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Moving FF Newsletter from Bravenet to MailChimp

February 9, 2015, 6:13 pm
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In an email sent out to the newsletter subscribers tonight:



Hello,

I'm emailing you to let you know that after six years of having the FF newsletter on Bravenet since late 2009, I have decided to move the production of the newsletter to MailChimp. You may be familiar with MailChimp newsletters - it's a very sophisticated service, and it allows for the newsletter to look more professional. Unfortunately I am not able to export the currently subscribed readers from Bravenet to MailChimp, and to their credit, MailChimp wants to make sure that subscribers really want to be subscribed to a newsletter produced on MailChimp. Therefore, I have to direct you to a sign up form.

So if you're interested in reading a revamped Fassinating Fassbender newsletter, please go to the blog, and at the top of the sidebar, you'll see a subscription box where you can enter in your email.

Thank you for continuing your subscription to the newsletter, I hope to be much more regular this year.

Simone
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TGIF 2.13.15

February 13, 2015, 1:30 am
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I mentioned on Twitter this week how interesting it would be if it were announced that Michael Fassbender would be a presenter at this year's Academy Awards. Two of his 12YAS co-stars will be presenters: Lupita and Chiwetel. It's a nice honor to present because the exposure of being on stage in front of a worldwide audience is an outstanding opportunity for people to see you, and you get a crazy celebrity gift package with thousands of dollars worth of exclusive products. I just figured that since Michael is filming in California, the timing would be perfect.

Are you going to see that 50 Shades of Grey crap this Valentine's weekend? Remember when so many people fantasized about how awesome it would be for Michael Fassbender to be Christian Grey because of his performance in Shame? A part of me wants to go there for complete shits and giggles, and the other part of me should use that money to buy some Liquid Plumr for my clogged bathroom sink. However, if I go to the theater on a Wednesday, all seats are only $5. Hmmmm - but I need to unclog my drain first. For the record, I'm glad Michael was no where near being considered. Can you imagine how our fanbase would have been completely altered with an influx of old girls who enjoy that book? Whew!

Earlier this week I have confirmed that we will be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday fundraiser in support of The Bike Experience. I'm very excited to help raise much needed funds for TBE, and to honor Michael's 38th birthday. More information will be posted next week.

TGiFassy ♥


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Marion & Michael in Assassin's Creed

February 13, 2015, 1:49 pm
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It has been announced today that Marion Cotillard will star with Michael Fassbender again in Assassin's Creed, after working with him on MacBeth. In fact, the same two stars and the director of Macbeth, Justin Kurzel, is directing Creed too. This is excellent news, I love, love, love Marion (we share the same birth date!), and I'm so excited about all the great news about Creed's pre-production work today!

According to Entertainment Weekly, stars and directors often hook up with each other on small indie gigs and then do big budget blockbusters, or vice versa.

Among movie stars, the business model is widely known as “One for them, one for me”: an appearance in a small, heartfelt film followed up by a paycheck part in a presumed blockbuster.
Assassin’s Creed also marks a reunion for Fassbender and Cotillard, who star together in Macbeth, a kind of gothic reimagining of the Shakespeare classic directed by Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel, that arrives in theaters later this year. In what might also be fairly called a “one for them” maneuver, Kurzel is also directing Assassin’s Creed and seems to have succeeded in regrouping his A-list his principles.
It's also been reported that Michael will be playing the main character, Desmond Miles, and I think at this point, it's a generally accepted expectation and assumption. This is a nice coup for Michael and DMC Films.
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TGIF 2.20.15

February 20, 2015, 1:30 am
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Michael is a future Oscar winner.
It's Oscar weekend and what better way to reflect on it by looking back at last year when Michael Fassbender received his first nomination. As I wrote in my Theatre of Zen blog, I'm on the sidelines this year without much care, except for my support for Eddie Redmayne. It's fun to support at least one performance I really believe in and wait and see who are the other winners without so much hand wringing emotional investment. Here in the dull Midwest, we are experiencing the Polar Vortex crap again this year with severely sub-zero temperatures, and it's having an extremely negative effect on my attitude and comfort. So I'm looking forward to reading live reactions of the Oscar telecast at my favorite Oscar websites. I'm sure people will loose their minds when their favorites don't win and it's free wholesome entertainment reading their meltdowns. You thought I get a little hot under the collar regarding Michael and the Oscars? Well, my passion sadly pales in comparison to my peers at Awards Daily and Awards Watch website forums.

On Tuesday, I'll post information about the 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser to support The Bike Experience. I have already set up the fundraiser page and I'll share that link next Friday, the first day of the fundraiser. Thanks in advance for your support again this year!

TGiFassy!
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The 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser for The Bike Experience!

February 23, 2015, 5:29 pm
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Photo by The Bike Experience
I'm very happy to announce that Fassinating Fassbender is set to commence our 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser to support The Bike Experience! The actual fundraiser will begin this Friday, however, I wanted to share with you some updated information on The Bike Experience (TBE) a few days before the fundraiser begins. The back story of how the founder of The Bike Experience, Talan Skeels-Piggins, established TBE will help you better understand how Talan himself became paralyzed from the chest down, and how he subsequently conquered the depression and anger he experienced from his accident, and became motivated to create his charity. Talan is excited about Fassinating Fassbender helping raise much needed funds again, and he shared a report with me which further explains the accomplishments of last season, and the goals of this upcoming season which starts in April. Read the statement here.

Telescope Magazineinterviewed Talan this month and there is an excellent video of him explaining more about TBE and how it started. Once you watch this video, I'm convinced you'll be inspired and motivated to donate to the birthday fundraiser. Please take a moment to watch this:



For those who make a donation this year, you will automatically be included in a raffle for a gift bag from a local Ann Arbor store, Real Irish. The guy who owns it is from Ireland and he travels there regularly to buy unique Irish products. He also happens to be the best friend of my friend's husband, who is from England. The recipient of this gift bag will be quite happy! In the past two years of our fundraiser, we raised £2,479! I'm positive we'll surpass our goal for this year too and help raise money that TBE greatly appreciates.

On Friday, I'll post the link to the fundraiser page and I look forward to working with all of you over the next four weeks to kick ass in generating donations! Thank you!


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TGIF: The 2015 Birthday Fundraiser Edition

February 27, 2015, 1:30 am
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Today starts off the 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser to support The Bike Experience. We have successfully raised nearly £2,500 in the past two years at the Just Giving website. Your donations can be made at this year’s Just Giving Fassinating Fassbender page, and as always, your money goes directly and immediately to The Bike Experience (TBE).
Throughout the entire month of March, I will post regular reminders about the fundraiser to keep the awareness level high. I believe that if we start off strong, we’ll end the fundraiser strong and finishing well past this year’s goal of £1,100! I have been so impressed and inspired by the FF community's donations in the past, and it means a lot to me that people plan to give again this year. Everyone works very hard for their money, so when people make a donation to this fundraiser, they are firstly doing it to honor the person we're here for: Michael Fassbender. And secondly, they are making a charitable donation to an organization that they believe in and have been inspired by for the past two years.
I’m pleased to be able to offer a raffle prize to one lucky winner. And if you by chance happen to make more than one donation during the 33 days of the fundraiser, your name will be added to the raffle that same number of times, increasing your chance of winning the raffle gift bag prize from Real Irish! If you make two separate donations, you’ll be entered twice; if you make three donations, you’ll be entered in three times, etc. I think in the first year, one person made several donations sprinkled throughout the fundraising period.
Everyone who makes a donation will have their name added onto a birthday greeting announcement that will be presented to Michael for his 38th birthday on April 2nd!
Help spread the word about the fundraiser, or collect a few bucks from friends and family, and you can submit each donation under your name to increase your raffle chances for the raffle prize! Forward the video interview featuring TBE Founder, Talan Skeels-Piggan to friends, or post it on your Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr accounts and feature a link to the FF Just Giving page. The more people who know about the fundraiser and the more you bring awareness about the fundraiser’s connection to Michael Fassbender’s birthday, the more successful the fundraiser for The Bike Experience will be. And remember, every single dollar, pound, and euro goes a long way! If we raised £1,097, that demonstrates the importance of one person donating the minimum of £5. The more the merrier, but when it comes to charities, every penny counts! So please give what you can, when you can.
Thank you all so much for your help and support this year!

TGiFassy!

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Michael Spotted Lunching in San Francisco

March 2, 2015, 4:46 am
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Found on Instagram - Dirk Regel
A lucky diner at Sam's Anchor Cafe in San Francisco snapped this shot of Michael Fassbender enjoying lunch/brunch this weekend. Looks like he was drinking his favorite drink, a Bloody Mary with friends. Now that it's March, filming for Steve Jobs will continue through the rest of this month and must end in time for Michael to shift gears and get into his Magneto frame of mind to film the next X-Men film in Canada.

Our first few days of the fundraiser has raised £122! Please keep those donations coming in, every single donation will help The Bike Experience and honor Michael Fassbender's birthday!

Click to donate   >  https://www.justgiving.com/FassTBE3/

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Fassbender Outtakes 2014

March 3, 2015, 7:46 pm
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These outtakes from a 2014 John Russo photo session featuring Michael Fassbender just suddenly popped up at Corbis. In what universe does a photographer EXCLUDE images of Michael Fassbender from the editorial process use of these photos? I hope you enjoy them and if you really, really like them, hey, why not make a donation to the Michael Fassbender Birthdayfundraiser, like now! Danke!














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TGIF 3.6.15

March 6, 2015, 1:30 am
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When Michael's birthday comes around, he should be on that sweet spot break period between filming two movies to celebrate properly. Meanwhile, as he's very busy filming 'Steve Jobs' in the San Francisco area, our birthday fundraiser is well underway. So far I'd like to thank Vera, April, Marjan, Stacie, Lalaine, Stephanie, and Emilie for helping us get off to a good start! We just need a little bit of help today or tomorrow to get us to the 20% range of funds. Please help if you can.

Some people may be hesitant to donate to this birthday charity because they are not interested in the cause, or they are concerned that The Bike Experience has not been officially endorsed by Michael Fassbender. A lot of fan communities for various celebrities tend to adopt the charity that a celebrity has publicly endorsed, and they use that same organization as a poster charity for birthday donation fundraisers. That is a great way to support charities and celebrity birthdays, and that is why these organizations love to be endorsed by celebrities - its the name brand of the celebrity that brings in a constant flow of money. Smaller and lesser known charities like TBE do not have the luxury of having a star to support them, so they rely on traditional ways of raising money, which can be challenging, emotionally stressful, and very difficult.

Michael Fassbender has never spoken about his favorite charities. I'm sure he has some, but that's personal information that he has kept to himself. Therefore, when it was suggested to me that instead of sending Michael tangible gifts for his birthday, we should make donations in his name to a charity, and thus the idea of the birthday fundraiser was born in 2013. Using Michael's favorite hobby of biking as a guidepost in searching for a charity that was related to motorcycles, that's when I found The Bike Experience. The organization was founded in 2012, and when I first contacted Talan, the founder of TBE, he just got finished watching Michael in Centurion. Talk about fate! And upon learning more about him and TBE, I knew this was the charity for us to adopt and support.

Thank you for considering donating today or very soon so that we can make our goal and help TBE continue the great work of helping disabled people ride motorcycles.

TGiFassy!


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Slow West Film Festival Runs

March 9, 2015, 6:11 am
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Slow West won a prize at its first major film festival of year a month ago at Sundance, and the film is now headlining other festivals very soon. If you are lucky enough to attend the Omaha, Cleveland, and the Tribeca film festivals, you will be able to see Michael make like Clint Eastwood in Slow West. I love Westerns and based on reviews of Slow West, it has a different twist to it, but it's a bonafide Western. I think the main criticism, if you want to call it that, is that the film has a slow pace to it.  However, it does build up to some incredible shoot out scenes and the film has a high body count.

And speaking of things a little slow, we haven't received any donations in several days and we're running behind on our fundraiser pace from the previous two years. As we're heading into week two, we should be over the £200 mark, but we are holding steady at £184. I do know that we will rally in the final two weeks, especially in the final few days. But we need to maintain the course and appeal to as many Fassinators as possible to donate to the Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser supporting The Bike Experience.

I would welcome emails from people pledging to donate by the end of the fundraiser because that would help me gauge what to anticipate and how much more canvassing and promotion I'll have to do. Even if you can donate £5, that will help. If you're having difficulties making a donation on the Just Giving website, please contact me and I will help you.

Remember, when you DONATE, your name will go on the Michael birthday greeting notice that will be sent to him on his birthday, and you will be helping a charity that would really benefit from your donations. Thank you!

ETA: Thanks for your donation Aimee V!
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TGIF 3.13.15

March 13, 2015, 1:30 am
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We're just a few weeks away from Michael's 38th birthday and there's still plenty of time for you to make a donation to support The Bike Experience. Thus far, we have raised £244 and have quite a ways to go to meet our goal of £1100! Thanks to Aimee and Andrea for their donations this week!

Consider this:

1. Your donation will make you feel great about supporting a wonderful charity.
2. Your donation will help The Bike Experience help more people this year.
3. You'll be among a fine and select group of Fassinators to contribute.
4. Your name will be added to Michael's birthday greeting, which he will receive!

If you're hesitant to participate in this annual fundraiser, ask yourself why. All it takes is a minimum donation of £5, and you can also make an anonymous donation if you don't want your participation made public on the fundraiser page.

I'm pleased with the donation pledges I have been notified about, and I'm greatly impressed with how committed some fans are in making their donations an annual event in which they are not hesitant to give. If you plan to donate, but it will be late in the fundraiser, thank you. But if you are scratching your head about if you should donate, please stop thinking about it and do it. You'll feel good, I promise!  Donate.

TGiFassy!

Weekend donations: Thanks Martha!
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St. Paddy's Day Birthday Fundraiser Challenge!

March 17, 2015, 5:56 am
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! We are just past the mid-point of our 3rd annual fundraiser supporting The Bike Experience, and I am grateful to the 11 people who have donated thus far (£317). I am hoping for some donations today in the spirit of St. Patrick's day, and the beautiful green island where Michael Fassbender grew up and lovingly calls home. I got the luck and the call of the Irish on my side because I'll be visiting Ireland again in late May!

So who's up for the challenge in making a St. Paddy's Day donation for TBE? Will there be one large donation, or a few small and helpful donations? We just need at least ONE donation today to make this one-day challenge a success! The fundraiser needs your help, and so does The Bike Experience!

Donate for St. Paddy's Day Challenge!

BTW, this cool on set image popped up on Reddit last night - Awesome!

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Just 13 more days

March 18, 2015, 5:59 am
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We did not receive any donations for the St. Patrick's Day challenge, and that's ok. I was set to give out a surprise prize for whoever donated the most on that day. But alas, we still have 13 more days of the fundraiser, and whatever amount we end up raising, it will be greatly appreciated by The Bike Experience! I know Michael Fassbender is happy that we're raising monies for a worthy charity in honor of his birthday, so this happy smiling photo of Michael makes me happy and reminds me of the good we're doing for TBE.

I know this time of  year is uncomfortable for some Fassinators who aren't interested in the fundraiser, but just bare with us, it's just 13 more days.

https://www.justgiving.com/FassTBE3/
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TGIFassy! 3.20.15

March 20, 2015, 1:30 am
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The Fassy Season is Upon Us!

March 23, 2015, 8:34 am
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It's Springtime and I need some cheering up today! There's nothing better than a picture of a tanned Michael, walking around in shorts and flip flops, and a Hot Tropic style Happy t-shirt! We are in our final week of the 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser supporting The Bike Experience and we definitely need your donations.

Do you want to have your name added to the FF birthday greeting to Michael for his April 2nd birthday which is just NEXT week? Just make a donation to our fundraiser and feel as good as the happy face on Michael's shirt! I especially encourage those who have donated in the last two years to again help out The Bike Experience. After two previously strong years, it's my hope that in these final 8 days, we can rally together and make our goal!



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Slow West Trailer!

March 24, 2015, 11:15 am
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Just Six Days Left!

March 25, 2015, 7:14 am
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ETA: Thank you Gabriel for your $100 donation today! Woohoo!

If you have already made your donation to the 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser supporting The Bike Experience, thank you! If you haven't yet, please consider donating today before you forget. We have only 6 days remaining for you to have your name added onto Michael's birthday greeting from Fassinating Fassbender. Any amount you donate will qualify you for the grand prize raffle and have your name added to the birthday certificate.

Please Donate!

Thanks!
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Five Days Remaining!

March 26, 2015, 5:58 am
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ETA: Thank you Kendra R for your SECOND donation! Thank you, thank you!

With just five days left, it's my hopes that we can receive more donations. But if not, the people who have demonstrated the kindness to donate should be very proud! So far, 15 people have donated, and that means 15 people support The Bike Experience in their quest to help disabled people ride modified motorbikes to allow them to once again enjoy the thrill and freedom of riding a motorbike. Also, these 15 people want their name to be added to the birthday greeting to Michael, which he will receive on his birthday.

In these remaining days, if you want to be among this select group of compassionate supporters of Michael Fassbender and The Bike Experience, please do so soon. As in the past two years, there was a rally of support at the very end, so thank you in advance for planning to donate at the time that is most convenient for you!

Donate.

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Four days left

March 27, 2015, 5:43 am
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ETA: Thank you Andrea for your Second donation! We appreciate it!

We're in the final stretch of the 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday fundraiser supporting The Bike Experience. You still have time to make your donation.

When it's all said and done, I thank each of the donors who embraced this fundraiser and desiring to be a part of a select group of fans who will join me in honoring Michael's 38th birthday!

TGiFassy!
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The Last Two Days

March 30, 2015, 6:14 am
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Just two days remaining!

We are in the final two days of the 3rd Annual Michael Fassbender Birthday Fundraiser for The Bike Experience. With the nice donations over this weekend, we made it over the £500 milestone. At this point and time, it's clear we won't make our goal, but that's not for a lack of trying. The monies we have raised are going to a good cause, are greatly appreciated, and donated by the most compassionate Fassinators I know.

Thank you for donating, and thank you for planning to donate in these next important 48 hours!

Donate!


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