Straight as an Arrow
As the Disney/Pixar film Brave hits screens across the U.S. and Canada this weekend, enjoy what is sure to become a favorite part of the film, the archery scene:
Video courtesy: IGN
Brave at Disney World
As Brave was hitting screens across North America this weekend, the folks at Disney World in Florida were already prepared for fans of the film to reach the theme park. The RSA’s @HMSFox was in Orlando and has been sending us pictures from Disney World, showing us a small stage area for the characters to work, some of the character figurines on sale, more merchandise, a banner for the film near where the characters gather and one small fan already in a Merida costume. Click on any picture to see it full-size.
The Scotia-Nostra
Craig talks to the Examiner online newspaper about Scottish accents in the Disney/Pixar film Brave, as well as the camaraderie among Scottish actors in Hollywood, coining a funny new term in the process.
Scotland Day 1
All this week, we’ll be featuring the Late Late Show in Scotland, which was first broadcast in May. If you missed any of the shows or just want to revel in them again, please enjoy:
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This Week’s Guests
It’s another week of all-new episodes of the Late Late Show, beginning Monday with actor Elijah Wood and actress Kathleen Rose Perkins. Tuesday, Craig welcomes actor Breckin Meyer. On Wednesday, Craig delves into the inner workings of Hollywood with producers Lisa Kudrow and Harvey Weinstein. Actor Denis Leary is on the show Thursday, along with singer Brandi Carlile. And on Friday, Craig chats with actor Tyler Perry and we’ll see the comedy of Matt Kirshen.
Brave Scottish Humor
When it comes to Scottish humor, even a brawl can have its moments of joy. Anyone up for a fight?
Video courtesy: IGN
Kelly MacDonald and Merida
The website kidzworld.com interviews Kelly MacDonald about her character, the princess Merida, in Brave.
Brave Apps
Disney and Pixar have released a pair of Brave apps for Apple’s iPad, one geared toward children 5 and up and one for children 7-12. GoodReader.com talks about what’s included with each app.
New Brave Reviews Significant spoilers are found in these reviews of Brave from Canada.com and the New York Daily News.
Craig and Lord MacIntosh
Craig tells The Hollywood Reporter that he may be a bit like his character of Lord MacIntosh in Brave, a “cantankerous traditionalist, a pompous, angry, difficult human being.†He also talks to GamerLive.tv about the Brave tie-in to video games.
Brave Hits Theaters
The Disney/Pixar animated feature film Brave is now open in theaters across North America. We hope you have a chance to see it and would welcome your thoughts about the movie. Craig Ferguson, the voice of Lord MacIntosh, tweeted on Friday:
Little indie film I worked on opens today Good luck everyone. @PixarBrave
The website IAmRouge.com has a great interview with Craig about his role.
Video courtesy: IAmRouge
Cast Interviews The Seattle Post-Intelligencer interviews members of the cast of Brave about the authenticity of the film when it comes to Scotland. The website VeryAware.com has an extended interview with members of the cast about the film. And ScreenCrave.com talks with Kelly MacDonald, Kevin McKidd and Craig about their voices, their characters and the film’s story.
Brave Facts Yahoo.com put together a brief slideshow with facts about the movie Brave.
Craig Talks About Guests Craig tells AZCentral.com that he enjoys his work on the Late Late Show as well as voice acting in films like Brave. Some of the local NBC television station websites around the country have a story with Craig, talking about Brave and about how sometimes he has difficult guests on the Late Late Show. Other local NBC stations are running a story about how the movies Brave and Hunger Games have driven a newfound interest in archery.
A Fantastic Ride
All this week, we’ve been taking an in-depth look at Brave. Out thanks to TrailerAddict.com for compiling so many great clips!
Video courtesy: Trailer Addict
Tonight’s Guests
Friday on the Late Late Show, Craig’s guests are actor Mark Wahlberg and author Sloane Crosley.
Guest Update As tweeted by the man himself, it appears that actor William Shatner will be on the show Tuesday, along with Breckin Meyer:
Watch for me on Tuesday on The Late Late Show with @CraigyFerg MBB
Also ahead on a date to be named later, The Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of authors including Stephen King, Dave Barry, Roy Blount, Jr. and more, are on a farewell tour. On Friday, the band taped an appearance on the Late Late Show. We’ll let you know when the appearance is scheduled to air. See the latest updates on our Guests page. Author Lisa Napoli tweeted the news:
Musical Number for Friday
As promised on Thursday night’s show, Jeff Daniels will be performing a song to start Friday’s episode. If you don’t mind the spoiler, click and enjoy:
Video courtesy: Trailer Addict
So, There’s This Movie…
Have you heard? There’s a little film opening in the U.S. and Canada on Friday. It’s called Brave. It’s by the folks at Disney/Pixar and it stars, among others, our fearless leader Craig Ferguson.
Video courtesy: CraveOnline.com
Randy Kagan Update
Back in April, comedian Randy Kagan was attacked on stage while doing his act at the Hollywood Improv. Police have now identified the suspect in that attack and have invited Randy to perform at their Christmas party, reports LAWeekly.com. Randy has opened for Craig many times on his stand up comedy tour.
Brave Premiere
Media outlets around the world have reported on the Brave premiere in Los Angeles, including the Herald Scotland newspaper as well as the Scottish Sun. Scottish tourism is a big topic of discussion as well, reports ITN.
Alex Salmond on the LLS
Scottish Television reported on First Minister Alex Salmond‘s appearance on the Late Late Show, as did Scotsman.com.
Brave Buildup
All this week, we’ve been focusing on the Disney/Pixar film Brave, which opens across the U.S. and Canada on Friday. Enjoy this look at what’s to come:
Video courtesy: Trailer Addict
Tonight’s Guests Thursday on the Late Late Show, Craig welcomes actor Jeff Daniels and author John Irving. On Friday, Craig’s guests are actor Mark Wahlberg and author Sloane Crosley.
CBS Has Sense of Humor
After unsuccessfully trying to get a judge to block ABC’s attempt at a Big Brother knock-off called The Glass House, CBS playfully announced that it would start up a show called Dancing on the Stars, which would take place in a Hollywood cemetery. Craig Ferguson tweeted the network’s jab, reported in the Washington Post:
Arsenio Confusion Craig had to explain on Tuesday’s show that just because Arsenio Hall is getting a new late-night talk show, doesn’t mean he’s getting fired. The rumor mill started when Hall announced that he would be hosting a new show in 2013 with the help of CBS. What he didn’t say is that “CBS” in this case is really CBS Television Distribution, a division of CBS that syndicates programs to many different television stations and networks around the country, like Dr. Phil, Entertainment Tonight, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Rachel Ray and more. As we reported when the story first broke, Arsenio’s show will not be on CBS but many independent television stations around the country which are not affiliated with the major networks. In particular, the show will be featured on stations owned by Tribune, including KTLA in Los Angeles and WGN in Chicago. Arsenio’s old show was taped at Paramount Studios. We have not heard where the new show will be taped.
The show will be airing at 11pm ET/PT, which puts it in competition with local TV newscasts on stations affiliated with the major networks, as well as Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and Chelsea Handler.
While only the producers know for sure, this may be an effort to draw a west coast-oriented audience and draw viewers away from Jay Leno and The Tonight Show, as well as to capture some of a younger demographic, which is not watching local news, Jay or Dave in large numbers. The show will give Tribune and other independent stations a foothold on late night. Those stations have mostly been running sitcom re-runs in that time slot (Family Guy in Chicago, Friends in LA, etc.). The show has already been sold to half the markets in the country, with more likely to sign up in the coming year. The Huffington Post and others reported on the mix-up.
The bottom line: Arsenio’s show won’t be on CBS, nobody’s getting fired and the new show will become another of the many late-night shows available to viewers.
Craig Talks Movies
In an interview with MovieFanatic.com, Craig talks about Brave and also hints that he has another film project in the works that could surface next year.
Video courtesy: MovieFanatic.com
Secretariat Sets Record The real Secretariat, for whom Craig’s horse is named, won horse racing’s Triple Crown in 1973. A lingering issue from that year was the horse’s finishing time in the Preakness Stakes. After a careful review of the video evidence, the Maryland Racing Commission ruled that Secretariat’s finishing time was less than previously believed, and actually set a track record. The Baltimore Sun was among the many media outlets reporting the news.
Behind the Scenes
All this week, we’re posting video clips from behind the scenes, during the making of the film Brave.
Video courtesy: Trailer Addict
Tonight’s Guests Wednesday on the Late Late Show, actor Morgan Freeman spends some time with Craig, and we’ll hear the music of Ben Dukes. Dukes tweeted:
On Thursday, watch for actor Jeff Daniels and author John Irving.
Brave Premiere Draws Glamorous Crowd
Monday night’s world premiere of the Disney/Pixar film Brave drew coverage from media outlets around the world, including Scottish Television and Scotsman.com, which captured a funny photo of Scotland’s First Minster Alex Salmond standing nearly perfectly in front of a backdrop with the princess Merida‘s red hair behind him.
The Daily Mail covered the event with plenty of photos, and even a website dedicated to Scottish food reported on the event, which included tastings of Scottish delicacies and Craig Ferguson presenting the Haggis. The president of Craig’s production company, Rebecca Tucker, sent along a photo of Craig handling those duties.
Here is some video of Craig arriving and posing for photos:
Video courtesy: Maximo TV
It appears that some of the stars of the film were unable to attend the festivities in Los Angeles, including Robbie Coltrane, Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson but they may turn up at the film’s European premiere in Scotland in August.
And here, several of the VIPs at the premiere are interviewed:
Video courtesy: scottishgovernment
Our thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb, @fergufool, @missgraoully and more for help with links and photos!
Dolby Atmos
Monday night’s premiere of Brave at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood was also the debut of Dolby’s new “Atmos” theater sound system. If you want to hear Brave with the latest thing in sound, there are 14 theaters around the country with the new system installed, according to the Dolby website.
Merch on the March
The RSA’s @HMSFox has been visiting Disney World in Florida this week and send along some photos of how Brave is being promoted at the park, including billboards, banners and plenty of Brave gear in the stores.
Favorite Photos
Here are a few of our favorite photos of Craig from the premiere event. Click on any photo to see it full size in a new window.
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Behind the Scenes
All this week, we’re featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Brave, which opens in the U.S. and Canada on Friday.
Video courtesy: Trailer Addict
Tonight’s Guests Tuesday on the Late Late Show, enjoy Craig’s conversations with actor Steve Carell and author Don Winslow. On Wednesday, actor Morgan Freeman returns, and we’ll hear from musician Ben Dukes.
Brave World Premiere The world premiere of the Disney/Pixar animated feature film Brave is being held in at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood Monday evening. Along with being the movie’s first official screening, it is a marquee event in this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, the debut of the Dolby Theatre under its new name, and it becomes the first film to be shown using Dolby’s new “Atmos” theater sound system. Many of the film’s stars made the trip to the “red carpet” event which was actually held on a green carpet. We’ve already seen some photos coming in and we’ll post more of them here as they arrive.
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Our thanks to AMC Theatres for live-tweeting photos from the premiere.
Alex Salmond
As Scotland’s Daily Record reported, Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond is attending the Brave premiere, with the hopes that it will spark tourism in the country where the film is based. Salmond also appears on Monday’s Late Late Show to answer tweets and emails with Craig, who tweeted earlier in the day:
Meanwhile, Scotland’s tourism agency, Visit Scotland, has launched a worldwide campaign to coincide with the film’s debut, including a new video touting Scotland as the place “where legends come to life.” The website also includes details of a contest to win a trip to Scotland.
Brave Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the movie Brave is being released on Tuesday, June 19th. The album contains 20 tracks, including much of the music in the background of the film as well as vocal tracks.
New Late-Night Show A new late-night talk and variety show will debut in the fall of 2013, hosted by Arsenio Hall. The show is already sold in half of the country’s TV markets, including 17 of the top 20 markets, mostly on independent television stations. The show will run from 11pm to midnight is most areas, competing head-to-head against local newscasts and overlapping against Jay Leno and David Letterman. The news has been reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times and other outlets. With CBS co-producing the show, it is possible that it could be taped at CBS Television City. We’ll keep you posted.
Big Daddy Awards Jimmy Kimmel won the Big Daddy Award in the late night TV host category this year, as the online contest raised money for prostate cancer awareness and research.
Brave Background
All this week, we’ll be featuring a look behind the scenes at the making of the film Brave.
Video courtesy: Trailer Addict
Tonight’s Guests
Monday on the Late Late Show, it’s a Brave cast reunion with actress Kelly MacDonald and actor Kevin McKidd, plus emails with Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond. On Tuesday, Craig chats with actor Steve Carell and author Don Winslow.
Guest Update
Sloane Crosley
Guests for the Late Late Show have been updated through June 29th, including author Don Winslow, who was bumped last week after Craig’s conversation with Jenna Elfman ran long. He’ll replace Snoop Dogg, who has been dropped from the schedule for now. We’ll let you know if and when he will return. Author Sloane Crosley has been added to Friday’s show this week. And next week, the previously bumped singer Brandi Carlile and comedian Matt Kirshen have both been put back on the schedule. You can see the full and up-to-date listings on our Guests page.
Monday was Sir Paul McCartney‘s 70th birthday. Do we have a picture of Paul McCartney?
