Unless Peter Jackson makes a big-screen version of The Hobbit at some point in the future, Andy Serkis has only one more chance to be nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Gollum. That chance comes Jan. 27, when this year’s Academy Awards nominees will be announced. [More]
Day: January 24, 2004
When the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made “Cold Mountain” the front-runner for the group’s annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be announced during an NBC special on Sunday, they were playing favorites a trifle prematurely. [More]
From makeupshow.co.uk: “We have had some of the finest make-up artists in the world speak at our shows. This year’s speakers include the make-up team responsible for the brilliant work in Lord of the Rings. Artists Gino Acevedo and Richard Taylor will perform a live demonstration of one of the movie make-ups on a guest cast member from the movie!” Gino & Lawrence Makoare both wrote in to say they’ll be attending the show. [More]
Adele writes: I just thought you might like to know that Professor Brian Bates, author of “The Real Middle Earth” will be Don MacLean’s studio guest this Sunday morning (25 Jan) at 7.00am GMT on BBC Radio 2 (UK). [More]
Turgon writes: Part I of Bradley J. Birzer’s three part series on “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Reclamation of the Pre-modern West and the Vision Presented in Peter Jackson’s Film Trilogy” has just been posted at the ISI website. Birzer is the author of _J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth, published by ISI. [More]
The Saturday Night Live episode with Elijah Wood as the special guest will be on NBC tonight. If you missed it the first time, here’s your second chance! [More]