Ok so I think I've pretty much got everything worked out, I've changed all sections that are similar to ones on Delicate so nobody can say I copied it, even if they do Ive credited Delicate under credits just so you people will leave me alone (and for those who said I dont credit, that credit has been there since the site opened fyi). Also since its almost December I was feeling festive and made a calendar, its located on the menubar under the link Radiant button. Hope everyone likes it! There was a new entry for Why do you love her? and a couple new images for the Style Double-Take. On top of all that 4 new affiliates have been added--Glamorous Gellar, Michelle Forever, AUO, and Charlies Angel.
27 Nov 2004 by Marika


Radiant is proud to present its new image tag, original if I do say so myself. I've never seen a tag like it, and if one such tag exists, I'd rather not know about it. Well anyways here it is!
27 Nov 2004 by Marika


In the gallery there are a couple screencaptures of the Extra Set Report on Ice Princess. But onto other news, there was a rather upsetting message left in the guestbook. To address that; Mark I'm sorry if the way my site appears to you but it is not a "TOTAL copy of Delicate" yes we have some images the same but thats because our sites are based on the same person so we are bound to have the same images. I get mine from places like buffy.nu and gettyimages. And as for the comment about the high quality pictures, the only couple hq's I have from that site are the ones Maria (the webmiss there) has sent me. Oh and about my layout, you said it looked like Sweet Sarah's layout...well thats because it was inspired by it with permission, I have the email still if you would like to see it. So I would appreciate it if you found out the facts before you started accusing me. Also the tags bit, its true, i tag my images the same was Delicate does. Not because Im trying to copy Bree but because I thought that was a clever way to tag them, the site name is still on there but its in the corner so it doesnt take anything away from the picture, unlike some sites that tag the images right across the middle. So please in the future dont leave such rude messages without finding out the truth, this really upsets me to the point that I'm contemplating whether or not I want to keep the site open. And just to keep people like you happy I changed more stuff so its even farther from looking like Delicate. Happy now?
That was a long update I know but I still have more to update, just not enough time tonight so I'll do it as soon as possible and thanks to everyone who has posted in the forums recently, im glad to see someone appreciates this site.
24 Nov 2004 by Marika


As promised the new images from the Mini Driver Performance are in the gallery. I have also added an entry to Why do you love her? and a new affiliate--So Emotional. Be sure to check out the forums, they have a new design and dont forget to post!
19 Nov 2004 by Marika


I have added some more images from the Take a Gamble on Fashion event to the gallery thanks to my good friend Desiree. Also coming soon are images from the Mini Driver Performance, I dont have the time to add them right now but I will when I have a minute.
As you may have noticed some things have changed over by the navigation bar, this is because I have been told that my site reminds people of Delicate and while this is an honour because that is a wonderful site, I dont want to be thought of as a Delicate knock-off. I would like my site to be recognized as an individual. But since I do have to admit my layout slightly resembles the Delicate one (which was accidental) I've decided to credit them as inspiration.
18 Nov 2004 by Marika


Ice Princess
Release Date: March 18, 2005
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Tim Fywell
Screenwriter: Hadley Davis
Starring: Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere, Trevor Blumas, Juliana Cannarozzo
Genre: Comey, Romance
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: Not Available
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD/VHS: Not Available
Movie Poster: Not Available
Plot Summary: A high-school ugly duckling transforms into a swan in Walt Disney Pictures’ "Ice Princess." Brainy Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) has never quite fit in. Caught between her fantasy of becoming a championship figure skater and her strong-willed mother (Joan Cusack), who has her on the fast track to Harvard, she can only hope to be like Nikki, Tiffany and Gen (Hayden Panettiere) - three elite skating prodigies who are ruthlessly competing on the US Figure Skating circuit (and have attitudes to match). But when Casey gets the chance to train with Gen and her coach, a disgraced former skating champion who also happens to be Gen’s mother (Kim Cattrall), she must dash her own mother’s hopes in order to pursue her dream. Now, with only the support of Gen’s teenage brother, a hunky Zamboni driver (Trevor Blumas), Casey takes on the challenge of her life when she finds herself competing against the best to make it into the championship circuit and become a real "ice princess."
From Comingsoon.net - 2004-11-17th
18 Nov 2004 by Marika


Michelle attended a new event, 2004 Take a Gamble on Fashion. She looks stunning so check them out, they're in the gallery. Also added are some more high quality pictures of Michelle and Shawn at the 16th Carousel of Hope. In other Michelle/Shawn news I have just opened the official fanlisting for their relationship so go join! And last but not least we have a new affiliate--Caroline Online
15 Nov 2004 by Marika


I have lots of updates! Starting at the top there are some new photos from The Grudge premiere in the gallery so check those out. The picture and quote of the week have been changed. Also the setups for this or that have been changed, as has the weekly poll so please go vote on those! Last but not least, we've added a new affiliate--Invincible Christina. Don't forget to stop by Sacred Beauty Blends and enter the 2 Michelle challenges!
12 Nov 2004 by Marika


Tartan Films and TLA Releasing Team Up for "Mysterious Skin" Release
Tartan Films USA and TLA Releasing are partnering to release director ’s latest feature "Mysterious Skin," in North America, reps from the two companies announced Friday. MJ Peckos, CEO of Tartan Films, and John Sloss of Cinetic Media negotiated the deal. Tartan and TLA will release the film theatrically in May 2005 and on DVD in Fall 2005. Tartan and TLA have an exclusive agreement where TLA distributes all DVD and Video product from Tartan Video. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("3rd Rock From The Sun," "Manic"), Brady Corbet ("Thirteen"), Academy Award®-nominee Elizabeth Shue ("Leaving Las Vegas") and Michelle Trachtenberg ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer"), the film is based on the novel by Scott Heim. "Mysterious Skin" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival this summer, followed by its North American debut in September at the Toronto International Film Festival. In the words of a description, the movie "explores the hearts and minds of two very different boys who turn out not to be as different as they appear. Brian is a troubled 18 year-old, who grew up a scared, introverted kid in the small town of Hutchinson, Kansas. Plagued by nightmares and terrified of the dark, Brian believes that he may have been the victim of an alien abduction. Neil McCormick is the ultimate beautiful outsider, wise beyond his years and curious about his developing sexuality. Eventually, Neil’s pursuit of what he thinks is love leads him to New York City, while Brian’s search for what happened leads him to Neil  together, both ultimately discover the truth." "’Mysterious Skin’ is a truly powerful and emotional film. It’s such a smart, mature piece by Gregg, and he got such amazing performances from his actors," said Peckos in a statement. "It’s certainly a career-making performance by the young Joseph Gordon-Levitt. ’Mysterious Skin’ will be one of the more important releases for Tartan and TLA next year." "’Mysterious Skin’ is an Antidote Films/Desperate Pictures production. Mary Jane Skalski, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Gregg Araki produced the film with Wouter Barendrecht and Michael J. Werner of Fortissimo Films as executive producers. Fortissimo Films is also handling international sales on the film. Araki’s previous films include "Nowhere," starring James Duvall, Debi Mazar, Kathleen Robertson, and Heather Graham, as well as the love triangle film "Splendor," starring Kathleen Robertson, Jonathon Schaech and Matt Keeslar. Earlier Araki films include his ’90’s trilogy "The Living End," "Totally F***ed Up," and the criminal sex spree "The Doom Generation."
From Indiewire.com - By Brian Brooks - 2004-11-8th
08 Nov 2004 by Marika


There are 6 new high quality images of Michelle from the Mercedes-Benz Carousel of Hope Gala in the gallery. Go check them out! I've also added another new affiliate -- So Real. I have important Mysterious Skin news to share, I'll put it on it's own update though since its a little long.
08 Nov 2004 by Marika


Just a quick site update; We have two new affiliates -- Authentic, and Hayden Online. Everyone go visit Hayden Online, it's a wonderful site about Hayden Panettiere who is in Ice Princess with Michelle. Also added are a couple new linkage buttons. Last but not least; Sacred Beauty Blends which I'm co-web at has 2 Michelle challenges so everyone go enter!
07 Nov 2004 by Marika


In the gallery there are a couple new promos from Ice Princess. Also I have a release date. According to Coming Soon!, the movie will be in theatres December 24, 2004. Previously it was thought to be an early 2005 release, although the new date is, of course, subject to change. Also in the gallery is are a couple new hq's from the Rami Kashou fashion show, and a new candid of Michelle (thanks to Classy)
06 Nov 2004 by Marika


hey everyone, as promised here is the new layout! It's a much more professional and less crowded look I think. Also you'll notice that the old news has been archived. The only thing is two news items from November were archived into October so I had to delete them and re-add them, that's why the date is changed. But anyway I hope you like the new design, comment in the forums!
04 Nov 2004 by Marika


There are 19 new images of Michelle in the gallery. Camille was so kind as to send these to me. They're from a recent photoshoot for LA Confidential by Jeff Vespa! Also the new design is on the way, I'm working on coding it at the moment so watch for it.
04 Nov 2004 by Marika


Michelle Trachtenberg - ’Mysterious Skin’ hits the London Film Festival.
London Festival Diary: Day Eight
I start the day over coffee with Gregg Araki, whose best film to date, Mysterious Skin, is amongst the strong US indie contingent here at the Festival. As Araki says himself, with films such as Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation and Nowhere he’s become known as an arch purveyor of ’unadulterated fun and mayhem’. Mysterious Skin, on the other hand, is a serious and sensitive film about child abuse. Araki fans in particular will be doing some double-takes. The story, adapted by the director from Scott Heim’s novel, involves two teenage Kansas boys, one a gay hustler, the other troubled by his belief that as an eight-year-old he was abducted by aliens; over the course of the film the pair gravitate slowly towards each other, learning that they have a disturbing shared history. ’I read the book in 1995 and found it emotionally devastating,’ says Araki. ’And I wanted to replicate, cinematically, what the book does in its use of language and metaphor. It is so elegantly told.’ Rather than deter him, the fact that child abuse is such a taboo subject actively prompted the Californian to make the film. ’That’s exactly why we felt it was so important. The statistics of child abuse are staggering, and yet people are so unwilling to acknowledge it: our story sheds light on this dark secret that nobody wants to talk about. ’We’ve only screened it at film festivals so far, but already people in the audience have really responded. In Toronto this old gentleman came up and said, ’this happened to me and I have never told anyone about it’. So in a way it’s been a liberating experience for a lot of people.’ So what happened to the mayhem, I wonder? ’In a way this is a radical departure for me. I have never really done a serious movie before - my films have always had a satirical, self-conscious edge to them. At the same time, I think there is a through line from Mysterious Skin to those earlier films, which is that they all deal with outsiders. So this isn’t so different. I haven’t suddenly made a Disney movie.’ On which note, I head over to the NFT to see the masterclass by Brad Bird, whose Disney/Pixar CGI animation The Incredibles is tonight’s Family Gala. Aided and abetted by the larger than life Phil Jupitus, Bird talks us through his background - from a precocious child inspired by The Jungle Book who persuaded his mother to buy him an animation camera, to making his first animated movie on his own, joining The Simpsons team for eight episodes (drawing ’yellow people with googly eyes’), making the hugely popular 2-D The Iron Giant, to directing The Incredibles, the 3-D tale of a superhero family that comes out of retirement. Bird admits that even he found it bewildering when first entering the world of CGI animation. ’I’d look at a screen that had half a torso with a big blue ball behind it. And the animator would say to me ’Ignore the big blue ball. Ignore the fact that the characters is being impaled by a naked version of himself. Just concentrate on the feet.’ He seems to have found his own feet. The audience is treated to a crash course in the art of CGI, Bird showing examples of the process from storyboarding through to simulation, as well as some hilarious outtakes, their own bloopers and blunders from The Incredibles. The film is something of a landmark, being the first to animate a cast predominantly made up of people. "It is very easy for computer animators to do a spectacular effects like blowing up buildings,’ says Bird. ’But if you want a characters to touch another character’s hair, or clothes, they practically have seizures, because it’s incredibly difficult stuff to do. So the terrible part of it all is that if you do your job well nobody notices. No-one says ’Hey, that was a great HAIR TOUCHING SCENE’.’ Nip back across the river to see The Edukators, Hans Weingartner’s comedy drama about a pair of young German radicals whose form of protest is to break into affluent homes and rearrange the furniture (porcelain soldiers in the loo, stereo in the fridge). All pretty harmless stuff until a raid goes wrong and they are forced to kidnap a wealthy homeowner who claims to be an old hippy with ideals such as theirs. It’s a constantly surprising film that makes a virtue of a sort of idealist naiveté. Now it’s time to regress for a couple of hours: sweets, ice-cream, perch myself next to a toddler and launch into The Incredibles; which is, indeed, incredible. As with all of Pixar’s movies the script is sharp and funny, and the special effects almost beyond belief. I particularly like Edna, the dwarfish fashion designer (voiced by Bird himself), who provides the fireproof, scratchproof, bulletproof costumes for the heroes. ’This one is machine washable,’ she declares. ’It’s a new feature.’ From the uproarious laughter of the Odeon to a hushed auditorium at the Curzon Soho for a Script Factory talk, where director Mike Figgis is speaking about three films that he has found inspirational: Incident at Owl Creek, Robert Enrico’s 1962 short film about a civil war soldier due to be executed; Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde; and Vilgot Sjoman’s I Am Curious (Yellow). It’s always a treat listening to directors speak about other people’s films, and Figgis makes an incisive and enthusiastic commentator. But his talk also involves plenty of anecdotes from his own working life, stories involving the likes of Faye Dunaway and James Gandolfini (’trying to cut the mustard with the Soprano boys’) as well as the most simple and effective piece of advise for the would-be film-makers in the audience. ’When you start a film you have a script, but when you’re on the set and you have the actors together, you never know what it’s going to throw up. So you have something, but you should always be looking for something else.’
From L04 ff.org.uk - By Demetrios Matheou - 2004-11-2nd
Nov 2004 by Marika


Just a quick update. I've added a couple more affiliates-- Glamorous SMG, and S Club 7. That's it for now, new layout soon!
02 Nov 2004 by Marika




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