Australian actress Cate Blanchett discovered she was living in a grisly murder house in Sydney when she saw a news report about the crime that had taken place there before she made it home. The Lord of the Rings star was a struggling student when she moved into the sprawling Zetland home, and it didn’t take her long to realise why her rent was so low. [More]
Day: December 4, 2004
Orlando Bloom, star of blockbuster epics Troy and Lord of the Rings, is coming to Dubai for the gala opening of the Dubai International Film Festival, Festival organizers confirmed yesterday. The 27-year-old actor will be arriving on December 5, one day before the six-day Festival kicks off, with co-stars from the Rings trilogy, family members and actor friends. [More]
Elise writes: There will be an extended ”Return of the King” screening in Oslo (Norway) in Vika Cinema. The screening will be on December 7th. The ticets will be on sale today (December 4th) online, but you can buy them now directly in Vika Cinema. You can read about it (in Norwegian) here. [More]
Ringer Spy Celebriel alerts us to Sean Astin’s interview with ESPN’s Shane Igoe, in which he talks about past and future projects including Rudy, Goonies, the Hercules mini-series, and Things of Gravity, as well as Grand Prix racing, college football, and his book There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale. [More]
After four years of arguments among fans of The Lord of the Rings, the mystery of a photograph dubbed “wizard kebab” has been solved. During filming of Peter Jackson’s trilogy in August, 2000, Dominion Post photographer Rob Kitchin, then working for the Evening Post, snapped a photograph during filming in a vacant lot in Peterkin St, Taita. The photograph showed (highlight to read!) a white-robed wizard, thought to be Gandalf, impaled on a giant spiked wheel.!!!SPOILERS!!! [More]
World-renowned artist Alan Lee, acclaimed LOTR illustrator and Academy Award-winning conceptual designer for the film trilogy, will discuss his long involvement in creating the visual world that accompanies the books and films based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Lee’s visual presentation will include a slide show and a display of a dozen original illustrations. Today, (December 4th) Alan will be at ‘Books of Wonder’ in New York, NY. For the full list of his stops, click here! [More]