Ohfercryinoutloud... I didn't know it showed. But yes I did attend:
Wazzu. Go Cougs!!!
Posted on 11/29/2006 8:22:47 PM PST by paulat
Pregnant star misses Vatican gala
Keisha Castle-Hughes has said she is too busy to attend the premiere The teenage star of a film about the Nativity is missing its Vatican premiere because she is expecting a baby with her 19-year-old partner. New Zealander Keisha Castle-Hughes, 16, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Whale Rider, plays Mary.
Pope Benedict XVI will also be unable to attend the Vatican's first premiere due to his forthcoming visit to Turkey.
A member for the Papal Council for Culture said the actress was expected to play her part well, not be a saint.
The actress, who is expecting a child in spring, said that she was "thrilled" at the news and had made the film "in a state of grace".
Biblical tale
The premiere of The Nativity Story, expected to be attended by 7,000 people, will take place in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, which is used for Sunday masses when they are not held outside in St Peter's Square.
The film was shot in southern Italy and Morocco
The film was shot partly in Matera, Italy, the same location used for Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ.
It recounts the Biblical tale from the Angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she will give birth to Jesus, to the visit of the three wise men to the new baby.
It has been produced by the US-based production company New Line Cinema, which was also involved in the Lord of The Rings trilogy, and will open in the US and Italy next month.
Oscar Isaac, a 30-year-old US actor, plays Joseph opposite Castle-Hughes.
Born in Australia, Castle-Hughes moved to New Zealand aged four with her Maori mother and Australian father. She became a New Zealand citizen in 2001.
Proceeds of the premiere will go towards the building of a school in the northern Israeli village of Mughar which Druze, Muslim and Christian children will attend
Focus...make your eyes focus....
How sweet of you! Nice way to say I tend to end the threads I post on, lol. There is a FReeper named Route66, also - we were both on a thread the other night and I bowed out, so that person wouldn't get any flames meant for me, lol.
Ohfercryinoutloud... I didn't know it showed. But yes I did attend:
Wazzu. Go Cougs!!!
You, too! I had been wondering if there would be a thread on it, so *all this* could be said now, in advance of the movie. And it has been.
Still remember the glory days of Drew Bledsoe.
I didn't tell you I wanted to give money to "those people!"
Please send me the receipt so I know how much to give to the Sierra Club in your name.
Heehee,who woulda thunk-a Route66.(((Hugs)))
Gotta tell you...it's snowin' cats-n-dogs here...unusual for Seattle...(I grew up in Illinois)...
It's after 10 p.m....but I'm out for a hike...I LOVE it when this happens...
Talk to you later....
Have fun! Make a snow angel for me. I don't contribute my share of them to the world.
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Answering my own question. Katie Holmes. But she is 26, not 16.
Are you Christian?
Roger that. I was there in the time of, and was proud to have met and shared testimony with: Reuben Mayes. We were both active with Campus Crusade for Christ at the time.
A fine man, a good Christian soul, and an magician when it came to running with a football. He was an artist. :-)
I understand that he returned to WSU after retiring from the NFL, in some sort of administrative capacity. Not sure what.
*****NEWSFLASH*****
Christmas cancelled in most liberal areas... Unable to find three Wise Men or a Virgin.
Oh... you're trouble. But you knew that, right...?
:-)
Hey! I see you're in Norway? Yah?
This our big family lefse-making weekend coming up. Gotta have some lefse for the holidays, yah? :-)
Please allow me to 'splain:
It is a sad thing for a child to be born of an uwed child. It would be sadder to kill the baby. That is the personal level.
On a societal level, teenage sex should be discouraged, and celebrating the knocking up of a teenager lowers society's standards. Again, killing babies lowers the standard waaaay lower.
Just got back from a hike around...I timed it just right...it turned to rain just as I was getting back, but I got the real "snow" hike
That was appropos for "The Nativity" thread night - virgin snow! Sounds beautiful!
It's sort of silly to act like the only two options are happiness over this situation or you are pro-abortion.
I agree with you, this is sad for several reasons.
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