Cate Blanchett added another gong to her swag last night – taking a Helpmann Award for her lead performance in the Sydney Theatre Company’s Hedda Gabler. The win came at a ceremony otherwise dominated by one of the biggest artistic gambles in our theatrical history. [More]
Day: August 9, 2005
Elijah Wood fears he will always be remembered as Frodo the hobbit from The Lord of the Rings, no matter how many great films he stars in. The youthful actor has played a mute psycho, a sinister pervert and a soccer hooligan since starring in the hit trilogy, but to fans he remains forever Frodo. [More]
Tolkien fans do not just watch the films and read the books again and again – they are on a spiritual journey and doing their best to forget the ending, says an international study that voyaged to many lands to bring back wisdom and understanding. Led by a wizard from out of the west, Martin Barker, of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, the team explored reactions to the film Lord of the Rings III in 20 countries. [More]