Greg writes:
Hi there–I don’t know if you can use this for the site, but I attended a press screening of 50 First Dates tonight. The movie was god-awful and quite literally the only bright spot throughout was Sean Astin. Not only was it damn nice to see Samwise back on a screen, but he was hysterical!
He plays Doug, Drew Barrymore’s protective, juiced-up brother (not to mention his very funny lisp) and without giving anything away, he has a very great “***** dance” which was truly the only thing that made me laugh out loud during the flick. Not worth your money, but good old Sean does not disappoint. Surely you deserve a loose role like this after years spent in hobbit’s feet!
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Odds are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won’t need special effects to pull off major Oscar wins Feb. 29. With 11 nominations, the final chapter in the trilogy is a heavy favorite in top categories. And despite stiff competition from the other visual effects nominees Master and Commander and Pirates of the Caribbean, aficionados say that director Peter Jackson, the New Zealand-based Weta Digital and Weta Workshop should prevail. [More]
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Be sure to catch ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ today, Annie Lennox is set to sing ‘Into the West’. Reports have begun flowing in from people who have seen the show this morning and they say she sang at the end of the show, and that it was a great performance. [More]
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naushad writes: Here is the list of Top 500 Supercomputers in the world from top500.org. Interestingly Weta are at No 44 & 48!
- 44 WETA Digital (New Zealand/2003) BladeCenter Cluster Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet / 1176 IBM 1755, 6585.6
- 48 WETA Digital (New Zealand/2003) BladeCenter Cluster Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet / 1080 IBM, 6048
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This year’s Oscar nominees have been instructed to keep their speeches short on the big night, during a glitzy Los Angeles luncheon with the producer Joe Roth. The America’s Sweethearts director was joined by contenders such as Diane Keaton, Charlize Theron, Sean Penn and Tim Robbins at the Beverly Hills Hotel for the traditional bash – and during the star-studded event, Roth took the opportunity to request restraint from the potential winners. [More]
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Jeremy writes: Jim Rygiel, visual effects supervisor for the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, explains how his team brought Gollum and other Middle-earth characters to life. Tonight on TechTV. Check your local listings to see if you get TechTV!
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