Hannah writes: ‘For Better of for Worse’, a television program from TLC in which a couple’s friends plan their wedding for them, is airing a Tolkien-themed wedding this week. The website tells us that “wedding planner Angie Bloom-Hewett pulls out one of her most inventive ideas yet when she melds the groom’s love of Tolkien’s LOTR with the bride’s passion for pink.” Sounds interesting enough. It looks like most of the inspiration is coming from Rohan, as the preview shows some folks looking at Eowyn’s white dress online. The episode premieres at 9:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 24, and will be shown again on Thursday at 12:00 a.m. EST and on Friday at 5:00 p.m. EST.
Day: March 20, 2004
The troubled life of Calle the Elephant, one of the San Francisco Zoo’s most beloved residents, will soon come to an end. The zoo has decided to euthanize the 37-year-old, 10,000-pound creature because her health has been declining since October…Her vocalizations were recorded and used in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” which just won 11 Oscars. “She should have been eligible for an Academy Award,” Chan said. [More]
My own personal punching bag Sala Baker is in Utah with the folks from ‘Celebrity Autograh Expo’ this weekend. Sala was at the Jordon Commons Mall today, and will be at the MegaPlex 12 Theatres at Gateway tomorrow. Stop by and say hi! [More]
Happy Birthday Lawrence! Lawrence Makoare was born on March 20th 1968 in Bastion Point, Auckland, New Zealand. That makes him 36 years old today! Happy Birthday Mr. Kil!
Sandicomm writes: Howard Shore will be on a radio programme tomorrow the 21st on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM) from 3-4 PM. This radio show will be about why people love Wagner’s Rings cycle so much. Here’s the discription from Time Out New York… [More]
Sandicomm writes: Howard Shore will be on a radio programme tomorrow the 21st on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM) from 3-4 PM. This radio show will be about why people love Wagner’s Rings cycle so much. Here’s the discription from Time Out New York:
The Ring and I: The Passion, the Myth, the Mania
The Metropolitan Opera is getting set to mount its ambitious production of Wagner’s 17-hour Ring cycke, which has inspired rabid devotion from generations of classical-music fans. In this special from the folks behind Radio Lab, The Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore, playwright Tony Kushner, Met[ropolitan Opera] technical director Joe Clark, psychologist Laurie Layton Schapira, Seattle Opera director Speight Jenkins, guitarist Gary Lucas and others will ofer insight into what makes this Ring so special. Jad Abumrad hosts.
Also, strangely enough, while LOTR hasn’t been nominated for Best Movie of the Year, the books have been nominated for Best Book of the Year (I guess they nominated the one-volume edition). I think that LOTR deserves to win, especially over Captain Underpants. The people at Nick were extremely crafty (anticipating Ringers, I guess?), and they made it so that you have to vote in every category. Since this is the Kids Choice Awards, I would ask all Ringers under 18 to vote. [More]