Aussie fans of Cate Blanchett should catch Famous Faces this Saturday Spetember 6 on ABC at 9:30pm. This 45 minute interview-profile by American producer Michael Kurcfeld explores Blanchett’s rise to fame, and her passion for interesting characters and roles that are enthralling rather than big money earners.
Month: September 2003
This is some news that I’ve been anxiously waiting on, and will be of great interest to other Australian Ringers. Ringer Spy Lavenda writes that Australian pay tv channel Showtime announced on their Popcorn movie news segment Roadshow Films to release Special Extended Editions of Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings and Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers in theatres around the country. First screenings will happen occur on December 11 and the last showings will be on December 24, two days before RoTK (finally) releases in Australia.
Hoom, hoom! Sideshow/Weta Collectibles just released their Treebeard Bust for pre-order! This magnificant piece was first shown at Comic-Con 2003 and wowed everyone who laid eyes upon it. Sideshow/Weta have also sent us some very nice, hi-res images of this piece to post in our scrapbook. Take a look at what is the largest polystone bust to be produced by Sideshow/Weta Collectibles to date! [Pre-Order] [View Gallery]
Evan Onstot writes: I am co-anchor for the weekday 6&10pm news for NewsChannel 6 in Billings, Montana. (The ABC affiliate) I’ve been an avid fan of the LOTR books and movies for a long time, and your site has just been terrific. It’s so great, that everybody that I work with in the newsroom knows about TORN, and many check the site regularly. [More]
Evan Onstot writes: I am co-anchor for the weekday 6&10pm news for NewsChannel 6 in Billings, Montana. (The ABC affiliate) I’ve been an avid fan of the LOTR books and movies for a long time, and your site has just been terrific. It’s so great, that everybody that I work with in the newsroom knows about TORN, and many check the site regularly.
I saw that you were asking people to send in their pictures of themselves with their new DVD. Well…I figured we could do better than that. So we turned our studio set into a picturesque Rivendell and took a couple photos. I just wanted all of you to know that the media in Big Sky Country is crazy about Lord of the Rings, and very appreciative of your site.
The people with me in one of the pictures are my friends Dan (our graphic artist who transformed our set) and Marc (our web producer).
Thanks again for your fantastic site!
Evan Onstot
KSVI NewsChannel 6
Billings, Montana
Richard Taylor with ‘Oscar’
Wellington’s double-Oscar winning special effects whiz Richard Taylor will receive an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Victoria University. Mr Taylor is the co-founder of Weta Workshop and Weta Digital, one of the most successful special effects studios in the world which produced the award-winning effects for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Victoria University vice-chancellor Stuart McCutcheon said Mr Taylor had overcome many hurdles to become an internationally recognised leader in design and was a worthy recipient of an honorary doctorate.