Sarah’s married right? Just checking.
Embed from Getty ImagesAnd Richard looks like he’s lapping it up.
Man, if that’s a show, she makes one helluva beard. LOL!
Okay, yeah, people, I know they’re actors.
For Those Fans Who Want a Refund on The Crucible Tickets…
I have a solution — for some of you. I will be happy to buy some of those tickets for what you paid for them. Not kidding.
So let me know. :D
And if any other Armitage Fans want to join me in this effort, feel free.
Oh, the Weather is Fine
ArmitageBesotted, NancyJohnson and Marie Astra certainly have a fantastic seat. Never mind the movie theater. :D
Richard Armitage Central Will Really Live up to Their Name
Library Girl (aka Julie) worked the red carpet at the Into the Storm premiere, and she will be sharing it with us. I don’t know about any of you, but I can’t wait. And having met Julie and communicated with her now for a few years, it could not happen to a nicer person and kudos to Joe, her husband, who’s a helluva nice guy too.
Julie in the middle:
Met the awesome gala from @RArmitage_US @RAnetdotcom @RA_Central pic.twitter.com/2jUXHQSv02
— TheAnglophileChannel (@AnglophileTV) August 4, 2014
And the other two are @awkardceleb and @saraalizecross
And Now for the Weather
Things are moving into place at the Into the Storm premiere.
Be sure to watch @marieastra8’s timeline.
What’s Important to Me
I’m on my way out of town to an appointment that is one of the most crucial to SO and myself. He may get a pancreas transplant, and when I think about that, it’s really hard for me to get worked up about Richard Armitage’s love life. Seriously. I just can’t process it as anything that concerns me.
Also, I’m just happy my kids are happy, and three of them are together in NYC (my son went to visit his sisters, my two oldest daughters who live there). They just sent me a picture of them in front of a building where we rented an apartment during one summer when they were all still at home. A neat little place on East 52nd next door to the River House. Very cool address. That summer changed their perspective radically and their lives irrevocably. I’m glad. I’m tickled, and don’t they look happy? This is what matters to me.
Richard,
I don’t know what’s important to you, but life is too short to sweat over things that don’t matter. That’s not referring to you, but I hope encourages you.
Signed,
A Crazy Fan who is so sane when it comes to family and what really counts it would probably make your head spin.P.S. Still wish I could see The Crucible, but oh well. Maybe later.
Ohmygod, Ohmygod, Ohmygod
Oh brother. :D I can’t help snickering a bit at the rippling going on in the RA fandom. All over this picture:
It came from this tweet:
The timing of this is fascinating. I have all kinds of thoughts about that, but I’m working so don’t really have time to wax on about it at present. Just know that this frau is not upset, still likes Richard Armitage, and personally thinks it’s absurd that someone can sit on a park bench with someone and somehow we know their sex life. Wow. None of that is to say that Richard Armitage and Lee Pace are not a couple but merely to say that those whose fascination with Richard is predicated on their fantasies don’t need much to get them going or not going — whichever the case may be. :D
Meanwhile, I keep chuckling at the rippling because you would think the damn world stopped.
On a serious note, I wonder how many fangirls this picture will lose for him and potentially affect what he does. If he hasn’t put all of his hopes on heartthrob, then it should’t be too much of a problem. Glad he’s been getting out of that box. May he continue.
edit:
Okay, I have a few more minutes before I really, really have to get back to work!
The body language cracks me up. It seems to say: Yeah, we’re sitting here, f*ckers; make something of it.
second edit:
I have to be done with this in like three minutes when I have a teleconference scheduled.
Cynical Frenz about to weigh in.
If Richard Armitage were really worried about rumors, he wouldn’t be sitting so prominently on a park bench with a well known actor who is likely to be photographed and especially one that he’s often linked to romantically. So, part of me thinks a) he’s in the glass closet, b) he doesn’t give a damn what others think and is tired of the rhetoric, so there take that! or c) (and this is the one I tend to lean toward), hell, look at how much buzz this is going to get on the web. Not so much because of Richard but because of Lee. Sorry I can’t help this, but my bullshit detector is starting to react. No, I haven’t fully thought this out. There may be logical reasons why I’m wrong, but something seems fishy.
And It Keeps Coming
Living through the last six weeks has been rough and today especially so. The Old Vic sent me an email. They do that from time to time when you join their cause. Oh, I appreciate the emails, and under normal circumstances I would be happy to read a notice or two they want to give me. But it’s really hard to witness all the goings on about The Crucible and not being able to fully join in and getting mail from The Old Vic is just a reminder of all that I’m missing. Frankly, I would almost give my eye teeth to go to a performance. Of course it wouldn’t matter if I did because SO would kill me when I got back home.
And those reviews!
And that’s just The Old Vic’s side of the pond! I seem to remember a few on my side that were pretty complimentary. Hear that, Old Vic? Come to New York and soon! I have a feeling you will, and I was pretty heartened by this and some other rhetoric I’ve heard from the New York theater community which indicates there is a pretty good chance of this happening. The only question is whether Richard will be involved.
If I know him, and yes, I do a bit after all this time of watching a lot of his cussed moves, he will not let any grass grow under his feet, and we may well be hearing any day now what he’s about to do next. No, seriously, I’m thinking before the end of August we’ll be hearing about it. *Looks at watch* Yep, end of August drop dead. Probably mid-August. Anyway, The Old Vic needs to jump on it and have him locked in for next year or whenever.
None of that is to say this next announcement will be about a production in New York. No, it will probably be something different. Uhtred perhaps? Or is Richard past all that and now onto more intellectually stimulating fare? I do wonder these things when I have time to wonder, which I don’t as often these days, and that’s a good thing, ’cause if I did have time to really ponder with any depth all that’s going on with Richard, this email from The Old Vic would send my frustration through the roof:
Damn, I wish I had been to see the play, but I’m glad some of you have been able to see it and thoroughly enjoy it. That warms my heart because well, I’m proud of our guy and any adulation he gets which celebrates his talent is a thrill. No snark there. It really does warm my heart that he’s doing so well. I’m not sure I feel motherly about it but maybe.
Dear Rich,
May I say I always knew you had it in you. Or at least after I watched John Standring. I suspected before Standring. John Thornton was breathtaking, but I chalked that up to being enthralled by a great love story. Harry Kennedy was another thrill, but there wasn’t enough to convince that the depths of your talent were so great. Then came Guy. You didn’t stint even on that silly piece. But it was John Standring that made me a fan for life. I knew then you were made of something far more than a heartthrob. And I’d like to think I would never be this enthusiastic over a mere heartthrob. So your success is my vindication. Thanks for that. And hell, I haven’t even seen the play.
All the best,
A Crazy Fan who looks forward to more of your stellar work; see, see, you’ve set the bar damn high, my friend
More info here about Richard Armitage in Conversation. Maybe you’ll break down and join The Old Vic? Hmm.
Another Word about #VideotheCrucible – Now More Than Ever
Reblogged from Armitage Agonistes
I concur heartily with Perry’s thinking:
In response to this on Me and Richard, in which Servetus points out obstacles against a DVD or transfer of The Old Vic’s production of The Crucible, I have this to add.
The link in the blog was to a New York Post piece( something akin to the Daily Fail, but this was a serious article) about Arthur Miller’s daughter, Rebecca, who is the owner of the rights to Miller’s body of work, and as such, has the final say as to whether or not a production company can mount any of his plays. (Think the ownership maze that affected production of The Hobbit because of negotiations with the Tolkien family.)
In the article, Ms.Miller explains that she is selective about licensing rights to her father’s work.
The rest here
Dreaming about Uhtred
Truly, it would be a dream to see Richard Armitage in this:
BBC AMERICA Announces New Drama Series The Last Kingdom
Published: July 9, 2014An adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling book series by BAFTA nominated and Royal Television Society award-winning writer Stephen Butchard
New York – July 9, 2014 – BBC AMERICA, Carnival Films – the Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award-winning producers of Downton Abbey – and BBC Two announced today that production will begin this fall on The Last Kingdom, a new historical 8 x 60 drama series.
BAFTA nominated and RTS award-winning writer Stephen Butchard, (Good Cop, Five Daughters, House of Saddam), will adapt Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling franchise “The Saxon Stories” for the screen. Cornwell is also known for his much-loved “Sharpe” novels that became the long-running TV series of the same name starring Sean Bean and aired on BBC AMERICA.
Set in the year 872, when many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Vikings, the great kingdom of Wessex has been left standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred the Great.
Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred. Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is orphaned by the Vikings and then kidnapped and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested. What is he – Saxon or Viking? On a quest to claim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a new nation and, ultimately, seek to recapture his ancestral lands.
The rest here
Those of you who are so adept at PhotoShop need to make us a cool graphic to swoon over. :D I’m serious despite my grin. It would be an even bigger grin if there was a graphic.
Wait a minute. Google yields all sorts of goodies. Here we go:
and another one:
These are both by Vivayn and can be found at RichardArmitageNet.com
Yes, my grin just got much bigger, and for anyone wanting to make their own, some inspiration:
Before you ask, no, I have not forgotten I promised to have a giveaway of Lords of the North audio book.
RAFrenzy 