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Outlander star Sam Heughan runs the Edinburgh Marathon Festival

Outlander star Sam Heughan runs the Edinburgh Marathon Festival

Outlander star Sam Heughan was among an estimated 35,000 runners who took to the roads in this weekend’s Edinburgh Marathon Festival. The actor completed the marathon as part of a challenge to raise funds for male cancer awareness charity Cahonas Scotland. Outlander news from Outlander tours Edinburgh Organisers said people from all over the world participated in Scotland’s biggest running festival. Events included a marathon, half-marathon, 10k and 5k. Kenyan Joel Kipkemboi Kiptoo took advantage of good running conditions to…

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Outlander’s Sam Heughan is set to join Vin Diesel in Bloodshot

Outlander’s Sam Heughan is set to join Vin Diesel in Bloodshot

Outlander’s Sam Heughan is set to join Vin Diesel in Bloodshot for Sony Pictures. The pic, which marks Diesel’s first starring superhero film, starts production in July with Dave Wilson directing and Neal H. Moritz producing. The film is casting up quickly, with Eiza Gonzalez and Michael Sheen also coming aboard. Outlander news from Private Outlander Tours Bloodshot is a central character in the Valiant Expanded Universe – a comic book universe composed of a diverse array of thousands of characters embodying a wide variety of genres,…

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Outlander stars in Emmy nominations

Outlander stars in Emmy nominations

We have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for Starz. For this season, the premium network has newcomers “Counterpart” (J.K. Simmons) and “Vida” (Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada), returning Emmy contender “Outlander” (Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan)  as part of their 2018 campaign. Outlander news from Private Outlander tours . Below, the list of Starz lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series. More names might be added by the network on the final Emmy ballot….

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Outlander star Sam Heughan and his own whisky

Outlander star Sam Heughan and his own whisky

Sam Heughan has been teasing a number of announcements as of late, and one of them included the development of his own whisky. He teased it briefly in an interview this week on This Morning, and earlier today he released a little more news in the form of a name: Great Glen Company. Outlander news from Private Outlander tours In the post below via his official Twitter, you can see the announcement of the name alongside the notice that “Great Glen is…

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Outlander star Sam Heughan heads for the hills

Outlander star Sam Heughan heads for the hills

Outlander star Sam Heughan has headed for the hills in his latest TV appearance. He explains his love of the great outdoors to Cameron McNeish for Take a Hike on BBC Two Scotland. The actor, who grew up in Dumfries and Galloway, said it was a passion which had been with him as long as he could remember. He said that returning to Scotland to film Outlander had rekindled his desire to enjoy its countryside. “I was born and raised…

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Caitriona Balfe Cheers On ‘Outlander’ Co-Star Sam Heughan

Caitriona Balfe Cheers On ‘Outlander’ Co-Star Sam Heughan

Proof that Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe are a team on and off the screen. Caitriona Balfe Cheers On ‘Outlander’ Co-Star Sam Heughan As He Runs Stirling MarathonThe “Outlander” actor shared a photo from the Stirling Scottish Marathon in Scotland on Sunday. He captioned the tweet, “Is it too late to go back to bed? Wish us luck!” And luck he was wished. His co-star Balfe sent good vibes his way. Day tours from Edinburgh Heughan, 37, also plugged the charitable…

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Outlander Sam Heughan launches Glasgow International festival

Outlander Sam Heughan launches Glasgow International festival

Outlander star Sam Heughan joined a star-studded guest list to help launch the Glasgow International festival’s opening party this weekend. More than 1,200 art lovers, artists and revellers joined the celebrations at SWG3, including Britpop legend Jarvis Cocker and fashion designer Pam Hogg. Guests were treated to previews of four exhibitions, including jewellery designs by Judy Blame, the legendary artist – known for working with Neneh Cherry and Boy George – who passed away earlier this year. READ MORE The…

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The Outlander love story boosts visitor numbers

The Outlander love story boosts visitor numbers

Fans of the hit television series Outlander helped to push tourist numbers at Scotland’s historic castles past the five million mark for the first time last year. Our Outlander set locations tour features visits to Doune Castle , Blackness Castle and Linlithgow Palace. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) said that people had come from across the world to see sites associated with the time-travel fantasy starring Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe . It said that the “Outlander effect” had led to a 27…

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Outlander fans visitor to the Clan Fraser memorial go up

Outlander fans visitor to the Clan Fraser memorial go up

Historians who maintain the Culloden Battlefield in Scotland are reportedly blaming fans of the novels and TV series for trampling the area around the Clan Fraser memorial . Culloden Tours Scotland from Private tours Edinburgh The property manager of Culloden says more than 180,000 people visited the battlefield last year, up 28 percent from 2016. Some even left behind little cutouts of Sam Heughan, who plays Jamie Fraser on the Starz drama. Outlander news from Outlander tours . The Battle…

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Craigh na dun , the standing stones in Outlander
Did Jamie just give a clue about the standing stones ?

Did Jamie just give a clue about the standing stones ?

Outlander Actor Sam Heughan has written the foreword to an excellent book “There’s always the hills ” by Cameron Mcneish , in which he gives a little clue about the location of the famous standing stones – ” We had been filming Outlander near Loch Rannoch for a few days, among the magical setting of standing stones that the main character Claire travels through, back to Scotland in 1745. I had spent my 35th birthday on the side of a…

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