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Hugh hits Horseshoe
Posted by Cameron in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2007
MOVIE heart-throb Hugh Jackman took to the waves of Horseshoe Bay with children Oscar, 7, and Ava, 22 months, yesterday.The outing helped blow out the cobwebs following the massive party he and co-star Nicole Kidman hosted on Saturday night.
The two stars of the Baz Luhrmann epic Australia threw a thank you party for the 500-strong cast and crew at Bowen’s Grand View Hotel.
It included a surprise performance by Kidman’s husband Keith Urban, who was joined on stage at the hotel by a mix of local musicians that the singer dubbed the Bowen Carney Boys after the Carney cattle company featured in the film.
Urban played from 8.45pm until just before midnight. “It was an amazing performance,” Grand View’s assistant manager Mike Burgess said.
After a day off yesterday, the third week of filming will resume today.
Source: Amy Harris/The Courier-Mail
Bowen’s ‘Running of the Bulls’
Posted by Cameron in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2007
Ok, maybe I used a bit of creative licence with my headline but the stampede of cows down George St and Herbert St Bowen may as well have been in Pamplona. There were some pretty scary horns amongst the herd and as they swarmed past me I hoped like crazy that they didn’t break through the barriers. Nic and Hugh kept their distance, playing it safe, and will undoubtably be edited in for the final release.
Speculation is still running through town about a possible concert by Nic’s hubby Keith Urban at the Grand View Hotel tonight but to be honest, I doubt it. My feeling is that it would be somewhere where all the cast and crew could attend and the beer garden of the Grand View would be WAY too small. Anyway, let’s see what happens!
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Nic and Hugh together on horseback…..at last!
Posted by Cameron in Uncategorized on May 24th, 2007
Today just seemed to drag on and on and on. After a few too many ales celebrating Queensland’s win in the State of Origin I wasn’t really in the mood for a long day. However it was a bit of a treat to win a ‘battle of the wits’ with publicists and security for long enough to come up with some quality images! Action centred around Carneys Cattle Co. with Bryan Brown yelling from the balcony and Hugh and Nicole doing their best imitations of seasoned horse riders. They sure looked the part and didn’t fail to impress with their riding talents!
From what I hear shooting is falling behind schedule however I’m sure they will make that up over the coming weeks.
And while I have the chance, if you are ever in Bowen MAKE SURE you stop in at Jochheim’s Bakery for a pie or a coffee. Jayne & Paddy run what must easily be the busiest pie shop in Australia and it is a Bowen landmark. And thanks to Erin for my 17 latte’s in 4 days! (A free Hunky Hugh pie for that plug wouldn’t go astray!)
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Bryan Brown surfaces in Bowen
Posted by Cameron in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2007
Looking like Larry “J.R” Hagman Bryan Brown made his first appearance on the balcony of the Carney Cattle Company headquarters today. The scene allowed Brown to have quite a number of slugs of whatever Baz Luhrmann had put in his bottle of Kanga Bitter. Cheers Bryan!
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Groundhog day in Bowen
Posted by Cameron in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2007
Seems like groundhog day each day now, scenes are filmed over and over and over and ……. But I guess that is how it goes in the movie business. Conner Cruise cruised the streets of Bowen on horseback for the second day in a row – no doubt he will give him Mum a run for her money when they get together for a race. Now that is one horserace I would LOVE to photograph! Hugh Jackman spent a few hours shooting a dusty scene on horseback outside the Territory Hotel and gave me the opportunity to shoot something TOTALLY DIFFERENT to what I have been doing (but I still did something saleable!)
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