All Good Things Come To An End

All Good Things Come To An End

Last weekend of Betrayal

All things end, but they will remain alive in our memories. The other day Tom was given a portrait of himself to be added on the wall among many other great artists of Broadway's history. Something that he and we all can be very proud of! Tom, you totally deserve this! And yes I'm sure your foster father on the wall agrees that there's room for you on the wall!
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He wrote the most lovely words on his official IG:

Something in a completely different angle, but for me December also is one that brings closure to something that had a huge part of my life the past 6 years. Namely the work I'm doing at the library. The end of a year actually is the best time to end certain periods of your life, so that you'll start the new year fresh, with new adventures in sight. To stay in the spiritual touch, the year 2020 is all about making choices (2019 was the year of speaking) so actually, by making the big choice in 2019, I'm ahead of time!

It's time for something else. Of course being surrounded by books is no punishment, but sort of speak I want to see it from the other side. I love to write and it's my dream to do something more with that! 💙😊 I say this a lot: Stay positive, keep believing in your dreams to keep them alive! (I'm not going to dig deeper on this subject in this blogpost as I already did that in the following blogs for example Think Purple, Think Positive and Dream, Do, Believe, but I'm planning to give this some more words in my next blogpost that has 'music' as a main subject.)

I would like to add a few extra words to Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox, Zawe Ashton, Eddie Arnold, Jamie Lloyd and all who are deeply involved with creating the wonderful Betrayal Broadway: After the last performance of Betrayal, you're able to look back at one of the most beautiful experiences of your life, an experience its ending has a high chance of creating the following result: Tears, lots of tears! Oh, they will come, definitely! But let them come, those emotions say how beautiful the journey has been and they will help with the closure. I wish you all a beautiful closure of Betrayal Broadway that you can carry always with you in your hearts 💕!

I've already talked about how ending things in your life is necessary to make room for new things in your life. Things come and at some point they will come to an end. Tom Hiddleston's project of 2020 is all about the Loki Series for Disney+, something many, many of us can't wait for! I‘m already bouncing up and down of excitement for this! So yeah, I say: Let 2020 come!

Lots of love,

xx

Nicole

Tom won: Best Actor in a New Production of a Play!!!

Tom won: Best Actor in a New Production of a Play!!!

On the 23th of October I shared this:

[Goddess of Loki: Vote Tom to become: Best Actor in a New Production...: 2019 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Tom Hiddleston nominated for Best Actor in a New Production of a Play for Betrayal Credit artwork: Vis...]



Today on the 2nd December:

🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊 Congratulations Tom Hiddleston! 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊
You totally deserved this award, Thomas! 

I knew his army wouldn't let him down! Fellow Hiddlestoners: Be proud of yourself, I know I am :)

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Tom Hiddleston at Fallon Tonight + The Avengers Theme Song in the City Hall's building..

Tom Hiddleston at Fallon Tonight

On the 25th of November Tom Hiddleston was a guest of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. It was a delighted, funny interview. Jimmy showed some of Marvel's exclusive footage of when Tom Hiddleston auditioned for the role of Thor in 2009. I had never seen footage of his audition with audio before. Really worth the watch!

Also Jimmy asked Tom to perform a good cry-act live and while the audience in the back were laughing, Tom managed to do so. I mean, I first came across of some screenshots of this on Instagram and I thought Jimmy shot him a question that resulted in him being emotional. Luckily it was an act.

They also mentioned the following, when Tom ran into Avengers cos-players at the Time Square: A adorkable (as one of my Tumblr followers stated) event!

Here's a clip of Tom's visit at the show of Jimmy Fallon:

I love this interview and I hope they'll release more footage of it!

The Avengers Theme Song in the City Hall's building

I've got to share this:

Also an accident/action 'totally me' occurred me today. Let me quote Tony Stark for that: "Guys, I'm bringing the party to you..", because when I accidentally played the Avengers Theme song loudly in the canteen, I brought the party to the colleagues (having lunch) of our City Hall.

I was testing the music, random music I had with me, in the area next to it (It's possible to link the hardware in both the areas) and apparently while testing it a wrong button got pressed (read, Thor: "I'm pressing every button on this thing!") and then... it was like Iron Man, Loki and Thor & Co just flew in because at that very moment I had the Avengers Theme Song playing. I heard no music, but the people in the canteen did. They heard the Avengers VERY LOUD, during lunch..

I'm often talking about that I do not always know how to make myself heard, but apparently I can.. when it accidentally happens.. Now tell me, what's better to be played in a local government building full of officials and people active in politics than the Avengers theme song? I call it: the perfect accident.. 😏

May I end November 26th's blogpost with a photo of my two new Funko members? With his claimy pose that Loki pop just asked for that particular line! Coincidence doesn't exist, these brothers just had to come in together (different orders)!

Love,

Nicole

Holiday in the Wild

Holiday in the Wild

Do you recognize the following: It’s easy to choose out a series to watch on Netflix, but finding a good film is quite a challenge! May I tip you Holiday in the Wild, starring Kristin Davis & Rob Lowe? Even though you might think it’s just an ordinary Christmas movie after you have seen the first scene, but I can tell you: it’s not. After her husband has left her, Kate (Kristin Davis) takes the second honeymoon to Africa herself, what she actually had planned as a surprise for her husband. There she meets Derek Holliston (Rob Lowe, doesn’t he look like Robert Downey Jr?), her pilot for doing some sightseeing in Zambia. Together they help saving a baby orphan elephant who just lost his mother due poaching. The animals and especially the baby elephants are the ones who are going to make your heart melt during this film!

Rescue our wild friends!

The film states that we, the humans are the most dangerous species living on this planet. I do agree with that and it’s absolutely sad that there’s still animal cruelty happening such as poaching. Humanity also comes with a large group of heroes, and fortunate this group is getting larger and larger. Heroes that live for their goal of rescuing the involved animals. This film sets its light on the elephants who after their futures seemed to be stolen, were found and rescued by Game Rangers International (GRI), a non-profit organisation established in Zambia. Also most of the scenes of this film were filmed at GRI. On their website I read that lead actress Kristin Davis once helped in the rescue of a orphaned elephant in Kenya, an event this film was inspired by. Kristin has a heart for animals and with that I think she surely sets the right example. She became a Patron to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. On both the named sites above you can donate or digitally adopt a elephant, for giving these wonderful projects a financial support! This film has inspired me to do so, it’s the only thing I can do from the other side of the world.

A thank you note from Sheldrick Wildlife Trust after donating

Photo: WWF

Africa is the home of my favourite animals and also in a way the home of my favourite Disney film. If you have read one of my earlier blog posts or are following me on IG, you probably guessed that I’m talking about lions & The Lion King. Also the lion is one of the species currently in huge danger and via organisations such as WWF (Dutch name: WNF) I’ve also been supporting projects that are helping the King of the jungle to continue his existing. Also I support their project for the tiger, a specie on the brink of extinction since there are only less than 3900 tigers left in the wild! Forgive me for talking a bit off topic, nevertheless, tigers may live in a total different continent, the circumstances with poachers unfortunately are the same. But all together we'll succeed in creating a better life for all the wild animals out there!

Here at the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation you can find information about about a project called: End Tiger Extinction. Also there's an option to donate. 

Elephants, lions, tigers & all animals need our help!

Photo: David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation 

Soul trips/Dreams

Also Africa is on my to do list for future travels, not in the near future I do assume, but someday. Holiday in the Wild surely has awakened my desire of going on a safari in Africa even more. Perhaps it also gave me a country to start in, namely Zambia, I think that’s really a help since Africa by far isn’t the smallest continent.. I liked that the lead character in this film actually is doing a soul-trip. I think it’s definitely something that brings someone on their right path towards their dreams. I’m going through a lot of changes into my life and that’s good because sometimes you’ve got to change. Sometimes you’ve got to say goodbye to certain things in your life before new doors are being opened. I don’t want to spoil the film for those who haven’t watched it yet, but in this film Rob Lowe speaks a sentence about the positivity of change. At that moment I thought: “Wow, that’s so true!” Once you hear it, you know what I’m talking about.

Normally I’m not that into Netflix films, also I’ve kind of had it with those simple Christmas films (perhaps I should give Last Christmas a chance) but I already shared that Holiday in the Wild is not really a Christmas movie. Holiday in the Wild definitely is worth the watch. I think especially romantic people, creative people and of course animal lovers will love it!

Ilze Kitshoff 

Extra

I've got to share this. You know my favourite Lion King character is Scar. I ordered a Scar plush because I loved it so much. But the delivery got delayed that much (he didn't even had to come from far..) that I thought he got lost or stolen in the mail. I even didn't dared to look at the tracking link I had.. But.. Guess who showed up at my doorstep last night? Isn't he adorable (in his own way)? He's totally going to inspire me in writing stories about the Lion King! (He's standing on my town's flag.)

Tom Hiddleston shortlisted for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Tom Hiddleston shortlisted for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 

Photo: The Jamie Lloyd Company

I know that I'm not running a news-blog, but for things like this that brightened up all Hiddlestoners timelines yesterday, I gladly make an exception! 

for his performance in Pinter’s "Betrayal" at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Tom Hiddleston has been shortlisted at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Also the director of the play, Jamie Lloyd has been shortlisted for the direction.

 The play that ran in London last spring, now runs on Broadway until 8 December 2019. It's a huge hit!  On November the 24th there will be a ceremony at the London Coliseum where the winners will be announced.

These men both deserve this for the full 100%!

Tom + the other 4 shortlisted actors.

Source: Evening Standard

Tom & Charlie change character for Halloween

Tom as Daredevil, Charlie as Loki

Picture: Bruce Glikas (Gettyimages)

A few days for Halloween it got announced: A Halloween surprise at Betrayal's Stage door. Zawe Ashton, holding a camera, asked the two men what they would wear. It was a surprise. Then the speculation begun: "What will Tom wear for Halloween?"

In the comments I saw a lot passing by with two on the lead:
- Loki
- Anything Shakespeare related

But...

He came out as Daredevil and Charlie was wearing a Loki costume! Which means Tom & Charlie basically switched characters, a lovely gesture if you ask me! Zawe was dressed as Captain Marvel & Eddie Arnold was Captain America

Photos by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images

Photos by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images

> Go here for footage behind the scenes at People <

Photo by Jenny Anderson

My Loki funkopop had a original costume too..

Vote Tom to become: Best Actor in a New Production of a Play

2019 BroadwayWorld UK Awards

Tom Hiddleston nominated for Best Actor in a New Production of a Play for Betrayal

Credit artwork: Viscre

Tom Hiddleston has been nominated for Best Actor in a New Production of a Play for Betrayal West End.

Whether he wins totally is in the hands of us: his fans, all over the world!

Via this link you can vote: https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/voteregion.cfm

You need to enter your e-mail address and then you can start. Tom‘s category comes by as second. (You need to complete it full before you can send your votes.)

On the site you can also see the current standings live as we speak. I screen-capped this image on Wednesday the 23th October on 22:05 (Dutch time.) It looks like Tom is going good, but nothing‘s certain yet! So..

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