Celebritystruck

On my last day in London Jeroen and I decided to walk pass some hotels and do some shopping. After buying some blu rays for a good price at the HMV we went to the Soho Hotel where an interesting car was waiting. After a while some paparazzi and other 'collectors' showed up.
Nobody really knew who for certain who was inside, but it turned out to be none of the rumours.

Rapper Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs (who can also be seen in movies as Monster's Ball and Get Him to the Greek) posed for a photo.

Although I'm not the biggest fan of rap music, I think the song (soundtrack of Godzilla) below is better than the original rock version.

On my third trip to London this year for the third time I ended the journey with seeing a celebrity at the Soho Hotel. I hope this is going to be a tradition ;).

09.07.2011 London theatre

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As always there were also a couple of interesting people in the theatre.

Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings and a Funeral/The English Patient/Random Hearts/Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) posed for a photo.

Douglas Henshall (Primeval/The Eagle) posed for a photo.

Rupert Everett (My Best Friend's Wedding/Inspector Gadget/The Next Best Thing/ Shrek 2) signed my photos of Inspector Gadget and Shrek 2 and posed for a photo.

Dominic West (Rock Star/300/The Wire/Centurion) signed my photo of Centurion and my blu rays of 300 and Centurion and posed for a photo.

09.07.2011 London Film and Comic Con - The Action guests

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One of the other highlights of this convention was the attendance of Christopher Lambert, who's role as MacLeod in Highlander is immortal! I won't go as far as some people that say he is even cool when he is coughing, but still I think he is a very cool actor. Other movies on his résumé include Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Subway, Knight Moves, Mortal Kombat and Resurrection.

Christopher Lambert posed for a photo.

Beatie Edney played the role of Heather MacLeod in Highlander, she posed for a photo.

I don't really what to say about the next guest. on the first day he gave me and Danny the finger, on the second day refused to listen to his PA and just took the photo with me anyway.

Tom Sizemore (Passenger 57, True Romance, Striking Distance, Natural Born Killers, Heat and Saving Private Ryan to name a few of movies he was in) and I.

William Morgan Sheppard, captain Witwicky in Transformers, posed for a photo.

Corey Johnson (The Mummy/Do Not Disturb/Hellboy/The Bourne Ultimatum) posed for a photo.

Sandahl Bergman (Valeria in Conan the Barbarian and Queen Gedren in Red Sonja) posed for a photo.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Licence to Kill/Rising Sun/Mortal Kombat/Pearl Harbor/Planet of the Apes) posed for a photo.

Vivica A. Fox was one of the nicest persons at this convention. She is perhaps best known as Vernita Green in Kill Bill: Vol. 1, but can also be seen in Independence Day and Batman & Robin. Vivica A. Fox was so nice to ask people for a photo with her in stead of the other way around!

Laurence Belcher, the young Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, posed for a photo.

To celebrate the success of this years edition we went to a Chines restaurant and off course a photo had to be taken.The Magnificent Seven
(from left to right: Lee, Ben, I, Jeroen, Dominique, Danny and René)

09.07.2011 London Film and Comic Con - The Back to the Future guests

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One of the highlights for me was meeting the legend that is Christopher Lloyd. Although he has played in several movies and tv shows like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taxi, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Addams Family and Piranha, he will always be best known as Dr. Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy.

Christopher Lloyd signed my press still of Back to the Future, my lobby card of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and posed for a photo during the photoshoot.

Since the photographer wasn't really happy with the first photo, he wanted to make a second one.

Lea Thompson is best known as Lorraine Baines/McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, but can also be seen in Jaws 3-D and Howard the Duck, she will also play the role of Lela Rogers in the upcoming J. Edgar. She signed my press still of Back to the Future Part II and posed for a photo.

A second photo with Lea Thompson.

Jeffrey Weissman played the role of George McFly in Back to the Future Part II and III. He signed my press still of Back to the Future Part II and posed for a photo.

Ricky Dean Logan played the role of Date in Back to the Future Part II and one of Needle's Gang in Back to the Future Part III. He also can be seen in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as Carlos. He signed my press still of Back to the Future Part II and posed for a photo.

09.07.2011 London Film and Comic Con - The Horror guests

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Corey Feldman, known for movies as Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Gremlins, The Goonies, Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, The 'burbs and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, signed my press still of The 'burbs and posed for a photo during the photo shoot.

As I wasn't totally happy with the photo shoot result, I decided to get another photo with him.

Shawnee Smith, known for her roles in The Blob and as Amanda in the Saw movies, posed for a photo.

Oliver Smith, known as Frank the Monster in the Hellraiser, posed for a photo.

Nicholas Vince, the Chattering Cenobite in Hellraiser, posed for a photo.

Simon Bamford, the 'Butterball' Cenobite in Hellraiser, posed for a photo.

Ashley Laurence, Kirsty Cotton in Hellraiser, posed for a photo.

Another photo of Ashley Laurence, together with Danny Hendriks the director of (the still unfinished) 'René en de zoektocht naar het Geluk'.

Michael Bailey Smith, Superfreddy in A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, but also known from Charmed and The Hills Have Eyes, posed for a photo.

Sean Clark, creator of Horror's Hallowed Grounds, posed for a photo.

09.07.2011 London Film and Comic Con - The Sci-Fi guests

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Brent Spiner, best known as Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but also known for movies as Independence Day and Superhero Movie, posed for a photo.

Veronica Cartwright, known for movies as The Birds, The Right Stuff, The Witches of Eastwick and Alien, posed for a photo.

Peter Jurasik, known from Babylon 5 and as Crom in TRON, posed for a photo.

John Simpkin, known as Klaatu in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, posed for a photo.

Joel Gretsch, known from Minority Report, Taken, The 4400 and V, posed for a photo.

Paul Springer, known as Ree Yees in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi and as Augie in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, posed for a photo.

09.07.2011 London Film and Comic Con - The "other" guests.

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In july 2006 I went for the first time to London for celebrity spotting. Since then I have been back to the UK for many times but funnily and strangely enough I have never been back to the London Film and Comic Con. This years line-up was so good that I simply couldn't resist. Since the amount of photos of people, I am splitting them in several posts.

Lisa Marie, known for movies as Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow and Planet of the Apes, posed for a photo.

Lysette Anthony (Krull, Look Who's Talking Now, Dracula: Dead and Loving It ) chatted with us for a while about her time in the Netherlands and Zoeken naar Eileen (Searching for Eileen). She signed my lobby card of Krull and my press still of Dracula: Dead and Loving It and posed for a photo.

Brian Tochi, known from Revenge of the Nerds, Police Academy 3 & 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , posed for a photo.

Stephen Furst, known from Animal House, The Dream Team and St. Elsewhere, signed my lobby card of Animal House and posed for a photo.

Sylvester McCoy, playing the role of Radagast in the upcoming The Hobbit movies, posed for a photo.

Anna Shaffer, Romilda Vane in the last three Harry Potter movies, posed for a photo.

Alfie Enoch, Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter movies, posed for a photo.

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, posed for a photo.

Charlie Bewley, Demetri in all Twilight movies since New Moon, posed for a photo.

08.07.2011 - The Sunflower Superjam @ Royal Albert Hall

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In the evening The Sunflower Superjam 2011 was held at the Royal Albert Hall.
The most interesting guest for me wasn't one of the musical guests, but was the host of the evening: actor Jeremy Irons.

Gary Brooker, founding member of Procol Harum, posed for a photo.

Micky Moody, guitar player of Whitesnake from 1978 till 1984, posed for a photo.

Jeremy Irons, known from movies as The Mission, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, The Man in the Iron Mask and The Time Machine, signed my press still of The Mission and posed for a photo.

08.07.2011 - Metallica in London

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After 4 years of not going to the London Film and Comic Con I decided that it was time to go again. But before it was time for the biggest signing event in Europe, I went pass a couple of hotels together with fellow collector René. Actor Steve Martin would be performing that night and we tried to figure out in which hotel he would be staying. In stead of Steve Martin we saw somebody else at a hotel.

Robert Trujillo, bass player of Metallica, signed an index card an posed for a photo.

30.06.2011 - Stephen Fry in Amsterdam

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Stephen Fry came to Amsterdam to promote his new book, The Fry

Stephen Fry (Black-Adder/ V for Vendetta) signed my photo of V for Vendetta and posed for a photo.

30.06.2011 - Harry Potter Photo Exhibition Amsterdam

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I'm sorry for not updating my blog for a while, but I have been really busy.
For the opening of a Harry Potter exhibition Oliver Phelps, James Phelps and Rupert Grint. I'm not really a Harry Potter fan, but was in the city anyway so I decided to drop by.

Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) posed for a photo.

Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) posed for a photo.

James Phelps (Fred Weasley) posed for a photo.

30.06.2011 - Thekla Reuten @ The Hub Amsterdam

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On the 30th of June actress Thekla Reuten gave a seminar at The Hub in Amsterdam for Green Film Making Competition.

Thekla Reuten signed my DVD of Wit licht, my Blu-ray of The American and a photo of In Bruges. She also posed for a photo.

28.06.2011 - Peter Berg @ CineEurope Amsterdam

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Actor/Director Peter Berg came to CineEurope to promote his movie Battleship.

Peter Berg, signed my DVD covers of The Rundown and Hancock and a photo of The Rundown, and posed for a photo.

27.06.2011 - CineEurope Amsterdam

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For promotion of the movie Puss in Boots, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Antonio Banderas came to the CineEurope in Amsterdam.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks Animation and producer of movies as Shrek, posed for a photo.

Antonio Banderas, known for movies as Desperado, Assassins and The Mask of Zorro, signed a press still of The 13th Warrior and posed for a photo.

23.06.2011 - 3,5 Days in London - Last day

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Kim Cattrall, known for Police Academy, Big Trouble in Little China, Sex and the City and The Ghost Writer, posed for a photo.

22.06.2011 - 3,5 Days in London Day 3

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On the third day I went to the Comedy theatre.

Ben Miles, known for V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin, signed my photo of V for Vendetta and posed for a photo.

Kristin Scott Thomas, known for movies as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mission: Impossible, The English Patient and Il y a longtemps que je t'aime, posed for a photo.

21.06.2011 3,5 Days in London Day 2

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On the second day I had some accidental meetings.

The first one was thanks to Tamas, I saw that he stopped to take a picture with someone and off course I recognized the man.

Terence Stamp, known from movies as Superman, Wall Street, Young Guns, Wanted and The Adjustment Bureau posed for a photo.

We also went to the Donmar Warehouse theatre because we heard that Emily Browning was over there.

Emily Browning, known from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Uninvited, Sucker Punch and Sleeping Beauty, signed my poster of Sucker Punch and posed for a photo.

At the Arts theatre Greta Scacchi was in a play.

Greta Scacchi, know from The Player, Emma and The Odyssey, signed my DVD of The Odyssey and posed for a photo.

20.06.2011 - 3,5 Days of London: Day 1

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During my vacation I went to London for a short trip.
The first venue I went to was the Royal Albert Hall, where a memorial concert was held for John Barry.

Barbara Broccoli, producer of every James Bond movie since GoldenEye, signed my Bond encyclopedia and a photo and posed for a photo.

David Arnold, composer of every James Bond movie since Tomorrow Never Dies and Independence Day and Godzilla, signed my Bond encyclopedia and posed for a photo.

Don Black, writer of the lyrics Ben, Diamonds are Forever, Thunderball, The Man with the Golden Gun and The World is Not Enough, posed for a photo.

Later I went to the NFT where a Torchwood screening was held.

John Barrowman, known for Shark Attack 3 and Torchwood, posed for a photo.

Bill Pullman, known for movies as Independence Day, Lost Highway and Lake Placid, posed for a photo.

In the evening it was time to do some theatre.

Diana Rigg, known as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Emma Peel in The Avengers, posed for a photo.

Rupert Everett, known for My Best Friend's Wedding, Inspector Gadget and the voice of Prince Charming in Shrek 2, posed for a photo.

Alex Kingston, known as Elizabeth Corday in ER, signed a photo of ER and posed for a photo.

Felicity Jones, known for The Tempest and Chalet Girl, signed a photo of The Tempest and posed for a photo.

18.06.2011 Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg @ 013 Tilburg

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The Ramones are my second favorite band, but unfortunately I never had the change to see them, because they broke up before I even heard of them. The fact that three of the original members have passed away makes it impossible to ever see them live. However, two former band members still play the music of the Ramones, C. J. Ramone and Marky Ramone. When I saw that Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg was coming to the Netherlands, I was really exited, because it's as close as it's gonna get to see the real Ramones.

When the band was still together they made a appearance in The Simpsons, which was also good for me, because fellow collector Stjepko now also had a reason to go, so I wouldn't have to wait at the stage door alone. We arrived at half past two and had to wait till half past five for Marky Ramone to arrive. He was really friendly, told us to check his facebook page, posed for a photo and signed my photo and DVD's of Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996 and Ramones Raw.

Marky Ramone and I.

15.06.2011 - Rob Zombie @ Paradiso

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Last Wednesday Rob Zombie had a concert in Paradiso in Amsterdam. I was going to the concert anyway, so I decided to go extra early to try to meet him when he was doing his soundcheck.

Bass player and backing vocalist Piggy D. posed for a photo.

Drummer Ginger Fish posed for a photo.

Guitarist John 5 posed for a photo.

Singer Rob Zombie and director of movies such as House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects and Halloween, signed my poster of Halloween, my DVD box of Halloween and my DVD's of House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects and posed for a photo.

It was a really nice surprise that his wife Sheri Moon Zombie came with him as well! She signed my poster of Halloween (with character name!), my DVD box of Halloween and my DVD's of House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects and posed for a photo.

09.06.2011 - (Pretty?) Reckless through the streets of Amsterdam

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Yesterday The Pretty Reckless had a concert in Amsterdam. Since the concert was sold out really fast I had to buy my ticket from somebody else on the internet, which is always a bit of a risk. Luckily for me they let me enter with the ticket. After the concert, which was cool, I waited at the stage door for the band to come out. Where normally it isn't that busy, now there were about 100 people waiting, so when lead singer Taylor Momsen (also known for How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Gossip Girl) came out she didn't do anything.

I decided to get my bicycle and tried to follow the bus. Recklessly I cycled through the streets of Amsterdam to follow the bus to the hotel. Fellow collectors Jeffrey, Wouter and Ricardo followed the bus with their car. At the hotel Taylor Momsen was nice enough to pose for photos.

Taylor Momsen and I.

21.05.2011 - Spamalot at Carré

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On the 21st of May Eric Idle came to Amsterdam to watch the Dutch version of the musical Spamalot. Eric Idle wrote the script for the original musical, which can now be seen in different countries all over the world.

Eric Idle is best known as one of the members of Monty Python. He can also be seen in European Vacation, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Nuns on the Run.

Eric Idle signed my photo of Monty Python and my book of "The Pythons' autobiography by the Pythons" and posed for a photo.

10.05.2011-13.05.2011 - Festival de Cannes

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A while ago fellow collector Tamas asked me if I wanted to join him on his trip to Cannes. Since I had never been to the biggest film festival in the world and that Robert de Niro was the president of the jury I decided that I wanted to go. I knew that Cannes was hard without a badge or if you are not doing the airport so it was really good that Tamas already knew very much about the festival. Given the fact that the programm wasn't really good the first couple of days and that a lot of people didn't want to sign or pose for photos this trip probably will not go down as one of my most succesful moments in collecting, but we tried to make the best of it. Below you can see who I did manage to meet.

Johnnie To, director of A Lang de gu shi (All About Ah-Long), Hak se wui (Election) and Fuk sau (Vengeance), posed for a photo.

Michael Sheen, known for movies as Underworld, Frost/Nixon, The Damned United, Unthinkable, TRON: Legacy and The Twilight franchise, signed my photo of The Damned United and posed for a photo.

Lady Gaga performed at Le Grand Journal which was recorded in Cannes. The singer, known for hits as 'Just Dance', 'Poker Face', 'Paparazzi' and 'Telephone' signed an index card and posed for a photo.

Below you can see the madness when she left.

Djimon Hounsou, known for movies as Amistad, Gladiator, The Island and Blood Diamond, signed an index card and posed for a photo.

I wanted to meet him for a long time and of all places I could meet him, I finally met him in Cannes. Chiem van Houweninge, creator of dutch TV-shows Zeg 'ns Aaa and Oppassen!!! and actor in Tatort, playing the role of Hänschen, posed for a photo.

Rosario Dawson, known for movies as The Rundown, Alexander, Sin City, Clerks II, Death Proof, Seven Pounds and Unstoppable, signed my poster photo of Sin City and posed for a photo.

Tilda Swinton, known for movies as The Beach, Michael Clayton and Burn After Reading, signed a photo of Burn After Reading and posed for a photo.

Gus Van Sant, director of Good Will Hunting, Psycho, Finding Forrester, Paranoid Park and Milk, signed a photo and posed for a photo.

Tchéky Karyo, the bad guy in Bad Boys and also known for movies as Nikita, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, GoldenEye, Dobermann and Joan of Arc, signed my press still of Bad Boys and posed for a photo.

Famke Janssen, known from GoldenEye, The Faculty, X-Men and Taken, posed for a photo.

Rob Lowe, known for movies as The Outsiders, St. Elmo's Fire, Austin Powers and The West Wing, posed for a photo.

The following people signed for me: Woody Allen signed my DVD of Casino Royale, Uma Thurman signed my photo of Kill Bill and my lobby card of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Jude Law signed a photo of Artificial Intelligence: AI and my blu-ray of Sherlock Holmes and Antonio Banderas signed my press stills of Desperado and The 13th Warrior.

Big thanks to Tamas for helping me during this trip.

07.05.2011 - Weekend of Horrors

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Yesterday I went to the eight edition of the Weekend of Horrors together with fellow collectors Danny and Rene. Looking at the guest list one month ago, the convention looked like it would be the best convention, but it is the Weekend of Horrors and in tradition of the past editions, this year also a lot of guests were cancelled.

Still, there were some interesting guests.

Yapanese actress Asami is known for movies as Kataude mashin gâru (Machine Girl), Sentô shôjo: Chi no tekkamen densetsu (Mutants Girls Squad) and Nihon bundan: Heru doraibâ (Helldriver). She posed for photo during the special photo shoot.

Actor Tom Sizemore is best known for movies such as Passenger 57, True Romance, Striking Distance, Natural Born Killers, Heat and Saving Private Ryan, signed my press still of Heat and posed for a photo during the photo shoot.

After four editions of her being announced, she finally was present this time: Danielle Harris! She is known for movies as Halloween 4 & 5, Bruce Willis' daughter in The Last Boy Scout, Rob Zombie's Halloween and Hatchet II. She signed my poster of Rob Zombie's Halloween and posed for a photo.

Sid Haig played the role of Captain Spaulding in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, he also played a role in Rob Zombie's Halloween. He posed for a photo during the photoshoot.

Jake Busey is known for movies as The Frighteners, Starship Troopers and Enemy of the State. He signed my lobby card of The Frighteners and posed for a photo during the photo shoot.

26.04.2011 - Fast Five in Amsterdam

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Since I hadn't met director Justin Lin yet, I went back to the hotel in Amsterdam

Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock, signed my DVD's of Doom and The Rundown and posed for a photo.

Director Justin Lin, director of Annapolis, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious and Fast Five, signed my Blu-ray covers of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Fast & Furious and posed for a photo.

25.04.2011 - Fast Five in Amsterdam

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New day, new chances. Because I really wanted to meet Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock), I went back to the hotel.

Dwayne Johnson, known for WWF, The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, The Rundown (aka Welcome to the Jungle), Be Cool and Doom, signed my poster of The Scorpion King and my Blu-ray's of The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King, my DVD of Be Cool and a photo of The Rundown (aka Welcome to the Jungle), and posed for a photo.

Paul Walker signed my photo of 2 Fast 2 Furious and posed for a photo.

24.04.2011 - Fast Five in Amsterdam

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To promote the new Fast Five movie, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) toured around Europe and also paid a visit to Amsterdam.

Whilte waiting at the hotel we spotted a player of AFC Ajax.

Miralem Sulejmani posed for a photo.

After some time Paul Walker came outside.

Paul Walker, known for movies as The Fast and the Furious, Joy Ride, Into the Blue and Running Scared, posed for a photo.

Since it didn't really look like Dwayne Johnson would leave the hotel, we decided to leave.

23.04.2011 - Frank Boeijen @ Tros Muziekcafé

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In the summer of 2009 I saw Frank Boeijen performing at the Indian Summer Festival (thanks to fellow collector Roy) and enjoyed the show. Last Saturday he was present at Tros Muziekcafé and since it's free and in the neighbourhood of where I live, I decided to go to the show.

After the concert Frank Boeijen signed my LP "Foto van een mooie dag" and posed for a photo.

16.04.2011 - BIFFF

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On the 16th of April I went for the fourth (and last) time to Brussels for this years' BIFFF.
Guest of honour, director Renny Harlin, had his Q&A on that day. Renny Harlin is the director of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Cutthroat Island, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Deep Blue Sea, Driven, Mindhunters and Exorcist: The Beginning. After seeing the other Dutch collectors leaving, it was obvious that the Finish director was already at the venue. When we saw him, he first had to do an interview, but afterwards we were able to meet the 'Houthakker uit Finland' (Finnish Lumberjack as the Dutch tv magazines describe him).

Renny Harlin signed my poster and blu-ray of Cliffhanger, a press still of Die Hard 2 and my DVD's of Cutthroat Island, Deep Blue Sea, Driven and Mindhunters and posed for a photo.

Before the Q&A, we saw the jury walking around.

Director Jake West, director of Razor Blade Smile, Evil Aliens, Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Doghouse, posed for a photo.

Composer Simon Boswell, composer of over 80 soundtracks like Phenomena and Shallow Grave, posed for a photo.

After the Q&A of Renny Harlin, which was very funny, we left Brussels and went back to Amsterdam.

14.04.2011 - BIFFF

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On the 14th of April I went for the fourth time to Brussels for the BIFFF together with fellow collector Stjepko. When we arrived it turned out that we just missed Timothy Spall, but we were in time to collect my DVD of Wanted: Dead or Alive.

While killing time, we spotted the jury inside the building.

Director Enzo G. Castellari, director of Quel maledetto treno blindato (the origional Inglorious Bastards) and L'ultimo squalo (Great White/The Last Jaws), signed two photos for me and my Danish DVD of L'ultimo squalo (Great White/The Last Jaws) and posed for a photo.

While waiting outside for Timothy Spall, it turned out that he was already inside. So we had to wait till after the Q&A to meet him.

Timothy Spall, known from movies as Secrets and Lies, Chicken Run, Rock Star, The Last Samurai, Enchanted, Sweeney Todd, The Damned United and The King's Speech, signed my photos of Enchanted and The Damned United and posed for a photo.

David Keating, director and writer of the movie Wake Wood, posed for a photo.

Brendan McCarthy, writer of the movie Wake Wood, posed for a photo.

After the Q&A we had the luck of seeing Yoshihiro Nishimura, director of Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu (Tokyo Gore Police), Sentô shôjo: Chi no tekkamen densetsu (Mutant Girls Squad) and Nihon bundan: Heru doraibâ (Hell Driver).

Yoshihiro Nishimura, signed a photo and my DVD's of Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu (Tokyo Gore Police) and Sentô shôjo: Chi no tekkamen densetsu (Mutant Girls Squad) and posed for a photo.

13.04.2011 Opening Image Film Festival Amsterdam

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This year the Image Film Festival opened with Hobo with a Shotgun, a movie starring Rutger Hauer, who would also receive the Imagine Carreer Achievement Award. Rutger Hauer is known for movies as Nighthawks, Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, The Hitcher, Surviving the Game, Sin City and Batman Begins. He will also play the role of Abraham van Helsing in the new Dario Argento movie Dracula 3D.

Rutger Hauer signed my Hobo with a Shotgun poster and posed for a photo. Big thanks to Edward for giving me the poster and making it possible for me to watch the movie at the film festival.

12.04.2011 - BIFFF

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John Landis was present at the BIFFF for the premiere of his movie Burke and Hare and because he was knighted at the festival. John Landis is my third favorite director and directed movies as The Kentucky Fried Movie, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, Coming to America and (the best of the trilogy) Beverly Hills Cop III.

After the very interesting Q&A John Landis signed my press still of Beverly Hills Cop III and my blu-ray of An American Werewolf in London and posed for a photo.

10.04.2011 - Sir Anthony Hopkins in Maastricht

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On the 10th of April I had the great honour to meet one of the best actors of all time in a place that you wouldn´t expect to meet him. Sir Anthony Hopkins came to Maastricht. Anthony Hopkins is known for movies such as The Elephant Man, The Bounty, The Silence of the Lambs, Dracula, Chaplin, Nixon, The Remains of the Day, The Edge, Amistad, The Mask of Zorro, Meet Joe Black, Hannibal, Red Dragon and The Rite.

Sir Anthony Hopkins posed for a photo and signed a photo of The Silence of the Lambs.

Thanks to my brother.

09.04.2011 - BIFFF Brussels

2011-04-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

On the 9th of April I went to Brussels for the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (better known as BIFFF). Since I don't have a car and I couldn't go with somebody else to Brussels I had to take the train.

When I arrived at the venue I met fellow collectors Danny, René and Bart, who told me that Caterina Murino was also present.

Caterina Murino, best known as Solange in Casino Royale, posed for a photo.

This years guest of honour was director Alexandre Aja, director of Haute tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors and Piranha.

Alexandre Aja signed my poster, photo and blu-ray cover of Piranha 3D and my DVD of The Hills Have Eyes and posed for a photo.

28.03.2011 - Rembrandt Awards Amsterdam

2011-03-29T11:29:00.000-07:00

On the 28th of March the Rembrandt Awards (Dutch people's choice awards) were handed out in Escape in Amsterdam. The big winner of the evening was New Kids Turbo, winning the award for best Dutch movie.

DJ Paul Elstak, winner of the Rembrandt Award for best sountrack, posed for a photo.

Jody Bernal, who gets shot in the movie, posed for a photo.

Bart de Rijk, who played the role of police officer Adri, posed for a photo.

Flip Van der Kuil, Barrie Butsers in the movie and also director, posed for a photo.

Tim Haars, Gerrie van Boven in the movie, posed for a photo.

Steffen Haars, Robbie Schuurmans and director, posed for a photo.

Another of Steffen Haars with his Rembrandt Award.

Wesley van Gaalen, Rikkert Biemans in the movie, posed for a photo.

Besides the "New Kids" I also met some other people.

Michael Nierse, Dik Trom in Dik Trom, posed for a photo.

Caro Lenssen, known from Cloaca, Vuurzee and Sint, signed my DVD of Stille Nacht and posed for a photo.

22.03.2011 - Paul premiere Amsterdam

2011-03-24T12:16:00.000-07:00

After the premiere of Black Butterflies, it was time for the premiere of Paul. For the premiere Nick Frost came to Amsterdam.

Nick Frost, known for movies such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The Boat That Rocked, signed my photo of The Boat That Rocked and my DVD's of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and posed for a photo.

22.03.2011 - Back Butterflies premiere Amsterdam

2011-03-24T11:51:00.000-07:00

On the 22nd of March the premiere of Black Butterflies took place in Amsterdam.
Black Butterflies is a movie based upon the life of Ingrid Jonker. In this movie, directed by Paula van der Oest, Carice van Houten starres as Ingrid Jonker. Rutger Hauer playes the role of her father and Liam Cunningham playes the role of Jack Cope.

Liam Cunningham, known from First Knight, Dog Soldiers, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Centurion and Clash of the Titans, signed my photo of Dog Soldiers and posed for a photo.

Rutger Hauer, known for movies as Nighthawks, Blade Runner, The Hitcher, Sin City and the upcoming Hobo with a Shotgun, signed my photo of The Hitcher and posed for a photo.

Sergio Hasselbaink, who starred as Waldemar Nods in Sonny Boy, posed for a photo.

14.03.2011 - Johan Cruijff @ Holland Sport

2011-03-14T23:52:00.000-07:00

Johan Cruijff is known as one of the best football players who has ever lived. Since he lives most of the time in Barcelona you don't see him that often in the Netherlands, but yesterday he was doing two tv-shows. When the recordings of Holland Sport had finished he signed my book 'Ajax 100 Jaar' and a photo and posed for a photo.

08.03.2011 - Gooische Vrouwen premiere Amsterdam

2011-03-14T23:31:00.000-07:00

On the 8th of March I decided to go to the premiere of Gooische vrouwen in Amsterdam, because it was supposed to be huge. It turned out to be a bit dissapointing, but still I managed to get a couple of photos.

Dutch singer René Froger posed for a photo.

Former player of AFC Ajax and FC Barcelona, Patrick Kluivert, posed for a photo.

Host of 'Voetbal International' Wilfred Genee posed for a photo.

16.02.2011 - London BAFTA Journey: Day 8

2011-02-12T01:16:00.000-08:00

On my last day in London I wanted to do some shopping, but since I checked out real early all stores where still closed. So I decided to make a round pass the hotels. At the Soho Hotel there was a van waiting and a fellow collector.

After waiting for only a few minutes actress Amber Heard came out of the hotel.

Amber Heard, known from The Informers, The Joneses, Zombieland and Drive Angry 3D, refused to sign an index card for the other collector ("You know why"), but was willing to pose for a photo.

This was also the last celebrity which I met before I went back to Amsterdam. Looking back I was glad that I chose to go to London in stead of Berlin. Although the BAFTA day was bad one, the rest was quite good, because I met a lot of people from who I didn't even know that they were going to be in London. Thanks go out to Danny, Tamas and some of the new British collectors who I've met during my stay!

15.02.2011 - London BAFTA Journey: Day 7

2011-02-12T01:14:00.000-08:00

In the morning of my seventh day in London I went again to the Soho Hotel.

Toby Kebbell, known for movies as RocknRolla, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and the upcoming War Horse and Wrath of the Titans, posed for a photo.

Rupert Grint, known for Harry Potter, Cherrybomb and Wild Target, posed for a photo.

Bryan Singer, director of The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil, X-Men, Superman Returns and Valkyrie, signed my poster photo of X2 and posed for a photo.

14.02.2011 - London BAFTA Journey: Day 6

2011-02-11T00:42:00.000-08:00

In the morning I went to the Soho hotel to see if I could see some people checking out.

Niels Arden Oplev, director of Män som hatar kvinnor (Millennium/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) for which he won the BAFTA Award, signed a photo for me and posed for a photo.

In the evening we went back to the National Theatre, because there were two plays over there with people in who we were interested.

Rebecca Hall, known for The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon and The Town, signed my photos of Vicky Cristina Barcelona and The Town and posed for a photo.

Simon Callow, known for Amadeus, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, signed a photo and my DVD of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and posed for a photo.

Danny Boyle, director of Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, signed my DVD box of his movies and a photo and posed for a photo.

Marton Csokas, known for The Lord of the Rings, The Bourne Supremacy and xXx in which he played Yorgi, signed my photos of The Lord of the Rings and xXx and my DVD of xXx and posed for a photo. Marton Csokas is probably one of the nicest actors who I have ever met. After signing with messages as 'psychic wishes' he walked with us to Waterloo station and talked with Danny and I for a long time about things ranging from cycling till Christopher Lee. If only everybody was as nice as him...

Below you can see the opening scene of xXx, the favorite scene of Marton Csokas and I.

13.02.2011 - London BAFTA Journey: Day 5

2011-02-11T00:41:00.000-08:00

Because it was kind of late when we left the after party we decided to go to the place where we had to wait for our wristband straight away. It was the first time that I spend a complete night outdoors, but some other collectors make a habit out of it... Hopefully this was my first and last time.

After we finally got our wristband I went to my hostel to get some sleep. When I woke up I went to the Soho Hotel to see if I could see some celebrities. After waiting for some time I saw a 'good' car driving up to the hotel entrance. I recognized the person stepping out of the car, but it wasn't a movie celebrity.

It was Keith Flint, dancer and vocalist of The Prodigy! I am a big fan of their music and I finally had the chance to see them last year at Pinkpop! So I am really happy with this photo, a nice surprise!

A few minutes later Nicholas Hoult arrived.

Nicholas Hoult, known from The Weather Man, A Single Man, Clash of the Titans and Hank McCoy/Beast in the upcoming X-Men: First Class, posed for a photo.

At 3 PM we could look for a spot at the red carpet and we managed to get a spot at about the same position as two years earlier. And unfortunately, like two years ago, it was raining pretty hard as well. So hard, that I decided to leave my stuff in my bag. Only when Jessica Alba was signing I bother to get the Machete poster with her character out and luckily it got signed as well!

No other autographs only photos with the following people:

Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter)

Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz, The Bourne Ultimatum)

Anton Corbijn (Director of Control and The American)

Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish)

Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zodiac, Shutter Island)

James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, Atonement, Wanted)

Tom Ford (Director A Single Man)

Eva Green (The Dreamers, Kingdom of Heaven, Casino Royale,
The Golden Compass)

Thandie Newton (Mission: Impossible II, The Chronicles of Riddick, Crash, RocknRolla)

Gemma Arterton (RocknRolla, Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, 'Tamara Drewe')

Colin Firth (Girl with a Pearl Earring, Love Actually, Mamma Mia!, The King's Speech)

When all the stars where in the Royal Opera House I went to the Grosvenor Hotel where the after party was held. It was a perfect location for getting autographs, but the rain ruined it all. So again I only bothered to get one item out of my bag which was the DVD cover of Insomnia which got signed by director Christopher Nolan. Because of the chaos around it, it also wasn't really good place for posed photos, although I managed to get two.

Aaron Johnson ( Kick-Ass)

Tilda Swinton (Constantine, Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading)

Because it kept on raining I decided to go back to my hostel.

12.02.2011 - London BAFTA Journey: Day 4

2011-02-11T00:39:00.000-08:00

In the morning we went to the Covent Garden hotel.

When Gabriel Byrne finally came out of the hotel he posed for a photo. Gabriel Byrne is known for movies such as Miller's Crossing, The Usual Suspects, The Man in the Iron Mask, Enemy of the State and End of Days.

When Amy Adams left the hotel she signed my DVD's of Drop Dead Gorgeous and Enchanted and posed for a new photo.

After meeting we went to the Dorchester Hotel, where I spotted Jesse Eisenberg.

Jesse Eisenberg, known for Zombieland and The Social Network, signed my photos of Zombieland and The Social Network and my DVD of Zombieland and posed for a photo.

When we arrived at the Claridges Hotel we saw Talulah Riley.

Talulah Riley, known for The Boat That Rocked and St. Trinian's, posed for a photo.

Later Julianne Moore arrived at the hotel, she signed my press still of The Lost World: Jurassic Park and my lobby card of Assassins, but unfortunately a photo with her wasn't an option. Later Annette Bening left to go to on of the pre-BAFTA party and signed a photo of American Beauty for me. A few minutes later we saw Mark Ruffalo in the lobby.

When he came out of the hotel he posed for a photo with me and signed my photo of Shutter Island. He is also known for movies as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zodiac and The Kids Are All Right. He will also play the role of Bruce Banner in the upcoming movie The Avengers.

In the evening we went to the pre-BAFTA party at Mark's Club. We arrived a bit late because we waited at the hotels, so when most of the people went into the club, we were standing second row, so no photos, just autographs. Emma Watson signed a photo for me, Kevin Spacey signed a photo of The Usual Suspects and Darren Aronofsky signed my DVD's of Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler.

After most of the people arrived, the people on the first row left, so I was able to get some photos of people coming out of the club.

Matthew Fox, known from Lost and Vantage Point, was just passing by. He posed for a photo.

Stephen Frears, director of Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity, The Queen and 'Tamara Drewe' posed for a photo.

Alejandro González Iñárritu, director of Amores perros, 21 Grams, Babel and Biutiful, signed a photo and my DVD's of 21 Grams and Babel and posed for a photo.

Matthew Goode, known from Watchmen, A Single Man and Leap Year, posed for a photo.

Rosamund Pike, known from Die Another Day, Doom, Fracture and the upcoming Wrath of the Titans, signed my photo of Fracture and posed for a photo.

Tom Hollander, known from Pirates of the Caribbean and Valkyrie, thought it would be nice to pose for a photo with his eyes closed...

Tom Hooper, director of The Damned United and The King's Speech, signed a photo and posed for a photo.

Danny Huston, known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Edge of Darkness, Clash of the Titans and Robin Hood, posed for a photo.

James McAvoy, known for The Last King of Scotland, Atonement and Wanted, will play the role of Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, he signed my photo of Wanted and posed for a photo.

11.02.2011 - London Bafta Journey: Day 3

2011-02-11T00:36:00.000-08:00

In the morning of Friday I went to the BBC Radio 6 studio where Simon Pegg and Nick Frost would be to promote their new movie Paul. Unfortunately we found out that Nick Frost wouldn't come, but that only Simon Pegg would be present, luckily he was the one of the two who I hadn't met yet.

Huey Morgan is the host of the show, but he is best known as the front man of the music group Fun Lovin' Criminals, known for hits as Scooby Snacks.

When Simon Pegg arrived he signed a photo of Shaun of the Dead for me and posed for a photo. When he left he signed my DVD of Hot Fuzz. Besides these movies he is also known for Mission: Impossible III, Run Fatboy Run, Star Trek and as the voice of Buck in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

We went back to the Covent Garden Hotel, hoping to see Gabriel Byrne. After not waiting too long we finally saw him, but he said that he would pose for a photo when he would come out of the hotel again.

While waiting Amy Adams checked in.

Amy Adams, known for movies as Enchanted, Doubt, Julie & Julia, Leap Year and The Fighter and nominated for three Academy Awards, signed my photo of Enchanted and posed for a photo.

We waited and waited, but still, no sign of Gabriel Byrne, but there were some other celebrities having dinner at the hotel.

Alice Krige, known for Star Trek: First Contact, Sleepwalkers, Silent Hill and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, posed for a photo.

How often can one meet Terry Gilliam? I always seem to bump into this director/actor, good for me that I had something with me for him to sign!

Terry Gilliam, known for Monty Python and as the director of Twelve Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, signed my Blu-Ray cover from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and posed for a photo.

At that time we didn't espect Gabriel Byrne to come out of the hotel, so we decided to go to the stage door of Children's Hour at the Comedy theatre.

Starring in this play was Keira Knightley. She signed two photos of Pirates of the Caribbean for me, but a photo with her was impossible. Above you can at least see a photo with her and me on it. I am off course the one with the devil eyes in the back.

Elisabeth Moss, known for The West Wing, Mad Men and Get Him to the Greek, signed my photo of Get Him to the Greek and posed for a photo.

Ellen Burstyn, nominated for 6 Academy Awards and known for movies as The Exorcist, Requiem for a Dream, The Wicker Man remake and W., signed my photo of The Exorcist and posed for a photo.

Carol Kane, nominated for an Academy Award and known for movies as The Princess Bride, Scrooged and Addams Family Values, signed my press still of Scrooged and posed for a photo.

10.02.2011 - London BAFTA journey: Day 2

2011-02-11T00:35:00.000-08:00

In the morning we went to the ITV studios where Ashton Kutcher would do some promotion for his new movie No Strings Attached. At the studios we found out that he had cancelled due to illness, Danny and I then decided to go to the Claridges hotel because we thought that he would stay over there. A good car and a good driver gave us hope, but when we asked the driver he told us that it wouldn't be that interesting. Then I saw somebody coming out of the hotel who was actually way more interesting for me! Bill Murray is my favorite actor and he was at his best in movies such as Meatballs, Stripes, Ghost Busters and Ghostbusters II. All these movies are directed by no other than Ivan Reitman, who is also the director of No Strings Attached.

Besides the movies mentioned above, Ivan Reitman also directed Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Dave, Junior, Six Days Seven Nights and Evolution. He signed my poster photo of Ghostbusters II and posed for a photo. I was really exited about meeting him, because he was in my top 5 of directors I wanted to meet!

After looking at the Dorchester hotel we went to the Covent Garden hotel where we heard that we just missed Gabriel Byrne. Because he is a very interesting actor we decided to wait.

When Danny DeVito ( Ruthless People, Throw Momma from the Train, Twins, Batman Returns) checked out he posed again for a photo.

Sandra Bernhard had a couple of shows in London. She signed my press still and DVD of Hudson Hawk and posed for a photo.

Since there was no sign of Gabriel Byrne, we decided to go to the NFT, where the Critic Circle Awards were handed out.

Thomas Turgoose, known from This Is England and Eden Lake, signed a photo of Eden Lake and posed for a photo.

Aaron Sorkin, writer of the screenplay of A Few Good Men, The American President and The Social Network, signed a photo and posed for a photo.

Olivia Williams, known for The Postman, Rushmore, The Sixth Sense and The Ghost Writer, signed a photo of The Ghost Writer and posed for a photo.

Ruth Sheen, known for Another Year, signed my photo of Another Year and posed for a photo.

Lesley Manville, known for Another Year, signed my photo of Another Year and posed for a photo.

Will Poulter, known for Son of Rambow and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, signed my photo of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and posed for a photo.

Valerie Leon, known for the Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Never Say Never Again and the King Kong spoof Queen Kong, posed for a photo.

Jessica Barden, known for 'Tamara Drewe', signed a photo of 'Tamara Drewe' and posed for a photo.

Édgar Ramírez, known from The Bourne Ultimatum, Domino and Vantage Point, signed a photo of Vantage Point and my DVD of Domino and posed for a photo.