Shana writes: Yesterdays episode of ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ included a series of brief interviews conducted by an LA-area comic on the red carpet before the Golden Globes. The first two interviewees shown were Ian McKellen and Peter Jackson, who commented that he’s more used to be behind the camera than in front of it.
Month: January 2002
One summer day in the early ’30s — he was always fuzzy about the date — John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, a professor of Old English at Oxford University was grading exams in his study when he came upon a blank page. “I scrawled, ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit,'” [More]
Kimberly writes: Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 the Hollywood Bowl is presenting: Musical Mythologies: The Lord of the Rings. “The programming includes the world-concert premiere of a new work by composer Howard Shore, with chorus and narrator based on his immensely beautiful soundtrack to the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Conductor John Mauceri.”
Speaking Clock writes: GREAT news for Brits! I’ve just found out that the David Letterman Late Show featuring Elijah Wood will be shown on British TV at 23:00 on Monday 28th January, on ITV2 and UTV2.
LOTR was nominated for the American Society of
Cinematographers (ASC) award. The nominees are as follows:
Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn’t There
Bruno Delbonnel – Amelie
Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings
Donald McAlpine – Moulin Rouge
John Schwartzman – Pearl Harbor
Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the films being considered for the Makeup Oscar(R) at the 74th Academy Awards(R) Presentation. [More]