Whether he is gaining publicity for the right or wrong reasons, Jude Law is ever-present. The actor's private life has sometimes overshadowed his achievements, yet he is still going strong both on screen and stage.
With his new film Dom Hemingway, in which he plays a destructive safecracker, hitting cinemas next week, we round up ten facts about Mr. Law.
1. Jude Law was born on December 29, 1972 to teachers Margaret Anne and Peter Robert in Lewisham, South London. His older sister, Natasha, is a renowned painter and graphic designer. Their parents now run a theatre company in France.
2. The actor's name derives from Beatles song 'Hey Jude' and Thomas Hardy's Jude The Obscure. He also has a tattoo on his arm of lyrics from the Fab Four's 'Sexy Sadie': "You came along to turn on everyone Sexy Sadie", which is purportedly meant to link to ex-wife Sadie Frost.
3. Law started...
With his new film Dom Hemingway, in which he plays a destructive safecracker, hitting cinemas next week, we round up ten facts about Mr. Law.
1. Jude Law was born on December 29, 1972 to teachers Margaret Anne and Peter Robert in Lewisham, South London. His older sister, Natasha, is a renowned painter and graphic designer. Their parents now run a theatre company in France.
2. The actor's name derives from Beatles song 'Hey Jude' and Thomas Hardy's Jude The Obscure. He also has a tattoo on his arm of lyrics from the Fab Four's 'Sexy Sadie': "You came along to turn on everyone Sexy Sadie", which is purportedly meant to link to ex-wife Sadie Frost.
3. Law started...
- 11/8/2013
- Digital Spy
Paris -- International stars including Jude Law, Jane Seymour and Neve Campbell are scheduled to light up MIPCOM's 24th edition, set to kick off in Cannes on Oct. 13, organizers Reed Midem said Thursday.
Law will promote Jeremy Gilley's Afghanistan-based documentary "The Day After Peace," while Campbell will join international cast members Sebastian Koch, Stephen Campbell Moore and director Mike Barker to present TV miniseries "Sea Wolf," based on the Jack London novel.
Seymour will introduce the global film industry to her latest small-screen leading role in ITV Global Entertainment's "Dear Prudence" series.
Adrian Grenier, who filmed scenes in Cannes for HBO's "Entourage," will be back on the Croisette to promote Grb Entertainment's environmental documentary "Alter Eco."
Mipcom's Focus on Spain will zoom in on visiting talent Monica Cruz and Miguel Angel Munoz.
Popular Gallic TV host and producer Benjamin Castaldi will present France's version of "Beat Your Host," a...
Law will promote Jeremy Gilley's Afghanistan-based documentary "The Day After Peace," while Campbell will join international cast members Sebastian Koch, Stephen Campbell Moore and director Mike Barker to present TV miniseries "Sea Wolf," based on the Jack London novel.
Seymour will introduce the global film industry to her latest small-screen leading role in ITV Global Entertainment's "Dear Prudence" series.
Adrian Grenier, who filmed scenes in Cannes for HBO's "Entourage," will be back on the Croisette to promote Grb Entertainment's environmental documentary "Alter Eco."
Mipcom's Focus on Spain will zoom in on visiting talent Monica Cruz and Miguel Angel Munoz.
Popular Gallic TV host and producer Benjamin Castaldi will present France's version of "Beat Your Host," a...
- 9/25/2008
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Dubai festival is joining a campaign for world Peace. The festival which operates under the logo “bridging cultures, meeting minds,” will host a special screening of Jeremy Gilley’s feature length documentary The Day After Peace in support of the UN Internation Day of Peace Initiative.
The screening will be held under the patronage of the Princess Haya wife of Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed al Maktoum. The documentary features some known names like Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, the Dalia Lama and Kofi Annan discussing Gilley’s decade long efforts to establish a globally recognized annual day of non violence and ceasefire. The film ends with Giley and Law traveling to Afghanistan as part of a vaccination drive against polio in the country.
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The screening will be held under the patronage of the Princess Haya wife of Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed al Maktoum. The documentary features some known names like Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, the Dalia Lama and Kofi Annan discussing Gilley’s decade long efforts to establish a globally recognized annual day of non violence and ceasefire. The film ends with Giley and Law traveling to Afghanistan as part of a vaccination drive against polio in the country.
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- 9/23/2008
- by John
- ReelSuave.com
Sarah Palin confirmed her 17-year-old daughter Bristol is five months pregnant and marrying the father of her child. — CitizenSugar Tropic Thunder took the top spot at the box office again this weekend with $14.3 million. Babylon A.D. earned $12 million at number two, and The Dark Knight came in third to cross the $500 million mark on Sunday. — BuzzSugar David Duchovny's sex addiction is rumored to be about porn and not an extramarital affair. His wife, Tea Leoni, has canceled her appearance at the Toronto Film Festival. — Fox News A man has been arrested in London after attempting to sell intimate photographs of Prince William and Kate Middleton from a camera he says he found but is believed to have been stolen. — The Sun Jude Law is visiting Afghanistan to promote Peace Day on Sept. 21. He has been helping director Jeremy Gilley in a documentary called The Day After Peace. — AP James Gandolfini...
- 9/2/2008
- by PopSugar
- Popsugar.com
Law Calls For Afghani Militants To Recognise Peace Day
Actor Jude Law is calling for a ceasefire in war-torn Afghanistan - and wants the feuding parties to acknowledge a day of peace later this month.
The Alfie star, an ambassador for British filmmaker Jeremy Gilley's Peace One Day project, is in the Middle Eastern country to promote the United Nations' global Peace Day on 21 September.
The non-violent 24-hour event was established in 2001 after lobbying from Peace One Day campaigners proved successful.
Afghanistan observed the 2007 Peace Day, and the break in fighting allowed health workers to enter the Taliban-influenced regions of the country and vaccinate 1.4 million children against polio in areas previously ruled off-limits.
Speaking at a press conference in Kabul on Monday, Law said: "What we hope to do... is to remind all parties that it is happening and see then what happens through negotiations."
The British actor went on to describe the world as being in a "disastrous state", and wanted to use the Peace One Day project to urge all sides, "whether they are fighting for change (or) killing for change", to "pause".
He added: "And if that pause is simply to allow, as we did in last year's call for action here, vaccinating children or bringing in food... then let's use that."
Law joined Gilley in Afghanistan last year, when they made a documentary about the brief ceasefire, titled The Day After Peace.
Gilley told the press: "We are appalled at the situation in Afghanistan and beyond. Nobody wants people to suffer in the way that they are. That is precisely why we came back."
Afghanistan has been rocked by gunfight and bombings by militant fighters since the Taliban was removed from power with the help of the U.S. and U.K. armed forces in 2001, in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Alfie star, an ambassador for British filmmaker Jeremy Gilley's Peace One Day project, is in the Middle Eastern country to promote the United Nations' global Peace Day on 21 September.
The non-violent 24-hour event was established in 2001 after lobbying from Peace One Day campaigners proved successful.
Afghanistan observed the 2007 Peace Day, and the break in fighting allowed health workers to enter the Taliban-influenced regions of the country and vaccinate 1.4 million children against polio in areas previously ruled off-limits.
Speaking at a press conference in Kabul on Monday, Law said: "What we hope to do... is to remind all parties that it is happening and see then what happens through negotiations."
The British actor went on to describe the world as being in a "disastrous state", and wanted to use the Peace One Day project to urge all sides, "whether they are fighting for change (or) killing for change", to "pause".
He added: "And if that pause is simply to allow, as we did in last year's call for action here, vaccinating children or bringing in food... then let's use that."
Law joined Gilley in Afghanistan last year, when they made a documentary about the brief ceasefire, titled The Day After Peace.
Gilley told the press: "We are appalled at the situation in Afghanistan and beyond. Nobody wants people to suffer in the way that they are. That is precisely why we came back."
Afghanistan has been rocked by gunfight and bombings by militant fighters since the Taliban was removed from power with the help of the U.S. and U.K. armed forces in 2001, in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- 9/1/2008
- WENN
Jude Law has returned to Afghanistan with filmmaker Jeremy Gilley in an attempt to promote peace in the troubled nation. The pair's visit comes three weeks before Peace Day on 21 September, an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence inspired by Gilley's Peace One Day project. Law and Gilley previously travelled to the war-torn country in 2007, helping Unicef and the World Health Organisation to promote a mass vaccination against polio of 1.4 million Afghan children. This year, Gilley will premiere his documentary The Day After Peace on a major Afghan TV station. The film explores the origins and progress of Peace Day, which was formally adopted (more)...
- 9/1/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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