Congratulations to Ilona!

Ilona Leiberman just had a wondrous bouquet of success! Huzzah!

Here's her flowers in the cracks for the week: her photograph of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman just got printed in Time magazine (27 Feb 2006 issue; here's a link to the online article sans photograph.).

She's taken a good number of photos of the actor who starred in Capote, which you can find on MSN (including the one labelled "In Focus.") You can also see more Philip Seymour Hoffman at Ilona's own web site, IlonaLieberman.com.

Ilona's photo was used in an article on the Oscar®-nominated stars this year, and as we know, he was nominated for an Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role. My own favorite appearance of him was in the movie Almost Famous. A close second was in Cold Mountain.

I have to admit I did not see him in Capote. I have seen him in Next Stop Wonderland (a wonderful and modest film), Twister (where I was convinced he must have once attended a computer or networking or roleplaying convention based on his geekiness), Boogie Nights (which reminded me why the 1970s seemed so sad and depressing, even as a kid), and Scent of a Woman (where sadly, I cannot recall exactly what he did for the movie! I am sure true fans can remind me of the scenes he was in, or maybe I'll rent it again). He often seems to play sloppy or sleazy characters. Maybe Capote will be a watershed movie for him, opening up new types of roles, especially leading roles.

For now, this is great exposure for Ilona's work. She'll be focusing for now on her Time in the sun, as it were. Go Ilona, go!