Frazzzld Kat writes: The latest issue of Movieline’s Hollywood Life magazine has Cate Blanchett on the cover and an interview inside. I didn’t see it posted on TORN so I am sending it to you along with a smaller Viggo Mortensen article on his photography. [More]
Month: December 2003
Catherine writes: We’ve just put a story up on the site about an English cinema chain cutting ROTK in half by putting an interval in. We’ve got quotes from the chain in question, and the story is here. [More]
Keen to build on the success of its three Lord of the Rings films (ROTK is a foregone conclusion), New Line Cinema is now actively pursuing the possibility of a film based on The Hobbit. According to The Australian, however, there is a hang-up: the Tolkien estate. [More]
Lord Of The Rings hunk Orlando Bloom is taking some time out from his busy filming schedule to allow himself to reflect on his incredible rise to fame. The hunky British actor has become an international sex symbol and a hot property in Hollywood following his performances in the Peter Jackson- directed trilogy and swashbuckling adventure Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl. But Orlando, 26, is finding it hard to cope with the persistent press attention that has accompanied his movie success and wants to escape the media furor in order to keep his feet on the ground. He says, “I’ve bought a place in London and I’m having my first break in a long time. I’m going to furnish it, get back to watching some movies and get myself sorted out. [More]
Tfe First Annual Spike TV Video Game Awards are tonight at 9PM. The Return of King is nomintated for Best Game Based on A Movie. It’s up against Enter the Matrix and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. Vote for ROTK on spiketv.com. [More]
Weaver writes: Matthew T. Dickerson, author of Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings, will give a lecture titled “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Real Battle in the Lord of the Rings” today at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York (Viggo’s alma mater). The lecture will be held at 8 PM in Room 113 of Griffiths Arts Center. [More]