2009 GLOBAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION – ONLINE ATTENDEES
Many thanks to Gerard Butler Global Fans for use of their chatroom for our online activities over the Global Celebration weekend!  If you have no already registered with their forum, click here.  We will be checking in to the chatroom on and off this evening starting around 9pm and tomorrow evening, starting around 6pm.  NOTE: GBGF rules state that member must have 15 posts to use their chatroom.  Those rules will be temporarily lifted at 9pm on October 24 and go back into effect at 6am on October 26.

Video and pictures will be coming in from the celebration locations  today and tomorrow and we will be sharing them exclusively with those in the GBGF chatroom.  We will also hold “on the spot” trivia contests for more prizes — no donation required!

Events start at 9pm on October 24 and 6pm on October 25.

We also have a SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM GERRY for all those online!!  We’ll be posting where you can hear the message periodically in the chatroom.

DON’T FORGET WE HAVE PRIZES FOR THOSE ONLINE!! Virtual attendees who donate $5 to the Gerard Butler Dot Net Charity Group will be eligible for the drawings over the weekend.  All proceeds go to Kids Kicking Cancer.  You may donate all weekend.   Click here for more info. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!!  Your generosity is greatly appreciated!!

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN TAKES SECOND PLACE
Law Abiding Citizen took second place in this week’s box office race grossing $27.6 Million!!  The film is still showing across the US, so get out there and see it for the first time, or again, this weekend!!

Get to the theater this week to support Law Abiding Citizen!!  Buy movie tickets in advance at Fandango.com!

GERARD VOTED HOLLYWOOD MALE STAR OF THE YEAR!

Thank you to everyone who voted for Gerry in those Yahoo! and Hollywood Film Festival online poll!  Your votes brought Gerry the honor of Hollywood Male Star of the Year.  View the results!

OMG! Yahoo has placed Gerard at #3 on their 25 Hottest Hunks in Hollywood list!  Only Josh Brolin and David Beckham placed higher.  Congrats Gerry!  The world is FINALLY discovering what we already knew! 

Gerard will be a guest at the much-anticipated, grand opening of Dubai’s most luxurious resort and newest icon, Atlantis The Palm, this Thursday.  This information has been confirmed by Alan Siegel Entertainment. Gerard joins other A-listers like Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington and Oprah Winfrey for the red carpet event marking the official launch of the landmark and its flagship resort. Read more…

MORE GALLERY ADDITIONS

Thanks to Klaus Roethlisberger for sharing another one of his photo shoot pics taken of Gerard in 2003. Thanks also to Manon at GerardButler.jp for scans from HD Video Pro.

GB.NET ANNUAL CHARITY COOKBOOK
Thank you to everyone who submitted recipes for this year’s charity cookbook, “Party Favorites.”  We have a great collection of over 130 good eats!  Since we won’t be able to get to formatting the publication for CafePress until later in the week, feel free to submit more until Thursday, November 20.

300 Limited Collectors Edition + Digital Copy

A reminder that the 300 Limited Collectors Edition + Digital Copy will be released tomorrow by Warner Home Video. 300 Limited Collector’s Edition is available while supplies last and includes a brand NEW documentary about the 300 Legend, filtered through History, Graphic Novel and Film, a Digital Copy of the theatrical version, a 52-Page Hardcover Art Book with Personal Message from Director Zack Snyder, Lucite Display with Motion Film Clip, 6 Collectible Photo Cards and all contents from the 2- Disc Special Edition.