Advanced Screening Passes for Cursed!
Source: Dimension Films
January 28, 2005

ComingSoon.net and Dimension Films have teamed up to give away passes (each good for 2 people) for screenings of Cursed. The thriller, from "Scream" creators Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson, opens in theaters on February 22. The screenings will take place on Thursday, February 17 in Houston and San Antonio, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana.

If you live in one of the listed cities, follow this link.

Thanks to Lucyhowe for posting this on our board!

There is a lovely article about Josh featured The Independent: Online Edition:

"There's more to Joshua Jackson than being a Dawson's Creek pin-up. He plans to be the next Tom Hanks, but first he must conquer the West End. Ben Walsh meets him"



"It's such a new thing for me," says Joshua Jackson. "I mean, 10 minutes before we start, I may say: 'Look, Patrick, dude, I can't do this. This is ridiculous. I don't know what I was thinking. It was a big mistake. I apologise, but I'm out of here.'"

"Patrick" is the 64-year-old British über-thespian Patrick Stewart; Jackson is a 26-year-old American television star; and the panic is over Jackson's first stage appearance since playing the lead in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when he was 12.

If all goes to plan, on Thursday the pair will appear together in the two-hander A Life in the Theatre, David Mamet's take on the acting profession. Jackson, best known for playing Pacey Witter in Dawson's Creek, plays John, a brash newcomer who is partnered with the hammy stage veteran Robert as they share a series of cramped dressing-rooms. The casting couldn't be more appropriate. Stewart, before his incarnations as Captain Picard in Star Trek and Charles Xavier in X-Men, has copious experience of the vagaries of repertory theatres. Jackson, obviously, has zilch.

Set on stage and behind the scenes in a fading, small-town repertory company, the piece follows the two actors' friendship and their rivalry as they battle with the cruel uncertainties of their profession. "It's not by accident that people become actors. There are certain personality types who are drawn to the job," Jackson says. "Particularly if you're in Robert's position and you've been working your arse off for 40 years, working for some shitty company in the middle of nowhere. I can understand why you would feel a little bit bitter and why you would feel the need to overemphasise everything that you do."

Jackson is, however, keen to point out that there is nothing harder than doing a 24-episode-a-year US television series. "There were definitely times, especially in the last third of the Dawson's Creek season, when I was saying to myself, 'Man, I can't do this, I'm going to have a breakdown. I will physically cease to exist,'" he says, throwing his cap on the floor. "I had that when I was 19 or 20; I can only imagine what it would be like in your mid-sixties and there is an actual possibility that it just might end you."

Jackson, who appeared in his first film at the age of 13, was the main draw on Dawson's Creek. The show, intended as a drama series for teenagers, became a guilty weekend treat for hungover adults when it was screened on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings. A quasi-intelligent soap with a heavily ironic "postmodern drawl", it spawned hundreds of imitators (such as The OC) and unleashed a generation of wholesome, all-American heart-throbs. Jackson was the quick-witted school drop-out who eventually got the girl (Katie Holmes) and always got the best lines.

"Originally, I was just the funny sidekick - and I'm not even that funny," Jackson says. "The show dramatically changed over six years. Honestly, I don't think my character was supposed to stay. One of the executives said I wouldn't make it past the first six episodes." Instead, he became the pin-up boy for a generation.

Did he buy into all the hype? "I would be a bald-faced liar if I told you I didn't know the show was popular, but when we were down there [filming] in Wilmington, which is this small town, we weren't immersed in it. If it had been Los Angeles or New York, we would have felt it more," he says. "We would get crazy interest, though, especially during the summer. People would travel from around the world to see us. But ultimately you still had a 12-hour day to work and you had to respect the other 75 people at work. It wasn't about thinking, 'Man, I'm such a massive, brilliant young man. Look how cool I am.'"

Jackson appears refreshingly self-deprecating - like Pacey, in fact. However, he is taking a sizeable risk taking on Mamet in the West End. After all, many TV "hunks" apparently destined for big things - from Beverly Hills 90210's Luke Perry and Jason Priestley, to Party of Five's Scott Wolf and Matthew Fox - have failed before him. But Jackson'sstar is still in the ascendant. Although his film career so far hasn't matched the gargantuan success of the Creek, he has four films coming out in the next year, including the big-budget horror flick from Wes Craven, Cursed, starring Christina Ricci.

While he is not embarrassed in the slightest by his "silly, popcorn films" and strenuously defends them, one of his standout films was The Laramie Project, which centered on the murder in 1998 of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, who was tied to a fence, beaten and left to die because hewas gay. "I'm proud to have been involved with The Laramie Project," Jackson says. "I like to stay away from this word as much possible, but it was important. It had a resonance in people's lives.

"The Skulls and Cruel Intentions don't have a powerful message, but I don't think entertainment has to change the world. In my experience of life, very rarely when important things are happening do people sit around and say: 'OK, let's take this very seriously.' I find myself much more attracted to the idea of the Tom Hanks style of acting. His ability to convince you is something phenomenal. I can really see myself as an astronaut through this guy's eyes. I can see myself as an idiot savant. He makes it so accessible to me. He makes that character just like they're sitting next to you in the theatre."

A Life in the Theatre could be a major turning point for Jackson - and it seems as though he senses that. He is palpably nervous, and has avoided watching any versions of the play. "You can't rough it in with Mamet like you can with television," he says. "The script is not a guideline, it is not a blueprint, it is the Bible. Once you get into the rhythm of the language, it is so much fun and it's so particular. We were trying to think of wanky phrases to describe it and we thought of 'stylised realism'. It's not supposed to be arch and its not supposed to be mannered, but it is incredibly mannered and it has its own cadence."

Jackson's ability to master this cadence, not to mention his enviable charm, could well provide him with a Hanks-like career. He certainly needs a hit and some real kudos. "Hopefully, the bulk of my career is still in my future," he says. "When you're young, you hope something better will come along. There's a lot of sadness in that, at Robert's age, nothing better is coming along. He's stuck in the middle of nowhere without an audience." Jackson must be hoping he will never know how that feels.

'A Life in the Theatre' opens on Thursday at the Apollo Theatre, London W1 (020-7494 5070)

Source: The Independent Online

Thanks to pjrockmycreek for posting the link on our board.

Josh and Patrick Stewert are scheduled to appear on GMTV with Lorraine Kelly on Tuesday Jan. 25th at 7:00 am UK time on ITV1(ch 3). They will be on there to discuss "A Life In The Theater".


Thanks to Alli for posting this on our board!

Alternative Press magazine will be having a feature on Josh in their March 2005 issue. This issue has two covers, one with Matchbook Romance and the other with Hawthorne Heights. It is sold in most music stores. We hope to provide scans of the feature as soon as we can get ahold of a copy.

Here is a preview of the Matchbook Romance cover:



Thanks to Frank and AP.net for the cover.

Her Sex and the City character Samantha was a loyal New Yorker, but actress Kim Cattrall has been urging people to visit London.

She has been selling theatre tickets and copies of the Evening Standard newspaper to promote the capital and its theatreland.

Former Dawson's Creek star Joshua Jackson, who currently stars in A Life in the Theatre at the Apollo Theatre, also took part in the initiative, by driving punters around the city in a black cab.

Cattrall became an Evening Standard vendor for the day at the Comedy Theatre, where she is appearing in Whose Life is it Anyway?

The actress, whose fee was wavered for the Tsunami appeal, also sold programmes, ice creams and tickets at the box office for the Visit London event.

She said: "This is not going to replace the day job. My job's more fun.

"But we wanted to raise awareness of what's going on in the West End.

"There's so much happening artistically. I feel very connected to London. My first taste of theatre here was when I was ten-year's old.

"Immersing myself in real London and sampling a true Londoner's job is something not many actresses who come to the West End have the chance of doing.

"Samantha was a PR person so she would be glad I'm doing this."

The initiative aims to encourage UK residents and Europeans to visit the capital.

Visit London deputy chief executive Sandra Elliott said: "Kim Cattrall and Joshua Jackson are just two major international stars that can be seen performing in London in 2005.

"This event is one of four previewing what London has to offer in 2005.

"It aims to showcase the big names starring in the West End, draw attention to the 16 new West End shows due to open this year and the city's 100 plus theatres, fringe theatre and street performances."

London mayor Ken Livingstone said: "With many of London's theatres featuring Hollywood's A-list as well as the best of British up and coming stars of the future, London's theatreland has more to offer its visitors in 2005 than ever before."

Source: Scotsman.com

On Yahoo! Movies you can watch a clip of Josh's character "Trenton's Pride".

Also The Official Racing Stripes site has added games among other goodies to the site.

Don't forget Racing Stripes was released on Jan. 14th(yesterday)!

"Cursed" was mentioned on ET on MTV/VH1, they also showed the trailer.

If you missed it the first time around it will be airing at these times:

ET on MTV
Sunday, January 16th at 10:00am ET

ET on VH1
Monday, January 17th at 3:00am

Thanks to Mandy for posting this on our board.

Josh was on the show Richard and Judy today. He was on there to discuss "A Life in the Theatre".

The show airs at 5pm UK time and is on Channel 4, since I'm not from the UK, I don't know if it's on any other channels or when it will re-air if you missed it.

Josh was on Capitol Radio this morning in London, he was joined by his "A Life in the Theatre" co-star Patrick Stewert.

The interview itself is about 18 minutes long and worth a listen.

For those of us who don't live in London or just didn't get the chance to here it, it's available to stream online here.

The trailer for "Cursed" has finally surfaced. You can see it at MovieWeb or Comingsoon.net.

Thanks to Meryl for posting this on our board!

Sorry we're alittle late in posting this but Americano will be premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Fest. The festival will be from Jan. 6-17th. The film will be playing on Jan. 7th at 8:30pm and Sunday the 9th at 1:45pm. Not sure if tickets are still available but they can be purchased at the site for the festival.

Also the Americano Official Site has been updated with a new layout and includes the trailer. Which happens to be like 90% Josh;)

No word on if and when Americano will be released in theaters.

Thanks to all those who have posted Americano related news on our board.

According to the revamped version of Cyan Pictures, I Love Your Work has been released worldwide and will be released in the US this spring.

Here's hoping this holds true.

Thanks to Maya for posting this on our boards!