Nathan writes: Next Wednesday’s “60 Minutes II” (CBS at 10:00pm EST) has a segment scheduled about Ian McKellen and “The Lord of the Rings.” And, as previously reported, Ian McKellen will also be hosting Satruday Night Live (NBC at 11:30pm EST) on March 16th.
Day: March 10, 2002
The episodic format popularized by sometimes cheesy genre films like “The Lone Ranger,” “The Perils of Pauline” or “Flash Gordon” has become the feature film flavor of the year. [More]
Ataahua writes: I saw the story you had about PJ and Fran receiving their New Year’s honours, but the article itself missed out on some giggles that were provided during this very serious ceremony, as the Governor General had a close encounter with PJ’s unruly hair. [More]
I dare you to come up with anything sillier. Well, there’s Lord of the Rings played out entirely by Barbie dolls, but let’s not go there. This is what you get a university education for. (Hey, I love this.)
Recently I posted a link to this great interview with Fran Walsh and Christopher Lee who were at a press thing in New York where Fran mentioned checking out the TORN opinion polls. Embarrassingly enough, the story was moved off the URL we had so nobody could find it. Here’s the story again. [More] The ‘Observer’ trots out those tired old stereotypes and calls Tolkien fans ‘Pale-skinned.’
Ringer Spy Ataahua sends us this clipping from the Daily News in NZ. [More]