![]() 5.30.00- Maria is selling copies of an awesome Jonathan Jackson CD which includes tons and tons of pictures, articles, video clips, slideshows, and much more. Click HERE for more information on what's on it and how to get one of these babies for yourself! :)
5.30.00- Check out the new Lucky/JJ slideshow over at Daily Recaps. It's awesome!
5.28.00- Even *more* MXGtv snappies have been added! 5.27.00- The Emmy's 2000 page has been updated with a new report and pics as well.
5.27.00- There is a tiny mention of Jonathan in this week's TV Guide soap section.
"As for the General Hospital stars we picked, Vanessa Marcil...was the best
thing about the final season of Beverly Hills, 90210; Steve Burton will be
seen this fall in Semper Fi, the Steven Spielberg series for NBC; Tyler
Christopher joined the cast of The Pretender; AND JONATHAN JACKSON IS,
WELL, EVERYWHERE. Ingo Rademacher remains Hospitalized but will check out
in August." [emphasis mine :-)]
5.26.00- More MXGtv snappies have been added. :)
5.26.00- Jonathan won the poll at Soaplinks for best younger actor.
5.25.00- Frances sent me some awesome snappies of the MXGtv interview mentioned below. Check 'em out! MXGtv snappies
5.25.00- Hey! We've got a new crazy JJ movie rumor. :) Some dude's top 10 favorite actors for the lead role in Spiderman:
Jonathan Jackson (The Deep End of the Ocean and Trapped in a Purple Haze)
Jackson is what I call a fearless actor. This kid only plays roles that are a challenge. After years of working on General Hospital, Jonathan finally left the show and moved on to bigger and better roles. After being nominated for several prestigious awards, such as the Daytime Emmy, for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 winning both in '95 and '98, the Hollywood Reporter's YoungStar award for Best Actor in a Daytime Television Series in 1996 and 1997, he was ready for a new challenge. His first major acting role was opposite Michelle Pfeifer in The Deep End of the Ocean, a role he received critical acclaim for. Since then, he was praised for his role of a boy who becomes a drug addict in Trapped in a Purple Haze. Next is a role in The Smiling Suicide Club, about suicidal patients who discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center, and Skeletons in the Closet. He’ll be able to do all the physical stuff, because he’s very athletic and he has the same height as Peter; 5' 10". Wendy Riche -- Executive producer of General Hospital-- said this about Jonathan: "Jonathan's extraordinary talent takes you beyond your perception of age into the soul of a wise man." What right do I have not to include him on my list?
5.25.00- I've added a page for the Emmy's which includes pictures and reports from fans who were lucky enough to go. J2's Emmy Page
5.25.00- MXGtv finally put up the interview of Jonathan by a lucky fan. It's really yummy!
Meet a Star: Jonathan Jackson
5.25.00- Soap Opera Digest Online has a report on backstage at the Emmy's.
A superstitious Geary noted that he didn't want to think about the possibility of back-to-back wins, but if it was ever going to happen, he knew it would be now. "I had some damn good story, basically with Jonathan [Jackson; ex-Lucky] leaving. I don't think I've ever had two years of that much good material to work with and it really is about story, story, story. Whatever makes [Luke's] life more complicated, and the people around him -- complicating their lives -- that's what I enjoy and that's what I'm good at. We sat on the sofa with the dog there for a couple of years." The only downside to Luke's perpetually prominent role in Port Charles? "Well, the patriarch part bothers me," he cracked.
Anthony Geary on Lucky's transformation: "It's appropriate that [Lucky] would look different. I don't know if he'd look that different. It's been a full year of incarceration and suddenly he's got cheekbones."
5.24.00- Win a phone call from Jonathan!!
5.23.00- I have added two more TIAPH mpeg clips from Frances: 5.23.00- New poll this week. Last week's poll results were as follows:
5.23.00- From the Irish Times:
Disco Pigs is his fifth feature as a producer,
following Ailsa, Guiltrip, Sweety Barrett, and
The Smiling Suicide Club, which was backed by the
Hollywood studio,Universal Pictures, and now has
completed post-production with a view towards an
autumn release. Cillian Murphy is joined in the
cast by the young American actors, Jonathan
Jackson and Tricia Vesey, and Irish actors
Stephen Rea and Gerard McSorley. "It's One Flew
Over the Breakfast Club, sort of," Guiney
jokes.
5.23.00- There is a tiny mention of Jonathan over at Soap Star World
5.23.00- You can now buy stock in Jonathan over at the Hollywood Stock Exchange! Invest in him, and his stock value goes up!
5.19.00- And another Emmy prediction:
SOAPCITY ROSE PICKS
SOAPCITY SHERRIE'S PICKS
5.18.00- More Emmy predictions:
5.18.00- Jonathan is briefly shown on the Daytime Emmy Awards promo on ABC. Shows a flash of him on stage winning last year before cutting to a shot of Becky clapping.
5.18.00- Hollywood.com has a feature on the Daytime Emmys which include predictions and polls.
Our reasoning:
5.18.00- Jonathan and Richard's website was updated on the 17th. Exciting news!
Check out the June/July issue of
TeenStyle magazine...There's lots of pictures of Jonathan and even a poster!
Kirsten Dunst is on the cover
Richard and Jonathan recently filmed an episode of Hollywood Squares currently scheduled to air some time in the Fall
We'll post more info as it becomes available!
Don't forget to watch for Jonathan
at the Emmys -- Friday night, May 19!
Check your local listings for time and channel
5.16.00- Can I just say.....WOOOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I'm done with finals!!!!! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!! Okay, now back to your regularly scheduled JJ-fest. :op 5.16.00- As you may have noticed, there's a new poll question this week. The previous poll's results ended up like this:
5.16.00- Here's another poll for you guys to vote in: the SoapLinks Daytime Emmy Polls
5.16.00- There is a long article about Skeletons in the Closet found on the same Linda Hamilton website as below. Tidbits about Jonathan included the scoop that he will have a girlfriend in this movie. To read the full text, click here. If you live in or near New Hampshire, you might be interested in reading this. ;-) 5.14.00- The article from Teen Style has been posted, along with one more picture. Enjoy!! 5.14.00- Oh. My. Gawd. You simply MUST check out these photos from the Teen Style magazine. Many, many thanks to Maria for scanning and sending these. The article soon to follow...Click here for a little bit of heaven :)
5.13.00- It's official. Hayden is the new Anakin...the best of luck to him. Ok, anybody hear any wacky JJ movie rumors lately? ;-)
5.13.00- Some fun pre-Emmy events:
6x-WCW Champ Sting & Wrestling Diva Kimberly Page
Join Daytime Emmy Luminaries Like Days Patrika Darbo
and Y&R Jeanne Cooper at Kitchy Athletic & Art Fest
(Wednesday, May 17th at The China Club)
WHAT: An offbeat, two-fold event that
unexpectedly unites the biggest stars in daytime drama
with the biggest names (and buffest bods!) in Pro
Wrestling for the benefit of The Humane Society of New
York.
Part 1: SoapCity.com's Daytime
Rumbles -- This event
features the stars of the WCW as hosts and coaches in
an
offbeat competition pitting soapdom's biggest stars,
and many of this year's nominees and presenters for
next week's Daytime Emmys. The contests
range from arm wrestling to dramatic readings (not of
soap dialogue but the brag and putdown-filled scripts
from WCW judged by the wrestlers!)
This must-see event of Emmy Week will have the shows
competing as teams to raise funds for The Humane
Society of New York, a favorite charity of
soap and wrestling
communities.
Part 2: Debut of
Celebrity-Painted Doggie Bowls for
Online
Auction: SoapCity.com's Daytime
Rumbles will also be where the sponsor unveils more
than two dozen doggie bowls that have been
hand-painted and
autographed by the Daytime
Emmy
Nominees and wrestling stars and
other notables, like
Pop
Art great Peter Max. These
one-of-a-kind bowls will be
auctioned for charity online at
SoapCity.com and Yahoo!
on
June 1st. The collection on
display at the China Club
will
include works by 25 soap stars
including Robert S.
Woods,
Shemar Moore, JONATHAN JACKSON
and Susan Flannery and
WCW
stars Kevin Nash, Scott "Poppa
Pump" Steiner and Diamond
Dallas Page.
WHO:
NOTE TO MEDIA: Several of the
above are available for
pre-event interviews.
BENEFICIARY: SoapCity will make a donation in
the name of the winning
daytime drama team that scores
the most points during
the
competitions to The Humane
Society of New York. All
proceeds from the
SoapCity.Com/Yahoo! online auction
with
also go to the charity.
Information about pet adoption
will
also be available at the event.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 17, 5 - 7 PM
(EST) Games kick off at
5:30pm
-- Open bar and hors d'oeuvres
WHERE: The China Club - 268 West 47th
Street
(between Broadway and Eighth
Avenue)
CONTACTS: Sal Cataldi, Sydney Masters or
Darcey Agostino of
Cataldi
PR, 212-244-9797, for
SoapCity.com
SOURCE SoapCity.com
5.13.00- Jonathan is supposedly in the new issue of Teen Style with Kirsten Dunst on the cover. Article, nice pics, and a poster.
5.12.00- Check out Jonathan's page on ABC's Emmy page! There is a nice biography, and you can even watch a clip from his Emmy reel!
5.12.00- A mysterious message was left on Jackson Lane's guestbook. Remember peoples, this is an unconfirmed RUMOR. Just for fun.
On the topic of guestbooks, come and sign mine! ;o) [Click here]
5.11.00- More mentions of this momentous day:
5.11.00- Today in history:
5.10.00- There was a small mention of Skeletons in Variety.
5.9.00- Results for the 2nd Annual Soap Suds Awards are out. Jonathan was voted 2nd in the Favorite Younger Male category.
5.7.00- An article prompted by E! Online scoops elaborates on how Christensen got the role of Anakin, and says that Jonathan never did go to the Ranch.
Lucas made good on his promise to give the part to an actor with limited experience who is not immediately associated with any other production. Christensen's a 19-year-old unknown to anyone who hasn't seen Fox Family Channel's teen rehab drama Higher Ground (read: nearly everybody), in which the actor plays a teenager who turns to drugs and misdemeanors after being seduced by his stepmother.
Christensen (a Toronto native whose favorite color is blue, according to one fan site) inked a deal Thursday that will have him playing the adolescent Anakin in the final two Star Wars prequels. An official announcement from the secrecy-minded Lucasfilm folks is forthcoming.
As E! Online's TV Scoop columnist Kimberly Potts reported weeks ago, Lucas became aware of Christensen when his agent/manager forwarded a copy of the show to the action figure mogul. This casting news comes hot on the heels of last weekend's tryout at Skywalker Ranch when Lucas invited a handful of Anakin finalists to play scenes with Natalie Portman before a new digital camera Lucas will use to shoot Episode II. Chemistry with Portman is critical because she will resume her role as Queen Amidala and become Skywalker's love interest in the highly anticipated sequel.
Among the also-rans? A source close to the Ranch says finalists included Ryan Phillippe, Roswell's Colin Hanks (yes, Tom's son) and, strangely enough, Paul Catermole, a member of Brit boy band S Club 7. Although long considered a real possibility, Jonathon Jackson (who coincidentally starred in the Y2K TV movie Trapped in a Purple Haze with Christensen) did not attend and neither did teen heartthrob Paul Walker. Leonardo DiCaprio and Bale, often rumored as candidates a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away...), were never serious contenders to take over the Anakin role from preteen Jedi Jake Lloyd, whose wooden performance was considered one of The Phantom Menace's weak points.
In other Episode II news, Lucas has asked Ewan McGregor to grow a beard for the film, which begins shooting in Sydney at the end of June. Meanwhile, Lucas' minions Down Under are scrambling to finish building the sets. Aside from Portman and McGregor, the only other confirmed holdovers from the first prequel are Ahmed Best (Jar Jar) and Samuel L. Jackson (Jedi Mace Windu).
For the new Anakin, this means a hefty cover spread in Time magazine, a two-picture deal, a potentially lucrative merchandising contract for the requisite action figures, video games and T-shirts that will soon bear his face and, most importantly, the opportunity to retire from the business for good in a few short years.
May the Force be with him.
5.5.00- New link for the Movieline Young Hollywood Awards. Go vote if you haven't yet. There will be a live webcast of the awards on June 1st! Wonder if Jonathan will be there...
5.5.00- Maxine, the president of Jonathan and Richard's fanclub, is auctioning off some JJ related items on eBay. All proceeds will go to charity. SSW tapes on eBay
5.4.00- SOW reports the Emmy reels submitted for the awards later this month!
JONATHAN JACKSON:
SOW predicts the winners:
David Lago (10-1)
David Tom (3-1)
Joshua Morrow (4-1)
Jensen Ackles (4-1)
JONATHAN JACKSON (EVEN)
Bottom Line: These guys will have to wait till next
year, when they won't have to face Jackson.
5.4.00- More about Skeletons in the Closet from a Linda Hamilton fansite
5.4.00- Variety is reporting that Hayden Christensen (who ironically played Max's friend in TIAPH) nabbed the role of Anakin
The buzz has worked it's way around to tons of sites now, and theForce.net is saying it's practically official.
5.3.00- More Star Wars news/rumors:
"George and Robin and I need to put our heads together," said McCallum. "It could be several weeks before we know anything. This is just one step in the process. The casting of Anakin is always a very emotional thing... it was for Episode I."
True to Lucas' commitment to the advancement of purely digital filmmaking, the screen tests were recorded using the new high-definition digital camera jointly developed by Panavision, Sony and Lucasfilm. The modified Sony HDW-900 will be used this summer to record digital 24-frame progressive high definition in place of traditional film for most of Episode II's live action scenes.
The actor eventually chosen to fill the role of Anakin will join confirmed returning cast members Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ahmed Best and Samuel L. Jackson when production begins in a few months at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney.
Unconfirmed from: http://sevaan.com/starwars/
- Anakin has been cast, and concept art has been done and LucasFilm is way ahead of where they say they are. They are pretending to develop slower than they really are, what seems to be a unofficial policy for LucasFilm.
- Paul Walker is out. Joshua Jackson is out. John Harnett is out.
- Jonathan Jackson was at the ranch. Whether it was for the role of Anakin is unknown, but he was there.
- There are three-five actors in the running that most of us would know. The rest are unknowns.
- Most of the reps know about the buzz with Hanks so it seems there is definitely momentum on his side moreso than the others but that can change overnight. Just ask Jonathan Jackson what publicity can do to momentum.
5.3.00- Jonathan and Richard's website was updated, confirming Jon's new movie role in Skeletons in the Closet:
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