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Simon News, Articles, Info - Part 1
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| Fran |
Date: Monday, 03-Jun-13, 7:06 PM | Message # 946 |
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Thanks 258pce, I'll post the pic and original source tweet:
Posted 9 hours ago (2nd June)
@WWDMAGIC_CG
#mumfordandsons concert San Manuel - show starts at 5
Sat behind The actor from the mentalist at Mumford and sons! http://instagram.com/p/aFvUpOlD_6/#
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| Evy |
Date: Monday, 03-Jun-13, 7:39 PM | Message # 947 |
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Wow ! The beard has grown ! it seems more red than blond !  |
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| AgentM |
Date: Monday, 03-Jun-13, 8:18 PM | Message # 948 |
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lol, why does it come as no surprise that Simon is into Mumford and Sons?!!!!   I can just picture him bouncing up and down in time with the music...and his sons!!!  I think, given the opportunity ...and the time... he would so be in his wellies living it crazy at Glastonbury!!!  |
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| Peithon |
Date: Tuesday, 04-Jun-13, 0:45 AM | Message # 949 |
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Another one
http://twitpic.com/cv4jdj
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| Tina |
Date: Tuesday, 04-Jun-13, 8:41 AM | Message # 950 |
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It's so funny, just bought the album of Mumford and Sons a few days ago.
Yes, long beard. |
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| Evy |
Date: Tuesday, 04-Jun-13, 9:09 AM | Message # 951 |
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Thanks Peithon for this little treasure ! pictures are so rare these times !
It is true like that he spends more unnoticed ! A little of tranquility surely ! |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Tuesday, 04-Jun-13, 10:38 AM | Message # 952 |
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yeah, add a hat and a mackintosh, and it's Special Agent Baker on a mission… |
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| Hayseed |
Date: Tuesday, 04-Jun-13, 5:00 PM | Message # 953 |
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I must admit I love the caveman look. Rowl. |
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| Lena |
Date: Tuesday, 04-Jun-13, 5:19 PM | Message # 954 |
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Thanks so much for the photos and the infos, I like to see that Simon enjoys his spare time. |
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| beautyfulbabyboy |
Date: Tuesday, 04-Jun-13, 6:39 PM | Message # 955 |
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didn´t know Mumford and sons, but googled it now and I like it!
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| Evy |
Date: Wednesday, 05-Jun-13, 5:12 PM | Message # 956 |
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Found: a Slovak press article !
To translate and understand it, I selected and copied the text with "Google translation / to detect the language)
The translation is not brilliant but you understand the main part!
Good reading.
http://lesk.cas.sk/clanok....ou.html
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| Mcbabsi |
Date: Wednesday, 05-Jun-13, 8:31 PM | Message # 957 |
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Quote (Evy) Found: a Slovak press article ! To translate and understand it, I selected and copied the text with "Google translation / to detect the language) The translation is not brilliant but you understand the main part! Good reading. http://lesk.cas.sk/clanok....ou.html
Thank you Evy!!!
Lovely article and a very funny Google translation! YES!!! "undeniable decorativeness" - that's Simon! |
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| Fran |
Date: Thursday, 06-Jun-13, 11:36 AM | Message # 958 |
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GQ Spain interview - June 2013: http://www.revistagq.com/articul....74
Rough translation:
Simon Baker: "Am I the perfect gentleman? No."
A Sex symbol on the screen, a parent in real life, a gentleman full time. Simon Baker (Australia, 1969), better known as 'The Mentalist', lives at the peak of his career. But he will not let it go to his head ...
GQ: How were you convinced to be the new face of Givenchy?
Simon Baker: Well, between my wife, my manager and a couple of friends convinced me. At first I was a little unsure. When I’m offered something too good and out of the blue, I always think there is something fishy. I guess it has to do with my working roots. Also, I do not look like an obvious choice. Then I realized that that was what they liked about me.
GQ: You've always kept out of the limelight. Do you think this could put more light in your life?
SB: No, I think not. My private life has been protected from the media because it has never been controversial. And I do not think this will necessarily add any controversy.
GQ: 'The Mentalist' is a very elegant character. Do you think that has influenced the choice of Givenchy?
SB: I'm sure it did. I've done about 20 movies, but most people know me by 'The Mentalist'. And I can only be thankful, because thanks to this series, I have been given many opportunities.
GQ: How do you deal with this sudden popularity? Because you seem a shy person who flees from all this ...
SB: Yes, I am a shy person and so I will reach a point where I cannot take any more tension and I have to run and hide. It's different when I act, it is not me who is in front of the camera, it’s a mask. In a commercial I'm also wearing that mask, but I'm promoting a product. So to be honest it’s essentially me that appears there. Of course, there's a part of it that’s acting, but I cannot hide behind that. Am I the perfect gentleman? No. Do I aspire to be a gentleman ? Yes, I have always aspired to be. I have been brought up to have good manners: look people in the eye when they shake hands, open the door to ladies, courtesy, politeness, respect, be curious. Do I manage it completely? Well no, because I'm human, but I try.
GQ: You also show up regularly on lists of sexiest men. What do you feel when you look at them?
SB: It's just part of the business. If I was a software developer rather than an actor, I would be put on the list of most innovative professionals, not that of the sexiest. In all sectors there’s some kind of list and it is clear that sex sells. I see myself as a normal good-looking guy, if you saw me walking down the street you would not notice me ... Oh, my God! The good thing about all this is that it’s happening to me in my maturity. Larry King on his show asked me what I thought of being considered a sex symbol , and I told him that of all things I had been called in my life, it was perhaps the least offensive [laughs].
GQ: Clive Owen once told me his wife and children think its funny. Is that true in your family?
SB: Yes, yes, my kids think it's good for a laugh, as do my friends. It's the same with my childhood friends. It is neither good nor bad. When I speak to a woman I enjoy her company and flirting, but that's it. As a man I like it, it makes me feel alive, but that's it, I'm still an ordinary man who has to take out the trash, and I enjoy it, I enjoy doing the typical things of a man, and supporting my family.
* Article originally published in issue 189 of GQ. |
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| bee |
Date: Thursday, 06-Jun-13, 12:20 PM | Message # 959 |
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Another sweet interview, thanks Fran. He says "if you saw me walking down the street you would not notice me"......er....I think we would Simon!!!!  |
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| Lena |
Date: Thursday, 06-Jun-13, 12:50 PM | Message # 960 |
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Thanks Evy and Fran for the lovely interviews. |
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