Sean Astin to attend Rudy 20th Anniversary Celebration

Sean Astin will be a special guest at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of "Rudy" in Las Vegas October 17, 2013. The event will include red carpet arrivals, a VIP reception with photo ops for the attendees, and a screening of the movie followed by a Q&A with Sean, screenwriter Angelo Pizzo, and the "real" Rudy Ruettiger!

Proceeds from the event go to the Rudy Foundation Scholarship Fund for Education, Sports and the Performing Arts.

For more information, visit the Facebook Events page.

Sean to attend Con in Vancouver

Sean Astin has added another convention north of the border to his spring calendar! He will be at the Fan Expo Vancouver, BC on April 20-21, 2013.

Other expected guests include Stan Lee, Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery.

Sean Astin to attend Toronto Comic Con

Sean will be a guest at the Toronto Comic Con at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, March 9-10, 2013, presented by Fan Expo Canada.

Also appearing are the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," including Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden! Be still my heart! <3

Sean last minute guest at Nuke the Fridge Con

UPDATE: Sean's appearance is canceled due to illness. :-(

Sean has been added as a last minute guest at the Nuke the Fridge Con in Industry, CA (east of LA) on November 10, 2012. The show is open 9am - 5pm, and there is no admission fee.

For more information, visit the Con's web site or Facebook page.

Sean guest speaker at Rose Hill Center event

Sean Astin will be the keynote speaker at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Rose Hill Center in Holly MI on Thursday, October 11. He is filling in for his mother, Anna Pearce, aka Patty Duke, who was originally scheduled to appear.

Rose Hill Center, a Joint Commission accredited residential psychiatric rehabilitation facility for adults with a primary diagnosis of severe mental illness, will host its 20th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, October 11 at The Townsend Hotel, 100 Townsend Street, Birmingham. The event is supported by Northern Trust and will be held from 6 – 9 p.m. It includes a cocktail reception, dinner and formal remarks. Tickets for Rose Hill Center’s 20th Anniversary Celebration are $150 and can be purchased by calling 248-531-2406. For more information, visit www.rosehillcenter.org.

Sources here and here.

South Bend Interviews—Lots of them!

This post will be updated throughout the weekend as more interviews appear. (Updated 9/23 7am)

Sean is in South Bend assisting Brendan Mullen in his campaign for US Congress. Politics, "Rudy" and Notre Dame football are the main topics in these interviews.

Photo by James Brosher, South Bend Tribune

• "Rudy" Actor Sean Astin in town to raise funds for Mullen:

Actor Sean Astin walked into Corby’s Irish Pub on Friday for the first time in nearly 20 years. 

He hadn’t been back to the bar on East LaSalle Avenue since he was filming scenes there for “Rudy” — the 1993 movie in which he played Notre Dame football walk-on Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger. Astin will always have a connection to South Bend in many people’s minds because of that role.

Read full article on South Bend Tribune.

• Sean talks politics at Corby's Irish Bar, a location featured in "Rudy." South Bend Tribune video here.


• Interview on WNDU 16: watch video here.

• Interview with WSBT: watch video here.

• Sean on South Bend Fox 28. watch video here.

• Both Rudys are on Notre Dame's campus this weekend, Rudy Ruettiger and the man who played him:



• Sean received the honorary status of alumnus at Holy Cross College ABC 57 News:

More Sean Astin NYC Interviews and Photos!

Now that Sean has finished his whirlwind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tour in New York, he is in South Bend, Indiana, helping to fund raise for Brendan Mullen, candidate for the US Congress. He interviewed this morning on 95.7 The Fan Michiana, and will be appearing the Pfeil Center at Holy Cross College at 3pm today,  Corby's Irish Bar at 5:30pm CT today, Mulligan's Bar and Grill Saturday morning (listen here), and a tailgate party Saturday 3-7pm CT before the Notre Dame Michigan game.

Meanwhile, here is the audio from Sean's interview yesterday on 96.5 The Buzz in Kansas/Missouri.


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Sean on KDGE 102.1 The Edge (audio only):


While in NYC, Sean also filmed a segment for Spike TV which will air next Thursday, September 27, midnight ET, 11pm CT and for The Chew which will air in October. We'll remind you when those are set to air, and let you know when they are posted online!

If you missed it, check out Wednesday's great interview on VH1 and the collection of Wednesday's and Thursday's photos here.

And now for a couple of pics of Sean at Newark Airport yesterday, posing with fans!

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Sean at Dallas Fan Days!

Sean continues his busy convention circuit this year with an appearance at the Dallas Fan Days October 19-21, 2012 at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, TX.

Stay tuned! October is going to be a busy month! ;-)

Collectormania Day 2 plus bonus!

Before we get to Day 2, here's a preview of Day 3 plus a bonus look back at Day 1, because they're too cool to miss! (More Day 3 pics tomorrow, plus any more cool stuff that shows up!)

Sean posted a pic of with Amandla Stenberg, Rue from "The Hunger Games"!

Sean at Collectormania Day 1

Sean is attending Collectormania in Milton Keynes, UK this weekend. Here are a few pics fans have posted from June 1.

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Promo clip for Hollywood Treasure

Promo clip for the season premiere of "Hollywood Treasure" airing on SyFy Channel, Tuesday May 22, 10pm ET. Sean will be showing memorabilia from some of his movies.

Thanks to @MovieElijahWood for the heads up on this!

Hollywood Treasure returns with Sean Astin

Press Release:  Syfy's hit series Hollywood Treasure kicks off second season traveling to "Middle-earth" with Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings). Premieres Tuesday, May 22 at 10pm

NEW YORK – April 19, 2012 – Syfy’s hit series Hollywood Treasure, starring collectibles expert Joe Maddalena, will return for its second season Tuesday, May 22 at 10PM (ET/PT). Each episode takes viewers into the fascinating world of showbiz and pop culture memorabilia, with the season opener traveling to “Middle-earth” and featuring actor Sean Astin’s Lord of the Rings collection.

Complete press release

Joe and Sean, source

Couple more Sean and Starkid pics

These are courtesy minalover on Tumblr.

Sean & Team StarKid: How it came about

Excerpted from http://caitlinmarie55.tumblr.com/post/21154506954/nerdparadise

Now, I am a huge LOTR fan and I love Sean Astin. So when I found out he was there giving autographs I was psyched…until I found out he wanted $40 for an autograph, then I was just crushed. But luck and the awesomeness of Sean Astin was in my favor. The line for Starkid autographs was right next to Sean Astin’s line and he had all but finished up signing so he came over to our line and talked to us and told us to come get his autograph. One girl in line explained that while she was a huge fan she just simply could not afford the $40 and pretty much all the other Starkid fans, including me, expressed the same. He is such an amazing guy that he spent the next 20 minutes walking up and down the Starkid line shaking hands, giving hugs and talking to everyone. We explained to him who Starkid and gushed about them. I noticed that after he left the fan line he headed over to the Starkids who were equally geeking out about him as their fans were. Here was someone who really appreciated his fans. This isn’t even the awesome part yet. 

More on Sean and Team Starkid at C2E2

[Team Starkid] had a new friend make a surprise appearance at their panel – fellow C2E2 guest and Lord of the Rings star, Sean Astin.

Astin appeared at the Q & A wearing the Scarecrow costume belonging to absent cast member Dylan Saunders, and sat in on the panel as an honorary StarKid. Both Team StarKid and the audience threw questions to him as ‘Dylan’, and he did his best to answer in character.
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Astin appeared to enjoy the experience of being a StarKid for a day, dancing around the room with the cast as they performed “Super Friends,” the closing number of Holy Musical B@man!, before taking some pictures, signing a guitar, and doling out hugs to the group, telling them, as ‘Dylan’, “You guys will always be my Fellowship.” 

Team StarKid, being the renowned geeks that they are, could not entirely make light of the situation, with Nick Strauss stating that this was the best thing that had ever happened to him, and Meredith Stepien interrupting herself mid-answer to squeal “I’m sorry, but Samwise Gamgee is sitting right there.” The whole table leapt to their feet cheering in excitement when Astin mentioned his involvement in Nickelodeon’s upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

More at the Source, plus great pics and full video!

And now some additional pics from yesterday:

Sean at C2E2 day 2

Day 2 held a rather surprising event for fans of Starkids! But first, let's start innocently enough with a couple more pics from Day 1:

Sean autographs a boy's shirt! Everyone go "awww!"

Sean at C2E2 day 1

Sean spent the first day at C2E2 signing autographs and taking photos with fans. He will be signing again today from 10am - 7pm, and Sunday 10am - 5pm.

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Many more below:

UCLA Alumni Day panelist

Sean will be attending UCLA Alumni Day as a panelist at the "Life as a Movie: Living On and Off the Set" session, May 5.

Enjoy a freewheeling discussion as notable and award-winning actors and directors share their experiences, perspectives and anecdotes on balancing life and work, off screen and on the set. Find out how they manage raising families with busy shooting schedules that may take them far from home or keep them well into the night. Learn about their creative approaches to building and keeping relationships on and off camera.

More information here.

Sean to attend CollectorMania in UK

Sean will be a guest at the CollectorMania convention in Milton Keynes, UK, June 1-3, 2012.

For more information on the event, see their official web site, Facebook page and Twitter account.

Sean attending C2E2 in Chicago next weekend!

Sean, in another last minute convention appearance, will be a guest at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, April 13-15, 2012, at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago!

The show is only a week away, so check out details at their website, Facebook page and Twitter!