It’s the Rovers Return of the King as Sir Ian McKellen achieves his lifetime ambition of appearing on Coronation Street. This shot shows Limehouse resident Sir Ian in his first scenes on the ITV1 soap, in which he plays author Mel Hutchwright for 10 episodes to be screened next month. [More]
Day: April 27, 2005
TORONTO (CP) – Just when we thought it was safe to go back to the shire, the Lord of the Rings has galloped forth to snatch up one last handful of awards. The Universal/Alliance Atlantis release of the special extended edition DVD of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King swept five categories at the second annual Canadian Entertainment Network Awards. The wins included best major studio and best boxed-set release, best special edition DVD, best sound/audio and the reader’s choice award. [More]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Brooding actor Sean Bean, whose recent successes include playing Boromir in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and Odysseus in “Troy”, has signed on to star in “Silent Hill”, the film adaptation of the best-selling video game franchise. Bean will play the husband of the female lead (Radha Mitchell) in the story of a mother and a daughter discovering the secrets of an abandoned town. Christophe Gans is directing, from a script by Roger Avary (“Pulp Fiction”, “Killing Zoe”). TriStar Pictures will distribute the film. [More]
The northwest corner of UC Berkeley has the ugliest architecture, both on campus and off, until you cross Hearst Avenue and walk 10 feet up Spruce Street to Normandy Village. A blueprint copy of a village in rural France, the apartment complex spreads its irregular rooflines and arches across half a block. [More]
Dominic Monaghan‘s new hit show ‘Lost’ continues to get better with each episode. Catch ‘Lost’ tonight at 8PM EST on ABC. This is the first NEW episode in a while! TORN’s chatroom now has a special ‘Lost’ screening room, login to #lost at 8PM and watch with fans from around the country! [ABC.com] [TORN Chat]
Bernard Hill’s latest film ‘The Boys and Girl from County Clare’ will be screened at a spotlight event tonight at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The Newport website describes the film; ‘Three brothers from County Clare have played Ceili music since they were born, but after years of sibling rivalry, they’ve gone their separate ways. After 30 odd years, they’re converging in their hometown to compete in Ireland’s biggest Ceili competition and they’re prepared to lie, cheat and steal to win.’ [More]