According to The Herald Sun, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Shekhar Kapur and other local celebrities attended a screening of The Golden Age yesterday at the Rivoli Cinemas in East Hawthorn, Melbourne. I have not managed to find any photos yet but I shall keep you updated in case I do.

The film opened in the UK on Friday. I just saw it myself and I really loved Abbie’s performance as Bess. Be sure to go and check out Elizabeth: The Golden Age, it is one to see.

Abbie and The Golden Age team promoted their new movie at two events in Sydney this week. These include the Australian premiere of The Golden Age, as well as a photocall. Abbie looked especially radiant at the premiere in a soft and femine white number.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age Sydney Premiere
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age Sydney Photocall

Alongside her equally glamorous co-stars, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush, at tomorrow night’s premiere of Elizabeth: The Golden Age at the Cremorne Orpheum, it will be hard to imagine Abbie Cornish dressed down in her farm gear and gumboots.

Recently returned from a whirlwind press tour for the film, Cornish spent the first half of this week hanging out at her family’s farm at Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley with “the turkeys, ducks, geese, cows and horses … because it is spring and all the animals are having babies, it is just the best season”, a besotted Cornish told Stay in Touch.

Cornish is the ambassador for Animal Club, the kids’ arm of the animal rights organisation Voiceless, run by Brian and Ondine Sherman, from Paddington’s Sherman Galleries.

Cornish was the guest of honour at the organisation’s 2006 annual grants dinner, for schools and community groups working for animal welfare, and participates in school workshops with the organisation when in town.

Abbie Cornish smoulders as tinseltown’s hottest new talent. She tells our correspondent how it all came to pass

Take a look at this girl – sexy, isn’t she? Just as well, because you’re going to be seeing a lot more of her. The actress Abbie Cornish is still barely a blip on the big screen – she turned 25 in August and has appeared in only a handful of films – but already, Hollywood insiders are whispering that she could be the most amazing Australian export yet. Yep, that’s ahead of her friends Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts. About to grace our screens as Cate Blanchett’s co-star in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, she is also strongly rumoured to be the next Bond girl in Bond 22, which starts shooting in January.

MTV has released the trailer for Stop-Loss. The movie looks very good and there was quite a few shots of Abbie playing Michelle (be sure to check out her cute Texan accent). You can view captures in the gallery and a downloadable version of the trailer here (many thanks to Mamie Gummer Online!). Stop-Loss will be released in theaters March 28, 2008.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Stop-Loss: Trailer Screencaptures