Peregrinning Took writes: On Supermillionaire tonight, the $100k question was “What do the R.R. in Lord of the Rings’ author J.R.R. Tolkien’s name stand for?” The answers were (I believe) Randolph Rian, Roland Reine, Richard Rhys, and Ronald Reul. The guy walked without answering. After giving the correct answer, Regis said, “I’ll be a ton of kids out there are screaming the right answer at their TVs.” Too true!
Day: February 28, 2004
Today, February 28th is Mark Feguson (Gil Galad) birthday! Mark was born on February 28th, 1961 in Sydney Australia. That makes him 43 today! Happy birthday Mark!
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – Not bothering to wait for those immortal words, “And the Oscar goes to…,” New Zealand held an early celebration for three homegrown Academy Award contenders, led by the final installment in the “Lord of the Rings” series. [More]
The movie most people think should win the Academy Award for best picture is the third chapter of the “Lord of the Rings” saga, a poll found. Asked which movie should win the academy award for best picture, 42 percent picked “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” widely expected to win the award Sunday night. [More]
Bill Amend has done it again, he’s captured the very essence of what it is to be a LOTR fan in the form of Jason. This time Jason tells his sister the result of an Oscar win…or loss. [More]
Oscar night is almost upon us and with 11 nominations Peter Jacksons ‘The Return of the King’ is the big favorite. Of course we will debate, speculate and discuss all about what chances ‘our guys’ have in #thehalloffire. Will ‘The Return of the King’ win the Best Movie award? Will Peter Jackson finally get his Best Director Oscar? And what’s this years competition like?[More]