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J.D. Fortune shot to fame when he won the final of RockStar: INXS and was chosen by the band as their new lead singer. He went on to tour with them and co-wrote three songs on the platinum-selling album, Switch, including the Number 1 single Pretty Vegas. He has since gone on to work on a solo project, The Death of a Motivational Speaker ,which was initially destined to be an album but became a much larger collaborative project between JD and his fans, supporters and fellow artists, the fruits of which will form a special release at some point in the future.  To find out more or to follow J.D. Fortune’s projects, go to his Official Website or his MySpace page.

The track will be available as a download very soon. We’ll update when we have more details.

Many thanks to JoanS for the heads-up and screencap. Watch the new promotional clip here:
“One More Day” – JD Fortune CBS “Miami Medical” Promo

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Jeremy Northam drew widespread admiration for his portrayal of Mr. Knightley opposite Gwyneth Paltrow’s titular character in the 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, but it was his reading of the abridged audiobook (issued to coincide with the movie’s release) that caught the attention of CSA Word’s Clive Stanhope. And just as Mr. Knightley had to wait before securing the affections of Emma Woodhouse, it was some 12 years before CSA Word recruited the actor who had so impressed.

“I first came across Jeremy Northam as a reader when he read an abridged version of Emma,” says Clive Stanhope, producer of Down and Out in Paris and London for CSA Word. “I contacted the company that produced it and they thought his reading was excellent. That was in 1996… I remembered him and, when he was available in 2008, we pounced on him for Brideshead Revisited.”

It’s a collaboration that, so far, is proving extremely successful with Jeremy’s readings garnering praise not only from readers but also critically. CSA Word is a quality independent audiobook and speech specialist and this is reflected in their choice of titles, the care with which readers are matched to those selected and the attention to detail on the recordings themselves.

Although I’ve read other books by Evelyn Waugh and enjoyed them, I had always resisted his most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited. For some reason, reading about one young man’s infatuation with members of an aristocratic family which brings them and him into conflict with their Catholic faith held no great appeal. I still haven’t seen the popular 1981 TV series and wasn’t overly impressed with the recent film. However, in the same way that Jeremy’s presence alone has led to me watching films I might have otherwise overlooked, I decided to listen to the CSA Word recording of Brideshead issued to coincide with the film’s release. It was a revelation and, while I still may not have liked the characters, I found their story compelling and Jeremy’s reading sympathetic. It helped me understand and appreciate how and why Charles Ryder falls under the spell of the Marchmain family. Jeremy avoids turning any of the characters into caricatures and I particularly enjoyed how he portrayed doomed Sebastian and flawed Julia. The reading earned him great reviews, with The Guardian’s Sue Arnold even recommending it ahead of the unabridged reading by Jeremy Irons, saying that while while the latter ‘is good’, Jeremy ‘is the don’. High praise indeed and thoroughly deserved.

It’s interesting that Jeremy “did at the time say he would have preferred to have read Vile Bodies as that was one of his favourite Waugh books and [CSA] were due to record that too.” One thing that interests me about audiobooks is how readers are matched with the titles they narrate. Here’s Clive Stanhope again on his approach, “The first thing to do is to read the book. While I am reading the book, narrators/readers sometimes leap out at me. Jeremy has a wonderfully mellifluous voice suited particularly to the ‘posher’ end of the audiobook market and I was so pleased with his reading of Brideshead that we were keen to ask him to read again – especially while his film career was going through a quieter phase. He enjoys reading, especially good books, and enjoys working.”

Jeremy’s second outing for CSA Word couldn’t be further removed from the privileged environs of Brideshead. He takes us on a riotous tour of Cuba where the down-trodden and despondent vacuum cleaner salesman, James Wormold, is recruited into the British Secret Service as Our Man in Havana. This unabridged reading of Graham Greene’s comedy thriller is currently my favourite of all Jeremy-narrated audiobooks. He really does perform this one with gusto and is effectively his very own company of actors, producing an astonishing array of accents and characters and switching between them all with such speed and pace that the seven hours is over all too soon. I particularly liked the dejected central character of Wormold and really warmed to him and how he feels compelled to work for the British Secret Service in order to support Milly, his petulant and demanding teenage daughter. I particularly admire how Jeremy voices female characters. There is not a trace of a falsetto here or in any of the other books he reads. Other notable mentions in the cast list have to include Wormold’s friend, Dr, Hasselbacher, the paranoid and anxious German, and star turns in the form of the London Head of Intelligence’s rasping whisper and the deliciously slimy, slippery and heavily-accented local policeman, Captain Segura. There is one scene where Wormold and Segura play a drunken game of checkers that is guaranteed to have you in fits of laughter. Do not, whatever you do, attempt to listen to this scene while on a treadmill or driving.

Jeremy’s impressive range of characters in Our Man in Havana prompted me to ask CSA Word how much time the reader has to prepare before recording and how much consultation there is over the approach to characterisation. Clive Stanhope responded by saying: “I like to give the reader at least two weeks from receiving the script to arriving in the studio. Usually, Jeremy decides in preparation on his characterisations but sometimes when he is unsure he will run a couple of ideas past me in the studio during the course of the reading for my opinion. Likewise, if there is a character that is not working then I shall say so and he will usually amend it. Jeremy is a very intelligent reader and thinks things through, so when I make a suggestion he usually has an answer – often correcting me!!” It sounds like a lot of work and I was surprised at how quickly the recording is made. “Jeremy is one of the quickest readers in my experience and he read all three books in two full days in the studio. There is a considerable amount of post-production, however,…which can include adding music and generally tidying things up.”

Just as he does in his approach to film roles, Jeremy changed it up again for his third and most recent CSA Word audiobook,  Down and Out in Paris and London. George Orwell’s record of his time spent among the poor and destitute of two of the world’s most iconic cities needs little dramatisation and Jeremy’s reading reflects this. He manages to portray the street life of both cities with great sensitivity and subtlety while retaining its humour. He cleverly brings to life some of the characters that Orwell meets along the way, such as the local curiosity and storyteller, Charlie, and Russian waiter, Boris, in Paris; and his temporary companion, Paddy, an old Irishman unsurprisingly, and his screever (pavement artist) friend, Bozo, in London.

I’m inclined to agree with The Guardian’s Sue Arnold when she says that “Northam is fast becoming my favourite reader.” However, long-distance relationships are notoriously difficult, so what with Jeremy currently filming in the States and CSA Word being based in London, it’ll come as no surprise to hear that he’s not lined up to record any further audiobooks for them in the immediate future. You have to hope that he will read for them again, not only because he is a gifted and intelligent narrator, but also because CSA Word makes such interesting title choices. It’s a collaboration that simply has to endure and continue.

If Jeremy could choose the next book he reads, it would be The Warden by Anthony Trollope. What do you think of his choice? Which book(s) would you like to listen to him read next and why?

by Kathryn Eastman (Email: kath@jeremynortham.net)

All CSA Word audiobooks read by Jeremy Northam are available from the site Store, through CSA Word’s own website, from all good bookstores and online retailers, as well as being available as downloads from either audible.co.uk and audible.com.

With grateful thanks to Clive Stanhope and, more especially, Rebecca Fenton of CSA Word for their generous help and cooperation in compiling this article for JeremyNortham.net. For full title information on all of their timeless audiobook collection, please visit the CSA Word website. You can also follow CSA Word on Twitter and Facebook for regular updates and audiobook news.

This is how CBS tagged its first ever medical drama Miami Medical this week when the official CBS publicity kicked off with the 20-second promo clip that was played during Sunday’s Super Bowl game between New Orleans Saints and Minneapolis Colts. For those in the US, you can watch it on the CBS YouTube Channel.

A longer promo was posted on YouTube and is embedded on this site. You can view it here and it is now available (currently only to viewers in the US) on the Official CBS website for the show which has now gone live. Accompanying the site, there is also an Official CBS Twitter feed and an Official CBS Facebook page for the show.  In addition to the trailer, the site currently has the show synopsis as well as cast and production details but will be adding much more content in the lead-up to the April 2nd air date.

The April 2nd air date cannot come soon enough. Check it out!

To view the trailer in full-screen, just click on the button with four arrows on it (underneath the You of YouTube on the screen).

“The aspect of a Jerry Bruckheimer procedural is based in its element of intelligence and slickness of vision. Returning to the area which has served him well in the guise of “CSI: Miami” as well as the earlier “Bad Boys”, the medical genre gives it a different angle in the poise of “Miami Medical”. While many medical shows place themselves in the jumping possibilities of its doctors, this show feels a little bit more raw in its perspective, especially in relation to its surgery scenes. It is intensive without being too gory or overwhelming. This is balance by the sheer will of three specific characters.

The first balance perceived is between Lana Parrilla and Mike Vogel. Parrilla was exceptional in “Swingtown” on ABC while Vogel’s biggest interim so far was in “Poseidon” opposite Emmy Rossum. There is an inherent energy flowing between them that jumps out at you even from the pilot. What gives it its balance is the fact of Jeremy Northam as the elder but extremely daft lead doctor who just has a sense of brevity to him but not enough to place your finger on its origin. The essence of his pep thoughts on the roof simply almost do not fit yet they do.

The high production impact of the first minutes of the pilot are meant to draw you in but unlike “Trauma” on NBC which was just going for the big thought, the characters from what can be perceived here are much more rich. This is inherently apparent from the get go. The location of Miami which is the gateway to South America also give the series a rich perception and difference of culture. However other series have had this element and have not worked. Despite this, “Miami Medical” shows its possibility from the inset. While Bruckheimer’s other freshman show “the forgotten” seems not as grounded, “Miami Medical” is a shot to the heart because it is pure and effective in what it is. Out of 5, I give it a 3.”

You can view the original article at: The Inside Reel – Miami Medical – CBS- Advance TV Review

BOSTON – Kendall Square, Cambridge; NYC – Sunshine; NYC – 1st & 62nd; LOS ANGELES – Landmark; SAN FRANCISCO – Landmark Embarcadero Center; SAN FRANCISCO East Bay – Landmark Shattuck; and WASHINGTON, DC – E Street Cinema

The good news is that it is now due to expand to the following cities:

1/29 additions:
Westpark 8, Irvine, CA
Town Center, Encino, CA
Playhouse 7, Pasadena, CA
AMC Broadway 4, Santa Monica, CA
Regency Paseo Camarillio, Camarillo, CA
Regency Rancho Niguel 8, Laguna Niguel, CA
Camera 3 Cinemas, San Jose, CA

2/5
Osio, Monterey, CA

Check local listings for showtimes or type in your Zip Code at the following site: http://bit.ly/bnUkiu

You’ve got six roles to choose from: will it be devilish Devlin from The Net; the saintly Sir Thomas from The Tudors; my Mr Knightley from Emma; debonair Ivor Novello from Gosford Park; legal eagle Sir Robert Morton from The Winslow Boy or roguish Wigram from Enigma?

And if it’s none of these, then leave a message telling us which one and when and why. We’d love to hear from you.

Those present for the panel were actors Omar Gooding, Lana Parrilla, Jeremy Northam, Mike Vogel, Elisabeth Harnois and Steve Maeda, Executive Producer; Jeffrey Lieber, Executive Producer/Creator; Jerry Bruckheimer, Executive Producer;  and Jonathan Littman, Executive Producer.

Jeremy was asked if he’d been given any advice on playing a doctor by Hugh Laurie who plays the lead character Dr Gregory House in House. Jeremy replied that he didn’t know Hugh. He knew that he was English but he didn’t know him personally.

More pictures from the TCA press tour will be appearing in the gallery shortly.

As for it being screened in Europe, Variety recently reported that Spain’s regional pubcaster association, Forta, has taken Spanish free-to-air rights on the show.

No word of it being picked in the UK yet but here’s hoping it’ll happen!