Monroe 2 & Da Vinci's Demons updates

Photographer John Wright, who took the gorgeous photos for the November 2011 edition of GQ, has uploaded a large, unmarked version of this photo to his website. Click on 'faces' and scroll along to see it. He also uploaded a clip of the photoshoot to You Tube.

While Monroe 2 continues filming, it seems there is a new director on board - Damon Thomas. According to Twitter, Monroe will be entered into this year's Rose d'Or Festival.

@ITV is taking part in this years festival "monroe" itv.co/hlW4t7 in the category #series #RDO12

— Rose d'Or Festival (@therosedor) January 25, 2012

Tom's amazing casting news seemed to explode over the internet in the last couple of days. Articles mentioning Da Vinci's Demons can be found on all the major online news and entertainment sites, including Reuters, Variety, EW, and Deadline.com. 

The Alchemist: production stills

Stills photographer for The Alchemist, Angus Young, has uploaded a large number of behind the scenes photos from shooting the short film last July. There are quite a few of Tom on set with Lily James and Al Weaver, in the NFTS project directed by Remy Bazerque. Check the rest out on Angus Young's website.

Arcadia: best of 2011 theatre lists

Several online publications have Arcadia on Broadway in their 'Best of 2011' theatre lists - including USA Today, New York Magazine and Next Magazine.

Best revival Arcadia Director David Leveaux and an exquisite cast fully served the wit, wisdom and poignance of Tom Stoppard's intellectually and viscerally stunning 1993 play.

This theatre blogger also highlighted Tom's performance in his end of year lists. 

Bouquet Of Barbed Wire: Region 4 DVD & blog review

Bouquet of Barbed Wire has been broadcast in Australia in the last couple of months, most recently on Universal Channel which still has a trailer. The Region 4 DVD is available to buy in Australia from Acorn Media. 

This blogger posted a lovely review of the series - read it in full on the website.

The story in itself is incredibly strong, but much credit goes to the creators and the actors for never making any of it soppy, melodramatic or overstated.The cast is so well balanced – Gavin being just charming and attractive enough to get away with what he does, and Prue smart and mature yet impressionable. Without wanting to give away anything to ruin your experience I can say that this is a true tribute to good drama. Absolutely baffling, confounding, amazing and enjoyable.