February 2008 - May 2008
April 21 - It's good to see we weren't the only ones appalled by the Outer Critics Circle Award Nominees. Rock 'n' Roll was nominated by like many other wonderful performances this year Rufus was snubbed. You can read about it here.
April 19 -
Wow! It
feels like forever since we've updated but we finally have something
new to say!
Here is a small story and terrific photo of Rufus from
Eleventh Hour.
And also this: If you happen to be at the University of Illinois Rufus
will be attending The Roger Ebert Film Festival (Ebertfest) next week
April 23 - 27. You can read about it
here.
April 8 - Rufus has finished his pilot for Eleventh Hour and gone home for a well deserved rest but the Tony handicapping continues. You can read more about it here.
April 6 - Your patience has finally been rewarded. Rufus will appear on this evenings episode of John Adams. If you miss it fire up your TIVO, VCR or DVR and catch it. We'll have some screen caps up soon.
April 3 - The April Clip of the Month is up and it's one of our favorites from In a Savage Land. You can check it out here. We've also added a clip from an interview Rufus did during the run of Rock 'n' Roll. You can catch that one here.
April 2 - If you happen to live in Vancouver keep an eye out for Rufus and his posse filming the pilot for Eleventh Hour. You can read about here. Thanks to tinkerdog for sniffing this one out.
April 1 - Seems CBS is tapping it's show runner for Eleventh Hour which means we'll likely get at least a half season order. You can read about it here. CBS is putting a lot of faith in this one. Go Rufus! And as well a strange little rumor about a new picture from Mel Gibson that's too juicy not to share. You can read this one here.
March 27 - Up for a little Tony handicapping? In this article the Los Angeles Times ponders, dreams and imagines...
March 25 - Did you think we'd forgotten you? With things very quiet on the Rufus front as he tackles his new pilot for CBS we've had very little new to report. But the Hollywood Reporter has an article on how pilot season is going that mentions Rufus and GE2 has discovered a great new old photo which you can find on the last page of the Photo Section.
March 16 -
It's still Rock
'n' Roll to me.
First we have a
terrific little
interview that we somehow missed in all the hubbub. Many thanks to
tinkerdog
who found it originally. Next we have two links to Rufus at the stage
door vids that you can watch
here and
here found by the incomparable
GE2.
Don't forget
John Adams
begins it's run tonight on
HBO. And last but not least, as promised, we have several new
fan photos you find at the link at the top of this page.
March 14 - Warm up your DVR, VCR, video camera on your mobile phone, John Adams begins its run on HBO this Sunday. Here is nice review that gives you an idea of what you can expect.
March 12 - Rufus is in Los Angeles looking like a dapper leading man and we've got a boatload of new photos on the last page of the photo section. Dive in and wallow around. We'll be adding some new fan photos from closing night of Rock 'n' Roll over the next few days so be sure to check back.
March 11 - You can stop speculating. Rufus' new costar for Eleventh Hour will be Marley Shelton according to the news agency Reuters. You can read about it here and bit more here from The Hollywood Reporter.
March 10 - rufianren has gone to a great deal of trouble to translate Fabrice du Welz's Vinyan director's blog into English. You can read it here.
March 9 -
This is it. Closing
day for Rock 'n'
Roll. You still
have a few hours left if you'd like to see it and missed your chance.
Run, don't walk to the box office and pick up
your ticket now.
Here is what
Playbill.com had to say about the arrival of closing night.
March 7 - You can watch the Making of John Adams here even if you don't happen to have HBO.
March 5 -
A bit on
Rock 'n' Roll.
Not a great deal about Rufus but some very interesting commentary on
the history played out in the show. You can read it
here. rai
tells us that The Making of
John Adams
is airing this week on HBO. Check your local listings. And this
just in GE2
has found a new photo from
John Adams.
You can find it in the
Television Section. Just look for
March 4 - The Rufus news is slim these days as Rock 'n' Roll finishes up on Broadway and he prepares to begin work on the pilot for Eleventh Hour. There is an article on Playbill.com about John Adams. Rufus is mentioned briefly in it. You can read it here.
March 2 -
We're pulling into the home
stretch on Rock
'n' Roll. You
have one week left to catch Rufus on stage. There is still time to see
Rock 'n' Roll
one last time or for the first time. We've added a new photo to the Fan
Photo section for the show. You can see it here.
February 29 - There is a bit in today's Longmont Times about Pamela Cuming who wrote the screenplay for Downloading Nancy. There is a brief mention of Rufus. You can read it here.
February 28 - The new Clip of the Month is up and you can view it here.
February 27 - If you happen to be in Richmond Virginia on 9 March, you might try to wrangle yourself an invite to the invitation only premier of John Adams at the Byrd Theatre. You can read about it here.
February 25 -
A bit more about
Eleventh Hour
here and
here. And an update from HBO on
John Adams:
John Adams Coming in March!
JOHN ADAMS, David
McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning book comes to the screen as a
seven-part HBO Films miniseries. Starring Paul Giamatti and Laura
Linney, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and
directed by Emmy®-winner Tom Hooper, JOHN ADAMS explores American
history through the eyes of one of its greatest founding fathers.
Premieres Sunday, March 16 at 8pm.
February 24 - We have a couple of new photos from Vinyan found by the amazing GE2. You'll find them in the Cinema Section.
February 23 - More about Eleventh Hour from TVSquad. You can read it here. And though it doesn't mention Rufus, here is a bit about the deal behind the series. thanks to disherwood for nosing this one out ~
February 22 - A bit of exciting news this morning out of US television-land. Rufus has picked his next project. He will play the lead in Jerry Bruckheimer's new CBS Sci-Fi series Eleventh Hour. A lot of big names attached to this one. You can read more here and here.
February 20 - If you happen to live in Canada you can find the schedule for the airing of John Adams here.
February 19 - The John Adams publicity machine is really heating up. You can read a bit here that references the zap2it story we linked to earlier in the week and something from UPI here. Time is dwindling down to a precious few weeks to catch Rock 'n' Roll. Beg, borrow or steal to see this one. You'll kick yourself if you miss it.
February 18 - There is a wonderful article about Rock 'n' Roll and Tom Stoppard with a brief mention of Rufus in today's New York Times. You can read it here.
February 15 -
Been wondering about
John Adams?
We have. You can read a bit about it
here. And you can find the official webpage
here.
February 14 -
We've added some lovely new
audio bits to the Audio page. You'll find them by looking for
the
February 13 - Jason Patric and Johan Renck on the Downloading Nancy controversy. Not much Rufus content but an interesting article nonetheless. You can read it here.
February 11 - And the photos just keep coming... Again, you can find the latest editions on the last page of the Photo Gallery.
February 9 - We've got even more new photos thanks to GE2. As much as we like the suave sophisticated Rufus, he is getting some great mileage out of that gorgeous leather jacket and those amazing hats. Keep 'em coming Rufus! Again, you can find the photos on the last page of the Photo Gallery.
February 8 - We've got some grrreaaat new photos thanks to GE2 and uke. You can find them on the last page of the Photo Gallery.
February 6 - "Attention
all casting directors: Please put Rufus Sewell in a comedy! The man is
seriously funny — and he'll never get to show it if you keep thinking
of him as a brooding bad boy."
From the Associated Press a short
interview with Rufus from his dressing room for
Rock 'n' Roll.
February 4 - If you happen to be lucky enough to be invited to the TACT Gala on 3 March, you'll find Rufus there honoring Julie Harris as well. You can read about it here.
February 1 -
Don't miss Rufus on
NY-1's "On Stage" by Patrick Pacheco
talking Rock 'n'
Roll on 2
February and 3 February. You can read more
here.
January 31 - The February Clip of the Month is here. If you'd like to be a part of choosing the Clip of the Month join us at the Rufus Forum, here.
January 27 - We've added a few new pictures to our Photo Section and you can read several interesting and unconventional reviews of Downloading Nancy here and here.
January 24 - Check out our wonderful new photos in the Cinema section for Downloading Nancy. And this review from Variety which might be the most thorough we have read yet.
January 23 - And a bit more from The Sundance Film Festival about Downloading Nancy. You can read them here and here.
January 22 - The reviews of Downloading Nancy from The Sundance Film Festival have been decidedly mixed, but it looks as if Rufus has broken the mold of his stereotype from the last few years. You can read some of them here and here and here. And in the plus column, the Tony committee has decided to consider both Brian Cox and Rufus in the best actor category for Rock 'n' Roll despite the fact that neither name appears above the title of the show. You can read more here.
January 21 - You can read an early review of Downloading Nancy here.
January 20 - Downloading Nancy makes one the first lists of top 50 films of 2008 coming in at 31. You can read about it here. And Variety marks Downloading Nancy as one of the top 25 films creating buzz among buyers. You can read the rest of the list here. And at least one website speculates Rufus will attend the premier at Sundance. You can read about it here. Last but not least we've added a few new photos from Downloading Nancy to the Cinema section.
January 19 - We've added some new fan photos thanks to sevensisters and we've added a wonderful new photo of Rufus as Alexander Hamiliton from John Adams: Join or Die that you can view here. If you're searching for something and can't seem to find it, try the News Archive links at the bottom of this page.
January 17 - We have an absolutely fabulous video called Rufus' Faces by our very own dreamer. You can view it here. The video is large and runs best with a fast processor.
January 15 - You can read a brief description of Downloading Nancy here. And Nick Silver Can't Sleep which Rufus narrated in 2006 is used as an illustration for John Isaac’s arresting sculpture Dodo. You can read more here.
January 14 - You can watch the new teaser trailer for John Adams: Join or Die here. It will begin airing on HBO in March.
January 10 - Thanks to GE2 we have this lovely comment from Rolling Stone: In Rock 'n' Roll — which premiered in London last year and is on Broadway with its original sterling British cast — that same love drives Jan, a Czech émigré, music freak and prize student of Max, a blustery Cambridge University professor and slowly disillusioned socialist. When Jan (played with quiet, concentrated fire by film star Rufus Sewell) returns to Czechoslovakia and becomes a follower of the Plastic People, he and his treasured collection of Western-rock albums are targeted by the secret police, with grim consequences for Jan and his LPs. You can read the entire piece here. Indie Wire has an interview with John Renck who directed Downloading Nancy. You'll find some very kind and well deserved words for Rufus here.
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