Apparently the makeup work for “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” “Men in Black 2,” or “The Hours” weren’t enough to impress the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2002. Only two films — “The Time Machine” and “Frida” — have been selected by the Academy’s makeup awards committee as finalists for the Best Makeup Oscar nominations. [More]
Day: January 29, 2003
The voting for the nominations for the Empire Awards 2003 has closed, and Two Towers has picked up 7 nominations. [More]
Best Film – The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Best Director – Peter Jackson
Best Actor – Viggo Mortensen
Best Actress – Miranda Otto
Best British Actor – Sir Ian Mckellen
Best British Actor – Andy Serkis
Sony Ericsson Scene Of The Year – Gollum’s debate
And we’re talking the UK version of ‘pants’, as in, underpants…boxers..draws..undies..you get the idea. Greylady writes: Sean Bean and several other British celebs have signed various pieces of undergarments which are now up for auction to help the Bristol Cancer Help Center. The auctions lasts until Feb. 14. The auction is in UK pounds and you have to call a British telephone number to place a bid. At last view, Sean’s knickers were going for L120, the third highest bid. Nowhere is it indicated that Sean has actually worn these. [More]
Yusuf writes: TTT has been chosen as the Best Film of 2002 by the Turkish viewers! Via the biggest movie-film site of Turkey www.beyazperde.com, more than 4000 people voted and TTT has become #1 among the other films of 2002. The second one is A Beautiful Mind and the third is Episode II.
Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) has updated his LOTR-section of e-post, in which he answers questions emailed to him by fans. Be sure to read this installment here!
The official site, LordoftheRings.net, has been updated with a nice feature about Isengard. It includes a nice interview with Brad Dourif (Grima) and an article about the people behind the Isengard ‘miniature’, you can check it out here!