Cat writes: Even Classic TV has been influenced by The Lord of the Rings. On the 2004 TV Land Awards show, there were two references to LOTR. During the acceptance speech for the Pop Culture award for Gilligan’s Island, the Professor (Russell Johnson) stepped up and said, ‘I’d like to thank the people of New Zealand!’ Later in the broadcast, host Brad Garrett said, ‘If you’re just tuning in, The Lord of the Rings has just beaten McMillan and Wife.’
Month: March 2004
Dundee Contemporary Arts and macrobert Stirling announced last week the creation of DISCOVERY: Scotland’s First International Film Festival for Children and Young People at DCA. Running from 5 – 19 September 2004 the festival will be based in Dundee and Stirling before touring to venues around Scotland. [More] Thanks to Katia for the heads up!
Ringer Spy Becky writes: I saw the picture of the Treebeard cake a few weeks ago, and thought you might like to see a picture of my Hobbit Hole Cake. My former college roommate and I made it for a birthday party I hosted in September…it was a joint birthday party for my roommate, Bilbo, and Frodo. [More]
Brandon from boxofficemojo.com writes: ‘Return of the King’s worldwide total rose to $1,082,248,739 over the weekend. In China and Egypt, ‘ROTK’ topped ‘Fellowship of the Ring’s final gross to become No. 1 of the trilogy in each of those countries. So far, ‘ROTK’ has out-grossed ‘FOTR’ and ‘Two Towers’ in 52 out of 61 territories. [More]
Rebecca writes: IMDB reports that Ridley Scott and the cast of ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ are under tighened security following death threats from Islamic extreamists, who are offended by battle scenes in Scott’s film about the Crusades. The cast and crew, including our very own Orlando Bloom, are still filming in Morocco while under the protection of soldiers and King Mohammed of Morocco. [More]
Sigh. It’s hard to imagine that people could want anyone other than Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, and yet — what do I know? There’s a poll on Entertainment Tonight’s web site asking for votes on the next Bond. Right now Orlando is leading the race. Go and vote as your conscience dictates. [More]