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August 27, 2010 - Sad news. Kevin Spacey has no interest in recording a Christmas album. I know, you're all as devastated as I am. No CD with a cover shot of Kevin in a bulky sweater sitting in front of a roaring fire. No accompanying DVD sold only at Target. No singing a selection from the album on a Macy's Thanksgiving float. No stops off at local PBS stations to showcase a pre-recorded TV special. No Kevin Spacey Christmas Extravaganza tickets being given away with a pledge of $500 or more. I guess we'll just have to make do with Johnny Mathis this year.

August 26, 2010 - Great news! Something to look forward to. Kevin will be appearing in a stage production of Richard III at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theater in New York from February - April of 2012 followed by a short international tour winding up at the Old Vic in May of 2012 for 4 months followed by a longer international tour. More details will be coming later. This is very exciting news! This announcement has been on many news and gossip sites today. Thanks Linda.

August 24, 2010 - Kevin is expected to be at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Thanks to Spacey fan Carla for the following link.

Guests at TIFF 2010

August 19, 2010 - HBO has snapped up the developing rights for a new Triggerstreet TV show. Which could possibly star none other than Kevin himself if all the news blips on the web are true. It's currently called The Crux and will be about the leader of a high-profile cult. I hope this gets made and that Kevin will star in it.

I just noticed this entry on the Calendar page:

TV - PBS - Kevin narrates On Record: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (Fall 2010)

I haven't seen anything else about this since I originally added it to the calendar but Fall is right around the corner. Hopefully it won't be on during pledge week!

August 16, 2010 - I am going insane! I've been trying to get the polls and Feedback pages working again but so far they are resisting every attempt. I've removed the link for the Feedback form from the Map page for now.

I've moved some of the news from the bottom of this page to the news archives pages. Now this page just goes back 2 years! I'll be moving more to the archives later.

Only 70 days until the site will celebrate it's 10th birthday!

August 13, 2010 -

Kevin says on Facebook today that he signed both letters. I may have to set up side by side comparison photos and poll the readers.

August 12, 2010 -

Letter from KevinNow Kevin thanks his fans at Driving Mr. Spacey for the birthday card we sent. He's a fun guy. I really need to either get my scanner fixed or buy a new one.

Shhhh ...Don't let on to the bear but that' doesn't look like Kevin's signature. Someone else must have signed the letter in his place.

August 11, 2010 -

I'm loopy after having dental work so hopefully this will be coherent. If not, I'll fix it tomorrow!

KevieBear received an exciting piece of mail. From London! It's a thank you letter from Kevin, for the birthday card KevieBear sent to him. As you can imagine, K-Bear is now impossible to live with and is ignoring the fact that the signature on the letter does not look like any Spacey signature any of us fans have ever seen before. KBear thinks it is some kind of secret code, but hasn't figured it out yet.

 A letter from London!        It has KevieBear's name on it.         KevieBear, London, Old Vic       Dear KevieBear!

Did you catch Kevin on that AFI tribute to Mike Nichols that was on TV last month? I thought at the time that it must be a rare occasion these days when he finds himself to be the youngest person in the room!

May 31, 2010

Kevin is going to be hosting a 192nd birthday bash/fundraiser for the Old Vic Theatre on July 1st. There will be a champagne reception, dinner, art auction and a very special musical performance by Paul McCartney. Fans who are too young to know why he is such an impressive guest, he was the Justin Bieber of a 1960's singing group called The Beatles. Big bucks will get you a premium table! Ticket info on the Old Vic web site. Click on the pic to the left to take you to the OV site.

Reports say that Kevin has signed to do a film called Margin Call which will co-star Stanley Tucci, Carla Gugino and Zachary Quinto.

In other film news, Target was selling Men Who Stare at Goats for $10 last week.

May 23, 2010

Kevin is now the voice of KAYAK as well as the voice of Honda. Some have reported seeing his commercial while watching manly sporting shows on ESPN. I however came across it during an episode of Say Yes to the Dress.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is being re-released on DVD Tuesday, June 1st. It appears to be a repackaging of an earlier version but this time will be part of a Clint Eastwood collection. MGGE can be purchased as a separate DVD though. I've seen it advertised at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The descriptions at both places just say that there are subtitles, widescreen and full screen versions on the disc. The lovely new cover is very striking though, as you can see for yourself.

A few weeks ago, I received in the mail, a small note card from Kevin thanking me, his fans at Driving Mr. Spacey, the chat room fans, KevieBear and my sister for the annual Christmas card. I posted a tiny piece of the card at Twitpic since KevieBear was quite excited to see part of his name in Kevin's own handwriting.

April 1. 2010

These stories get weirder and weirder. Now the Old Vic has announced that they have taken legal action against a man who claims to be Kevin's son. He'd been seen lurking in the park near the theater and has tried to enter the theater while trying to catch Kevin when he was at work. The theater spokesman said that while he does look like Kevin, Kevin denies being even remotely related to the man and has said he'll take him to court and force a DNA test if he doesn't stop bothering Kevin and his friends and family. The official statement is here.

March 30, 2010

Kevin's picture was in this morning's Washington Post newspaper and this time they didn't use the picture of him with socialite poodle Campari. No sirree, they used a very tiny color headshot. And it even has his name under the picture this time!

The Washington Post, Style, page C2.

The Reliable Source by Roxanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger
This Just In

Another long-awaited film - "Casino Jack," in which Kevin Spacey plays disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff - has found a distributor, Metropolitan Inc., which announced Monday that it will release the movie in theaters this fall, Variety Reports.

(I have just one small complaint. OK, more than one small complaint. First, Kevin's picture is smaller than the one used of that annoying Rod Blagojevich who is only shown because he's on Celebrity Apprentice and second, Kevin's picture is the only one from the paper which is not shown on the Post's online site. They have a large picture of Jack Abramoff instead. BTW - I was going to tear out the small item for posterity but decided that the entire page might be worth saving. I mean, how many times are we going to see Kevin Spacey on the same newspaper page as Kukla, Fran and Ollie? I won't even mention that K,F & O have a much larger picture and an entire article devoted to them.)

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I was reading an online article the other day that was saying that a new Superman film was in the very early stages of pre-pre-production but no word on whether any of the actors from the previous film, such as say, Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, will be asked to return to reprise their roles. His being in Superman Returns was the only reason I saw that one.

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The Men Who Stare at Goats is now available on DVD and you can catch Kevin on the "making of" type thing on it.

March 29, 2010

Kevin has taken to Twitter and Facebook to refute the odd rumors that Kate Moss is going to be in a play at the Old Vic. This is not a joke.

March 12, 2010

London's Apollo Theatre will play host to a star-studded, one-off theatre show celebrating the world's tribes.

The evening will feature performance of tribal prose and poetry from some of the UK and Hollywood’s leading actors and musicians including Kevin Spacey, Julie Christie, Mackenzie Crook, Sinead Cusack, Colin Firth, Emilia Fox, Michael Gambon, Sophie Okonedo, Mark Rylance, Danny Sapani, John Sessions, Juliet Stevenson, Ken Stott, Zoe Wanamaker, and James Wilby. There will also be a performance by Bruce Dickinson, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.
 

This unique theatrical event is inspired by the words and images of tribal peoples featured in the recently published book ‘We Are One – a celebration of tribal peoples’ to mark the 40th anniversary of Survival International, the world's foremost tribal rights organization.

The event will be held on Sunday April 18th.

http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5623

Thanks to Matthew of Survival International for the info.

January 17, 2010

Kevin tweeted on Twitter and posted to Facebook last night that he has been traveling to LA, NYC, London and will be heading to China soon.

There seems to be some question about whether he is really on Facebook and which Kevin Spacey on Facebook he really is. Yes, he is really on Facebook. He took over one of the fan-started Kevin Spacey's and is now that Kevin Spacey himself.

The real Kevin Spacey on Facebook

Watched Moon last night. I enjoyed it. The company that released it should have had a competition to get people into the theaters to see it when it was out. There could have been a fabulous prize for whoever correctly guessed how many times Kevin said the word "Sam". People would have been forced to see it more than once since they'd have forgotten they were counting.

January 16, 2010

Wow. I can't believe how long it's been since I updated the site! Let's see... Kevin's play ended. He went on vacation.

Moon is available on home video now. I rented it from Netflix. Gonna watch it tonight during the chat if anyone else wants to join me. 9pm EST in the chat room. Link on the map page. Entertainment Weekly says that Moon is probably going to become a cult classic.

I need a fantastic new picture for the entrance page. I'll have to go through my old magazines and find one. One of the (few) complaints that I receive about the current one is that it doesn't look like Kevin Spacey. I disagree. I think it does. Granted, it's a few years old but it's not like he's not recognizable in it.

November 11, 2009 Still haven't scanned the picture from last week and now will have to add the artsy drawing that accompanied the review in the Washington Post on Friday morning. The reviews have been mixed but the critic for Entertainment Weekly said that Kevin wore the worst hairpiece of his career in "Goats" which obviously means the critic never saw Edison.

Kevin told his Facebook followers that he quit smoking back in June. Congratulations and good luck with that, Kevin.

November 1, 2009 There is a picture of Kevin from the upcoming Men Who Stare at Goats in today's issue of the Washington Post Magazine. Color pic, page 53. I do take exception to the fact that the accompanying mini review says that the movie stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges. Kevin's name is only listed at the very bottom where it says who is in the picture. I'll scan it later today.

I recently noticed that I never changed the address for the polls when I switched host companies. I'll try to fix those this week. Maybe start a brand new poll.

October 24, 2009 Good grief, I had no idea it had been so long since I had updated the site!

I have been seeing TV commercials for Men Who Stare At Goats. Looks pretty funny. Kevin looks a bit like Hitler. I am guessing that this is part of the plot.

Kevin is currently in London performing in Inherit The Wind at the Old Vic Theatre. Unfortunately I won't be able to go to London to see it. Maybe he'll come back to the US and do another play here.

Tonight there will be a SHRINK movie chat at the site chat room. 9pm or thereabouts. I don't know if we'll be doing a special Halloween movie chat next week. Christmas seems to have come to all the stores around here already, so maybe The Ref would be appropriate for Halloween!

Driving Mr. Spacey! will be 9 years old on Monday. That is so hard to believe.

August 13, 2009  -  A few updates. We'll get to Kevin in a minute but first and more importantly, when I got home from work last week, mixed in with the junk mail and catalogs was an envelope addressed to me and the site. It had been metered at the Old Vic so you know what that means.

Spacey mail!

The handwriting was not Kevin's but I still didn't want to damage the envelope so I opened it with a knife. Inside was a small cream colored note card with "The Old Vic" embossed in silver in the corner and in glorious blue ink, a handwritten message from Kevin Spacey addressed to the fans whose names were on the annual DMS birthday card! Along with a thank you for his unique one-of-a-kind, only one like it in the world, secret message birthday tie. There was a paperclip indentation at the top and, oh, you probably want to see it for yourself. Here you go.

What a nice surprise. The writing is an interesting mix of caps and lower case, as someone told me. What means I have no idea. I guess it was just an observation.

Now on to Kevin. SHRINK is in very limited release right now. If you can catch it in the theater, please do. If not, it's going to be released on DVD at the end of next month.

I'd read somewhere that a cast addition had been made to Inherit The Wind but it hasn't been posted on the Old Vic site yet and I can't recall the name. Someone will no doubt remind me.

This next is new - From the BBC Radio press office web site.

The Pickerskill Reports
Friday 28 August 1/4
11:30am-12noon BBC RADIO 4

Ian McDiarmid stars as Dr Henry Pickerskill, the retired English master of Haunchurst School for boys, in a new series of The Pickerskill Reports, which also features cameo performances from Kevin Spacey, Joss Ackland and Peter Bowles.

More info found at the following link. Scroll down the page to find it. Don't know which of the 4 eps kevin would be in. Thanks, redsman.

July 21, 2009 - Don't forget. Kevin will be on Letterman tonight and is scheduled for The View on Friday morning. TV listings indicate he's advertising Shrink which opens on Friday in NY and LA.

July 9, 2009 - Kevin is rumored to be on Letterman on July 21. Thanks to Joanne.

Kevin's birthday card and very special gift from the fans at Driving Mr. Spacey were mailed to him at the Old Vic a few days ago.

June 29, 2009 - Kevin is now filming in New Orleans.

I will be mailing the birthday card and very special gift on Monday. If you have sent me your name for the card, it has already been added. If you haven't, you have another week to do so.

June 7, 2009 - Ten years ago, Kevin was starring a Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh. This caused quite a sensation among his fans and many went to see him and then shared their experiences and photos with the rest of the fans at the message boards, fan sites and email groups.

I had tickets to see him the night after the Tony awards (for which he had been nominated) and we drove up to NYC on Sunday morning. You can read all about it here:

My trip to see Iceman in 1999

I hate looking at some of the early sections of the site. I see so many things that need to be done over and better!

June 6, 2009 - Kevin has announced that he has withdrawn from the Tony awards tomorrow night.

You can own one of Kevin's ties! Pictures are up and to the right!

Kevin signed and donated an Armani tie to be auctioned for charity. You can read about the organization and find a link to the auction here: www.CareerGear.org

The auction ends June 14, 2009 at 11:59pm EST.

Don't ask me why but while some people have been able to access DMS today, others get nothing but a blank screen and an error message saying that Driving Mr. Spacey has been suspended. I'm trying to find out how it can be offline and online at the same time. Could it have something to do with DNS servers?

June 5, 2009 People tell me that everything was *not* working as the site was offline briefly last night. I hope this isn't going to be a recurring problem every time I update the site!

The site link for Kevin's upcoming Shrink movie: http://www.shrinkthemovie.net/

The only thing there so far is a link for viewing the trailer which requires QuickTime 7 to view.

I've updated the Old Vic Theatre news page with a very brief bit of info on their new season. Link found in the black box above.

Kevin's been golfing for his current movie role. Golfing

I saw a commercial on BBC America last night for a new talk show starring Jonathan Ross. Perhaps Kevin may show up there some day in the future?

June 4, 2009 - I moved the site last week but was only offline for a brief time so many may not have realized the site had been moved. Everything seems to be working.

Kevin tweets that there will be an announcement tomorrow about the next season for the Old Vic. Kevin says he will be in the first play. More tomorrow! I guess I'll have to update the OV news page. It's uh, a few years out of date.

Kevin has been filming a movie in Canada but will be returning to the states to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of our summer of love. More commonly known as "On Sunday, it will be exactly 10 years since I went to NYC to see Kevin in Iceman and watched the Tony awards on TV the night before."

If asked, he would no doubt tell you that he is going to be in NYC on Sunday night to present at the Tonys. It's all in the way you look at it!

I think CBS usually shows the Tony awards.

You can read all about the trip back in 1999 in the theatre section of the site.

*A bit of Spacey trivia - Kevin celebrated his 40th birthday at the end of the Iceman run back in 1999.

I am still adding names to his 50th birthday greeting card, so there's still time if anyone wants to add theirs.

May 24, 2009 - I've decided to wait until Tuesday to move the site. I decided a holiday weekend might not be the best time to be dealing with problems that arise from doing that!

Fans have asked me how to find Kevin on Twitter. He is here: http://twitter.com/KevinSpacey

Kevin is currently filming Casino Jack and it has been announced that he will be doing Catalonia with Colin Firth. I don't know when that starts filming.

May 19, 2009 - I'm going to be moving the site on Sunday so it will probably be off the air for at least a few days afterwards.

This morning I was reading Kevin's tweets from last night and I was getting annoyed. Good thing tweets can't be long because it forced me to keep my own tweet to KS to the point. Or to one of the points anyway! It will probably get lost in the crush of tweets he gets but I hope he reads it if he comes across it.

I'm going to go mow the lawn before I get the urge to write an open letter to Kevin right here where I'm not limited to 140 characters only!

I wanted to let everyone who has so far sent their name in for inclusion on the annual birthday card, that I have their names.

May 14, 2009 - Liked Kevin's red socks last night when he was on Leno.

May 9, 2009 - Spacey fan Linda tells me that she read a snippet that says Kevin has left the William Morris Agency and will now be with Creative Artists Agency. If this is so, the WMA address will no longer be a valid address for writing to him.

May 6 - Spacey fan Linda tells me that Kevin is supposed to be on The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno next week on the 13th. This is also showing up on TV NOW.

The Norman Conquests have 7 nominations for the Tony Awards. Big Thanks to Kevin himself for tweeting everyone the news.

May 2, 2008 - KevieBear has a new look to his web site these days. Plus I've added a new (short) adventure there instead of to the site here. www.keviebearsjourney.com

Listen up Spacey fans. Kevin's birthday is in less than 3 months.

April 27, 2008 -

Kevin has been travelling around accepting various honors and awards. His trip to the Washington, D.C. area over the weekend for one honor didn't make the local DC paper, but there was the following snippet in today's Washington Post, The Reliable Source columns:

HEY ISN"T THAT...???

Kevin Spacey and a bunch of business types lunching Saturday on the patio at Stars restaurant on P Street, where he signed autographs and posed for pictures. The Academy Award winner is playing Jack Abramoff in a new biopic: he visited the convicted lobbyist Friday at Cumberland Federal Prison.

The snippet included a tiny b/w picture of Kevin next to a tiny picture of Abramoff looking like Charles Grodin in a fedora.

One item I read about the film is that it's title is to be 'Casino Jack' which is Abramoff's nickname.

Kevin's upcoming film 'Moon' got a brief mention in last week's Entertainment Weekly. No picture of Kevin accompanied the mention.

April 19, 2009 -

Kevin tweets that he's going to be on the Today show on Tuesday morning during the 8:30 hour which I presume to mean between 8:30 and 9am EST. Just a guess on my part.

I'm going to be making some changes to the site here and there as I have some time in the next 6 weeks in preparation for attempting the site without FP Extensions in June.

April 2, 2009 -

I never thought I could hate a commercial more than those astonishingly annoying "cavemen" commercials until I was watching TV one night recently and was bombarded with the most grating commercials I have ever been exposed to. They're for Comcast. You probably already know which ones I mean. They feature people and singing in a monotone. I kept having to mute the sound every time one came on. And to make the torture worse, they're even on the radio. I've been taking to turning off the car radio whenever one comes on and changing the channel when I'm watching TV. I'm not sure that's the effect they were going for!

Kevin tells us that he's going to be doing another film called Father of Invention. A Triggerstreet production.

April 1, 2009 - Announcement on the future of Driving Mr. Spacey! - As some of you know, my web host has informed me that as of July 1, the program that I use for the site will no longer work with their service. I'm looking at having to start DMS over from scratch due to the fact that the program I use is nearly obsolete and I'm having trouble finding a new web host that will be compatible. The site is very large and I don't know how to use any other program so to start over would be very time consuming. So sadly, I'm afraid that when my hosting agreement runs out in June, that may be the end of Driving Mr. Spacey!.

It's been a fantastic run of over 8 years but things come and go and times change. I'm sad that this all is happening just when Kevin is having a big birthday, but hey, them's the breaks. I've been trying to figure out what to do for his birthday this year and I have one idea. I've put it on another page. You can check it out and let me know what you think.

Birthday 2009

March 30, 2009 -

Do you TWITTER? As of yesterday, officially Kevin does. He had about 3300 followers at lunch time today. Kevin on Twitter

KevieBear is also on Twitter. He's very cutting edge as anyone will tell you.

New commercials Kevin may be the voice of Honda in the U.S. but he's now the face of American Airlines in the U.K.! You can see the commercials online here.

TV Spot Kevin will be on Tavis Smiley next week. Probably Monday the 6th. Check for the time in your area on the PBS web site. Thanks Molly.

March 11, 2009 -

Congratulations to Kevin - According to PLAYBILL, Kevin is going to be presented with the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Monte Cristo Award in recognition of his distinguished accomplishments and contributions to the American and international theater community. April 26th in New York City. More at the following link.

Playbill News: Kevin Spacey to Receive Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Monte Cristo Award

Movie Chat - Swimming With Sharks, a fan favorite. If you have the DVD with the commentary by Kevin, even better. Saturday night at 9pm in the site chat room.

March 2, 2009 -

I've been out of touch because my father had a double bypass earlier in the week but he's home now and doing very well and I've almost got enough energy to check the site mail. Or I will until I go outside and start shoveling all that snow we got last night and this morning! Hope to update the site this evening.

February 21, 2009 -

It's that time of year again. Time for me to make my Oscar predictions based on nothing due to the fact that I haven't seen any of the movies.

Actor in a Leading Role - They'll go for either Richard Jenkins for class and dignity or Mickey Rourke for a wild and crazy choice.

Actor in a Supporting Role - Oscar loves a dead man who gave his all for a role so I predict the late Heath Ledger.

Actress in a Leading Role - Everyone expects it will be Kate Winslet but I will say Melissa Leo. Am I the only one who remembers her from Homicide: Life on the Street?

Actress in a Supporting Role - Penelope Cruz because the Academy voters seem to like foreign actresses for this award. Amy Adams for a surprise twist.

Best Director - Everyone says it's going to be the director for Slumdog Millionaire so I predict the Academy voters will go for that Benjamin Button movie that no one I know had any interest in seeing.

Best Film - See Best Director prediction.

February 17,2009 -

Boy, I can't believe how far behind the news I am already this year! I guess I'll just have to start with new news.

Need a shrink? If you are on Facebook, you can be a fan of Kevin's new film SHRINK. Go here: SHRINK

They have some nice photos of Kevin to look at there even if you aren't a member.

*Disclaimer - I used a picture of Kevin holding KevieBear as my Facebook photo on the suggestion of Spacey fan Laura. I am NOT Kevin Spacey, got it?

Complicit In spite of some earlier problems, Kevin's new directorial effort Complicit is on at the Old Vic.

Old schedule page Yes, I do know that I haven't updated the schedule page in a while. Or the polls. I'll try to get to those this week some time.

February 14, 2009 -

Great news for chat fans! I finally removed the Christmas music and picture and movie chat schedule for December 13th off of the chat entrance page! Happy Valentine's Day!

Oh! Did I mention that KevieBear has a girlfriend? I'll introduce her to everyone in a few days.

January 6, 2009 -

#1 - Barcelona, Spain. February 16-20, 2009. Kevin will be appearing at GSMA's Mobile Film Festival as festival host and keynote speaker for the MOFILM Mobile Short Film Festival. Kevin will present the prize for the best short film of 5 minutes or less in length and will participate in an interview on February 19.

Chevrolet is the main sponsor but we won't tell Honda.

BTW - If you have a short film, they've extended their deadline. More info about the festival and a cute picture of Kevin can be found here:

http://www.mofilm.com/press.php

Thanks to Matt for the info.

#2 - Spacey fan Laura shares the following Charlie Rose link with us. You can watch Kevin's old Charlie Rose interviews there. If you are a newer fan, you have a treat in store. If you're an older, er, fan of longer standing, they're still fun to watch again.

http://www.charlierose.com/search/?text=kevin+spacey

#3 - I don't know if Kevin has any plans to attend the Golden Globe awards. I think they are this coming Sunday.

December 31, 2008 -

Now that 208 is winding down, I'm going to make my new year's resolution for 2009.

I will move 2008 to it's own pages in the archives, will start a new page for 2009 and will either update the polls or close the old ones and start a new one.

Happy 2009 Spacey fans!

December 13, 2008 -

Movie chat tonight. The Ref. 9pm EST.

Kevin has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his part in the movie Recount.

November 29, 2008 -

Movie chat tonight. Ordinary Decent Criminal. Next week will be Fred Claus and December 13 will see the return of everyone's favorite,  The Ref.

"Santa was mean to me."

November 22, 2008

I sat down last night to update the site what with all the current movie and theatre news as well as the polls that are backed up and I was going to add some pictures but I was sidetracked when I found out that the elfyourself.com site was back and instead of updating the site I spent more than an hour elfing Kevin instead of myself and I was laughing so much that I got a headache and then was too tired to update the site. I sometimes wonder if Kevin finds himself to be as much fun as we do.

There is going to be a '21' movie chat tonight in the chat room. I've had the movie for months and this will be the first chance I've had to watch it. Anyone is welcome to come by, whether you have the movie or not.

I guess we'll have to schedule a 'The Ref' movie chat in a few weeks for the holidays. Maybe even a Fred Claus chat if anyone is brave enough to buy or rent the film.

November 15, 2008

1) My Kevin-detector must be malfunctioning! Kevin was only an hour away and I never felt a thing.

Today's Washington Post newspaper. Style section. Names & Faces column. Oddly no repeat of the picture of him with Campari, the jet-setting poodle:

End Notes - Spotted: Kevin Spacey (long-sleeved white shirt, gray slacks) sipping a soft drink at the Bar at the St. Regis yesterday.

2) I swore I wasn't going to post it but... Kevin Spacey is O-L-D-E-R than the newly elected president of the United States! Wow! How did that happen?

October 26, 2008 

Happy Birthday Driving Mr. Spacey!

October 16, 2008

BREAKING SUPERMAN NEWS!!

Kevin may or may not be in the next Superman installment that may or may not be made by Bryan Singer and may possibly be going in a new direction, possibly with a new Superman. Stay tuned for more details.

The new anniversary special edition multi-disc DVD of L.A. Confidential is not being sold at Target. At least the stores near my own home. This surprises me.

Kevin is still traveling the world going to film festivals. He was also recently in Puerto Rico filming his new movie with George Clooney, according to web reports.

I've gone ahead and put the Halloween entrance picture up that has been used over the past few years to either great response or accusations that it is evil. Personally, I like it.

Here's something surprising. I've updated a few polls! I must admit that many of the old poll responses were automatically deleted before I was able to use them due to the amount of time that had elapsed. I sincerely apologize.

Ten days from now will be the eighth anniversary of the start of Driving Mr. Spacey!. I'll be sure to remind you when the time comes.

I'll probably regret it but I have put the feedback form back up. Please don't spam me this time!

September 21, 2008

There will be a special Emmy night chat tonight in the Driving Mr. Spacey! chat room. We'll watch the telecast, wait for Kevin sightings (we hope he'll be there since he was nominated and so was Trigger Street) and talk about how badly everyone is dressed and how awful the celebrity banter is.

September 13, 2008

In the wee hours of this morning, I was having trouble sleeping and started watching a crime show on the ID (Investigation Discovery) channel. I dozed off near the end and woke up just after the next program started. The TV volume was turned down low but I thought the person talking sounded like Kevin Spacey. A few sentences later, it was very obviously Kevin Spacey. It was something I'd never seen before. A documentary called Uganda Rising. Kevin was the narrator. The ID channel's website has this description: A look at the dire situation in Uganda, centering on the internal conflict between rebel forces known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the corrupt Ugandan government and the Acholi citizens, especially the children, who are caught in the crossfire.

They have it scheduled for another showing on September 26th at 6am.

September 12, 2008

Spacey fan Vivienne tells me that Telstar is going to be shown at the Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival next month on the 25th and 28th. Times can be found below.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/telstar

Kevin is reported to have been signed to be in a new George Clooney film called The Men Who Stare At Goats. Filming is set to start next month.

September 8,2008

Spacey fan Jenny told me about the following -

MAJOR CELEBRITIES JOIN ‘LARGER THAN LIFE’ TO AID TRINITY HOSPICE

http://www.trinityhospice.org.uk/news/celebsltl

Plus:

LARGER THAN LIFE EXHIBITION AT SEVEN DIALS

Seven Dials, Covent Garden is supporting Larger Than Life by launching the first public exhibition. If you would like to view the Larger Than Life celebrity portraits, visit the exhibition at:

39 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London, WC2H 9LD

On display from 12th September - 20th September excluding Sunday

Opening times: 11am - 6pm

“Seven Dials is delighted to be supporting this fantastic exhibition. Trinity is such an important centre for people living with terminal illness in our London community. We hope you will join us in supporting this local charity.” Donna Lambert (Seven Dials)

Visit www.sevendials.co.uk for more information.

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The exhibit is also going on the road. You can find more info here:

http://www.trinityhospice.org.uk/largerthanlife

August 30, 2008

SPACEY NEWS FLASH! SHOCKING MARRIAGE NEWS!

OK, so maybe no one but me has ever given it a thought but....

An incredible HAPPY 50th ANNIVERSARY! to my parents today.

Wow. If I can ever get to my scanner again, I'll post one of their wedding photos.

August 29, 2008

Kevin has been traveling the world going to movie festivals. He's recently been in Bosnia and next will attend the Deauville festival.

August 9, 2008

A quick TV update for the next few weeks (Thanks to Spacey fan Laura for the info!)-

Sunday, August 10
AMC's Sunday Morning Shootout

Friday, August 15th - 8:30 p.m.
The Peter Strafinowicz Show on Video Game TV (G4)
Kevin Spacey teaches a group of acting students.
 
 
Wednesday, August 20th - 09:00 a.m. (or whatever time it's on in your area)
Kelly & Regis (this is a repeat)

July 26, 2008

As often happens, I'm wishing a very happy co-birthday to Kevin Spacey and his mirror image, KevieBear, a day early.

Only 11 more years and Kevin will be 60!!!

July 20, 2008 Congratulations to Kevin and TriggerStreet productions. Kevin was nominated for an EMMY for his work on the HBO movie "Recount. The movie had 11 nominations. Now I guess we will be hoping this is a televised award and if it is, that Kevin will appear. Kevin has never been nominated for an EMMY. Did anyone else have a flashback to the old commercial with Rita Moreno?

Big week Spacey fans.

Tuesday 7/22 - 21 DVD release
Friday 7/25 - Kevin scheduled to be on The Tonight Show. Sounds like a night for star power. Their listing also shows Triumph The Insult Comic Dog and The Gong Show.
Saturday 7/26 - Kevin's 49th birthday!

This calls for a movie chat. Assuming I can stay awake until 9pm, I think we will have a Special Spacey Birthday Chat. Let's see... how about ... The Big Kahuna! Saturday at 9pm in the DMS chat room.

Spacey fan Carla reminds me that in the fall of 2010, Kevin is to narrate an 8 hour documentary series on PBS called On Record: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives.

July 11, 2008

KEVIEBEAR IN SPACE! Here they are KevieBear fans! The latest installments of KevieBear's Journey.

In KevieBear Hearts Hillary, KevieBear tires of waiting for Kevin Spacey to offer him a job at the Old Vic and decides to go it alone with unfortunate results. And in KevieBear Goes Space-y, KevieBear takes a temporary job while he waits for his big break and is "discovered" by a film producer.

(Pssst. Don't tell anyone but an indie space film thing was shot at the place where I work and KevieBear sold his soul to get onto the set. So you might want to, you know, click on the links in the Space-y story. This was actually an episode of something called Starship Farragut which is based on the original Star Trek TV show. Components of the control panel used in the episode are from the original set on the bridge of the Enterprise. A lot of fun to see up close as KevieBear would tell you.)

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Oh. There's some Kevin Spacey news too. There's an ad for the DVD release of 21 in the new Entertainment Weekly. The movie will be on DVD and Blu-Ray on July 22. The ad says the 2 disc DVD includes a bonus digital copy of the film which can be played on your PC or PSP. Plus the special features includes 3 behind the scenes featurettes and exclusive to the Blu-Ray disc is a virtual blackjack game.

Now on to the cover of this DVD release. Guess whose face is being used to sell the disc? The face that was rarely seen in ads for the film when it was in the theaters, that's who. Kevin Spacey. He is the Ace of hearts with the other cast members behind him and Lawrence Fishburne is the Jack of clubs. Sadly, Kevin appears to be slightly airbrushed in the ad itself but not so much in the photo of the cover at Amazon.

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KEVIN'S 49TH BIRTHDAY IS ON JULY 26TH! I guess we know what's coming next year, don't we?

June 29, 2008

There will be a Usual Suspects movie chat on Saturday night in the chat room. Bring your own movie and popcorn. Movie starts promptly at 9:15pm EST.

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Kevin has been in California filming a new movie called Shrink, about a troubled pot-smoking (what else?) psychiatrist. I can't tell from descriptions of the movie whether it is a comedy or drama. Who can tell from a film synopsis anymore?

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The upcoming L.A.Confidential Special Edition DVD (2-disc set in Standard and 1 disc in Blu-Ray Hi Def) will have these special features:

Disc 1

bullet Commentary by Andrew Sarris, James Ellroy, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell,
Ruth Myers, David Stathairn, Kim Basinger, Brian Helgeland, Jeannine Oppewall, Dante Spinotti and Danny DeVito.
[In this multi-voice audio commentary, the cast and crew of L.A. Confidential, aided by legendary film critic
Sarris, discuss the making of this modern classic.]
bullet Music Only Track
bullet Trailers and TV Spots
bullet Showest
bullet Nite Owl Action
bullet Hollywood
bullet Theatrical Trailer
bullet Soundtrack Promo

Disc 2

bullet Whatever You Desire: Making L.A. Confidential
bullet Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of L.A. Confidential
bullet A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential
bullet L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen
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bullet Off the Record
bullet Photo Pitch
bullet The L.A. of L.A. Confidential Hollywood Center Motel
bullet Formosa Café
bullet Sid Hudgen's Office
bullet Victory Motel
bullet Bidwell's Office
bullet Nick's Liquor
bullet Lynn Bracken's House
bullet Frolic's Room
bullet Pierce Patchett's House
bullet Movie Premiere Pot Bust
bullet Mrs. Leffert's House
bullet Nite Owl Café
bullet Navarette's Hole-up
bullet Fitch House
bullet City Hall
bullet L.A. Confidential [2000 TV Pilot]

Note: All enhanced content listed above is subject to change.

Thanks to Marie.

June 17, 2008

A new 2-disc special edition DVD of L.A. Confidential is coming out in September. No word on extras.

Kevin is filming a new movie for Triggerstreet productions. It's currently called "Shrink". No word on when it will be released.

June 14, 2008

Good news KevieBear fans! KevieBear is about to make a triumphant return. Two new adventures are coming within the week. KevieBear Hearts Hillary and KevieBear Goes Space-y.

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Kevin Spacey will be joining the judging panel for Virgin Media Shorts, the first ever short film competition to run across four screens – TV, cinema, mobile and computer. The competition aims to find the best up and coming British film makers.

 

Leading film and stage actor and Artistic Director at the Old Vic Theatre, Kevin Spacey will also be joined by:
 

bullet Oscar-nominated short film director, Daniel Barber
bullet Founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson
bullet Lenny Crooks, Head of the New Cinema Fund of the UK Film Council

 

Kevin Spacey commented: “I am delighted to be joining the judging panel for Virgin Media Shorts.   This competition will provide a terrific opportunity for emerging talent to find a shop window for their work and it’s great that Virgin Media are supporting British film in this way.  The film business is only as strong as the talent it attracts and It’s really important that we find new ways of engaging young filmmakers and showcasing their ideas and creativity.  I’m sure that we’re going to see some great short films and I’m excited for the judging process to begin.”

 

The deadline for entries is 30th June 2008.

 

For more information about Virgin Media Shorts and how to enter, visit www.virginmediashorts.co.uk.

 

The picture to the right goes with this press release. Thanks to Sophie.

 

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Kevin is going to be a visiting professor at Oxford University. Starting in October he will be the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at St Catherine's College, Oxford.

May 21, 2008

THIS JUST IN! 8:58 pm EST - Kevin is a guest on MSNBC's Countdown w/ Keith Olberman as I type. Recount is #1 on the countdown and Kevin is being interviewed about it. He came on about 52-53 minutes into the show. It repeats at 10pm and 2am (EST), I think. Thanks to Mom for the tip off.

And swiped from Legacy, thanks to Joanne, it appears that Kevin's pre-taped Charlie Rose may be on tomorrow night. Check your local PBS listings for times.

May 20, 2008

Kevin will be on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday morning. That show is on between 6 and 9am.

May 19, 2008

Kevin is going to be doing TV guest appearances this week to advertise his HBO movie "Recount" According to the web sites for the following shows, you can find him on these days:

Monday (May 19) - Today show, Letterman
Wednesday (May 21) Live with Regis & Kelly
Thursday (May 22) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Charlie Rose has been pre-taped but no date has been advertised yet.

There is a review of the movie in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly that includes a picture of Kevin from the movie.

Reminder: Kevin will be 50 years old in 434 days. Really!

May 1, 2008

There's going to be a Big Kahuna movie chat on Saturday. Chat room at 9pm. Bring your movie and popcorn.

Kevin is scheduled to be on the Conan O'Brien show on the 22nd. Thanks to Laura for that info.

 

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All of the news from the previous 4 months can now be found in the News Archives or by going directly here.

 

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