AOLR Weekly Wrap-Up #10

Time for a quick summary of the latest news about Alex O’Loughlin and his current projects!

• Whiteout was finally released on Friday, September 11th in the US and the UK and Wednesday’s premiere in LA produced a wonderful collection of over 135 photos (mostly HQ) of Alex O’Loughlin. Special thanks to Nadioz for providing many of the MQ images and many thanks to Alex too, for patiently posing for photos — Alex, your fans are very grateful
• The cast of Whiteout has also done a large number of interviews that have been captured on video. Check the best ones out here!
• The fourth season of Criminal Minds is now out on DVD in the US! Being able to watch Alex shine in The Big Wheel without the network’s watermark makes it worth the purchase, but knowing that there is also a special feature with him makes it even more enticing to get your own copy.
• Don’t forget to grab a copy of Entertainment Weekly’s September 18th issue as there’s a fabulous photo of Alex in there that you really do not want to miss. I’ll have a hi-res scan available later this week.
• At Thursday’s screening of the entertaining documentary Australians Hit Hollywood at the film festival in Temecula, California, producer Kalee StClair said that she was hopeful the film would be released on DVD in Australia and the US, provided a distributor can be found. Incidentally, some different footage of Alex was used in the film and not the full clips that she has posted on her YouTube channel. There is also a MySpace page for the documentary at http://myspace.com/australianshithollywood that you may want to check out.
• Don’t forget that Alex will throw the first pitch on Tuesday, September 15th at the Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game in LA! Hopefully his practicing has paid off and his efforts will be televised and captured on video; at the very least we should get some nice images.
• It really is regrettable that nothing from Three Rivers was screened at the Paley Center’s Fall TV Preview Party on Friday in Beverly Hills. Some of us were hoping that at least the original pilot would be shown, but CBS decided pull the show from the PaleyFest altogether and we were told that this was because the new first episode wasn’t ready yet for viewing. I’m wondering what this means for the success of the series… Despite the many TV promos, interviews, photoshoots, ads and other efforts on CBS’s and Alex’s part, Three Rivers is being overshadowed by other shows in recent fall preview write-ups and many potential viewers appear unaware of its existence… and the October 4th premiere is a mere three weeks away. I hate to think that a potentially great show as Three Rivers already has a gap to close.
• Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, by the way, that the now famous rugby scene with Alex has been scrapped from the first episode and will likely air in a later one.
• Last but not least, IESB.net published a long interview with Alex on September 9th from a Three Rivers set visit by Christina Radish. Alex answers questions about Three Rivers as well as Whiteout. You can read it here!