Archive for the ‘People’ Category

  • Does Lisbeth Salander really have Aspergers?

    Does Lisbeth Salander really have Aspergers?

    September 18th, 2010 | People | Julie | 23 Comments

    Yes – it is mentioned in the books – but only by people who can’t deal with the fact that she’s not just like them and so they feel the need to give her a label. And so many readers, critics and book-talkers took this as fact – which could very well be ridiculous when [...]

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  • Want to see the new Lisbeth Salander?

    Want to see the new Lisbeth Salander?

    September 5th, 2010 | People | Julie | 3 Comments

    I have to say, looking at these pictures scooped on RooneyMara.net, that I still don’t get it. This girl doesn’t look like Lisbeth—physically or metaphysically. She looks ‘nice’ and like you could snap her like a twig, or with one. The site does note that they have no idea if this is how Rooney Mara [...]

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  • Noomi Rapace and her new, potential and big roles

    Noomi Rapace and her new, potential and big roles

    August 19th, 2010 | News, People | Julie | 4 Comments

    Success is very, very sweet. Especially when it’s well-deserved. Allegedly, Noomi Rapace is in talks to star in some big, old, Hollywood movies as the result of her outstanding performances in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest [...]

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  • Stieg Larsson wrote Dragon Tattoo out of guilt?

    Stieg Larsson wrote Dragon Tattoo out of guilt?

    August 9th, 2010 | People | Julie | 1 Comment

    Gotta say, that’s some seriously strong guilt. ABC currently has a feature highlighting Kurdo Baksi’s Stieg Larsson: Our Days in Stockholm which is a memoir that will be published soon. Baksi is an old friend. Allegedly. According to Baksi, Larsson witnessed a gang rape of a girl named Lisbeth when he was 15, didn’t stop [...]

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  • The Girl Who Played With Fire Gets Rated R

    The Girl Who Played With Fire Gets Rated R

    June 27th, 2010 | Movies, People | Julie | No Comments

    The second film in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy will premier around the U.S. on July 9th with an ‘R’ rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for “disturbing violent content including rape, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language.” Just like the book, the film adaptation is a total thriller / nail biter [...]

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  • New Documentary: Millennium, The Story

    New Documentary: Millennium, The Story

    June 13th, 2010 | People | Julie | 9 Comments

    Laurence Lowenthal created a documentary about Stieg Larsson and the Millennium Trilogy that covers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about: The author, Stieg Larsson and his family, childhood and professional life. His tragic death before The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was published. Larsson’s last day. The real stories behind Larsson’s political magazine and [...]

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  • TONIGHT! The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Director, Niels Arden Oplev, on Charlie Rose

    TONIGHT! The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Director, Niels Arden Oplev, on Charlie Rose

    April 16th, 2010 | Interviews, Movies, News, People | Julie | No Comments

    Acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose engages America’s best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and roundtable discussions. And tonight he features Niels Arden Oplev, acclaimed director of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. In New York, the show airs at 11:00 pm on WNET. In [...]

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  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo loved by a diverse audience, including Martha Stewart

    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo loved by a diverse audience, including Martha Stewart

    April 12th, 2010 | Movies, People | Julie | No Comments

    While some might think that The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is made for a very specific audience – the foreign film set, the thriller set, the indie film set – someone let us all know recently that all kinds of people love this movie. Martha Stewart not only has exquisite taste in linens, edibles [...]

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  • Video: Barnes & Noble Interview with Noomi Rapace and Niels Arden Oplev

    Video: Barnes & Noble Interview with Noomi Rapace and Niels Arden Oplev

    March 31st, 2010 | Interviews, Movies, People | Julie | 3 Comments

    Check out this great Barnes & Noble interview with The Girls With the Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace (Lisbeth Salander) and Niels Arden Oplev (Director)…amazing to see the difference between Noomi as Noomi and Noomi as Lisbeth!

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  • From the mouths of movie goers…

    From the mouths of movie goers…

    March 24th, 2010 | Movies, People, Reviews | Julie | 2 Comments

    Well, we’ve heard from the reviewers, big media and the bloggers – but what about the people? You can log on to Twitter or Facebook to hear the Dragon Tattoo buzz, for sure! We also wanted to share this fantastic letter we just received from one of the Dragon Tattoo Blog Hunt winners (don’t forget [...]

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