LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 12, 2005–It was announced today that Oscar® winners Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett will headline ‘Notes on a Scandal’. Based on Zoe Heller’s award-winning novel of the same name, the film will be helmed by Richard Eyre (Iris, Stage Beauty) from an adaptation penned by Patrick Marber (Closer). It will be produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, who partnered to produce Eyre’s Iris as well as Closer and The Hours. [More]

Bella writes: Elijah Wood will be appearing at SFX in Toronto, this August. Since he is the “guest of honour” it will most likely be a ticketed, one-time event during the con, since this is their usual practice. [More]

Olog-Hai writes: For all TORners in the UK, here’s an update on my ongoing tour promoting my book ‘The Science of Middle-earth’, which started life (of course) on Green Books (where it still continues).

Monday 16 May: Borders, Market St., Cambridge, 7.45pm. Hosted by Naked Science (Cafe Scientifique): a double-act with Michael Hanlon, author of ‘The Science of the Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.

Sat 18 June and Sun 19 June: Darwin Centre Live at the Natural History Museum, London: 12 noon and 2.30pm on both days — with live webcasts

I’m also making appearances in Stockton on Tees, Leicester, Glasgow and Reading. Full details of all events can be found on my site,
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Falkner writes: I thought I’d write to you with some of the news I’ve received on the Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit DVD Game in Australia. It’ll have the same box art and internal characters as the US and British editions, though I’m told that the DVD will be re-engineered to some degree. The RRP in Australia will be $99.95 (same as the TP Star Wars Saga). The release date hasn’t been cemented yet but is likely to fall in the first week of July. I took some pictures of the Australian version (a friend has an ‘insiders’ copy). When I find out the first release date I’ll get back to you. [ Posted in:

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Celebrities and Good Charlotte are set to take over Skywalker Ranch for a special edition of MTV’s “Total Request Live” (TRL) in celebration of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, which hits theaters worldwide on May 19. TRL’s Star Wars special — airing on May 13th at 5:00 p.m. (ET/PT) — is hosted by MTV VJs Damien Fahey and La La Vasquez, and features a special performance by Good Charlotte, who are also passionate Star Wars fans…Some of the invited celebrity guests include Elijah Wood and many others. [More]

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