Andrea writes: Andrew Lesnie will be at the Berlin Film Festival to talk about the cinematography of LOTR. The whole thing will be a part of the “Talent Campus” series, the title and description of the event is “Pixel and Grain: Cinematography of `The Lord of the Rings`-Australian cinematographer Andrew Lesnie on handling the real and the digitals in `LOTR`”. [berlinale.de]

Ringer Roheryn writes: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King gets lots of ink in this week’s Oscar Guide issue of Entertainment Weekly (Double issue #749/750). There is a 3-page overview article that mentions the film quite a bit, as well as individual features for Best Director and Best Picture, each offering one page of text with one photo page.” [More]

Peter writes: Howard Shore is coming to Atlanta with 2 nights of live performances of music from LOTR in Atlanta Symphony Hall this June. Alan Lee’s original illustrations will also be displayed during the movements and I have been told that tickets are selling fast. [More]

Ringer Spy Grima Wormtongue writes: The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum Galleries present: 12th Annual “The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” exhibition. [More]

Ringer Spy Grima Wormtongue writes: The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum Galleries present: 12th Annual “The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” exhibition.

The 2004 Exhibition will feature over 100 costumes from 23+ films from 2003. Some of the films represented will be: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Haunted Mansion, The Last Samurai, Seabiscuit, Cold Mountain, Master & Commander, and The Cat in the Hat.

Exhibit is open February 2 thru April 8
10am to 4pm daily, including Saturday. Closed Sundays.
FIDM Museum Galleries On The Park, 1st level.

919 South Grand Avenue (corner of Grand & 9th street)
Downtown Los Angeles
Admission is free.
Group tours can be arranget at (213)-624-1200 ext. 2225
Parking under college building (Entrance on 9th street).

I’ve gone to this exhibit for the past two years, which featured costumes from FOTR and TTT, and it was amazing to see them up close! This is a great exhibit and I highly recommend it. I hope this information is helpful!

Annie Lennox will be performing on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Friday February 6th. Will she be singing ‘Into the West’? Lets hope! ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ airs on NBC at 11:35, the musical guest usually appears around 12:15AM.