Richard writes: Next year’s Tolkien Calendar has just been released in the UK and for the third year running it contains new artwork by Ted Nasmith. In synchronism with the movies, the calendar’s focus is ROTK. [More]
Month: June 2003
Idril Celebrindal writes: Pittsburgh Citiparks will be showing Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers in August as part of their free “Cinema in the Park” summer movie schedule. Dates: Wednesday, August 27 — Fellowship of the Ring & Sunday, August 31 — The Two Towers. [More]
Ringer staffer WeeTanya sends along this tidbit from eWeek: Apple Computer Inc. is nearing the release of desktop systems featuring IBM’s 64-bit PowerPC 970 chip, sources report — but a 64-bit version of Mac OS X may lag behind by a month or two…This build, code-named Smeagol, will run on the new chip…. [More]
Cate Blanchett has reportedly signed to play legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film The Aviator, about the life of billionaire Howard Hughes. The film will also star Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale, Barry Pepper, and Gwen Stefani. [More]
(hey that rhymes…Xo) Entish Elf writes: The Australian mini-series “After The Deluge”, starring Hugo Weaving (Elrond) and David Wenham (Faramir), is set to air next Sunday and Monday nights. It will be on Sunday the 15th June at 8:30pm (AEST) and Monday the 16th June at 9:30pm on Channel 10. Also, on Friday the 13th on SBS at 8:30pm, the program “About Us” will be looking at Bram Stoker, and will be featuring interviews with Christopher Lee (Saruman), regarding his role in the Dracula films.
Orthanc wrote in recently to remind us that we should re-post about the 1st Annual Spacey Awards (hosted by Space: The Imagination Station). The Two Towers is nominated for several awards: Best Movie, Best Creature Character, Best Hero, etc. Check out the nominees and awards — and you can vote. [More]