Ringer Spy djdeathskiss writes: TORN is mentioned in the September issue of ‘Empire’ magazine along as part of an article on movie websites. “Out of the thousands of movie web sites on the internet, a select few have carved out positions of power and influence- and not just among the fans, but among the highest echelons of Hollywood power, too.” [More]
Day: August 10, 2004
FrodoFan sent along these images Elijah Wood (looking very much like Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker) visiting fans at a children’s hospitalin Prague. [More]
TheHutt writes: Just wanted to notify, that I just finished working on a new font from “Lord of the Rings” movie – “Aniron”. This font is a replication of the typeface used in the end credits of PJs movie trilogy. The font supports Latin alphabet, numbers, punctuation, extended characters (accents) and a Cyrillic alphabet (!). The font is free for non-commercial use. The Aniron font, as well as my other font creation, the Ringbearer Font, can be downloaded on my website. [More]

ATHENS (Reuters) – The Olympic rings may be about join the Lord of the Rings in fueling a boom in the ancient but hardly fashionable sport of archery. Hollywood heart-throb Orlando Bloom and the bowman elves who invaded the screen in cinema’s version of the Tolkien trilogy has had youngsters all of a quiver; archery clubs around the world are reporting a surge in recruits. [More]
Here’s a review from The Edinburgh festival: Last year, “New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk parody act” were still late-night Fringe underdogs. This year, they are greeted like rock gods. With their superior wordplay, virtuoso musicality and superbly gormless banter, they’ve taken comedy song to a whole new level. [More]