Video Games Live, a concert series featuring music from over 50 major titles, is coming to Dublin in November. It’s on in the National Concert Hall on Sunday 29th November and tickets are €26 or €33. They’ve played to over 300,000 people since 2005 and will hopefully get a big crowd in the NCH.
James Gurney, creator of Dinotopia, has an excellent series of posts on his poster commission from the Utopiales Festival. You can see the entire process from pencil to paint, and the thoroughness and discipline of this incredible painter. His blog is funny and informative, from getting neighbours to pose in sheets for reference to his studiously described studies of academic painting techniques. Part 1
Christian Bale looks shockingly thin for his role in The Fighter. Say what you will about Christian Bale, when it comes to acting, the man gives 100% to each role. Unfortunately, that might not be a good thing when it comes to his health. The Dark Knight star infamously subsisted on an apple a day for his role in The Machinist, resulting in a shocking 63-pound weight loss. Alternately bulking up for the Batman films, the movie star is once again losing weight for his newest film, The Fighter. Gone are the muscles, replaced with hollow cheekbones, for Bale to play the role of Dickie Eklund. The film chronicles Eklund’s career as a boxer and trainer, who became a drug addict in the process. This of course might explain his infamous on-set tirade. If I were screwing with my metabolism that much, I’d probably consider murdering someone for fussing with … There’s more
I’m sorry but this is just one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while and I have to post it…
