From 20/20: Deborah Roberts visits famous hobbit Sean Astin and his mother, Patty Duke, and asks some serious questions: Why would a woman whose own childhood was stolen by stardom raise a son to be a star? And Astin talks about his concerns about having a bi-polar mother. This episode airs on May 7th.
Day: April 26, 2004
The folks from bungie.net write: Recording all of the dialog for Halo 2 can be a tough process. Often times the voice actors spend hours repeating the same lines over and over trying for the perfect take. It’s all business inside the sound booth but every once in a while the actors goof up or stray from the script for a good laugh. These clips represent some of those moments. (click on the second file for a familiar voice!) [More]
Shore won this year’s Oscars for best score and best song Composer Howard Shore, who created Oscar-winning scores for The Lord of the Rings films, is to be honoured by a US composers’ institution on Wednesday. Canadian Shore is receiving a lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Ascap) in Los Angeles. [More]
toonzone.net reports that the Rankin/Bass 1977 ‘The Hobbit’ and the 1980 ‘The Return of the King’ cartoons will be airing on The Cartoon Network in May. [More]
Ataahua writes: During the weekend the Women in Film and Television World Summit wound up in Auckland, NZ, which was attended by delegates from around the world. At the end of the summit LOTR script writer Fran Walsh and costume designer Ngila Dickson each walked away with an award: Fran with the International Achievement Award for her role in LOTR, and Ngila with the Outstanding Achievement Award.
Faye-Elf writes: I don’t know if anyone else has reported this but I saw Elijah Wood filming on location in London yesterday afternoon. [More]