Luvalaurea writes: While listening to my favorite country station, KZLA 93.9, here in Los Angeles, there was a surprise call from Sean Astin. He said his wife told him to call to say they were all big fans and listen to the station all the time. It was cute. Sean will be on the morning show Monday, Feb 9th.
Month: February 2004
ROTK Songstress Annie Lennox will be on the Ellen Degeneres show this Wednesday February 11th. No idea if she will sing ‘Into the West’ just yet.
PJ with his DGA Award
Asfaloth writes: HERE’S A SCOOP! Last night PJ said that he’d just finished editing the Extended Edition of “The Return of the King” and the running time was 4 hours and 10 minutes. He said there are 50 minutes of new scenes in the cut. Woo hoo!!! Can’t wait! [More]
Composer Howard Shore has won a Grammy for his work on the second film of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Shore won the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for his work on The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers. [More]
Ringer Spy Roheryn writes: The Fabruary 2004 issue of Entertainment Weekly (#751) mail section, headlined as “Tolkien Gestures,” features some interesting reader responses to EW’s recent “Entertainers of the Year” issue, which had ranked LOTR as Number One, along with a cover story. [More]
Aelfwine writes: In tomorrow’s Arts & Leisure of The New York Times, there will be a black and white one page ad of ROTK that shows Frodo embracing Sam. I think this is the Grey Havens scene. Also, the ad mentions three TV alerts, rather early, I must add, for tomorrow. Watch “A Filmmaker’s Journey: Making ‘The Return of the King'” TODAY at 7:00 AM WNYW Channel 5. Watch ‘History Center Lord of the Rings’ Today at 9:00 AM on the History Channel and ‘Making of the Lord of the Rings’ Today at 11:00 AM on Bravo.