Tilda attached to Jim Jarmusch’s next film

August 30, 2010

Today, we’re here to share some information about Jim Jarmusch’s upcoming projects, because, trust us, this director is quite busy nowadays! So, probably the most interesting one and his highest priority at this moment is (yet) untitled “dramatic” movie that will star Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska (Alice in latest Alice in Wonderland). In an interview, Jarmusch revealed: “I have a new film project that’s really foremost for me that I hope to shoot early next year with Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska, who was Alice in Wonderland in Tim Burton’s film. I don’t have that quite financed yet, so I’m working on that.” This would be Swinton’s third collaboration with Jarmusch, after a supporting role in Broken Flowers and appearance in The Limits of Control. On the other hand, Jarmusch mentioned his involvement in a Stooges documentary, as well as an upcoming opera, saying: “I’m working on a documentary about the Stooges. It’s going to take a few years. There’s no rush on it, but it’s something that Iggy Pop asked me to do. I’m co-writing an ‘opera.’ It won’t be a traditional opera, but it’ll be about the inventor Nikola Tesla, with the composer Phil Kline.” Source: Filmofilia

Tilda Power!

August 28, 2010

Tilda featured in AnOther Magazine

Tilda Swinton is one of the finest polymath’s around: she is an accomplished actress both on screen (as Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton and Emma Recchi in I Am Love) and on stage, a stunning model (starring in Pringle of Scotland’s recent campaigns) and in our A/W 04 issue of AnOther a compelling writer, editing the Document. In that issue she paid homage to personal writings, poignantly choosing contributors who “configure a hairnet of correspondence/correspondents” in her life, with whom she regularly exchanges letters – a form of “invaluable intimacy”. Read more.

Pringe Of Scotland goes strong

Pringe of Scotland’s relationship with muse Tilda Swinton is stronger than ever – the label would love to have the actress for another season. “I hope we can have her forever. Today we see so many of the same faces and the same look and lots of labels use a girl who doesn’t necessarily represent their customer base,” says ceo Mary-Adair Macaire. “Tilda is a real person who could be anything. You can see her character in her face. She is unique in every way.” So what is it exactly about Tilda that makes her the perfect muse? “With Tilda it was so easy as the right decisions always are,” Macaire tells is. “She is utterly timeless – she doesn’t look any age. She doesn’t look like a man or a woman. She’s fun too and willing to do anything. She reminds me of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando.” Source: Vogue

8½ Foundation website

Following the initial launch of the brainchild of Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins, the 8½ Foundation, during the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the initiative has gone global with the launch of their website. In a heroic attempt to wean youngsters off a staple diet of Disney and Pixar, the inimitable Tilda Swinton and film critic Mark Cousins have spearheaded a campaign to convert youngsters to world and alternative cinema. Supported by Creative Scotland’s National Lottery Inspire Fund, the full manifesto of this quirky not-for-profit organisation can be viewed for the first time online. It advocates a special celebration of every child’s 8½ birthday to encourage awareness of the virtues of cinema which, according to the dynamic duo who danced their way into public awareness in June, is the opportunity it gives anyone to see life from another person’s perspective. (Read entire story) Source: ReelScotland

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Hear The Word & Flash Mob

July 13, 2010

Hear The Word -Awareness Initiative

Tilda Swinton is the latest famous face to give her support to Hear the World, the global initiative launched by hearing aid manufacturer Phonak to raise awareness about the importance of hearing and the consequences of hearing loss. Each supporter has been photographed by musician and photographer Bryan Adams holding the Hear the World pose – with one hand cupped behind their ear to convey conscious hearing. For more information about Hear the World, the celebrity ambassadors and advice about protecting your hearing visit www.hear-the-world.com.

Hundreds joined Tilda in Edinburgh for flash mob dance

Tilda and film writer Mark Cousins lead the flash mob in the Laurel and Hardy dance at Festival Square, Edinburgh. Tilda is a patron of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, launched her new charity, the 8 Foundation, with what can only be described as a flourish. Gathering several hundred willing participants under the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, she led them in a soft-shoe shuffle known as At The Ball, by the Avalon Boys, originally performed by Laurel and Hardy, in an effort to create a “flash mob dance”, where a group suddenly and spontaneously start dancing in a public place. The instructions, disseminated online, were simple: watch the Laurel and Hardy clip, turn up at 11am and give it a whirl. The reason, declared Swinton, was “in pure unabashed celebration of doing something as a group and looking like dafties”. It’s certainly not the sort of thing you see in Lothian Road every day, as the confused people in the bus queue, not to mention the befuddled passers-by, would testify.
Afterwards, Swinton declared herself delighted by the whole event. “It was astounding,” she said, still catching her breath. “So much better than I could even have imagined. It’s so liberating to do something that feels like it could be completely impossible.” Using language only movie stars can get away with, she described the event as “the flower on the seed” of the 8 Foundation, and the flash mob event as “reliably random”. (Source: Scotsman News)

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Links worth checking out

• Trailer: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Video: Tilda Swinton On Rumors Of Her Love Life (CBS News)
• Video: Tilda Swinton: I’m Not An Actor (CBS News)
• Video: Humble Oscar Winner (CBS News)
• Video: Tilda Swinton on “I Am Love” (CBS News)

Win Tickets to the New York Premiere of I Am Love!

June 12, 2010

New York Magazine has pulled together a fabulous competition where they are giving away three pairs of tickets to next Wednesday night’s glamorous, star-studded New York premiere and after-party (Tilda will be there!). What do you have to do to win those tickets? Compose a haiku about Tilda Swinton! Take part in the competition and read the complete rules here.

Scottish Fashion Awards and EIFF 2010

June 1, 2010

Scottish Fashion Awards are taking over the entire Glasgow Science Centre complex for it’s 5th anniversary event where a host of fashion icons and designers are set to descend upon in 20th of June, 2010. And Tilda has been nominated in the Fashion Icon category along with Sharleen Spiteri, Gerard Butler and Paolo Nutini. Awards are sponsored by Vogue.com. Check out the official site for more info.

Edinburgh Film Festival, here Tilda comes

Sir Sean Connery, Tilda Swinton and Seamus McGarvey are all set to attend the opening night gala of the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010. The patrons of the event will join French director Sylvain Chomet for the screening of his film The Illusionist on June 16 at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
Source: Belfast Telegraph

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Links worth checking out

• Article: In the Works: Tilda In “Kevin”" (Indiewire)
• Article: The Actor’s Non-Actor: Tilda Swinton and the art of doing very little, exquisitely. (New York Magazine)
• Luca Guadagnino’s interview about I Am Love (FilmJournal)

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Tilda continues with Pringle (April 14, 2010)

Sneak Peek: “Like This” campaign & story behind the fragrance (March 17, 2010)

Pomellato and Paolo Roversi (March 16, 2010)

Gallery updates (March 16, 2010)

Tilda gets her own fragrance (March 2, 2010)

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