What They Say About Hugh

[birchie]

Thought this was interesting, especially when I got to #13:
Which Celebrities Were Once Teachers? A Pop Quiz
Sue

[jo]

He visited Uppingham School when he was filming Les Miserables in England.

www.uppingham.co.uk/hollywood-star-hugh-jackman-returns-to-uppingham

Hollywood star Hugh Jackman made a flying visit to Uppingham on Thursday 24th May. Currently filming Les Misérables on location in England he made time in his busy schedule to revisit the School he had worked for during his Gap Year in 1987.

"I just had a ball. I really could have stayed," he has said in the past. For many years he has wanted to find time to return. He has kept in contact with some of the boys who were in the House he tutored in, and returned with Old Uppinghamian Richard Billington to revisit old haunts and reminisce about their time at the School.

Hugh spent time with the current chort of Brooklands pupils, met the Headmaster, and had a whistle-stop tour of the School before whizzing back to the Les Miserable set.

[roselady]

On this weeks Theater Talk Michael Reidal said that the Matilda opening night was the next best one to Hugh Jackman opening night. sorta cute since one of the writers is austalian.

[broadwaygal]

I came across this great article about Hugh's stand-in, Taris Tyler, who Hugh affectionately refers to as
his brother. He was at one of the last performances of Back on Broadway and Hugh introduced him in
the audience. My friends and I met him after the show and he was warm, friendly, and charming! Just like Hugh!

www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/being-hugh-jackman-20130223-2ey8l.html

Cheryl

[jo]

Cheryl,

You were probably not around when we discussed the article a few months ago -- but thanks for reminding us about his comments on Hugh's intensive take on his role in PRISONERS. Everybody is looking forward to the movie!

I do remember when Taris first surfaced as Hugh's stand-in. I was participating in another message board (for AUSTRALIA) ran by two Baz Luhrmann fans and we had seen the very first photos of Taris then. He has really broadened since then and has kept pace with Hugh's body changes

It seems he and Irving are the permanent Aussies in Hugh's fairly small group who assist him in his professional career. If you look at the cast/crew listing for the last four movies ( Real Steel, Les Miserables, The Wolverine, Prisoners) on IMDB, Taris's name is listed as Hugh's double/stand-in. What differing roles and what a way for a budding actor like Taris to learn/relearn his craft.

Jo

[jo]

Finally, FORBES.com acknowledges that Hugh Jackman is a true power celebrity


www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45efhhe/hugh-jackman-8/

Hugh Jackman



Singing, dancing, acting, getting ripped to kick some bad guy's butt, it's all in a day's work for Jackman. The actor, who is maybe best known for playing Wolverine in the many X-Men movies, showed last year that he can also move audiences to tears. As Jean Valjean in Les Miserables he scored an Oscar nomination and helped the musical earn $438 million on a budget of $61 million. Jackman is also a budding entrepreneur. His Laughing Man coffee and tea company donates all profits to charity.

[mamaleh]

I'm confused. I read the Forbes Power 100, and Hugh wasn't on the list. Is this a different list, of actors only?

Ellen

[jo]

The list which showed Hugh as the first celebrity featured was called :

"Celeb 100: Power Actors "

per link.


Jo

[jo]

The FORBES.com full article on Hugh --

www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/06/26/hugh-jackman-jennifer-lawrence-and-e-l-james-are-among-the-celebrity-100-newcomers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Dorothy Pomerantz, Forbes Staff

I write about Hollywood and run the Celebrity 100 List.
6/26/2013 @ 7:15AM |251 views

Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence And E.L. James Are Among The Celebrity 100 Newcomers



When Hugh Jackman was nominated for an Oscar last year for playing Jean Valjean in the movie version of Les Miserables, it just confirmed what everyone in Hollywood already knew: Jackman is one of the most powerful actors in showbiz. He debuts on our Celebrity 100 this year in 11th place with $55 million in estimated earnings.

Best known for his work as Wolverine in the many X-Men movies, Jackman is far more than an action star. As he showed in Les Miserables, he can move us to tears with his acting and with his singing. Jackman is the quintessential entertainer who is as comfortable hosting the Oscars and hoofing it on Broadway, in shows like the upcoming musical Houdini, as he is kicking butt on camera.

And Jackman is a budding businessman. With his Laughing Man Coffee and Tea company, the Australian actor is lining up to be the next Paul Newman. All of the profits from Laughing Man go to charities. The company’s first coffee shop recently opened in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood...

He's ranked # 11 in the overall list, topped by Oprah Winfrey --

www.forbes.com/celebrities/#page:2_sort:0_direction:asc_search:_filter:All%20categories

Rank

Name

Pay

Money Rank

TV/Radio Rank

Press Rank

Marketability Rank

Social Rank




11

Hugh Jackman

$55 M

29

32

27

14

32

Please read factors involved and relate to personal info on Hugh, in a vertical manner. Compared to groups of other celebrities ranked close to Hugh, Hugh's statistical rankings are more stable.


I really do not understand how they derived the rankings, especially if one looks at the individvual factors and compare them among the personalities involved --- but it looks like Hugh Jackman is actually ranked as # 1 among ACTORS, while ranked # 11 overall. But I am NOT questioning it at all - LOL! cancan

Jo

[jo]

I wonder how he turned up with $ 55 million in earnings for the year measured? He was supposed not to have charged his full fee for Les Miserables - which is quite credible given that the movie only had a $ 61 million production budget. But maybe he had a back-end profit/gross profit participation for Les Miserables, plus of course his earnings in The Wolverine as star. I wonder if he also picked up profit participation for Back on Broadway ( which closed January 1, 2012).

Sorry, Hugh -- just me being nosy - LOL! I'm rooting for you smiley-love001


Jo

[mamaleh]

Thanks for the correction, Jo. Glad to see he's made the list. He's always on the top of our list!

Ellen

[birchie]

Jun 26, 2013 6:50:35 GMT -5 mamaleh said:

I'm confused. I read the Forbes Power 100, and Hugh wasn't on the list. Is this a different list, of actors only?

Ellen

The list he's on is called Celebrity 100 here's a link:
www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/
I also can't imagine how they came up with that list because the numbers in the various columns don't seem to make any sense.
Sue

[mamaleh]

Thanks, Sue. I noticed that Forbes explains its methodology. Just click on that word at the top.

Ellen

[jo]

Thanks for pointing out the methodology, Ellen.

Dorothy Pomerantz, Forbes Staff

I write about Hollywood and run the Celebrity 100 List.
6/26/2013 @ 7:16AM |401 views

The Celebrity 100: How We Create The List


We’ve revamped our algorithm for the 2013 Celebrity 100 with the goal of making a cleaner list that better reflects what accounts for celebrity power. In the past, we’ve given extra weight to magazine covers based on the logic that publications only select powerful, popular people for their valuable cover space.

But that emphasis had started to reward reality stars who know how to work the tabloid media but don’t actually have what we would consider power.

So we’ve scrapped that part of the metric. In its place we’ve turned to E-Poll Market Research, an Encino-based company whose E-Score Celebrity metric ranks 6,600 celebrities on 46 different attributes. We’re using the company’s E-Score number to come up with our Marketability Rank, a measure of how desirable each celebrity is to marketers.

We’ve also improved how we evaluate social-networking power. In our connected world, celebrities have an amazing opportunity to connect directly with their fans and push their music, movies and sponsored products. Some celebrities, like Justin Bieber, who is our most-social celebrity, take advantage of this. Others, like Jennifer Aniston, avoid social networking like the plague.

We used to just look at Facebook FB -0.78% and Twitter numbers to gauge social-networking pull. This year we worked with Starcount, a Singapore-based Internet company that measures social networking power across 11 platforms including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Orkut and Weibo. Each star’s number is a reflection of how popular he or she is on the Internet.

We still track print media and television and radio mentions using Factiva.

The Celebrity 100 is based on entertainment-related earnings plus media visibility (exposure in print, television, radio and online). We consider film and television actors, TV personalities, models, athletes, authors, musicians and comedians.

To compile our earnings numbers, we talk to industry insiders, including agents, lawyers, producers and other experts, to come up with an estimate for what each celebrity earned between June 1, 2012, and June 1, 2013. Earnings consist of pretax gross income. Management, agent and attorney fees are not deducted.

All of the data is processed through an algorithm that creates our power ranking. Earnings carry the most weight. Print mentions, TV mentions, social-networking power and marketability all carry equal weight.

We then divide the celebrities into categories like musician, actor, actress and personality.

Sources: Google, Factiva, The Nielsen Co., Pollstar, Box Office Mojo, Euromonitor International, Publishers Weekly and IMDBPro.

Jo

[birchie]

Thanks Ellen & Jo for trying to assist my poor feeble brain math has never been my strong suit
"All of the data is processed through an algorithm that creates our power ranking." Well, that certainly clears it up for me
Suffice it to say, I'm very glad our Hugh made it to the top of this list no matter how he got there. 8-)
Sue

[jo]

Some sites have picked up the Forbes's ranking. Here's the recap of the "most powerful" actors today ( no actress in the top ten), led by one Hugh Jackman smiley-happy096

www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a493524/hugh-jackman-robert-downey-jr-top-forbes-most-powerful-actors-list.html

This is going to help promote THE WOLVERINE and hopefully PRISONERS, too! I am also crossing my fingers that better script offers will come in with the help of the increased popularity.

It's true that Hugh has shown particular strengths with social media ( Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc), plus his theatre gravitas and hosting achievements have also enhanced public awareness of his talent and versatility. Les Miserables, especially the awards attention, has given him a wider popularity platform.

Jo

[carouselkathy]

Strike while the fire is hot, big guy! Time to get CAROUSEL or SOUTH PACIFIC, or GUYS AND DOLLS on film. .


I'm halfway through re-reading TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIIC, and there is great potential there for adding deeper insight into the characters.

[foxie]

Our Hugh do Houdini!

[karppool]

Jun 26, 2013 8:06:53 GMT -5 jo said:

I wonder how he turned up with $ 55 million in earnings for the year measured? He was supposed not to have charged his full fee for Les Miserables - which is quite credible given that the movie only had a $ 61 million production budget. But maybe he had a back-end profit/gross profit participation for Les Miserables, plus of course his earnings in The Wolverine as star. I wonder if he also picked up profit participation for Back on Broadway ( which closed January 1, 2012).

Sorry, Hugh -- just me being nosy - LOL! I'm rooting for you smiley-love001


Jo

I think ROYALTIES make up a large chunk of his earnings - his movies are on TV constantly.....

[JH4HJ]

Only a few of these would make my personal Top Ten, but it's been rather quiet around here and I thought this might start some interesting discussions. As I believe Hugh himself has said, most of my fave moments would be on stage, not the screen.

[njr]

Jul 5, 2013 14:49:54 GMT -5 JH4HJ said:

Only a few of these would make my personal Top Ten, but it's been rather quiet around here and I thought this might start some interesting discussions. As I believe Hugh himself has said, most of my fave moments would be on stage, not the screen.

I love that movie for more reasons than one! :o

Nancy

[jo]

It looks like the reviewer never had a chance to see Hugh perform in the theatre ( not just hosting) - otherwise there would have been room for The Boy from Oz, A Steady Rain ( in my case, at least) and Back on Broadway.

And where are Les Miserables ( maybe this was an omission because the clip was uploaded in November 2012), The Fountain, and Australia or even the end-scenes in Real Steel? Surely, there are more memorable scenes in those movies compared to Deception.

But of course, to each his own

Jo

[mamaleh]

Yes, I was also startled at the omission of THE FOUNTAIN. But it was a subjective opinion, so there you go.

Ellen

[birchie]

The other unusual scene in Swordfish is when Stan is left alone to play with the awesome computer of his dreams! That scene is as close as you can get to a geek having sex with a computer! So well played by Hugh! He has several good scenes in that movie while everyone else's scenes are somewhat forgettable. Travolta in a role that he does in several movies was creepy but forgettable.

The clips from Deception were confusing since there really wasn't a "moment". It is hard to watch him in that movie because he's so convincing as Wyatt, the sociopath...chilling.

Since this was done before Les Miserables I'll forgive them for leaving that out as it seems to be filmed memorable moments, so I'll forgive them for leaving out most of his stage work too. Technically, the Oscars & Tonys were performed on a stage, but filmed for TV broadcast. But if they allowed that technicality they should have included Oklahoma since the performance was filmed!

Leaving out some of the beautiful scenes in The Fountain or Australia is unforgivable. Some of his best scenes are in those movies. All in all, most of the clips are not most people's top 10 moments. I've been following that site for some time and they often come up with some good top 10 videos but their videos occasionally miss the mark...like this one. Still, it's always nice to see Hugh being part of a popular conversation piece! WatchMojo videos do generate conversations.
Sue

[njr]

Jul 6, 2013 11:33:58 GMT -5 birchie said:

The other unusual scene in Swordfish is when Stan is left alone to play with the awesome computer of his dreams! That scene is as close as you can get to a geek having sex with a computer! So well played by Hugh! Sue

Agreed! After that scene, it's a cold shower for me! 8-)

Nancy