Last Words 2021

The last hours of the old year have come. It’s quiet – the latest Covid variant is shutting us down again, and in fandom terms, many of us are currently otherwise engaged. Stay Close is finally streaming on Netflix, and those who can, are already right in the middle of the pleasure of viewing a new…

*ooof*: Fair and Square

Omg I can’t! This hi-res image is a killer! *ooof* indeed. The image discussed in today’s *ooof* dropped yesterday as part of the WSJ’s article “‘Stay Close’ Actor Richard Armitage Was Named for a Monarch, Later Praised by a Royal”. Before I get into an analysis of the image, I just wanted to quickly circle…

Stay Close Promo Cont’d

Usually I am the last to receive a Google alert about a news piece about Richard, but hey, this morning I woke up to a new piece I hadn’t seen yet. It’s a German language news clip from Euronews and besides bits of the SC trailer it also has a small interview snippet with Richard that…

From the Family Album of RA!

And just like that another article drops. I first saw this picture RTd . I needed this 🤧😷 – thanks Kaitlyn Mikalya (Richard Armitage NY 2021) pic.twitter.com/Irl46GjgNg — Spider-Fran 🕸 (@FranEvergreen) December 28, 2021 And when investigating the photographer, I came across a brand new article in the WSJ that contains some never-before seen gems.…

Professor Armitage Talks Stay Close On Zoom (UPDATED)

This is the sort of material that sweetens up the downtime between Christmas and New Year. Richard is interviewed by Hey U Guys for Stay Close. It’s Zoom call together with Harlan Coben, but it’s 13+ minutes long and it goes in depth about Coben’s world-building. Before I get distracted by my own commentary, here is…

Happy Christmas, All

The morning of the big day has come. Tonight, the festivities will happen here in Guylty Towers. After a gift-wrapping marathon, all presents are displayed and ready under the tree. I have a little bit of work to do for my job this morning, but otherwise it will be a relaxed day with nothing much…

OT: Winter Lights in Dublin

It feels really quiet here on my blog after the frenzy at the beginning of the month. There’s nothing RA-related to say other than we are counting down to the release of Stay Close. Nine days to go… Are you going to watch it as soon as it comes available or what are your plans?…

2021 Armitage Weekly Round-up #44

It’s Saturday!!!!!!!! *waves at Besotted* Let’s get into it straight away. A new picture of Ray Levine surfaced yesterday by way of Netflix. Astrovian has posted it Some intense Guy scowling, courtesy of riepu10 Mininottingham is in full Christmas mode. You have to look at this images in full size! Big thanks to riepu10 also…

When It RAins…

…it pours. The Stay Close marketing machine has kicked into action. After yesterday’s video interview via Hello! Magazine, today Reader’s Digest follows up with a print interview. This is already available as a digital download via Amazon Kindle, and can be obtained as a print copy on the Reader’s Digest website. Advertised rather sensationally as “We…