The BAFTAs; or London and Back Again – Part 1
February 23rd, 2010 
madnad
A few months ago,when I heard the date of the BAFTAs Film awards, I decided that it would a great adventure to go and join the throng of fans on the red carpet. I know people that have done this for the TV BAFTAs but lets face it... film is more my thing.
I had no idea who would be attending when I made this decision, although of course, I was hoping that Michael Sheen would attend, as I knew he had presented an award the previous year. Shortly after, the 'long list' of nominees was released, Read more [...]
A 100 Reasons why I HATE Twilight.
January 27th, 2010 madnad
Actually, there is only 10, but I figured a 100 would get your attention. I am sure if I could be arsed to read more than the first two books I would probably make it to a 100 no worries. Do feel free to add your own in the comments.
I also realise I have ranted about this subject before, and that what I might be doing is engendering you with an overwhelming desire to read it (if you haven't already) just out of curiosity, but I am just sick and tired of it just taking over everything.
My inbox Read more [...]
Michael Sheen no longer a twitterer
November 20th, 2009 madnad
So, our man Michael Sheen has confirmed that he has left twitter, for the time being at least. After toying with the idea for sometime, I have taken the decision to remove his twitter feed from the front of my fan site.
I must confess, I am devastated at the news but at the same time, appalled at the criticism that he has received on twitter from so called fans.
When I started following Michael Sheen on twitter, he had less than 50 followers. At the time, I had been getting increasingly frustrated Read more [...]
Sheffield – A Reverie
August 18th, 2009 madnad
Part of my job here at the sunny University of Nottingham, is to organise workshops, conferences, that sort of thing. I am in the process of setting one up for November and it will be held in Sheffield.
I grew up in Sheffield. Lived in Hillsborough for a while, and went to infant school there. My family moved when I went up to Junior school, so I went to Parson's Cross, and then onto Chaucer Comprehensive.
I have never really felt any romantic need to reminisce about Sheffield before, in fact, Read more [...]
Vampires… Have they been de-fanged?
August 14th, 2009 madnad
Yes, I know its has been a while. Meh... I figured I would come back eventually when I had something to say.
I have something I wanted to get off my chests. There has been a lot of talk recently in the sci fi/fantasy/horror media, that Vampires have wimped out. I think, looking at the evidence, they may be right.
When I was young, I eagerly devoured as many horror books as I could get my mits on without the parental units noticing. Back then, the vampire was a thing of horror. They were a veritable Read more [...]
Twilight?
May 11th, 2009 madnad
I realise the Twilight saga is very popular, but I had never really felt drawn to reading it. Partly because my time dedicated to reading had been reduced by college, revision, then the website etc, and what time I did have I was caught up in the very addictive Mark Chadbourn novels. However, some weeks ago now it was announced that Michael Sheen would be appearing as a vampire named Aro in the film of the second book in the series, New Moon.
This has prompted me to give the books a go, and I Read more [...]
Bank Holiday Ahoy!
April 29th, 2009 madnad
The first of two long weekends is looming, and I confess, I cannot wait. I have not got any plans so far, but just enjoy the fact that I can enjoy my Sunday evening, without that usual dread of Monday morning.
I am taking some steps to hopefully remedy this.
I applied for a job the other day, and have an interview shortly. I am not going to get too hopeful, but it would be quite cool if I got this new job.
In other news, Michael is continuing to twitter occasionally. When I started to 'following' Read more [...]
May the Shinest Sheen win!
April 23rd, 2009 madnad
And I think... he has!
For those wondering what on earth I am wittering on about, there has been an epic battle on Twitter between a Fake Michael Sheen and a Real Michael Sheen.
The faker made the mistake of obsessing a little too much about New Moon (the Twilight sequel that Michael will shortly be filming) and this was picked up by the many Twilight blogs out there. News of the twitter account obviously got back to Michael, so our man joined Twitter and graciously offered the Faker a chance Read more [...]
The Boat That Rocked
April 4th, 2009 madnad
It's official! Bill Nighy is THE coolest man in Britian.
I have just been to see The Boat That Rocked, and it is laugh out loud 'till tears run down your face funny in places. Bill was superb in it, and he oozed cool in that way that he does. I love it when he dances, as he throws shapes that cry out to be frozen into a Warhol picture.
There is a pretender to the throne however. The multi-talented Rhys Ifans stole scenes from the rest of the extremely talented cast as rock god Gavin, and he Read more [...]
All things Michael Sheen
April 1st, 2009 madnad
I have been very lax with this blog, but I make no apologies as I have been rather busy.
It was mentioned in a previous post that I was finally getting off my arse and putting a website together, for Michael Sheen. It has been up now for a few weeks and I must say that I am blown away by the response.
There has been so many visits, and registrations, that it proves to me this was the right thing to do. I am enjoying myself and learning a lot, which to be honest, was the plan all along. I have Read more [...]
