Well, this is apparently how a rumor starts... :razz: Well according to Sienna she was never serious about Matthew Rhys in the first place, they were just friends, and frankly, it doesn't seem that Matthew is heart-broken either, so I guess the 'dating + breaking up' thing is very exagerated. Besides from below interview is seems that Matthew does not begrudge Rhys Ifans a relationshiop with Sienna Miller at all and as I said in the Matthew Rhys thread, with the boys filming in 3 different locations this 'being ostracised' seems a bit over-the-top. It's been posted here before somewhere, I know. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=gossip-and-rumour-along-with-his-star-quality-set-to-help-welsh-actor-live-up-to-8216-one-to-watch-8217-status&method=full&objectid=19747320&siteid=50082-name_page.html Thanks to Annee btw for finding in both stories.

Sunday, 4 November 2007 Poet Portraits -Celebrating Welsh Bards In Europe Welsh film Dal: Yma/Nawr will also be shown during the festival. Produced for S4C by TV company Fiction Factory, the film takes viewers on an exciting 2,000-year odyssey through Europe's oldest surviving bardic tradition. It takes in everything from Aneirin's sixth century war reportage to today's modern poetry slams, along with subtle clues to the secrets of its survival. The film features some of Wales' grea-*test*-('") performing talents such as Sian Phillips, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys, Rhys Ifans, Cerys Matthews and John Cale. This Brussels based initiative, Celtic Connections - Cultural Festival, is co-ordinated by the Scottish Executive. Language and identity are undoubtedly one of the common themes that unite these poets from Wales and Belgium and the hope is for a long-term literary collaboration between Wales and Belgium with further residency projects, exchange of writers, and participation in festivals. http://entertainmentnewsuk.blogspot.com/2007/11/poet-portraits-celebrating-welsh-bards.html

Interesting find, Annee. That would be wonderful to see in person, wouldn't it?

I agree, GG! Here's a little taste of what you might see.... (I told them the turquoise wouldn't suit me!) (apologies for the size - access was denied to a larger image :sad )

Oooooooh, sweeeeeeeeet!! Mmmwaaaaaah!

I'd be happy to wear turquoise under those circumstances. No problem!

November 17, 2007 The new Hugh Dancy Hollywood is doting on a blue-eyed, Oxford-educated gallant with floppy hair. No, not that Grant fellow – meet Hugh Dancy The early Dancy career capitalised on his good looks with a succession of costume roles. He talks fondly of filming King Arthur in Dublin with Ioan Gruffudd and Keira Knightley, a shoot on which the Guinness flowed because “our only work-related duty was to turn up in the morning and be able to sit on a horse. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2856680.ece

Say hello to Horatio the pirate. :) Horatio Hornblower (1998-2003): Okay, he’s not a pirate, but for adventure on the high seas, it’s worth spending some time with Horatio. Ioan Gruffudd stars as the fine, upstanding young officer who gets away with some unorthodox -- almost pirate-y -- things. Also starring Battlestar Galactica’s Jamie Bamber as Horatio’s pal Archie. http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2007/11/ahoy_mateys_get_your_pirate_fi.html

For all it's worth, I am 90% sure it's not WelshCake. I love the pics "Ioan" used, so I thought to share this with you. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=213649182

Thanks for sharing, Annee. I'm 99.99% sure it's not Ioan. Why would he call his myspace page "ioan_fan4ever", make a mistake about his height, and state tha he would to met "This Man Right Here Ioan Gruffudd!!!!", if it was him?

Well I'm 100% sure it's not. I've learnt my lesson on people claiming to be celebrities, after that stupid blog saga I won't believe any blogs, profiles, personal pages are even slightly belonging to the celebrity the creator claims they are.

Though there are celebrities who have their own MySpace page, blog, or website to promote their work or communicate with the world, I'm not prone either to taking celebrity's blogs, profiles, or personal pages at face value. However, in the case of this blog, the person who set it up is not even pretending to be Ioan and it is easy to discover for whomever takes a close look at it that its creator is a fan.

Interesting article, which starts mentioning Ioan and AG. Poor nations reap rich world's climate pain Jacob Saulwick December 8, 2007 Page 1 of 3 | Single page In Amazing Grace, released last year, the Welsh heart-throb Ioan Gruffudd starred as William Wilberforce, the English abolitionist credited with wiping out the slave trade in the British empire. In a pleasant romp of a film, Gruffudd plays Wilberforce as a plucky Brit, who, with the clear-eyed help of his young wife, battles on against the powers-that-be to claim the day for morality. Historically speaking, however, the film is all over the place. For a start, the tune of the titular song, launched into during the film, had not been composed during Wilberforce's time. But more important, it was not Wilberforce's British sense of decency that finished off slavery in the empire. In a seminal history of the slave trade in the West Indies, the sometime Guardian cricket journalist, revolutionary and historian, C.L.R. James, saw Wilberforce's role in sharp contrast to the one romanticised in British history. What really mattered was not morality, James argued in The Black Jacobins, but that the abolition of slavery at the time was in the interests of British commerce. http://business.smh.com.au/poor-nations-reap-rich-worlds-climate-pain/20071207-1fq5.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

It is a long way from Wilberforce to climate change, but the article is interesting. Thanks for sharing, Annee.