February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Noomi_rapace":
Society: 22 Nov 11
Swedish crime drama Millennium, based on the novels by Stieg Larsson, has won the prize for best TV movie at the International Emmy Awards in New York.
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National: 12 Oct 11
Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium thrillers are to be turned into graphic novels, US comic-book powerhouse DC Entertainment said Tuesday after announcing that it had secured "worldwide rights" to adapt the trilogy.
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Society: 28 Mar 11
The sister of hacker-heroine Lisbeth Salander is said to feature prominently in a disputed manuscript believed to be the fourth book in the Millennium crime series, a longtime friend of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson has revealed.
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Society: 25 Jan 11
The winners of Sweden's 2010 national film awards on Monday night were evenly spread out among the nominees, with three films walking away with at least two awards.
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Society: 4 Jan 11
Sweden's Millennium Trilogy actress Noomi Rapace and the son of Swedish star Stellan Skarsgård topped the list of nominees for Sweden's 2010 national film awards, which will be announced later this month.
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Society: 15 Dec 10
While Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was overlooked, a Swedish-Danish co-production starring Swedish hunk Mikael Persbrandt, has been nominated for a Golden Globe award.
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Lifestyle: 17 Nov 10
As the 21st edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival opens this week, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson looks at some of the juiciest cinematic morsels on offer.
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Society: 24 Sep 10
Sweden's Michael Nyqvist, who portrays journalist sleuth Michael Blomqvist in the 'Millennium' trilogy films, is set to star opposite Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible: 4", according to media reports.
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Society: 13 Sep 10
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace has landed the lead female role in a major Hollywood feature following her much acclaimed screen portrayal of Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson’s “Millenium” crime novels.
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Society: 17 Aug 10
Rooney Mara, a relatively unknown American actress, has been cast to star as Lisbeth Salander in the US remake of the first of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sony Pictures has confirmed.
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Society: 5 Aug 10
Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård has been offered a role in the US remake of the first of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which is due for release in 2011.
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Society: 27 Jul 10
Daniel Craig has officially signed on with Sony Picture to star in the lead role as journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the upcoming Hollywood film remake of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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Society: 9 Jul 10
Online retail giant Amazon has named the final installment of the Millennium trilogy, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," in its list of "Best Books of the Year... So Far" as the film of the second instalment opens in US cinemas.
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Society: 24 May 10
The US is in the grip of Stieg Larsson fever as the third instalment of the Swedish author's Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, prepares to go on wide release in book stores across the nation on Tuesday.
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Society: 28 Apr 10
US actor Brad Pitt is set to star in the Hollywood remake of the first of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, according to media reports.
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Society: 19 Mar 10
The first of the Stieg Larsson Millenium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, has opened to resounding reviews from US critics and audiences not known for cherishing obscure subtitled films from Scandinavia.
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Society: 26 Jan 10
A movie based on the first book of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling “Millennium” trilogy took home top honours at the Swedish film awards on Monday night, scooping up three awards, including best picture and best actress.
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Society: 18 Sep 09
The film adaptation of the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy opened on Friday in theatres across Scandinavia.
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Society: 8 Apr 09
Actor Mikael Nyqvist and comedian Petra Mede are the number one Easter drinking partners of choice, according to a survey polling 1,000 men and women about the Swedish celebrity with whom they would most like to sip snaps.
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Society: 28 Feb 09
Swedish cinema goers rushed to snap up tickets for the long-awaited film adaptation of the first novel in Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy, which premièred on Friday.
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Lifestyle: 25 Feb 09
With the film based on the first book in Stieg Larsson’s crime novel trilogy due to hit Swedish cinema’s on Friday, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou takes a look at how the late authors work has been adapted for the big screen.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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