Brave Premieres in Scotland
The Disney/Pixar film Brave held its European premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland Saturday evening. The film’s world premiere was in Los Angeles on June 18th, ahead of its wide release in North America on June 22nd. And while the film won’t be released nationwide in Scotland until August 3rd and in the rest of UK and Europe on August 17th, the air was filled with excitement about the movie’s potential positive and lasting impact on Scottish tourism and popular culture. Among the stars attending the Scottish premiere were our fearless leader, Craig Ferguson, along with Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd and the voice of princess Merida, Kelly MacDonald.

The website s TheEdinburghReporter.co.uk and FireToday.co.uk also had coverage of the event.  And the Edinburgh Film Festival interviewed Alex Salmond, Robbie Coltrane and Kevin McKidd on the red carpet. Thanks to the RSA’s @NancyInTampa, @MissGraoully and @bgrhubarb for help with the links!

Hollywood’s Tourism Impact

The Scottish Sun reports that Hollywood can nearly make or break the tourism industry in a country, depending upon how a film set there is received.


Brave A to Z
The Scottish Sun breaks down the movie Brave with an A to Z list of tidbits about the already successful film.

More Brave Reviews
Complete with spoilers, here are reviews from the Wichita Falls, Texas newspaper the Times Record, and ibtimes.co.uk.

Craig Talks About Pixar
In an interview with Time Warner Cable, Craig talks about why he quickly agreed to be part of the cast of Brave.

Video courtesy: Time Warmer Cable

June and July Birthdays
Saturday, June 30th is the birthday of actress/singer Lena Horne, actor David Alan Grier, guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and singer Cheryl Cole. Sunday, July 1st is the birthday of actress Olivia de Havilland, actor Jamie Farr, singer Debbie Harry and actor Dan Aykroyd. In this clip from 1943, the simply stunning Lena Horne performs “Stormy Weather.”

Video courtesy: MarkusRTK

Mid-Summer Break
[stextbox id=”custom” bgcolor=DBF7D8]Tapings at CBS Television City will start up again on Monday, July 16th. While the Late Late Show takes its mid-summer break, we’ll do the same and return when new shows resume. Of course, if any big Craig-related news happens between now and then, we’ll post it here. Until then, we hope you have a great start to July and that our Canadian readers have a happy Canada Day and our American readers enjoy a fun and safe Independence Day![/stextbox]

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