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Xmas Advent Calendar 2015

advent_calendar_430x90What to do as this year’s theme for the KM UK Advent Calendar?  What to do indeed…

Recently one of those ‘meme’ things took over a small corner of the Internet.  It happens all the time of course.

Double world drivers champion Fernando Alonso has had a less than successful 2015 in Formula 1.  He’s had a car that proved itself to be amongst the worse of the year and the current rules make it difficult to fix the issues during the season, so it was not going to get better.  The Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate race weekend of the season, saw Fernando’s car fail him yet again, this time during one of the crucial practise sessions.  The Spaniard decided to relax at the side of the circuit and catch some Sun.  A photograph of him laying back spawned the #WhereWouldAlonsoRatherBe hashtag.  He was ‘photoshopped’ into various situations by the Internet’s artistic denizens, all considered preferable to having to drive the recalcitrant McLaren-Honda.

One such image struck me.  It was a take on the ‘Where’s Waldo/Wally?’ (depending on your side of the Atlantic) books with Fernando hidden in a complex image.  Could you spot the Nomex-suited, bearded racing driver?

So, for our Advent Calendar this year KM UK is going with a ‘Where’s Kathryn?‘ theme.  The images are all from films Kathryn has starred in but hasn’t had the biggest role.  In some of the shots you’ll have to work a little bit to find her.  See how long it takes you.

Check out the Advent Calendar album in the KM UK Gallery each day for a newly revealed pic.  There is now a link in the right-hand menu to save you searching for this post as the month progresses.

Cold Case Cast Catch-up – November 2015

It feels like a worryingly short time since the last Cold Case Cast Catch-up at the end October.  We’ll keep it brief this time with just a couple of pieces of news about the on-going careers of key members of the cast of the long running drama series.

In the middle of November Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller on CC) took part in another 24 Hour Plays event.  Multiple small groups of actors, writers, producers, and musicians get together to each create a new stage production in just, you guessed it, 24 hours.  These happen several times a year in various places.  This one was on Broadway in New York and was the 15th time they’ve held it there.  Tracie worked with Vanessa Williams (Desperate Housewives), Rosie Perez (White Men Can’t Jump), and Kevin Daniels (Sirens TV series).  A lot of other actors took part.  Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Diane Neal (recurs within the NCIS family of shows), Jason Biggs (Orange Is The New Black), Rachel Dratch (30 Rock), Kathy Najimy (Veronica’s Closet), Julia Stiles (Blue), John Krasinski (the US version of The Office), Molly Ringwald (Pretty In Pink), Phylicia Rashad (Psych), and Geoffrey Arend (Body Of Proof) were amongst the stars present.  The shows were performed in aid of the Urban Arts Partnership which helps students in under privileged areas by funding arts projects.

November saw Jeremy Ratchford (Nick Vera in CC) continue his run of guest starring roles in prime time US TV shows.   Since Cold Case ended Jeremy has appeared Shameless, Hawaii Five-O, Perception, and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.  Just this year he’s also turned up in The Mentalist, Bones, and Longmire.  The latest work is as another police officer in an episode of NCIS.  Jeremy was an old colleague of Michael Weatherly’s character Anthony DiNozzo who used to be a detective in Baltimore.

Happy Thanksgiving 2015

wallpaper_172_1980x2640_lollyHappy Thanksgiving to Kathryn, her family, and all our American friends from KM UK

Thanksgiving isn’t thing we do here in England so it easily slips the mind.

That may explain why I managed to forget to do this annual post last year.

It’s the last Thursday in November so our American cousins are getting in some pre-Xmas Xmas in the form of Thanksgiving.  We hope they enjoy it.

Much like this post has skipped a years it has been a few years since I used Lolly‘s wallpaper to illustrate one.  Thanks again to her for her work.  You can find more Thanksgiving themed fan art in the KM UK Gallery.

The Perfect Guy UK Box Office

poster_005As of yesterday (22nd November) The Perfect Guy had racked up just a whisker short of $57m in total takings world wide.  Only about 4% of that was from non-US countries.

The thriller film was number one in its opening weekend, which started on Friday the 11th of September.

Last Friday (20th November) The Perfect Guy opened in the UK.  Unlike the first weekend in US it was up against some very strong competition.  The latest James Bond movie, Spectre, is still going strong after four weeks and the final instalment in The Hunger Games quadrilogy, Mockingjay Part 2, premièred.  That’s some tough competition.

Couple that with a no doubt different demographic, less publicity, and stars not so recognisable to a UK audience and it is understandable why The Perfect Guy took around £100,000 (approx $150,000).  Perhaps it’ll be a slow burn.

Advent-your-ous Thinking

advent_calendar_430x180As seems to be the usual way of things Xmas is rapidly approaching and I’ve been caught napping (sometimes literally :-) ).

One of KM UK’s traditions for the upcoming season is a sort of Advent calendar.  It exists as an extra album in the KM UK Photo Gallery.  Each day of the month (if I remember!) an image is revealed.

I could just pick random images of Kathryn but I like to have a theme to work to each year.  In the past I’ve gone with different hair style Kathryn’s sported, on set photos, motherhood, and smiles.

Do you have an idea for a theme for KM UK’s Advent Calendar for 2015?

The idea needs to one that can be illustrated with 25 images of Kathryn that can be found in the KM UK Gallery. Leave your thoughts in the comments below or contact me using the Contact Form.

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