The backers of The Lord of the Rings have relaxed their objections to tourist promotion of areas where the films were shot, MPs heard yesterday. [More]
Day: May 9, 2002
IMDB is reporting that Orlando Bloom (Legolas) has been seen in and around Hollywood with ‘Sleepy Hollow’ beauty Christina Ricci. I know many of you 14 year old girls out there apparently care, I’m just going to watch the Hockey Game..and hope I don’t get any emails about this. [More]
Comic website FusionD is doing a series of LOTR-themed comics this week. Check them out! [More]
Okay, here we go again. What was most likely a joke has continued to get more ‘serious’ exposure. Last week we reported the news that a petition had surfaced to rename the film ‘The Two Towers.’ The reason: “(The Two Towers) is clearly meant to refer to the attacks on the World Trade Center.” If that nugget of lunacy wasn’t enough, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) and MSNBC picked up the story and posted it in their movie news section yesterday, further propagating this completely off-base allegation. Worse yet, the reports claim the petition has 1200 signatures. Now, we understand the petition page does ‘say’ that 1200+ people have signed it, but come on folks, do the research! As a public service to both major media outlets and fans out there, we’ll give you the facts. 80% of those signatures are marked as ‘false entry voided.’ Of the other 20%, the majority are fans, like us, mocking the stupidity of the petition. I’m getting a little worried. We are quickly running out of clue bus tickets.
Now, what can we do about this? Sign a counter-petition? Nah. Lets just remind the news sources they need to do a little more research. Don’t get nasty or anything, but just a friendly reminder to check their facts will help. Email the authors of the MSNBC story and the folks at IMDB. The links to their email can be found at the bottom of the following pages. [MSNBC article] [IMDB article]
Jaimie sends along some additional info on our very own Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), including book re-releases and more info on his appearance at the Robert Mann Gallery in LA. [More]
From: Jaimie
Since the (Mann) gallery is very limited in space, with one elevator to the 10th floor that can carry about 8 people, it was decided to have a private opening on July 11th for the Robert Mann Gallery guests.
Viggo will be in attendance at the gallery on Friday, July 12th to sign books–exact hours will be posted shortly on the Robert Mann website.
We would also like to announce that Viggo and Smart Art Press will be re-printing “Recent Forgeries” and “Signlanguage.” Viggo will also be publishing a book of photographs that will include poems from “Ten Last Night” and “Recent Forgeries” as well as some new poems.
It will be the first book from his newly formed press for art books (stay tuned for name and details, including a website where you will find all the details regarding future publications, as well as information regarding Viggo’s exhibitions).