LEXINGTON, Ky. – The chance to appear for a fleeting moment in a Cameron Crowe film generated enough buzz to attract hundreds to a recent casting call in Kentucky. As many as 1,300 people showed up at a Lexington hotel Saturday in hopes of landing roles as extras in Crowe’s new movie, “Elizabethtown,” starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. [More]
Day: June 20, 2004
Shrek 2, after only one month, has surpassed ROTK’s lifetime domestic gross of $377,027,325. [[More]
Turgon writes: UNDERSTANDING THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE BEST OF TOLKIEN CRITICISM, edited by Rose A. Zimbardo and Neil D. Isaacs has just been published by Houghton Mifflin. It contains fifteen essays, most of which are reprinted from either of the two anthologies edited by Zimbardo and Isaacs in 1968 and 1981 repsectively, but there is a brand new essay by Tom Shippey called “Another Road to Middle-earth: Jackson’s Movie Trilogy.” The full list of contents can be seen on the back cover. [More]
Amka writes: I am the secretary of a new organization in Utah called Into the West. We are excited to present a series of lectures on The Cultural Influences of Tolkien. Our first lecture will be on Thursday, June 24th and is entitled Tolkien Influenced. [More]
Amka writes: I am the secretary of a new organization in Utah called Into the West. We are excited to present a series of lectures on The Cultural Influences of Tolkien. Our first lecture will be on Thursday, June 24th and is entitled Tolkien Influenced. It will be presented by Dr. Don Chapman, an associate professor of Linguistics at Brigham Young University. Up and coming lectures include “How Hobbits Beat Harry Potter and Just About Everybody Else, as well as Tolkien Illustrated. These will be held at the Borders Books and Music in Murray. Below is the address.
Borders Books and Music
132 E. Winchester
Murray, UT 84107
As well as lectures we hold monthly reading discussions coupled with humanitarian projects, as well as other BBQs and parties. We have some very exciting events planned for fall including the Hall of Fire: a music, art and writing contest with prizes being awarded by Borders. You can find out more about us at www.vcode.com/intothewest.
It’s almost 25 years since the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain – but the first images from a new mini-series are an eerie reminder of the case that shocked a nation. Actor Miranda Otto has achieved a remarkable resemblance to Lindy Chamberlain while Craig McLaughlin plays a buffed-up version of her then-husband, Michael. [More]