As you all know, the previous design had been up on our website for a very long time. Both Steph and I felt a new look was in need, and most of you voted that you didn’t mind a change at our Facebook poll. With that in mind, I designed this new look!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new look! It features a more recent photoshoot of Ben.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please leave a comment. Thanks for visiting!

PS. The gallery’s layout will be changed over soon.

Remember the good old days when Ben Barnes Fan had a forum with many active members? After the death of the forum – I can’t even remember how it happened – I promised visitors that I would rebuild another. I made this promise such a long time ago, haha, but fear not, I’ve kept my word! So, I present to you:

I hope you all register, post and enjoy! Retweet this and inform your Twitter followers.

Back in the day Ben Barnes Fan once had a Twitter account, and to be honest, I have no idea what happened to it. With the increase use of Twitter, I have decided to open up another account for the fansite, and welcome all visitors to “follow”, and have access to the fansite’s updates on their Twitter feed! Convenient? So I thought. To follow Ben Barnes Fan, click on the link below:

Any questions, or concerns, please feel free to contact us, though I hardly believe any concerns would come from Twitter, haha.

It’s Tran here! I have just created and uploaded a new layout for Ben Barnes Fan! Yes, I know what you’re thinking: “About time!”, haha. As much as I loved the previous layout, you would agree, the fansite was in dire need of a new look. With that in mind, voila! I hope you enjoy it :)

Also, the website’s pages will be going under some changes, so please bear with me as errors will pop up here and there.

Other than that, thank you all for visiting!

Young Dorian arrives fresh on the London social scene and is taken under the wing of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth of MAMMA MIA) who introduces him to the seedy pleasures of London life. When Dorian sees how incredible he looks in a newly painted picture of himself, he swears to do whatever it takes to look as young and handsome in real life as he does in the picture – forever.

His stunning good looks and charm soon attract the celebrity lifestyle and everything that it brings. Dorian finds himself slipping deeper and deeper into a world of sin, sex and celebrity, seemingly without any consequences. But as his actions become increasingly evil, for how long can he hide the secret behind his eternal youth?

For more information visit www.orange.co.uk/doriangray.

To be in with your chance of winning simply answer the following question:

Where does Dorian keep the portrait so the world can’t see it?

E-mail your name and answer to contact@benbarnesfan.com. Good luck everyone! =D

(This contest is open to everyone and winners will be chosen at random on September 14th, 2009.)

Thanks to cantodoconto for the heads up about the new ‘Easy Virtue‘ interview below! You can also listen to an audio interview Ben did for ‘Easy Virtue‘ here. Thanks to Hosokinema.com.

Source: MovieWeb.com

Onto the updates! It’s official, Ben has been nominated for a 2009 MTV Movie Award for his performance as Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian! The category is ‘Breakthrough Male Performance‘. To vote for Ben, click here. Voting ends on May 27th!

The 2009 MTV Movie Awards will air live on Sunday, May 31st at 9 PM (Eastern) on MTV.

I’ve also uploaded some new/old photos to the gallery recently:

045 x MTV TRL *replaced with HQ’s*
013 x Fuses’ “The Sauce” *replaced with HQ’s*
007 x The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
004 x The Rachael Ray Show

015 x 2008 – Mar 16th | Narita International Airport in Japan *replaced with HQ’s*
009 x 2008 – May 2nd | Signing Autographs Outside His Hotel In NYC
002 x 2008 – May 7th | Arriving At His Hotel In NYC
007 x 2008 – May 18th | Narita International Airport in Japan *replaced with HQ’s*

001 x 2008 – May 21st | Taipei Airport
001 x 2008 – Sep 13th | Arriving At The Airport In Toronto
002 x 2008 – Oct 27th | Leaving The Hotel De Russie In Rome
002 x 2008 – Oct 29th | Signing Autographs Outside The Soho Hotel

So when I saw the new photoshoot Ivonne uploaded, I was like “Holy crap, I need to make a new layout with these!” and so I did! I hope everyone likes the new look, and I should mention, the layout looks even more funky (in a good sense) if you view it through FireFox! Enjoy and comments are more than welcome.

Tran here updating BBF with the first new layout for 2009! I hope everyone likes the new look, and if you found any errors, please feel free to contact me and let me know!

Also wanted to thank the visitors and contributors of 2008! Cheers for another year of merry moments.

Nine year old Meli, who is battling leukaemia, met actor and heartthrob Ben Barnes, on the set of the film The Picture of Dorian Gray which Ben is currently filming at The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London.

Starlight asked Ben if he would help realise little Meli’s dream which is to appear as an extra on the film set of a period drama. Ben said, “It was a joy to have lively Meli on set and help grant her wish.”

Read the full story at Starlight.co.uk