news article about Elijah in Chile

[sophinisba]

I guess I'll post this here since it's difficult to mention Elijah's girlfriend at elijah_finds without stirring up bad tempers. It's a rough translation of a Chilean newspaper article about Elijah, not terribly interesting although it does com with a very cute picture, see bunniewabbit's post here.


Elijah Wood arrives in Chile and spends the afternoon at a vineyard

Relaxed, smiling, but indefectibly distant from any media contact. That's the first image that the U.S. actor Elijah Wood projected yesterday upon arriving in the country. The man who became famous by giving life to the hobbit Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy arrived at 11:40 A.M. on LanChile flight 531 from New York.

Moving swiftly and accompanied by security personnel, Wood left the Pudahuel airport by one of the side routes, far from the traditional central doorway reserved for the general public. He was quickly boarded onto a van, without time for photographs and much less for any kind of statement.

Once at the San Cristóbal Sheraton Hotel, Elijah Wood – accompanied by his girlfriend Pamela Racine, of Thai origin, drummer for the band Gogol Bordello – found time [literally space] to give a few polite phrases. "This is my first visit to Chile, so I'm really excited about the idea of seeing some of it. I'll be in the country for three or four days," he told La Tercera as he was being conducted toward the presidential suite located on the 22nd floor of the San Cristóbal Tower. A little later he managed to say, "It was a good trip, pretty calm". Then the elevator doors closed, while his habitual smile and famous big eyes at least showed his good mood.

The presidential suite where he and his companion are staying costs three thousand dollars a night – about 1.6 million pesos. Among other features, the room has 300 square meters, a 360 degree view of the city, a marble bath, and carpets and robes made of Egyptian cotton.

Visit to Santa Rita
At about three in the afternoon, Wood left in a large van for Santa Rita vineyard, always accompanied by his girlfriend and by the communications agent Daniela Festa, his representative in this country. In the vehicle there were representatives from the Museum of Fashion, owned by businessman Jorge Yarur, with whom Wood had also scheduled to go out for a meal in the evening.

It is precisely the BCI stockholder [Yarur] who invited the actor to the country for the inauguration of the museum, tonight at 7:30. The event has an exclusive guest list, which includes the Minister of Culture, Paulina Urrutia. Wood has a confirmed first-class ticket on a LanChile flight to New York Friday night. On his day off – tomorrow – he will go outside of Santiago.

Comments

[honeyandvinegar.livejournal.com]

Aww... :)

[bunniewabbit.livejournal.com]

Cool -- thank you for the translation!

That said, I'm somewhat appalled by all the specific information about where he is staying. o__O

[sophinisba]

Yeah, no wonder the person he was with stopped him from telling more about where he was going today!

[ladysunrope.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm amazed at how much detail they give!

[sophinisba]

I guess they needed some filler since they had very little actual news to report. :)

PS

[honeyandvinegar.livejournal.com]

And y'now... 'bout TIME he took a nice, relaxing vaca!! It's no wonder he rushed around without giving fans much to go on (I saw one report quoting a girl saying 'what a jerk', because he didn't stop and wave longer than fifteen seconds... yea, he OWES you). Leave 'im alone! Buy a ticket to a con or a movie of his, whatever! Put his scenes in LotR on repeat! WHATEVER!

Re: PS

[sophinisba]

Yeah, I hope they're getting to relax today. It's too bad he doesn't get to stay there for longer. It's an awfully long flight just to stay there for a few days. He did stop to sign autographs and was totally sweet to the fans in the video I saw, even though he was pretty rushed to get to the next thing. Ah, fans.

Re: PS

[honeyandvinegar.livejournal.com]

If he WANTS to, that's fine. But he doesn't owe them anything when he's trying to relax, y'now? I'd be sad if he passed me by, but hey, that's life. Can't please everybody... but he tries to. :)

Re: PS

[sophinisba]

Yeah, I can see being disappointed but calling him a jerk is not on. He's got other stuff to do! Let him have a good time while he's in Chile!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_celebrian/]

Thanks for the translation. :-)

[sophinisba]

You're very welcome!

[absolutefiction.livejournal.com]

you're the queen of translations. thank you.

[sophinisba]

\o/

[shirebound]

I wonder if he speaks any Spanish, or any other language?

[sophinisba]

In the press for The Oxford Murders he said that he'd learned a few phrases from Alex de la Iglesia and his Spanish crew, but not a whole lot.

(I have very old daydreams of having him in my Spanish class.)

[angelwood.livejournal.com]

There is a video floating around where he says, "no habla espanol." =D

[shirebound]

Guess that's the answer! :)

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

You know...I had no idea that Pam was of Thai origin! That's very interesting!

[sophinisba]

Yeah, I didn't realize until fairly recently either. I think it's only part of her family. (There are some really beautiful pictures of both of them in recent posts over at the comm.)

[karin-woywod.livejournal.com]

Wow, you must have put SOME effort into the translation !

The press ín Chile seems to concentrate on so many details. On the one hand, this is good (I like it when the journalists get it right just who the lady at Elijah's side is - in Cannes, for example, only about a third of them did !). I think, as Elijah is a celebrity from Hollywood (and probably there aren't too many celebrities fom Hollywood visiting Chile), everything about him is interesting to them.

I was wondering about them naming his hotel and even the exact suite, too. But as it is the top-notch "set of rooms" in the hotel, it probably comes with a security system of its own. I can't imagine anyone looking not exactly like he would belong there getting through to this special flight of rooms. The 22nd floor sounds like it is the top floor, so there are some easy ways to block access to that floor. I can imagine hotel staff removing people who don't have any business there even from the ground floor premises.

Also, it sounds like a pretty exclusive hotel to me. Chilean people with ordinary wages probably can't afford to eat in the hotel restaurant there, let alone renting a room.

The press even got wind of his ticket home - they are almost as skillful regarding extracting information as me . . .

;o)

Love,

- Karin.

[sophinisba]

Yeah, saying what floor he is on seems a bit extreme, but I'm sure they have security there and he should be fine. Three thousand dollars a night for a hotel room kind of blows my mind but then so does the film industry in general. Translations like this are fun for me to do. :D I've really enjoyed all the pics you've been posting!

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

goodness. I've never looked at that comm before -- all those girlfriend warnings! People! Grow some common sense!

[sophinisba]

I know! It is a real shame because it's a great comm for getting your pics and news, and most of the people at the comm are really cool and polite and appropriately squeeful, but there are a few who complain whenever a picture or a mention of her appears, even with all those warnings. :(

[laeliacatt.livejournal.com]

I think there are a couple of troublemakers there who are just looking for something to complain about and it's a real shame. :/ It ruins it for the rest of us who just want to enjoy the comm, the pics and info about Elijah, and each other's company. I've had to sit on my hands more than once in order to avoid saying something to them because I'm afraid it'll just make it worse. *sigh*

[sophinisba]

It's the allegations of some vast conspiracy against them that really freak me out, whether it's saying the mod is prejudiced against negative comments or complaining about the news articles or the photos themselves. A few months ago I translated an Alex de la Iglesia blog entry where he talked about how nice it was to have Pamela visit them on the set, and someone commented about how suspicious it was that Alex kept talking about how charming she was. I wanted to say, "Um, maybe it's because he finds her to be charming omg?" but I left it alone. It feels like it's gotten worse lately and I might not make a post like that if it came up today.

[laeliacatt.livejournal.com]

You are exactly right. It's as if they feel entitled to look for a conspiracy under every rock. Those same people aren't as quick to offer positive feedback, thanks, etc. I just don't get it.

And yes, it does seem like it's getting worse. I hope they soon find some other "conspiracy" to chase. :)

[laeliacatt.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the translation! They certainly did give away a lot of information. I hope he enjoys that marble bath. :D

[sophinisba]

Me too! With all that money going into it I hope he at least has a nice time.

[frolijah-fan-54.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the translation!!

[sophinisba]

You're welcome! :D

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for doing this! I suppose that someone else is footing the bill since he's their guest? ($3k per night!!!) I couldn't help worrying a bit about all that specific schedule being shared too.

Also, thanks for providing a place where Pam can be mentioned without people acting like the world's coming to an end! So ridiculous. I don't know how Bunnie can stand it.

[sophinisba]

I'll be a little sappy I guess and say, while I'm happy for him to have such a nice place to stay, it makes me a little sad that security has to be so tight so he's not having a chance to meet ordinary Chileans or go to record stores or rock concerts.

And I'll also say (since it's my journal and I CAN, lol) that I think Pam is beautiful and I really like seeing pictures of the two of them together.

Bunnie's grace in dealing with some of those people is very impressive.

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear! (To everything you say.)

[angelwood.livejournal.com]

thanks for this! =) all those details. :-O yikes!

[sophinisba]

You're welcome. I felt a little bit weird translating parts of it but then the people who are close enough to stalk him at the moment can read Spanish, so...