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News Archives:

August 2007

  Friday, August 31, 2007

Gotham Magazine outtakes

Thanks to the user nastymoon at the ob_web_world Community, you can now have a look (ogle?) at all of these gorgeous pics.

Orlando on BBC radio

Thanks to OrlandoLove, you can now listen to his interview here.

  Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Teen Choice Award Winners

The Teen Choice Awards took place this past Sunday, and although Orlando won some awards, he was not in attendence. Orlando won ‘Choice Movie: Liplock’ with Keira Knightley, and ‘Choice Movie: Rumble’ for Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) vs. Crew of The Flying Dutchman. Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End won ‘Choice Movie: Action Adventure’. Johnny Depp won ‘Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure’, Keira Knightley won ‘Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure’, and Bill Nighy (Davy Jones) won ‘Choice Movie: Villain’.

For a full list of winners, visit fox.com.

  Sunday, August 26, 2007

Orlando’s Japanese Commercial for UNO

Watch Orlando’s Uno commercial at YouTube. The spot is about two minutes long.

  Monday, August 20, 2007

More images from Uno campaign

Thanks to Orlando News, a few more images from the Uno campaign are available.

Orlando & Johnny to face off for same award

Both have been nominated for the same award - Best Male Performance - in the first ever British National Movie Awards. They join Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Daniel Craig in the category.

If you want to check out the other nominees and VOTE for them, go here. You have until September 2 to vote.

Top 10 Worst Onscreen Couples

A poll has named the movie couples that had the worst chemistry.

Keira Knightley (Elizabeth) and Orlando Bloom (Will) were voted in as third worst. You can view the full list at the source.

POTC3 DVD cover revealed

The artwork for the DVD has been revealed at the Disney Shopping website. POTC3 will be released on December 4, 2007.

  Saturday, August 18, 2007

Orlando voted Sexiest Movie Hero

Orlando has been chosen as Sexiest Movie Hero by the readers of InStyle magazine.

First image of Orlando’s ad campaign for Uno

Thanks to OrlandoLove, the first image from this campaign has been made available.

  Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Orlando voted most desirable date

In the upcoming British Cosmopolitan magazine, readers voted for him as the man they would most like to date, according to Tonight.

  Monday, August 13, 2007

Antarctica Video

Youtube has a music video featuring Orlando, along with a montage of stills and video taken by his cousin Sebastian Copeland while in Antarctica. The video is included on the DVD that comes with Sebastian’s book “Antarctica: The Global Warning”. You can purchase the book and find more info at antarcticabook.com. The book is also available at amazon.com.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 DVD Release Date

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End will be released on DVD on December 4, 2007.

From tvpredictions.com: The “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” 2-disc Disney DVD set immerses users in hours of behind-the-scenes content and pirate lore from the four corners of the earth. Features include a behind-the-scenes documentary, “Keith & the Captain”; “Anatomy of a Scene: The Maelstrom”; “The Tale of the Multiple Jacks”; “Hoist the Colors”; “Masters of Design”; “Inside the Brethren Court”; “The Pirate Code: Revealed”; “The World of Chow Yun Fat”; “The Pirate Maestro: The Music of Hans Zimmer”; “Bloopers of the Caribbean”; and much, much more!

Orlando is Top Grossing Actor of the Decade

From 411mania.com: Orlando Bloom is the top grossing actor of the current decade thanks to him being in the Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings trilogies. Black Hawk Down, Troy and Kingdom of Heaven all grossed over $100 million worldwide too. Bloom is 15th currently on the overall list with just 13 movies to his credit and a gross of over 2.38 billion dollars. His average gross per film is over $183 million and his average opening weekend is over $42 million. All that is according to www.the-numbers.com.

Cosmo UK’s Most Eligible Man

According to Metro.co.uk, Orlando has been voted the most desirable British bloke to go on a date with, coming in at #1 on Cosmopolitan’s ‘Eligible Eleven’ list.

  Monday, August 6, 2007

Orlando to Appear in 120 Second TV Spot in Japan

Thanks to the user yoyo at OrlandoLove, Orlando is going to be a hair styling product model. This is the original site, though it is all in Japanese.

Orlando Doesn’t Like to Watch Himself Act

Orlando refuses to watch his own acting performances because what he sees disappoints him, ShowBiz Spy reports.

He said: “I’ve never even watched one of the DVDs. I sometimes think it would be nice to show your kids one day.
“Sometimes I catch a glimpse in hotel rooms or on planes, and think, ‘Eurggh, is that what I was doing?’”