2003 - Blog Posts

𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒:

Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor

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𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒:

Lady Louise Windsor

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𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃:

Saturday, November 8th, 2003 at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, England and was transferred to St. George's Hospital in Tooting, London, England

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𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:

Father: Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex

Mother: Her Royal Highness Sophie Helen (Rhys-Jones) Mountbatten-Windsor The Countess of Wessex

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𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈:

Brother: James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor Viscount Severn 

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𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃:

St. George's School

St. Mary's School: Studying Drama, English, History, & Politics for A-Level Subjects

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𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈:

Louise was born with Esotropia. She has undergone 2 procedures (2006 & 2013) to treat & attempt to correct the problem.

She is a member of Girlguiding while her grandmother is a Patron and her mother is the President (Her mom was a Brownie and a Guide growing up)

Louise was 12 years old on her first overseas engagement in South Africa with her parents and her brother.

She learned how to ride horses growing up so she joined her father on horseback as part of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations in Windsor in 2016

Louise has taken up the sport of Carriage Driving. Following the death of her grandfather in April of 2021, she has inherited her grandfather’s driving pines & carriage.

In May 2017, she was responsible for leading the carriages of the Champagne Laurent-Perrier Meet of the British Driving Society at the Royal Windsor Horse Show & achieved 3rd place.

Louise was born One Month Prematurely due to complications from Placental Abruption which caused blood loss for both her & her mother.

She and her brother have lakes named after them in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as a gift from Manitoba Premier Gary Doer.

Louise was a bridesmaid for William and Catherine at their wedding in 2011.

Growing up she had no idea her grandmother was the Queen of England and didn’t know until her parents explained to her one day after school.

As a birthday gift for her 15th birthday, Louise was a special guest along with her mother on Strictly Come Dancing & watched the performances in the crowd.

She participated in the Great British Beach Clean at Southsea Beach with her parents while supporting the Marine Conservation Society in September of 2021. 

Louise is currently under watch to see if she chooses to change her title from Lady Louise to Her Royal Highness using her princess title once she reaches the age of 18 in 2021.

She paid tribute to her late grandfather in a new a BBC documentary titled Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers. This was her first television Interview as a member of the Royal Family.

𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒:

Sophie Helen (Rhys-Jones) Windsor

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𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒:

Her Royal Highness Sophie Helen (Rhys-Jones) Windsor, The Countess of Wessex

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𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃:

Wednesday, January 20th, 1965 in Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England

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𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:

Father: Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones

Mother: Mary Rhys-Jones

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𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈:

Brother: David Rhys-Jones

Brother-In-Law: High Royal Highness Prince Charles The Prince of Wales

Sister-In-Law: Diana, Princess of Wales

Sister-In-Law: Her Royal Highness Camilla The Duchess of Cornwall

Sister-In-Law: Her Royal Highness Anne The Princess Royal

Brother-In-Law: High Royal Highness Prince Andrew The Duke of York

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𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒:

His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex (M. 1999)

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𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: 

1st Pregnancy was an Ectopic Pregnancy

Daughter: Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (B. 2003)

Son: James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn (B. 2007)

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𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃:

Dulwich Preparatory School

Kent College

West Kent College

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𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈

Business

Finance

Management Development

Public Relations

Environment:

Agriculture 

Animal Rehabilitation

Cats

Conifer Trees

Cows

Dogs/Service Dogs

Donkeys

Farming

Gardening

Horticulture

Horses/Ponies

Sheep

Health:

Air Ambulance

Autism

Blindess/Visually Impaired

Cardiac Care

Children’s Hospital Services

Developmental Delays

Disfigurement/Scars

Emergency Medical Services

Epidermolysis Bullosa

Epilepsy

First Aid Service & Training

Gynecology

Hospices

Language Problems/Support Workers/Therapists

Learning Disabilities

Medical Welfare Services

Meningitis

Nurses

Obstetricians

Organ Transplants

Physical Disabilities

Quality of Life

Speech Problems/Support Workers/Therapists

People:

Armed Forces

Children

Girls/Young Women

Prisoners of War/Veterans

The Elderly

The Homeless

Young People

Social Issues:

Charity & Community Service

Homelessness

Religion

Support for Children & Young People

Sports:

Armed Forces Sports

Basketball

Bobsleigh

Cycling

Hockey

Sailing

Skeleton

Soccer (Football)

Wheelchair Basketball

The Arts:

Art

Ballet

Culinary

Dance

Fashion

Metal & Porcelain Work

Music Festivals

Paintings

Symphony Orchestra

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𝒫𝒶𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈

Global Ambassador:

100 Women in Finance

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

Other Positions:

Ambassador: The Women of Future Programme

Chair: The Duke of Edinburg’s Award for The Women in Business Committee 

Chairman: Women’s Network Forum

Founder: The Earl & Countess of Wessex Charitable Trust

Grand President: St. John Ambulance

Honorary Fellow: The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.

Honorary President: Linking Environment & Farming (LEAF)

Honorary Trustee: The Royal Agricultural Society of England

Member: The Women’s Institute

Royal Vice President: The Royal Windsor Horse Show

Sponsor: HMS Daring

Vice Patron: The Royal Bath & West of England Society

Patron:

Awareness Foundation

Blind Veterans UK

British Wheelchair Basketball

Caring for Life

Childline

David Lewis Center

England Hockey

Foundation of Light

New Haven Learning Center

Leeds Children’s Hospital

Lions Club International in Multiple District 105 for the British Isles & Ireland

Love Musgrove

Meningitis Now

Moor House School

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps Association

Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

St. Mary’s School & College

Stoll

The Association of Sail Training Organizations

The Association of Show & Agricultural Organizations

The Brendoncare Foundation

The British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association

The British Cycling Federation

The Central School of Ballet

The Chartered Management Institute

The Craft Guild of Chefs

The Defense Medical Welfare Service

The Disability Initiative

The Dystophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association

The Friends of Bedgebury National Pinetum

The Friends of Southwark Cathedral

The Friends of the Royal London Hospital

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

The Halle Concerts Society

The Java Far East Prisoners of War Club 1942

The London Children’s Flower Society

The London College of Fashion

The National Autistic Society

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

The Rochester Cathedral Trust

The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists

The Royal Mencap Society

The Scar Free Foundation

The Ubunye Foundation

The Wallace Collection Foundation

The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust

Toronto General & Western Hospital

Transform Housing & Support

Two Moors Festival

UK Armed Forces Winter Sports Association

Vision Foundation

Wessex Heartbeat

President:

Brainwave

Girlguiding

The Royal Smithfield Club

The Shire Horse Society

Royal Patron:

Morden College

The Nursing Memorial Appeal

Thames Valley Air Ambulance

Treloar Trust

Work Positions:

Employee: Maclaurin Communications & Media

Employee: The Quentin Bell Organization

Employee: Ski Representative in Switzerland 

Press & Promotions Department: Capital Radio

Trainee: Secretary at West Kent College

Charity & Work Fun Facts:

In 1996, The Duchess opened her own public relations agency called RJH Public Relations.

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Review: Freaky Friday (2003)

Rating: 8.0 of 10

Today, we’ll talk about modern day classic, Freaky Friday (and ain’t nobody going to convince me that it’s not!) which I happened to rewatch on a lazy day. I was surprised, and I realized I shouldn’t have been, at how well it held up. Okay, it’s not groundbreaking by any means. I gave it a score of 8, which means it’s firmly in the “good” category but not particularly great--but that doesn’t mean it’s not awesome or entertaining, especially for a family-friendly comedy that it is.

The story was about mother (Tess, played by Jamie Lee Curtis) and daughter (Anna, played by Lindsay Lohan) who had their bodies swapped for a day because of a spell. So on a fated Friday before Tess’ wedding, Anna literally walked in her mother’s shoes and vice versa. Naturally, all interesting things happen.

The charm of Freaky Friday was a nebulous one: basic premise is novel but simple and plot is predictable, but the execution is top-notch and it’s funny as hell. Most of it, I think, boils down to great casting. Jamie Lee Curtis had a hint of rebelliousness in her that it didn’t seem jarring when Anna (in Tess’ body) had her ears pierced and then rolls off with a motorcycle; and Lindsay Lohan actually acted reliably as an overly-responsible mother.

Freaky Friday, I think, was also great at treating its characters like a human being. The movie, as with most family movies, showed to great lengths at how the fight between Tess and Anna was basically because of misunderstanding, and there’s a scene that I really, really like. It was when Jake (Chad Michael Murray), that Anna had a huge crush on, actually offered Anna (while being herself) a ride home on his motorcycle, and she refused. It was established that she’s a rebel and she even considered not going to her mother’s rehearsal dinner for a band audition, but that scene alone showed us that she loved her mother and actually cared about what she thinks. The little brother was cute as the comic-relief type, but in a way that didn’t diminish his intelligence as a character. Ryan (Mark Harmon) was also a great, albeit under-appreciated, character as the considerate future-stepfather.

If there’s anything I’m not completely on board with, is the Jake/Anna-as-Tess subplot. Not so much about how it looks and the apparent age difference (I couldn’t care less), but about how fast he moved-on from apparent-Tess to actual-Anna that maybe happened in less than 12 hours. Apart from that, it was all great.

TL;DR Freaky Friday is an infinitely watchable family movie that worked better than the sum of its parts.

Surprisingly dark and layered, 2003′s underrated Peter Pan movie is my favorite Pan story. Please read and watch the movie (instead of the awful 2015′s Pan ;) )!

The best Peter Pan film is the one you’ve forgotten about

Look even a little past the surface, and Peter Pan is revealed as the tragic figure he is at heart. Yet only one version of the story has really acknowledged this. Not coincidentally, it’s by far the best one: P.J. Hogan’s 2003 film Peter Pan.

The Peter Pan of this film (Jeremy Sumpter) is a wounded creature. Like many troubled children, he reacts with hostility and violence when attacked, though the dangers that set him off here aren’t the physical kind posed by Captain Hook, but emotional ones that are threatening in their adultness. The film sees through his familiar traits, revealing his trademark cockiness and mischievousness as masks over underlying pain. When claims he wants only to be a boy and have fun, Wendy calls bullshit: “I think it is your biggest pretend.”

Remember that Pan’s ability to fly is contingent on not just fairy dust, but optimism; if he lets unhappy thoughts into his head, he will quite literally fall. This doesn’t result in a joyful character, but one in denial. When he plays a kind of word association game, pairing “jealousy” with Tinker Bell and “anger” with Hook, he claims ignorance at the word “love,” hissing that “the sound of it offends me.” While it’s never underlined in close-up, there’s a scar running across Sumpter’s heart.

Full story at avclub.com

Jude and Ewan in bath, 2003 - Ph. Lorenzo Agius

A guy and a dream [grind 2003] 💭🛹

DOUBLE - Destiny (2003)

luv it sm! 🎶🎹🎤🎼

Amy Lee (2003)

BRENT SPINER IN WLW MOVIE REAL???? NOT AN EXAGGERATION?!?? ITS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD??!??

Some Frank CD scans I found on discogs

A short grievous animation i made a while ago

Heal myself, a feather on my heart

Look inside, there never was a start

Peel myself, dispose of severed skin

All subsides, around me and within

There's nothing painful in this

There's no upheaval

Redemption for my pathos

All sins undone

Awaiting word on what's to come

In helpless prayers a hope lives on

As I've come clean I've forgotten what I promised

In the rays of the sun I am longing for the darkness

20 years ago, I self-published my sketchbook: “Wang-Dang-Doodle!” This was the drawing I used for the cover art.. Recently, I agreed to sell the drawing to a local Original Art collector/friend.. So, I thought I’d better make some decent scans of it, first. Hard for me to believe how quickly all of that time has passed!

15 years ago, I was commissioned by artist Leigh Young to draw a Pinup featuring one of her ‘LUCHABABES’ characters.. i chose to draw “Ambarina”. Shown here, facing off against “The Blue Demon”. I’d just come off working on "THE RIPPING FRIENDS” cartoon series, which (I think) may have informed the way I handled the overwrought anatomy of the Villain, here..

The other day, I unearthed 3 pages of Storyboard Cleanup, which I had zero memory of. Not only couldn’t I identify the series, but the time period escaped me, as well. After posting it to my Instagram, a few kind souls volunteered that it was actually from: “My Dad The Rockstar”, which aired in 2003..

The only thing I knew for sure, was that I did the Storyboard Cleanup job for my friend: Rob Walton. I’ve only ever done cleanup for him. Usually, at times of extreme deadline crisis.. I thought it’d be fun to lookup the episode online and make a few screengrabs to compare the finished broadcast shots to the initial storyboards..

The episode was entitled: “High Infidelity”, and was the 4th show of the 1st Season. I recall making the storyboard panel grid myself, and the underlying blue rough drawings were mine too, based on pencil roughs Rob provided. Looking at the finished shots, I was a bit surprised to how graphic the interpretations were.. I didn’t have any model sheets to work from. And simply did my best to glean volumes and construction of the characters, from Rob’s roughs..

This was a Nelvana cartoon series, co-produced with Gene Simmons of KISS fame. The Layout Supervisor was my late friend from Sheridan College: Kevin Klis.. I recall that some of the layout work was also farmed-out to George Elliott’s studio. But I don’t know the extent of that arrangement..

A keen eye will spot a few bad Layout tangents that managed to slip thru.. On the 2nd page of screengrabs, the first few shots almost appear to have the kid bully (“Buzz” Sawchuck) reaching into the van. Who’s arm is it?  it’s really supposed to be the arm of the bald tropical shirt dude, leaning on the van window.. On the 3rd screengrab sheet, you can see that there is a bad leveling error of that same bald dude, sandwiching the bulk of his body BEHIND the actual van seat he’s supposed to be sitting in?!.. I think the unfinished rough of the bald dude falling out of the van was simply a gag that Rob suggested, that was not even in the script..

Like I say, I can’t recall. But it was a fun job to work on. Thanks!

Just saw that Lauren Bacall passed away at the age of 89.. One of the grand dames of Cinema, and a genuine favorite of mine! Back when I published my sketchbook in 2003, I included an illo featuring Ms. Bacall that was intended as an homage to Milt Caniff's late-great "MISS LACE" comic-strip.. Seeing as Lauren was a legitimate Pin-Up Queen back during WW2, it seemed completely appropriate?..