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Since I'm not that interested anymore in my Livejournal at the moment (I use my french blog), I decided to use it as an icon/fanart journal :)

Feel free to use whatever fanart you like. Comments and credits are much appreciated :)


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First Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster behind the cut

Beware ! This is a post only about one of my favorite writer, Jane Austen :)

I can't wait to see the new fiction drama about Jane Austen, called Miss Austen Regrets. I hope I will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Becoming Jane. I know it's not based on biographical facts but I don't care. I'll like it if it captures the Jane Austen' s spirit, wit and charm :) 
BBC doesn't give a lof of informations about this new television film. It must have been broadcast during the Christmas holiday but finally, it won't be ...
You can view how actress Olivia Williams looks like as Jane Austen behind the cut. I found only 3 promo pics.




And some infos :
Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Bonneville, Phyllida Law and Adrian Edmondson star in Gwyneth Hughes's Miss Austen Regrets. Based on the life and letters of Jane Austen, it tells the story of the novelist's final years examining why, despite setting the standard for romantic fiction, she died having never married or met her own Mr Darcy.
As she approaches her 40th birthday Jane appears happily unmarried, displaying all the assured wit and charm of her novels' young heroines. Yet, when asked by her young niece, Fanny, to help her vet potential husbands, Jane's confident composure is threatened as she finds herself looking back on her own potential suitors and the choices she has made.
A chance meeting with a former acquaintance, Rev Brook Bridges, sees her reflect on a marriage that never was, while, when her family faces financial ruin, it is revealed that it all could have been very different had she only accepted a marriage proposal from a wealthy landowner. And when her brother, Henry, is taken ill Jane's passions are ignited by his handsome young physician.
The cast also features Imogen Poots and Jack Huston. 



In other news, I'm also interested in Lost in Austen, a ITV modern fiction dealing with the Jane Austen's world
Lost in Austen, made by Mammoth Screen, hopes to capitalise on the appeal of the Jane Austen adaptations lined up for spring on ITV. The light-hearted drama follows an Austen fan as she magically switches places with Pride and Prejudice character Elizabeth Bennett, and has to survive in late 18th century England.
I hope the script will be good and entertaining

Behind the cut, you'll se who will be the "new" Lizzy and the "new" Darcy :)


 

Movie, costume dramas, actors, tv shows ...

I'm back in LJ land! 
I'm really sorry for letting down my livejournal for such a long time but I kind of lost interest in it.
So, I'm back with a brand new layout (I spent a lot of time doing it so I hope you will like it). It features the Jane Austen heroines (Elizabeth, Anne, Emma, Elinor, Marianne, Fanny, Catherine). Some of them have been played by various actresses :)

I hope you all had a great Christmas. I spent it with my family and I can say that I ate way too much^^ I've been quite spoiled too. I received some money, some dvds (The Indiana Jones trilogy, Becoming Jane,  Sarter for ten with the loveable James McAvoy, House of Mirth - a period drama with Gillian Anderson), a stuffed Panda, some novels, clothes, and the last Feist album :D

I'll try my best to catch up with your last entries. I will post more, I promise ! I have to make a post about the movies I saw recently !

Coming soon : a huge icons post (all icons I made in the past few monthes) 
And I uploaded some new icons too !

icons of the new wonderful show Pushing Daisies but also some of Becoming Jane & Kirsten Dunst behind the cut

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Under the cut, you'll find a batch of 80 icons (including the requests) + 2  wallpapers


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I put a new layout in my LJ.
I really loved my Rory layout (actually, I think it was my favorite^^) but I wanted to make some change. I always loved this picture of Natalie so I thought it would make a perfect header :)
I hope you'll like it as much as I do :)

Also, I decided to take icons requests (a maximum of 2 per person). You can comment in this entry with the pics or screencaps you want  :)

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So, here are some pics I took during my last trip in London (in July), finally. I'm sorry for beeing so late in posting them ^^

These have all been taken in Charles Dicken's house in Russel Square. A beautiful and very charming place, where the spirit, the drama, the emotion of Dickens  is still there ...
Dickens is definitely one of my favorite authors so I was glad to be able to visit one of his houses (it's not his last home, he moved out in a bigger one some years after since he earned a lot of money, had a lot of  public success and was one of the most acclaimed authors.)
He wrote some of his most powerful novels in this little house though, including the famous Oliver Twist !

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So, I'm back. I think I've been a terrible LJ friend lately. I'm so sorry... :(
I guess I've lost some interest in my livejournal these past few weeks... I still don't know if I will keep up my paid account.  If I cancel it, I'm pretty sure I'll regret it... 

I have a lot to say, and I absolutly don't know where to begin :)

My trip in London was great, I saw and visit a lot of places (my favorites must be The National gallery and The National Portrait Galery, along with the Charles Dickens' house in Russell Square, very charming and moving...).
I took a lot of pics, I'll try to post them before the end of the week...
I bought some dvds (mainly english costum dramas) and books we can't find in France. Sales in London were quite interesting too.
The Harry Potter event was very cool too. The waiting line was huge, I could not believe it. There were a lot of people (some were dressed up:  we found some leading characters but also some less important ones, such as Rita Skeeter : ) ). It was freezing this night, but we had to stay until the end, it was a real magical event.
I bought an adult copy of DH, I think the cover was a lot prettier than the children one :)
I loved it (even if I must admit that it will not remain as my favorite of the 7) but I enjoyed each word of it. 
I don't think I will post my review, all have already been said about it. Too bad I took so much time to post in my livejournal^^

I've read a lot lately. I finished Book Lover by Jennifer Kaufman & Karen Mack and I totally fell in love with the story. It can be seen as a chick-lit book but it's also really more than that. It's very funny sometimes but also  touching and dramatic. The main character is very interesting too. And her thoughts and discussions about books are priceless too. I warmly recommand this to you if you like books about books or just a good & enjoyable reading!
I've also just begun Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I've read only about 50 pages for the moment but I love it. I hope I'll still enjoy it and that I'll expect to read the next 2 after I finished this one :)

I've also saw Gilmore Girls season 5 and 6. I can't believe I watched these 44 episodes already^^
I think the first 3 seasons will stay my favorites but I enjoyed the seasons 4, 5 and 6 too.
I'm not too fond of Rory/Logan though but it's not a suprise (even if I  kind liked Logan). I didn't really enjoyed the "new Rory storyline either. I could'nt believe how much she has been unfair with her mother. Lorelai's crying because of the situation make me very sad. It was so not her fault... "The Return of the Prodigal daughter" must be one of my favorite episodes ever. The Lorelai & Rory's reunion scene broke my heart^^
And I love the fact Rory become aware of how bad her situation is thanks to Jess^^ 
I don't really like the April's storyline (but I think April is lovely and that's totally paradoxical LOL)
Other GG thoughts coming very soon :)

In other news, I can't wait to see Joe Wright's Atonement. The movie seems to be very pretty. You can see all new promo pics here *insert some James McAvoy love here too*
If you haven't read the novel yet, all I have to tell you is that it's a real masterpiece and that you definitely should read it :)

I will post some new icons in my next post :)

1 day intil the release of OOTP movie in France! I'll see it in Paris with a friend. OOTP is my favorite HP book (along with POA) so  I can't wait to see it. I'll try to post my review of the film tomorrow evening or thursday. 
I've read some critics, some of them are pretty good actually. They usually talk about the amazing performances of Gary Oldman as Sirius (I'm a fan!) and Imelda Staunton as Umbridge. And they also say that  Daniel's actor skills have improved. I liked his performance in GOF so I trust them!

In other news, I bought my Eurostar tickets last week and booked the hotel room too. We'll leave Paris on wednesday the 18th at 8 am (we'll arrive in London a little before 10 am). I'm so excited about this trip. In Paris, the weather is quite cold, and it rains sometimes. I really hope that next week will be better. We try to not have high expectations about London's weather but we will be so disappointed if we can't go out and take a walk because of the rain. We can go to a musical, visit some museums, go shopping but it won't be really exciting if we'll have to wait HP7 in the rain at midnight ^^...

I just created a new site where I post my books and movies reviews. The last one was not ideal so I had to get a new one. Here is the link to it : http://chezemjy.canalblog.com/ (it's in french)

I made a lot of icons the past few weeks but I totally forgot to post them in my LJ^^ 
Here they are:

icons of Love Actually, Gilmore Girls, Atonement, Becoming Jane, Revolutionary Road (next Sam Mendes' movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet!) and others.



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Here is the list of books that I'll try to read in the next 2 months: