Tanja reports on the first part of Red Carpet’s Premiere Tour of New Zealand, which took a group of happy fans to film locations and treated them to a great view of Peter Jackson and the stars as they walked in to the Wellington Premiere. [More]

Anyone notice how much Gamling the Old appears in TTT? Apparently Bruce was called in for what was originally a small role, but they liked his work so much that he kept getting asked back. Now there’s an Official Bruce Hopkins Website so you can learn more about him.

The Online Critics Society has awarded TTT with best picture, best director, best editing, best sound, best ensemble, and best visual effects! [More] Official results will be up on their site soon.

Ringer Spy wizardlex sent in a link to pictures from a 2003 calendar of The Return of the King that were originally found at HollywoodDreamsOnline.com. The calendar features some awesomely new pictures from (amongst others) Denethor, Gollum, Frodo in Shelobs Lair, Gandalf and others. The quality of the scans are a bit poor but don’t let that stop you! Since we posted the story, HollywoodDreamsOnline.com took down the images. We have now posted them in our spy reports area for your viewing pleasure. !!Spoilers!! [More]

Thanks to Scott, who is a member of the Film Critics Online Society. He writes,

Hey there,

I thought you might be interested in checking over the JUST ANNOUNCED winners of the Online Film Critics Society 2002 Awards!

Breakthrough Filmmaker: Mark Romanek – One Hour Photo

Breakthrough Performance: Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary

Best Animated Film: Spirited Away

Best Documentary: Bowling for Columbine

Best Sound: Ethan Van der Ryn & Mike Hopkins – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Editing: D. Michael Horton & Jabez Olssen – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell – Far from Heaven

Best Art Direction: Far from Heaven

Best Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Original Score: Elmer Bernstein – Far from Heaven

Best Cinematography: Edward Lachman – Far from Heaven

Best Foreign Language Film: Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Adapted Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman – Adaptation

Best Original Screenplay: Todd Haynes – Far from Heaven

Best Ensemble: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Morton – Minority Report

Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven

Best Actress: Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York

Best Director: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The winners haven’t been ‘formally’ announced yet, but the winners will be up within a few hours over at www.ofcs.org

As a member of the OFCS, a rabid fan of The Lord of the Rings, and a frequent visitor of your superlative website – I wanted to be the first to let you know.

Glad to be the bearer of small but happy news,

Scott Weinberg

member-Online Film Critics Society

Ringer Spy wizardlex sent in a link to pictures from a 2003 calendar of The Return of the King that were originally found at HollywoodDreamsOnline.com. The calendar features some awesomely new pictures from (amongst others) Denethor, Gollum, Frodo in Shelobs Lair, Gandalf and others. The quality of the scans are a bit poor but don’t let that stop you! Since we posted the story, HollywoodDreamsOnline.com took down the images. We have now posted them in our spy reports area for your viewing pleasure.


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