I’ll be on vacation for the next three weeks. I’ll have access to the internet on and off so I’ll probably be able to post any interesting news articles that show up, but there might a delay.
I’m hoping to write and and post pictures over on my personal blog, if anyone is interested.
From the article:
James and Brynn Tudor have made history by becoming Birmingham’s first gay couple to tie the knot and form a civil partnership.
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As soon as we first heard that the government was considering the legislation, so many months ago, we began making plans. I myself already had an idea of how I wished our ceremony to look and after talking it through with Brynn it was decided that we would have a Henry VIII and his six wives theme.
Be sure to check out the cake too!
Hopefully nobody who reads this site or blog will be getting any of these, but I just wanted to let everyone know that a spammer is spoofing my domain name with made-up names before the @tudorhistory.org part. The only email addresses that I send from are tudorhistory@tudorhistory.org or lara@tudorhistory.org. Anything else is not legit.
Now to go continue deleting the hundreds of spam blocker replies that are currently flooding my email…
Update: It looks like it has tapered off, for now. Whew… 100+ emails a minute is just a little more than I’m used to. 
This has been floating around as a rumor for a while, but Variety is reporting today (and many other news sources are quoting them) that Scarlett Johansson has indeed been cast to play Mary Boleyn alongside Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn and Eric Bana as Henry VIII.
Here are a few of the news articles:
Johansson in Tudor love triangle – The Guardian
Johansson Joins The Other Boleyn Girl – Comingsoon.net
Scarlett Johansson is The Other Boleyn Girl – Movieweb
Courtesy of Kelly Rogers — Tudor Haikus!
Thanks for the submission Kelly!
From The Guardian:
Channel 4’s Elizabeth I, starring Helen Mirren as the virgin queen, has scooped 13 nominations at this year’s prestigious Primetime Emmys, in what could be a bumper year for UK productions.
Full article (including a link to all the nominations)
At the risk of revealing what a nerd I am, it was interesting to see Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson nominated in the same category. When Gillian Anderson won her Emmy for her role as Scully in the X-Files, Helen Mirren presented it to her. I recall Gillian remarking about how honored she was being presented the award from Helen Mirren, whom she admires. Now they are both nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Mini Series!
Just a follow-up on a post from a few month ago:
Holbein’s 1542 medallion-style “Portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger,” son of Henry VIII’s treasurer, was offered by London dealer Christopher Gibbs for as much as 3 million pounds. It drew no bids.
The winner of the 2006 U.S. National History Competition, 16-year-old Timmia Feldman from Lawrence Kansas performed as Elizabeth I to grab the first prize. You can read all about it and see a photo of Ms. Feldman in costume from the Lawrence Journal-World.
Congratulations to all the winners!
