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7 Day Cycling Atlantic West Coast and Sintra, Portugaloffered by supplier M21306 (read about supplier)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 7 day(s)
Group Size: 2 - 14 people
Destination(s): Portugal
Specialty Categories: Bicycle Touring
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 699 Euro (EUR)
Maximum Per Person Price: 919 Euro (EUR)
Travel through typical fishing villages like Nazaré, Peniche or Ericeira, regard coastal lifestyles, relax in gorgeous white sand beaches and delighting with fresh fish meals straight from the ocean. Discover the well preserved medieval village Óbidos that dates from the roman times and immerse in the history walking on medieval roads. After Sintra - UNESCO World Heritage, a land full of castles and palaces from different centuries. The hills are characterized by the massive granite boulders and exuberant vegetation breezed by the fresh and humid winds of the Atlantic. Stepping on Roca Cape, known as the most western point of Continental Europe, you will touch the last piece of land where the sea begins!
Day 1: Welcome at airport or hotel in Lisbon.
Welcome to Lisboa! Our Guide will pick you up at the airport and drive to São Pedro de Moel, taking about 1h45. All the explanations and bike fitting logistics will be prepared for you.
Day 2: São Pedro Moel to Óbidos (67km +700m)
Your first day goes riding through some pine forests and pass by beautiful beaches. Get in an epic cliff to admire Nazaré, a typical Portuguese fisherman village, where they dry the fish under the sun. The tour continues along the coast with stunning views over the Atlantic Ocean. Arrive to Obidos, the most beautiful and well preserved medieval village in Portugal, with an incredible castle on top.
Day 3: Óbidos to Peniche (52km +500m)
This day begins close to Obidos lagoon which at some point join the ocean – a wonderful place with a gorgeous beach! Continue towards south and you will discover great rock formations, Carvoeiro Cape and the incredible town of Peniche, a peninsula. On this day remember, the numerous restaurants located in the Peniche serve outstanding variety of fresh fish and seafood.
Day 4: Peniche to Ericeira (73km +900m)
Today you start by the sea, but soon go inland on where a different scenery shows up. Typical villages, white houses with red roofs and beautiful countryside that will invigorate you! By incredible valleys of limestone with vibrant green Mediterranean vegetation you will approach your final destination – Ericeira, the Portuguese Mecca of Surf. Ericeira is also one of the most beautiful fishing villages and will be your home for the night.
Day 5: Ericeira to Sintra (38km +800m)
Sintra Natural Park and hills will be the set for today's adventures cycling on a constant up-and-down. But before, delight yourself with some of the beautiful places Sintra has to offer, like Monserrate Palace, where you can stop and visit a unique and exquisite example of Romanticism. Arriving to the village of Sintra, a UNESCO site, you have a whole free day to explore. Worthwhile to visit the astonishing Pena Palace, finding a wild fantasy of domes, towers, ramparts and walkways on one of the highest mountain peaks of Sintra.
Day 6: Sintra to Cascais (40km +800m)
On the last day of biking cross the hills to the top and get involved by the mystic environment close to Franciscan Capuchin Convent installed in the rock and lined with cork. Continue riding to the Atlantic Ocean and get to the most western point in continental Europe - Roca Cape, a promontory rising 150m from the sea. Discover impressive beaches nestling between cliffs artistically sculpted and finish in a scenic easy ride along the coast to get to Cascais, a lovely town on seaside.
Day 7: Transfer to the Lisbon Airport, Schedule in accordance to Flights. End of program.
Supplemental Tour Information:
Price Includes:
- 6 nights lodging on Superior Accommodation. Breakfast included
- Transfer on day of arrival from Airport LIS to the Hotel, followed by Tour briefing
- Transfer from last Hotel to Airport LIS
- Pre departure Information Pack
- Tour Information
- Information Book (includes Maps, Daily Information, Daily Maps, GPS Device Quick Manual) delivered at departure day at location
- GPS Track
- Mobile Telephone (free to call us 24h / day)
- Liability and personal accidents Insurance
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
- Low season » Individual room Sup +249€
- Medium season (April, May, Jun and Out) » Individual room Sup +269€
- High season (Jul, August and September) » Individual room Sup +359€
- Easter week » High season supplement applies (per person on a double occupancy room)
Price includes:
- 6 nights lodging on Superior Accommodation. Breakfast included
- Transfer on day of arrival from Airport LIS to the Hotel, followed by Tour briefing
- Transfer from last Hotel to Airport LIS
- Pre departure Information Pack
- Tour Information
- Information Book (includes Maps, Daily Information, Daily Maps, GPS Device Quick Manual) delivered at departure day at location
- GPS Track
- Mobile Telephone (free to call us 24h / day)
- Liability and personal accidents Insurance
Optional Services:
- Luggage Transfer during tour +339€
- GPS rental for tour +65€
- Guided Tour (please inquire)
Bike Rental:
- Hybrid Bike +100€
- Carbon Road Bike: +150€
- Electric Bike: +200€
(per person, bike equipment included)
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VISIT: Island East Markets
Island East Markets, Hong Kong on Vimeo.
If you haven't made it to Island East Markets, check out the little video* I shot on the last day of their trial period, on October 21st, to get a little feeling of what it's about.
Moving back to Hong Kong was a decision that wasn't completely my own, and one of the things I missed the most about London was its abundance of brilliant outdoor markets. Everyone knows Borough, Spitalfields and Broadway, but I fell in love with Maltby Street in my last year there and, when I was back again just a few months ago, it was even better than I had remembered.
Hong Kong's wet markets will always be a source of fascination for me, and I'm fully aware of the small independent markets that exist around the city – such as the occasional Star Ferry organic fruit and vegetable market, the Discovery Bay monthly, and the Tai Po market among others. The problem was that they were either quite small (in the case of the Star Ferry market), or simply too far for myself, an east island dweller.
Markets, like independent businesses, are vital to the spirit of a city. Markets that celebrate local agriculture, enterprise and creativity are even more valuable, becoming not only a community hub but a space where people can come together to learn more about the local businesses available to them. I'm thinking particularly of the brilliance of Simple Market in Taipei, which is so strong in its celebration of homegrown produce and products. So, earlier this year when I heard from my good friend Janice (aka e-ting) that she was planning to set up an organic farmers' market on Hong Kong island, I couldn't wait to see it realised.
In Hong Kong, we are so reliant on imported produce (whether it's the 90 per cent of meat and vegetables from mainland China or the airmiles-heavy products from around the globe) we forget that we actually have a number of sustainable local farms available to us. (For a well-written summary of Hong Kong's troubled relationship with its food provenance, read Daniel's excellent piece here). Also, sometimes attitudes don't help: the SCMP recently ran a controversial piece on whether organic produce is worth its salt in the city, which this humble writer thinks completely missed the point of the movement in the first place (again, see counter posts by Grassroots Pantry and Island East Markets themselves for good arguments in favour of supporting local organic farms, especially the smaller ones).
But I digress (for now). The below shots are from the first day of the market, on September 29, 2012. There've been so many fantastic write-ups in both the press and blogs, so I won't need to regale you with just how bloody successful the whole thing has been. I've given a small part of my time here and there to help Janice and Vince (the other brilliant mind behind the market, without whom this couldn't have been accomplished either!) and I am just in awe of them. They've managed to wow the Swire property group (who owns the land on which the market takes place) so much with their professionalism and enthusiasm that the market has now been renewed after the initial four-week trial period – Island East Markets is coming back next Sunday the 11th, and will continue running weekly on Sundays until December 16th!
It just goes to show that if you are determined enough to do something great in this city, anything is possible.
Island East Markets
Returning November 11th
Sundays 10am-5pm
Tong Chong Street, Quarry Bay
* A little disclaimer: I just really liked the first 30 seconds of the tune I used – ignore the fact that it's actually a Japanese song used in a video about a local Hong Kong market! But am told it's a positive tune about doing your own thing and being yourself. And I wasn't planning on shooting a video that day but just ended up doing it – if I'd planned better I would have had more people in the video. I'm sure there are a lot of people conspicuously absent from this! Well, next time.
DRINK: Rabbithole Coffee & Roasters
Just a little over two years ago, I was writing a major piece on coffee that was a result of London's growing – nay, exploding – caffeine scene. Necking 50-plus espressos and coffees in one week may have culminated in me pale and glassy-eyed in bed at the end of it all, with the painful realisation that a caffeine hangover does exist, but it also resulted in the revelation that the city had come a long way in terms of providing the perfect cup.
It's astounding just how amazing the coffee culture is now in London, all within the span of 2-3 years, and I'm pleased to have seen it grow and grow (and do my little part to promote it) to the point where a new place seems to be opening every week. Of course, the challenge is now not also about sustaining the quality (though me-too, bandwagon-hopping cafés soon die out), but breaking new boundaries. While I'm not sure what direction London's coffee culture might take in the coming years, I know that more and more good coffee is only going to be a good thing.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong is a slightly different story; I feel like it's still several years behind (as it is with most things, but I digress). But I sense something similar happening here, with a slow but quiet growth of a community that is passionate about coffee, and about educating the public about it. With the restrictions that come with high rents and limited space, the growth of great coffee places has been at a trickle rather than a flood like in London, but at least we're not condemned to the likes of Starbucks, PCC (the 'perfect cup', my arse) and Habitu (though I admit a soft spot for their rose lattes).
Right before returning to Hong Kong at the end of January, the lovely Hoi Chi of Coming Soon Coffee tipped me off about Rabbithole Coffee & Roasters, who had just opened in Central. Always looking for an interesting new opening – all the better if it has anything to do with coffee – I was down there two days after landing.
To go down the rabbithole, one must go up [several flights of stairs].
They roast their own beans in an off-site roastery, making them one of the few places who do so in Hong Kong. The other famous roastery here is Coffee Assembly, but others are less well-known, or are as big.
The location is impressive. Rabbithole is on the second floor of a building on Cochrane Street, looking out onto the Mid-Levels escalator. This is possibly one of the best advertising strategies a small café up above the ground can have, as naturally the sight of shiny espresso machines and people chilling on the (tiny) balcony is bound to attract floating passersby.
Even better when the folding doors are completely pushed back. It was a 'cold' day in HK, I guess.
Much like Faye Wong in Chungking Express, I now always use the escalator as an opportunity to steal a glimpse into Rabbithole as I pass by, mainly to gauge how busy it is. And lately, it's always hopping. (SORRY!) There's room for quite a few people, especially with the outdoor terrace at the back (a little oasis in the middle of Central), but with only one central table for about 8-10, expect to say hi to your fellow coffee-loving neighbours if you draw up a perch.
(As a side note, why hasn't anyone done a 'Shit Coffee Geeks Say' video?)
The narrow balcony is a perfect spot for those who don't mind being oggled at.
I felt welcomed at Rabbithole from the first visit. Some coffee shops can feel a little intimidating – where cooler-than-thou baristas can make you feel invisible until they deign to acknowledge your presence, or if the menu is a bit too esoteric. There's zero snobbiness here – in fact, on first impressions the staff seemed almost a bit intimidated by the customers. Fair enough, it was their first week and there was no room to hide any mistakes in the coffee-brewing processes.
Bad-ass barista Mike Fung. Intense concentration.
Over the past two months I've dropped in and out several times, but right from my very first visit I was really taken by Mike Fung, the owner, a former media man and utter coffee obsessive who travelled to Melbourne to go under the tutelage of various baristas. An easy-going guy who can strike up a conversation with anyone – on my first visit with a coffee-sceptic friend, he just sidled up next to us and started chattering away. My friend now drinks coffee and recommends Rabbithole to anyone who asks about a great place to chill in Central.
There's no special treatment – Mike didn't even know who I was until very recently, when I met up with Hoi Chi and Tom over coffee there.
Special thanks to Alice, who not only is my hand model here, but in a moment of inspiration perched my Yirgacheffe ice drip atop this light source for an intriguing shot!
I've only scratched the surface at Rabbithole, but I've never come away disappointed. From the refreshing Ethiopian Red Cherry pourover on my first visit to the flat whites, piccolos and ice drips in between, I've discovered that this is a place where I'm actually really discovering more and more as I drink. Instead of always falling back on my preferred flat white (I will always feel like a sham coffee drinker for preferring milky coffees most of the time to brewed specimens), the customer/staff interaction encouraged by the shop layout means I often ask what's good or interesting that day. In the warm humidity of the Fragrant Harbour (which is only going to get worse, oh god), I'm becoming really partial to their thirst-quenching ice drip coffees…
When I first came back to Hong Kong, I was feeling incredibly homesick for London. In my earliest conversation with Mike we joked around about his coffee bar being at least one reason to stay in the city, to be happy that I was here and not back in the UK. It became a kind of running joke over my next few visits, ending each one of them with a laugh, but you know what?There grew a truth in it. It's places like these, where you can feel comfortable; where you can indulge in a relaxing ritual and be treated like an old friend, that make the transition from one life to another much more bearable. Cheers, guys.
For the rest of you coffee geeks, get down here quick if you know what's good for ya.
Rabbithole Coffee & Roaster
2/F, 26 Cochrane Street, Central, Hong Kong
2581 0861
www.rabbitholecoffee.com / @rabbitholecoffe
EAT: Yardbird, Hong Kong
Yardbird. An ode in haikus.
More than just bird bits
No reservations; rock up
Drink loads while waiting.
Sweet, creamy uni
Crisp pinpricks of panko, oh…
Nori completes it.
Shards of chicken skin.
I much prefer the squelch of
crumpled, crisp fat
Flurry of negi
blankets chicken hearts
Freshness and iron
Chicken and egg rice
Like risotto meets claypot
Fried skin for texture
May be a bit dear:
One drink is never enough.
Save up, eat happy.
Yardbird / 33-35 Bridges Street, Sheung Wan / 上環33-35 必列者士街
PS. Put March 6th 2012 in your calendars.
EAT: This little piggy
This little piggy, from the Kimberly Chinese Restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui, did not die in vain.
Being slaughtered at 20 days, gutted, stuffed with fragrant rice, slowly roasted and then disembodied for the delight of some rather greedy food lovers may not be how it imagined to go.

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One Spouse Wants Divorce, Other Does Not….
irreconcilable differences
Do I Need My Spouse' Permission To Divorce In Florida?
by Robin Roshkind, Esquire, West Palm Beach, Florida
In the State of Florida, you do not need your spouse' permission to divorce. If one spouse wants a divorce and the other does not, a divorce is imminent. Also, unlike some states, there is no waiting period of a year before the divorce can be granted.
There is a residency requirement to get divorced here…you must be a Florida resident for 6 months prior to filing a divorce petition. You must also declare the marriage irretrievably broken, but other than that, Florida is a no fault state. You do not have to declare adultery, abandonment, violence or any other reason to get a divorce.
For more information about this or other divorce topics, call one of the divorce lawyers at ROBIN ROSHKIND, P.A. at 561 835 9091 or click on the Firm's web site at http://www.familylawwpb.com.
"Irreconcilable Differences" and Other Divorce Terms You Should Know.
By Robin Roshkind, Esquire, West Palm Beach, Florida
Two requirements for divorce in the state of Florida are residency and irreconcilable differences. Without these two conditions being admitted to in fact, a divorce cannot be granted. What exactly does it mean to have irreconcilable differences? Residency? And what other terms are divorce related in Florida?
"Irreconcilable differences" means that not under any circumstances, even with marriage counseling, can the marriage be repaired or saved…and that the marriage is "irretrievably broken". "Residency" means that a person must live, work, have possessions, drivers license, lease, or deed to property, and eat and sleep in the state of Florida for 6 months prior to filing for a "divorce action". "Action" means "lawsuit" in the courts. When your attorney files a divorce case, he or she is really filing for a "dissolution of marriage". "Dissolution" means to dissolve a legal relationship, i.e. the marriage. "Child support" is easy to define. It is the monies to which a child is entitled to from BOTH parents. "Alimony" is the spousal support from one spouse to the other. Sometimes alimony and child support are classified as "undifferentiated support". Attorneys fees from one party to another puts the divorcing parties "on equal footing". "Deposition" is the formal questioning of a party "under oath" in discovery of financial facts of the marriage and can also encompass affairs, living arrangements, income, expenses, trips, and just about anything else an "opposing counsel" wishes to ask. "Temporary relief" is the support and timesharing of children established pending the divorce "proceedings". These terms to live by are temporary until a "final judgment" is entered by the judge. "A court order on divorce" is enforceable by the court. A "final judgment" is the actual "divorce decree" when the whole thing is finished and signed by the judge.
For more information call one of the attorneys at ROBIN ROSHKIND, P.A. at 561-835-9091 or click on the Firm's web site at www.familylawwpb.com.
What "Causes" Divorce?
By Robin Roshkind, Esquire, West Palm Beach, Florida
Many married couples go along not realizing how a relationship can deteriorate into a bad situation. Then when their partner mentions divorce, they are completely taken by surprise.
The list is a short one as to the main causes for divorce: sex, money, power.
Take sex first…either there is not enough sex in the marriage, or no sex, or sex outside the marriage. Affairs, adultery, cheating, broken loyalty and broken trust is the result. Irreconcilable differences arise.
Re: money, financial strain on the marriage causes arguing as to what bills go unpaid, foreclosure of the marital home, loss of job or income, laziness to find work, mounting expenses… all are ripe grounds for discontent, dispute and divorce.
Then comes power, which can result in controlling behavior of one over the other. Verbal or physical abuse, domestic violence claims, criminal behavior of stealing a spouse' personal property (like jewelry or tools), is the result.
Other causes of divorce include mental health problems, issues with in laws or extended families, children of another marriage, drug or alcohol use. While each case is different, if you see yourself in any of the above scenarios, consult with a divorce lawyer immediately to protect your rights. Call one of the lawyers at ROBIN ROSHKIND, P.A. at 561-835-9091 or click on the Firm's web site at www.familylawwpb.com.


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"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come."
- Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
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6. Every minute that I spend with you is a minute that is well spent and worth remembering.
7. If love is an illness, then I may be very ill. But I do not want to take any medicine nor pill. I am willing to suffer this illness if it lets you see how precious you are to me.
8. Waking up each morning next to you is one of the best things that ever happened to me.
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HAVANA - Fidel lives, but Che is the brand, his face on billboards, tote bags, T-shirts, a five-story steel structure. Virtually everywhere is "his luminous gaze of a prophet," as Castro once noted, because nothing sells the romance of revolution quite like a handsome asthmatic Argentine executed before the age of 40.
Yet never once in a week's visit do we see any Cubans sporting Che wear. He's a marketing opportunity even here, outside capitalist hipster enclaves, to export even though we're prohibited from leaving with Havana Club rum, Cohibas, or coffee.
Fidel is still here but, at almost 86, not quite here, last seen in public in February, his country no longer ruled, as the Economist put it, under the "unbridled exercise of his massive ego." What you learn quickly in Cuba is that dictatorships without fear, without the marked presence of a pervasive armed military and insidious secret police, don't work. Neither do many of the people living under such a strange regime.
In a country where professionals earn $25 a month, and the government provides most needs, there's little incentive to work except in the booming tourist trade. Artists, musicians, and restaurateurs operating private paladares, where the best food can be found, can do well. Doctors? Not so much. Our tour guide tells us about her doctor friend who moonlights as a prostitute with foreigners. Better money.
Everywhere able-bodied Cubans sit in parks, idling along the Malecón at any hour of the day, not laboring. This island nation is the very opposite of booming. What's shocking about Cuba is how physically proximate it is to the United States while being so distant in every other way. You might as well be in Sudan.
There's no traffic, little construction except in the historic districts (often financed by foreign investment), the once-gorgeous buildings along the Atlantic continuing their half-century decay. I've never visited a country where so much waterfront property is squandered and historic preservation - except in tourist areas - mattered so little.
Traveling into the interior, the only creatures we see working the verdant fields are four-legged. "We need more farmers," I hear more than once. "We have too many people with college degrees, and too few to do technical work."
There are "craft markets" all over Cuba, in Havana, Cienfuegos, the stone streets of colonial Trinidad. They're all selling the same junk imported from elsewhere. Merchants, dismal at commerce, aren't savvy enough to move the "Made in Turkey" boxes away from their stalls or consider the allure of indigenous products. The country remains a lousy place to do business. One economic think tank ranks it 80th of 82 nations, ahead of only Angola and Iran.
Poverty here seems nowhere near as crushing as in, say, Brazil and Mexico, where the divide between the Have Alls and Have Nothings shows little sign of budging. Few Cubans seem to have much of anything. Still, the country remains inviting, largely because there's such an abundance of music and art, pleasure in everything unrelated to work, and Cubans so welcoming of visitors.
If you live 15 miles outside Havana, you're out of luck commuting. Public transportation is a joke, a horse-drawn cart more reliable than the bus. We visit the headquarters of the national radio one day - well, we try; no one seems interested in meeting us - and the offices of what remains the island's most essential form of information resemble a 1950s stage set.
Cuba made the mistake of becoming overly dependent on the Soviet Union, then watched a third of its economy collapse overnight. Later, it allowed the U.S. dollar to enter its commercial bloodstream. Now, it has two currencies, one for Cubans, another for foreigners and the tourist trade, which invites two distinct classes in a supposedly classless society.
A security guard speaks openly of the Castro regime. "The United States is the best country in the world," he observes, adding, "There is one reason that our countries do not have an open relationship, and he lives here in Cuba. It's all Fidel's fault." Gone is the fear, the trademark of any totalitarian regime. The guard says, "I live in a stinking dictatorship." Except he doesn't say stinking.
Cubans keep leaving. The population keeps shrinking. I meet a nurse who now makes her home in Tampa. Restrictions in travel have loosened, but only so much. Due to her country's bizarre international relations, she emigrated to Florida six years ago by way of Russia. "Why should anything about Cuba make sense?"
On a trip home, she fell in love and married a man who is - I am not making this up - a Cuban rock star and a law student. "He doesn't want to leave," she tells me. "He wouldn't have the same standard of living."
So every other week, she moves between two homes separated by 300 miles and several decades of progress and political freedom. "Listen, anyone who tells you they know what's going to happen in Cuba doesn't know what they're talking about," she says, which is what people have been saying for half a century.
"Change will happen. But when and how is anyone's guess."


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15 December, 2009 | By Jeremy Kay
Vincent D'Onofrio is being lined up to play Harvey Weinstein in Yamani Pictures' Down And Dirty, an adaptation of Peter Biskind's Hollywood tell-all beststeller.
The casting development emerged as international event production and talent management company 7th Level Entertainment Group announced it had signed a deal to support Yamani Pictures' 2010-15 feature slate with tours and events.
In return Yamani will invest an undisclosed sum to provide an acquisitions fund to 7th Level, a wholly owned subsidiary of California-based Signature Devices.
Besides Down And Dirty, other titles on Yamani's 2010-11 production slate include Bill Condon's Richard Pryor film Is It Something I Said starring Eddie Murphy, and Only The Hood Dies Young with Bruce Willis, DMX and Mickey Rourke.
7th Level CEO R J Bucaria and Yamani CEO Robert Yasin Wright announced the deal this week.
Guess who's going to play Richard Pryor and Harvey Weinstein? - thanks Judy!
Artvoice.com, 12.15.09
by M. Faust
As a rule I don't spend too much time perusing announcements of upcoming movies. (It's all I can do to deal with the ones opening next week, much less next year). But my eye was caught by two titles on the 2010-2011 slate for Yamani Pictures.
The first one will be Is It Something I Said, starring Eddie Murphy as Richard Pryor. You knew it was only a matter of time, right?
Here's the one I'll be looking forward to: Down And Dirty Pictures, based on Peter Biskind's book about the "indie" film movement of the 1990s, and starring Vincent D'Onofrio as Harvey Weinstein, the one-time Buffalo concert promoter who became the most feared man in the business since Louis B. Meyer. I've been a fan of D'Onofrio ever since his psycho turn in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. He's played a wide range of characters, and I can't help but wonder which of his faces the casting director had in mind when picturing him as Weinstein.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Vincent D'Onofrio to play Harvey Weinstein in Down And Dirty
Posted by thereel at 3:40 PM
Labels: Down and Dirty Pictures
4 comments:
- Bunny said...
EXCELLENT. Hopefully, a "break out" role for him, with oscar hopes all over it.
- December 15, 2009 at 4:39 PM
- tate31nym said...
As much as I love Vincent, I strongly dislike Weinstein. Ah well. Maybe his portrayal will win me over?
- December 16, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- janethyland said...
Good news!
- December 16, 2009 at 2:10 AM
- judith said...
Can't wait to see this film and what Vincent does with it. I think he will be brillant in it.
- December 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM
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