Sandicomm writes: Howard Shore will be on a radio programme tomorrow the 21st on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM) from 3-4 PM. This radio show will be about why people love Wagner’s Rings cycle so much. Here’s the discription from Time Out New York… [More]
Month: March 2004
Sandicomm writes: Howard Shore will be on a radio programme tomorrow the 21st on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM) from 3-4 PM. This radio show will be about why people love Wagner’s Rings cycle so much. Here’s the discription from Time Out New York:
The Ring and I: The Passion, the Myth, the Mania
The Metropolitan Opera is getting set to mount its ambitious production of Wagner’s 17-hour Ring cycke, which has inspired rabid devotion from generations of classical-music fans. In this special from the folks behind Radio Lab, The Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore, playwright Tony Kushner, Met[ropolitan Opera] technical director Joe Clark, psychologist Laurie Layton Schapira, Seattle Opera director Speight Jenkins, guitarist Gary Lucas and others will ofer insight into what makes this Ring so special. Jad Abumrad hosts.
Also, strangely enough, while LOTR hasn’t been nominated for Best Movie of the Year, the books have been nominated for Best Book of the Year (I guess they nominated the one-volume edition). I think that LOTR deserves to win, especially over Captain Underpants. The people at Nick were extremely crafty (anticipating Ringers, I guess?), and they made it so that you have to vote in every category. Since this is the Kids Choice Awards, I would ask all Ringers under 18 to vote. [More]
Eirien writes: I dont’ know if anyone spotted this yet or not but Viggo Mortensen is “in” Sat March 20’s FoxTrot strip. [More]
From hairy hobbits to one of Hollywood’s hippest stars – Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital staff are now working on a sci-fi thriller starring Will Smith. The special effects wizards are involved in a new film I, Robot to be released later this year. I, Robot is a futuristic thriller set in 2035, and stars Smith (Ali, Independence Day, Men in Black) as a Chicago detective investigating a murder possibly carried out by a robot. [More]
Kiwi Oscar winner Ngila Dickson’s Lord of the Rings costume design has been ripped off and sold on the internet for more than $40,000. A US businessman bought what he thought was the grey riding dress worn by Arwen (Liv Tyler) in the hit trilogy. US police believe it is part of a film memorabilia forgery scam as none of the original Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy costumes have left New Zealand. [More]
Richard Ouzounian writes: At first, I kept looking for the pointy ears. You can’t really blame me. After being transfixed for the past three years by her performance as Arwen in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, I half expected Liv Tyler to look the same in real life. She doesn’t. She’s even more beautiful. [More]