"Incorporated" Trailer is here! Peter Dinklage Wants Your Memories & Julia Speaks for the Coalition To Abolish Slavery and Trafficking!

The first trailer for the upcoming SyFy Channel series Incorporated (starring Sean Teale, Julia Ormond, Dennis Haysbert, and David Hewlett) is here. It looks extremely promising to me!

 

 II. Peter Dinklage and director Mark Palansky are asking for your memories. The film Rememory, as described by IndieWire "centers on Dinklage’s character, Sam Boom, who tries to solve the murder of an inventor who created a machine that extracts and records memories in their so-called purest state. Julia Ormond, Anton Yelchin, Henry Ian Cusick and Martin Donovan will also star in the mystery thriller." Julia will play the deceased inventor's widow. On the official website, Dinklage and Palansky ask that you share videos that can be selected to be included in the actual film.

http://therememoryproject.com/

III. Julia Ormond appears in three harrowing advertisements for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST). More information can be found on the organization's web site, which is:

 http://www.castla.org/homepage

Julia On The TV

The final episode of "Mad Men" (S7.E14 - "Person to Person") not only brought fans of the popular long-running series a satisfying conclusion to the show, but if you tuned in, you would also have seen Julia Ormond in her Emmy-nominated role of Marie Calvet for one last time. It was great to see. For those not yet ready to say goodbye to Julia on the TV - not to worry. "Witches of East End," Season 2, is finally being released on DVD on 7/7 as a 3 disc set. It will also become available on NetFlix on the same day. In additional news -

Julia was part of a lengthy panel discussion entitled "Transforming Global Supply Chains to Be Humane and Ethical" organized by the Milken Institute.



Julia Ormond was also a speaker at an event held in celebration of the 80th birthday of the Dalai Lama - the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize recipient - this past weekend at the Anaheim Honda Center in California.

The Ormondaissance

The Undefinitive Julia Ormond Page blog is back after a temporary hiatus of nearly a year. If only time grew on trees! In the meantime there has been a big jump in Julia's presence in the cultural mainstream - perhaps her largest since 2008 - much of it having to do with the success of the Lifetime TV series "The Witches of East End" (now in its second season) and, of course, her Emmy-nominated supporting role in the popular "Mad Men." 

Here are some new Julia Ormond related finds, all very much worth-watching: 

I. Craig Ferguson's third interview with Julia. Interview begins at 21 mins in. She makes a number of jocular references to jokes from the opening monologue in case you're wondering what the deal is with "easing out organically." Unfortunately, Ferguson will be ending his late night talk show (in its current incarnation, at least) by the end of the year. I'm a big fan of his show and truly bizarre style of comedy.

II. A pretty lengthy interview with J.O. concerning both "Witches" and "Mad Men"... and "popping a few buttons."

III. Brand new lengthy interview with Julia on her more serious activist work (probably one of the more interesting interviews I've seen with her on the topic of human trafficking). A week ago or so I also caught a glimpse of her as part of a panel discussion on CNN where she was discussing the trafficking issue with former President Bill Clinton. Yes, it felt a bit like a 90's time warp. 

Julia also had a big presence (relatively speaking) at the San Diego ComicCon this year (!!!) where she and the rest of the cast were promoting the second season of "Witches of "East End."

(Jack will continue to run, post and oversee this blog but on occasion I will help with additional posts. - Rudy L. [contributor])

The East, Chained, Oprah's magazine, trafficking

Thanks to Rudy as always!

New, unconfirmed info on Julia's role in The East. Turns out it's a small, supporting role. According to the discussion board on IMDB Julia is "playing some executive of a company that The East group goes after. It's a small part, just a few scenes, but pretty important."Julia discusses some of her favorite books in Oprah's magazine.
http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Books-That-Made-a-Difference-to-Julia-Ormond/1
Trailer for Jennifer Lynch's Chained. Julia's in the trailer for the first five seconds. Wonder if that reflects her screen time. But she gets next to top billing so who knows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42efmVQhuaI&feature=youtu.be


8 minute radio interview on trafficking
http://pba.org/post/actress-julia-ormond-talks-rose-scott-about-fighting-trafficking-slavery

Julia Ormond: Slavery like virus in supply chain

Thanks to Jo and Rudy for sending in a link to a Julia video interview on CNN.

Actress Julia Ormond, known for her roles in "Legends of the Fall" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," has been an activist against human trafficking since the 1990s.

In an interview with CNN's Richard Quest, she talks about how the consumer, government and business all play roles in ensuring the supply chain for goods is free of slavery.

"I ... think it's really important that the consumer acknowledges how challenging this is for business," she says. "I think it's important that we understand it as this is like a virus that affects the supply chain. It's not like business is going out there and looking for slavery. The environment that the supply chain is in enables slavery.

"We need business mentality at the table to finding solutions," she adds. "It's not the NGO's role to work out what's the best solution for that industry. They know their supply chain intimately. ... They are sitting on the solution."

Watch the video at http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/06/julia-ormond-slavery-like-virus-in-supply-chain/

Julia gives away her Emmy!

Some new video finds from Rudy.

In our first installment Julia gives away her Emmy for Temple Grandin... Seriously...



And not a dry eye in the house...

And here she speeks on slavery.

Julia writes on Slavery and appears in Corduroy

An article by Julia on Slavery and Supply Chain:

I initially engaged around the issue of trafficking and slavery when I was shocked and spurred into action by reports of sex trafficking. Nothing seemed to me more heinous than the repeated rape and violence its victims endured. Although the first victims that I met were California-based, other travels around the world, to Russia, Ghana, Thailand, Cambodia, India and Europe, painted a wider perspective of how slavery pervades my own life. People often ask me, "Where is it worst?" My answer is, "in my home." In other words, products tainted by slave labor are present in the supply chains of the goods that we purchase, consume, and rely on every day.

You can read the complete article at the following link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-ormond/slavery-supply-chains_b_766603.html

She'll also be in the issue 8 of Corduroy magazine.

We photographed the beautiful and talented Julia Ormond during our trip to L.A. last month. Ormond, perhaps best known for her roles in films like Legends of the Fall and Sabrina, was in a celebratory mood when we saw her, after recently winning an Emmy Award for her supporting role in the HBO movie Temple Grandin. The joy and her passion for performance was evident throughout the photoshoot, as she effortlessly segued from one gorgeous look (and one gorgeous outfit) to the next.

Source:
http://www.corduroymag.com/magazine/behind-the-scenes-julia-ormond/

Julia at Human Trafficking Bill Signing

Thanks to Lettie for alerting me to new images of Julia on Getty and wireimage. Here's one from Getty captioned "Julia Ormond attends the Official Bill Signing To Stop Human Trafficking at Museum Of Tolerance on October 18, 2010 in Los Angeles, California."



Govenor Arnold was there as well!

Julia's good deeds and Emmy nom

The following link describes an event that Julia attended for Emmy nominees.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/lifestyle/kyra-sedgwick-bryan-cranston-julia-ormond-other-actors-celebrate-emmy-nods-in-beverly-hills-100021659.html

Here's the Julia bit:

Julia Ormond, nominated for supporting actress in a miniseries for her role in "Temple Grandin," still has some red carpet concerns.

"Obviously there's a big thing with trying to get the dress," she said. "I'm not a size zero, so it's always, let's just find one where we can get everything into."

Being nominated is "amazing," she said: "To be put in a category of women and other actresses that I really respect, it's been really validating."

Julia and fellow nominees on Prop 8 which I understand is a big issue in the States.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9rcPLc8rU



Julia in press conference with California senator on trafficking legislation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxaqItjs_zc



Thanks to Rudy for finding the links and sending them to me.

Julia on LA news show

Thanks again to S.

On Sunday morning, Julia appeared on a local news show called "Eyewitness Newsmakers" as part of a table discussion of human trafficking. Video can be found here:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/eyewitness_newsmakers&id=7222182

More Julia than you can shake a stick at

Three videos and an interview from R.

http://insidetv.aol.com/2010/01/16/julia-ormond-talks-the-wronged-man-and-nurse-jackie/


http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/good_day_la/julia-ormond-on-gdla-20100115


http://video.tvguide.com/The+Wronged+Man/Julia+Ormond+exonerates+THE+WRONGED+MAN/3750403?autoplay=true



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzzfK2VNE8w

Julia at Save the Children event

Lettie has found a lot of new photos of Julia on wireimage and getty images. It seems to be a Save The Children Awards Ceremony held on 30 Sep 2009.

You can find lots of thumbnails at www.gettyimages.com but below are a sample of four images.

Julia at Clinton Event

Here are a few photos of Julia at the Clinton Event.



The photos were found at http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/julia_ormond_5358925 and http://www.hollywoodrag.com/index.php?/weblog/jessica_alba_and_julia_ormond_should_swap_fashions/.

Julia mention

Julia gets a mention in this story about the "Clinton Global Initiative"

Other sessions will feature Julia Ormond, on an effort to end human trafficking

Read the whole story at www.variety.com