Just in from REG (with thanks also to Joan and Ruth – from the Shooting Star Charity – for coming to this conclusion from a different angle):

I will not be able to attend the Shooting Star gala in may as I will be filming Wah-Wah in Swaziland. We start filming at the end of April.
Cheers
Richard

Obviously the event will still be worth attending as there will be plenty of other celebrities there. The charity itself is one that is near and dear to REG’s heart, so he’ll be there in “spirit” even though he can’t physically make it to the event itself.

Thanks to REG, Ruth and Joan for the update.

Joan has emailed me a list of upcoming REG television film screenings for the rest of January (British screenings only). They are:

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
100 minutes- R, England, 1989, Premiere, Video, SS, In Stereo, Adult language, adult situations, brief nudity

Directed by Bruce Robinson and starring
Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson
Jacqueline Tong, John Shrapnel, Susan Wooldridge

An advertising executive’s sanity is threatened after an inflamed swelling takes the form of his greedy alter ego.
Mon Jan 12 08:00PM FLIX- Flix Movie Channel
Tue Jan 20 10:30PM FLIX- Flix Movie Channel
Wed Jan 28 11:30PM FLIX- Flix Movie Channel

L.A. Story
120 minutes- USA, 1991, Video, SS

Directed by Mick Jackson and starring
Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant
Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patrick Stewart
Kevin Pollak, Iman, Sam McMurray, Frances Fisher

A bored TV weatherman finds a silver lining in his gloomy life when an enchanting English journalist breezes into town.
Mon Jan 19 03:00PM COME- Comedy Central
Tue Jan 20 08:00AM COME- Comedy Central

Twelfth Night
135 minutes- PG, England/USA, 1996, (CC), Video, SS, In Stereo, Adult situations

Directed by Trevor Nunn and starring
Imogen Stubbs, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant
Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Toby Stephens

Based on Shakespeare’s farce about a shipwrecked woman who falls in love with her employer while posing as a man.
Fri Jan 16 04:40AM STARE- Starz
Mon Jan 26 08:15AM STARE- Starz

Withnail and I
105 minutes- R, England, 1987, (CC), Video, Adult language, adult situations

Directed by Bruce Robinson and starring
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Daragh O’Mallery

Two out-of-work actors go on “holiday by accident” in the English countryside as the 1960’s draw to a close.

Fri Jan 9 12:40AM TRUE- Encore’s True Channel
Wed Jan 14 01:05AM TRUE- Encore’s True Channel
Thu Jan 22 03:00AM TRUE- Encore’s True Channel
Tue Jan 27 02:45AM TRUE- Encore’s True Channel

Video recorders at the ready! Thanks Joan.

I managed to do a bit more work on getting the “Fan Stuff” done, so today we have pages set up for the London meet with Jenna, Sarah, Joan and Denise which happened back in May 2003 (this one went “missing” for a while as I’d placed all the pics and emails in the wrong folder. Sorry about that guys!) You can check that out here.

I’ve also set up a page or two for Kerry and “Moostash”. Some of you may remember, from a previous news item, that Moostash is the name of the band that Kerry fronts. A couple of years or so back the band paid homage to REG and “Withnail And I” by writing and recording the song “Camberwell” and Kerry wrote to us here at the Temple to tell us about it. I’ve now put the song up on the Temple just in case the link “disappears” over time. For those of you who haven’t heard it before or those who just want a refresher, click here.

Last, but not least, we have a 2003 Christmas card from Stargazer which you can see on her page here.

Thanks guys!

I’ve added new artwork pages for David, Genevieve from Canada, Krystle and Trish to the “Fan Stuff” section. You can check out David’s art here, Genevieve’s here, Krystle’s here and Trish’s here. Some of this stuff has been a long time coming (my fault, not anyone else’s) and I know that REG would be very honoured and appreciative to have the artwork up on the site. Thanks guys!

Time willing, I’ll add some more REGimental fan stuff tomorrow!

I’ve spent the best part of today re-jigging the “Fan Stuff” section of the site and adding new material. I’ve split the menu bar into several sections to make things a little easier to navigate – similar to other sections of the site that I’ve reorganised. For instance I’ve put the Birthday Books in their own “space” (I know….I’m still slack with the 2003 Birthday Book but I should be putting that one up soon), separated the Withnail For Waterford event and fan meet-ups, and I’ve set up the artwork pages in alphabetical order.

Of course Pat features heavily when it comes to the artwork stakes. After all people have been enjoying Pat’s creations on the mailing list for just over 4 years now – and it shows! Pat now has 4 separate “page sections” just for her stuff alone! You can check it all out here.

Also in the revamped section is Djoeke’s wonderful wallpaper that you can download for your own PC (or Mac, if you’re fortunate to have one). You can find that here.

Finally, Joann informs me that Richard’s speech in “Withnail And I” has been put amongst the top 10 film speeches ever according to various newspapers around town. Yeah, but we knew it would be anyway!

:-)