At the “Cinema for Peace” event in Berlin, celebrities who participated in the “Helping Hand” program printed their hand(s) into special modelling plaster. These unique casts are auctioned off on Ebay; the proceeds will go to UNICEF to help tsunami victims. If you’d like to own the imprint of Christopher Lee’s right hand and do some good at the same time. [eBay Auction] [Images]
Day: February 17, 2005
From a distance it could be mistaken for one of the tripod machines in H G Wells’ The War of the Worlds. But Wellington is not about to be invaded by Martians. From November, Courtenay Place will feature a six-metre-high bronze, wood and steel salute to New Zealand’s film industry created by Oscar-winning special effects company Weta. A model of the sculpture – a giant movie camera on a tripod made from what appears to be recycled materials is due to be unveiled today. [More]
Jan writes: Elijah Wood was announced as being on the Independent Spirit Awards Red Carpet Show shown on BRAVO on February 28th at 9PM. [More]
Kathryn from The Powerhouse Museum writes: I am writing to you from the Powerhouse Museum Members department, and was given your email address by one of our LoTR exhibition volunteers. We have organised a series of talks and workshops with various people from WETA Workshops. The first two feature head of WETA Richard Taylor, who will be performing an application of prosthetics and makeup to Jed Brophy on Saturday 26 February, while on Sunday 27 February he will be giving a talk with Tania Rodgers about their experiences on-set. We look very likely to have other events featuring LoTR behind the scenes talent in the next few weeks. [More]
Kathryn from The Powerhouse Museum writes: I am writing to you from the Powerhouse Museum Members department, and was given your email address by one of our LoTR exhibition volunteers. We have organised a series of talks and workshops with various people from WETA Workshops. The first two feature head of WETA Richard Taylor, who will be performing an application of prosthetics and makeup to Jed Brophy on Saturday 26 February, while on Sunday 27 February he will be giving a talk with Tania Rodgers about their experiences on-set. We look very likely to have other events featuring LoTR behind the scenes talent in the next few weeks.
I hope that some of your members may be interested in these events, I have forwarded an e-card below. All bookings are through TicketMaster 7 with a two day pass costing $75 for non-members. (Powerhouse Members get both days for $70 as well as free unlimited entry to The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy- the exhibition.)
Unless you let me know otherwise, I will send further details to this email address as they come to hand about other special events that we are running in conjunction with the exhibition.
If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact me directly. You can also check out the information on our website.
‘Now the Three Kindreds of the Eldar were gathered at last in Valinor, and Melkor was chained. This was the Noontide of the Blessed Realm, the fullness of its glory and its bliss, long in tale of years, but in memory too brief.’ (The Silmarillion) [More]