From Lotho Sackville-Baggins:
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles still has its 10th anniversary show “The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit” up and running.
They have a single costume from the past 10 years worth of nominees in the entryway. Then the galleries opened to this year’s nominees (and a few others).
Totally dominating the room was none other than Sauron! He was flanked by Gandalf, Strider, Frodo (from Bilbo’s party), a Gondorian warrior, Saruman, and Galadriel. These costumes blew the competition out of the water! Sauron points his finger menacingly across the room at Satin (Nicole Kidman) from Moulin Rouge… you expect him to bash the cast of Gossford park out of his way with his mighty mace to seize the French courtesan for his own. Or perhaps he is only after her necklace – having a thing for jewelry himself.
But seriously, nothing else comes close to the utter detail – the care – the realism – of the Lord of the Rings costumes. Harry Potter looks sadly plain. Planet of the Apes looks flea bitten. Only Moulin Rouge could possibly hold a candle with its flash and detail come March 24th when the Oscars are announced.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for a definite win on this nomination!
I snapped some shots before being stopped by security. I would have gotten some closer shots had it been allowed. Hopefully these shots will encourage folks in the LA area to go see the exhibit – it is well worth it.
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Another teaser trailer has been released, this time with a brief flash of Martin Csokas as the film’s main baddie, of Vin Diesel’s xXx or Triple X. [More]
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Like many other viewers in the UK & Ireland, I watched Orlando Bloom’s appearance last night on the chat show ‘So! Graham Norton’. Check out my report, featuring Orlando talking about his film career, his next movie ‘Ned Kelly’ and fun with a Legolas figure. [More]
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Orlando Bloom was a guest on So! Graham Norton last night in the UK. Norton introduced him dressed as Gandalf with fake beard, staff and cheap wind effect. Norton didn’t know how to pronounce ‘Legolas’ and deliberately called him variants like Leggylooloo instead. Orlando humbly denied Graham’s suggestion that he is ‘the next Leonard DiCaprio’.
Bloom talked about his acting career, from doing theatre work to British soaps like Casualty and joked about an awfully over-acted death sequence in drama series A Midsummer’s Night Murder. This brought Orlando nicely into talking about his next role as an Irishman in the remake of ‘Ned Kelly’ with Heath Ledger of ‘A Knight’s Tale’. Norton, an Irishman himself joked that he can train Orlando with the accent if he needs it.
Norton then produced a Legolas figure still in its packaging and with some difficulty (they’re tricky buggers to get out) he handed Orlando the figure, who subsequently showed his moving action pose and attempted to fire a plastic arrow from the bow. Cybill Shepard, who was another guest, promptly took the Legolas figure and placed it between the cleavage of her dress, to the embarassment of Orlando.
Later on in the show, Orlando participated in a contest where himself, Cybil and other guest Cilla Black were appointed by Graham Norton a member of the crowd who had a strange reminder of their youth. Orlando got a person who kept their umbilical cord from birth in a box, which met with disdain from the crowd but interest from Bloom who eagerly look at it. Bloom’s crowd member lost the contest for a trip to Mexico, then the show ended in a cloud of Confetti and Brazilian dancers.
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Jocelyn writes: Sir Ian McKellan was on Politically Incorrect again last night – it wasn’t a repeat. Bill Maher said – at least twice – that Sir Ian should win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The show was interesting, with Sir Ian, Howie Mandel and a model being very patient with the conservative (whose name I will not mention) – she was a bit more self-righteous and condescending than guests of any political ilk usually are. Not too many people would interrupt Sir Ian and lecture him!
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Steve writes: The making of the Lord of the Rings movie is being re-broadcast on FX today at 3pm Eastern Time.
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