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Hi everyone! Things are a bit quiet with Ben right now but I did upload 1 new scan from the July 3rd issue of the ‘Boston Globe’ newspaper today, thanks to Lisa! The article includes a new photo of Ben from the set of ‘Valediction‘ and mentions that filming of the movie officially wrapped last week.

Susie Brooks-Smith, producer of the locally shot film “Valediction,’’ said she’ll be sad to leave Boston. She’s been here for weeks to shoot the thriller, which stars Ben Barnes (a.k.a. Prince Caspian), Sarah Roemer, and hometown girl Eliza Dushku. “We’ve been stuffing our face with your fabulous seafood,’’ said Brooks-Smith, who celebrated the last day of the shoot yesterday by eating lobster with Barnes and the “Valediction’’ crew on the Summer Street set. The group was expected to continue the party at the Westin last night.

Brooks-Smith told us she chose our fair city for the filming of “Valediction’’ over Hungary, which also offers a tax credit for filmmakers. “I just wanted a contemporary city that you could imagine Ben and Sarah living in,’’ she said, promising us, “You’ll like the way you look.’’

If you’re admiring Barnes’s coif in this photo, you can thank the people standing on either side of him. Liz Cecchini, who did hair for “The Proposal’’ and “Fever Pitch,’’ and Stephen Bruno, of Patrice Vinci salon, are responsible for the actor’s deliciously disheveled ’do.

Click the thumbnail below to view the full scan. You can read the online version here.

Source: Boston.com

Affy-Ann said:

Thanks for the scan!!! The pic is not very clear but Ben still looks amazing! I read about this a few days ago on BB Source but didn’t see the pic. I hope they’ll post it soon if not already.

Thanks again! Ben looks awesome, as always!!! XD

July 7th, 2009

Serena said:

Nice pic even though it’s not clear. Can’t wait to see this movie.

July 7th, 2009

Trisha said:

Cool!

July 7th, 2009

Ally981 said:

awesome!! i would like to see a clear version cause the pic looks like it would be extremely sexy! lol

July 7th, 2009

Stephanie said:

Yeah, I’m sorry guys .. the photo is a bit fuzzy. Newspaper scans never usually come out well. Lisa is going to mail me the article so I can see what I can do with it. Hopefully I can get a clearer version of the photo up in a few days. =) This will have to do for now since the photo never showed up online ..

July 7th, 2009

Melissa said:

I can’t wait to see the clearer version of the picture. His smile looks sexy!!!

July 7th, 2009

Lisa said:

Those two are the luckiest people in the world!! What I would give to take a picture with Ben!!! **sigh**

July 7th, 2009

Affy-Ann said:

I hope the clearer version will come out soon. Thanks Stephanie! =)

July 10th, 2009

Stephanie said:

I’m so sorry guys, I got the clipping from Lisa and the photo looks exactly as it does in the scan above. I also got a second copy of the newspaper to see if that photo would be any clearer and the quality is just as bad in the second paper. So it has nothing to do with who scans it, the newspaper is the problem, they printed up terrible versions of the Ben pic .. I tried .. =(

July 12th, 2009

Sandy said:

Don’t worry about it Stephanie, you tried. We Ben fans appreciate it.

July 12th, 2009

Lili said:

thanks anyway Steph!

and…I’m stilll waiting fot he forum to get back!

July 12th, 2009

Stephanie said:

Lili: I know, I’m sorry. I haven’t had much luck getting help from Tran with that. =( You can always join us over at our LiveJournal community if you like! It’s easy to register for an account there, then you just have to join the BBF community:

http://community.livejournal.com/benbarnesfan

July 15th, 2009