Archive for February 25th, 2002

TV Watch: PJ On ‘Charlie Rose’

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Special Reports

Peter Jackson was on 'Charlie Rose' last Friday (Feb 22nd). The interview was a full hour with no commercial breaks, and featured some very candid moments including PJ's story on ... Read more..

Media Watch: PJ interviewed on Fresh Air tomorrow!

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

News for Ringers in the States thanks to Brian: "Peter Jackson's interview on NPR's "Fresh Air"(reported on theonering.net on 2/24) will be tomorrow, Tuesday 2/26/2002. A list of stations airing ... Read more..

Interviews With a Twist

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Here's a link to two rather unusual interviews with Elijah Wood, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd, plus Peter Jackson. ... Read more..

Sideshow/Weta Posts Series 5

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Check out this first look at Sideshow/Weta Collectibles Lord of the Rings Series 5 product, now available for pre-order! Featured in this series are highly detailed statues of Boromir, Lurtz, ... Read more..

McKellen & Bloom At BAFTAs

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Earhart sends us this picture of Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Orlando Bloom (Legolas) at the BAFTA awards on Sunday, February 24th. [More]Share This Read more..

TV Watch UK: Liquid News

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

siliconslave writes: If you're in the UK, Billy Boyd is on Liquid News tonight to discuss the BAFTAs. BBCAmerica also broadcasts the programme, but it is usually a week ... Read more..

Gimli Kinder Surprise DO exist.

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Yep, looks like the full set of LOTR toys do exist in the Kinder Surprise eggs, so anyone missing a figure can just keep eating those chocolates [hard, hard!!!] or ... Read more..

Media Watch: PJ on ‘Holmes’

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Peter Jackson was interviewed at the BAFTAS last night by New Zealand's current affairs programme 'Holmes.' It's available on Realplayer hereShare This Read more..

Tolkien Sarcasm Page and the German Book

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Yesterday we had a report on a German book about Tolkien that used that triumph of spoofery, the Tolkien Sarcasm Page, for its research - and it used theTSP's famous ... Read more..

Tolkien Sarcasm Scores Again: Translation

Monday, February 25th, 2002 Posted in Old Special Reports

Many thanks to Caroline who came through for us with this translation of the story on the Tolkien's Gesellschaft website:"Knaur withdraws "Tolkien's World"Someone once said that Tolkien fans would never ... Read more..