Thanks to Diora for posting the link.

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Stef
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Click here to view the photo of the poster Mia’s co-star Diora Baird posted via Twitter. Unfortunately it’s not the most flattering or professional looking poster I’ve ever seen, but hey, at least it features Mia. Let’s just hope the cover art on the DVD looks a bit better.

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Stef
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I just updated the gallery with brand new stills of Mia that recently surfaced on MovieWeb. Hopefully more will pop up soon.

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Stef
Categories: 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, Gallery Updates | 4 Comments | News Archive

The sequel to 2008′s 30 Days of Night, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, has a DVD and Blu-Ray debut date of October 5.

At this time, we don’t have cover art, however, we know the special features include a filmmaker commentary, a PS3 wallpaper theme, Vampires Exist: The Gritty Realism of Dark Days featurette, and as a Blu-Ray exclusive, Graphic Inspirations: Comic to Film featurette.

Directed by Ben Ketai and co-written by Ketai and Steve Niles, the sequel picks up in Los Angeles where Stella, survivor of 30 Days of Night, played by Kiele Sanchez, is hunting vamps.

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Posted on July 08, 2010 by Stef
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You can purchase tickets for the I Love Here Ball at http://ilovehereball.eventbrite.com/. I would love to attend the ball, but unfortunately won’t be able to. I would however love to hear about the experience those of you who are able to attend have, if you’d like to send in an email afterward.

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Stef
Categories: I Live Here, I Love Here Ball | 2 Comments | News Archive

The president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, has issued an unconditional pardon for for Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 33,

Both men had been sentenced to fourteen years in prison, the maximum penalty for their “marriage” ceremony.

The pardon is a step in the right direction toward equal rights for all men and women in Malawi, as dictated by their Constitution.

The President issued the following statement:

“These boys committed a crime against our culture, our religion and our laws; however, as the head of state I hereby pardon them and therefore ask for their immediate release with no conditions… I have done this on humanitarian grounds but this does not mean that I support this.”

While the act of a pardon is invigorating, the president’s statement confuses and leaves many unanswered questions.

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Posted on May 31, 2010 by Stef
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Steven Monjenza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga united their love and lives last December in a traditional Malawian engagement ceremony. Now, less than six months later, the two men are facing a possible 14-year sentence in prison doing hard labor. Gay marriage is illegal in Malawi and the two men have been charged under Malawi colonial-era sodomy laws. Their fate will be decided on Tuesday, May 18, 2010.

The L Word star Mia Kirshner was in Malawi when it all went down and took note firsthand at how inhumanely the situation played out in the media across the globe. Of that fateful day and the events following, she says. “I was in Malawi when they were married. Pretty wild, huh? So I was witness. We were getting tested for Malaria or something crazy like that and I could see the front pages of the nation’s and other newspapers – sort of reporting what had happened. It was almost like reading a comic book account of these two men being arrested because they were having a commitment ceremony according to Malawian custom. Two days later, they were arrested. ”

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Posted on May 18, 2010 by Stef
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My name is Mia Kirshner and I am the director of I Live Here Projects. The aim of our organization is to provide urgent care to communities that have slipped through the cracks. Our first project is in Kachere Juvenile Prison in Malawi, where we are forming a full-time school, permaculture garden project and legal rights. These children had slipped through the cracks when we first arrived in Kachere.

That is not what this piece is about.

I am writing about an issue that I can no longer keep quiet about.

While I was in Malawi in December, Malawi’s first gay couple got married in a public commitment ceremony. Their names are Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza. I read the headlines detailing their wedding and sardonic commentary of the journalists writing the pieces. Two days after they married, they were met with both public cheers and humiliation. They now face over a decade of hard labor in a Malawian prison for their actions.

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Posted on May 15, 2010 by Stef
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I just updated the gallery with screencaps of Mia’s performance in episode 1.21 Isobel. What did you guys think of Mia in the episode? I thought she was great and it was nice to see that Isobel had a couple of different sides to her. I would love to see her back on the show again and am hoping they’ll write her back in at some point.

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Stef
Categories: Gallery Updates, The Vampire Diaries | 3 Comments | News Archive

Last week’s episode of “The Vampire Diaries” was one of my favorites of the entire season. We have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Elena’s biological mom and we finally got to meet her. We even find out that Jon Gilbert is actually Elena’s biological father. Isobel is a complex vampire who struggles with her humanity (or lack thereof) and her feelings towards her ex-husband Alaric and her “maker” Damon. I recently had the chance to chat with Mia Kishner, who plays Isobel, and she had some interesting insights into her character. We even talked a little bit about her time on “The L Word.”

How did you get the part of Isobel?
It was all just pretty random. It was right before Christmas, and I was in the countryside of Malawi staying on a dairy farm, (laughs) and I got this call from my agent and they told me about the show, The Vampire Diaries and it sounded pretty cool. And then they said that I could speak to Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec [Executive Producers] who I spoke to and it was through Skype and it was a really crackly connection, but there were words: mysterious and unpredictable and stuff like that I believe we used in the conversation that made me excited about the character. And I knew that they were talented, so I said yes–not knowing a lot about it. It was kind of a leap of faith.

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Posted on May 13, 2010 by Stef
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