Great guy this Gary Oldman!!! Benedict Cumberbatch (War Horse, The Hobbit) signed my poster of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and posed for a picture. John Hurt signed my posters of "Immortals", "Outlander", "Harry Potter 7", "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and my previously posed picture with him. He also posed for a new picture with me inside the Excelsior hotel. Colin Firth (The King's Speech, A Single Man) signed my poster of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and my posterphoto of "The King's Speech". Photo below was at the Bafta Afterparty (London 2011). Mark Strong signed my posters of "Robin Hood", "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", "Kick Ass", "Rock 'N Rolla" and "The Green Lantern". Photo is below is at the Inception world premiere (London 2010).
The opening movie of this year's Venice Filmfestival was "The Ides Of March", the new movie directed by George Clooney and also starring George Clooney. Besides Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti and Evan Rachel Wood came to Venice to promote the movie.
George Clooney (Batman & Robin, The Perfect Storm, Syriana) signed my DVD-covers of "The Perfect Storm", "Three Kings", my filmcell of "Ocean's 13" and the poster of "The Ides Of March". He was willing to pose for a picture with me... And again...
Evan Rachel Wood ("Thirteen", "True Blood") signed my posters of "The Ides Of March" and "True Blood" and posed for a picture. Phillip Seymour Hoffman ("Mission: Impossible 3", "Happiness") signed my poster of "Capote", but was, as usual, not willing to pose for a picture. Paul Giamatti ("Lady In The Water", "Sideways") signed my poster of "Shoot 'm Up" but was also not friendly enoug to pose for a picture. Former supermodel Cindy Crawford (also known for her leading role in the action movie "Fair Game") posed for a picture.
