SARA STEWART writes: You have to wonder where Viggo Mortensen finds the time to act. In between gigs like the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and David Cronenberg’s movies (most recently “Eastern Promises”), the 50-year-old star is also a photographer, poet, musician, painter, publisher, activist and avid traveler. He’s fluent in Spanish, Danish, French and possibly Elvish. When we caught up with him, though, he kindly stuck to English, and to the projects at hand: first, “Good,” opening Wednesday, about a German professor who, through his passivity, unwittingly ends up a high-ranking member of the Nazi party. Early next year comes “The Road,” the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel about a father and son traveling in post-apocalyptic America. Q&A with Viggo Mortensen
Day: December 29, 2008
Tedster88 let us in on this MSN article about some of the most individual inns on the planet. This one is located in Manila, the Philippines. From MSN: Anyone who says they don’t fancy a jar or two in this one is a complete liar … Hobbit House (1212 MH del Pilar) is staffed entirely by midgets. Just in case your conscience is twanging at that idea, don’t fret – this is not some kind of exploitative venture. Hobbit House was set up by the little people themselves to give them work, and it’s proved incredibly popular. As well as being a (still) somewhat smoky drinking den, regular live music performances see it packed out. World’s strangest bars