Today, Sean Astin took part in an online Q&A session at Whitehouse.gov. Ringer Art Gecko sent us this link to the chat transcript. [More]
Month: April 2004
Carl wrote to tell us that Hollywoodjesus.com has posted an interview with Peter Jackson. An interview with Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh will be posted next month. [More]
Indy3 writes: EA Games today released a new video clip for the upcoming release of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth. The video is titled, “Inside the Battle: Unit Emotion” and the game producer goes in to detail about how emotions of creatures and humans help bring the game to life. [More]
Lyrka and Maryann wrote to say that last week’s ER made a Tolkien reference: In last night’s episode, nurse/med student Abby is performing her rotation in the psych ward. When she replies to a patient in Klingon, a colleague mentions that a friend had a to hire “a translator who spoke Elven” for a patient, “Thanks to Tolkien.”
Media Watch! Jason writes: There is a neat (and short) interview in this weeks Entertainment Weekly with Toby Maguire and Kristen Dunst on the cover, previewing this summer’s movies. They ask him a few questions about King Kong.
Ian McKellen is playing a dame! Miradan writes: This article from Playbill.com about the 2004-5 season at London’s Old Vic Theatre mentions that Sir Ian will be appearing onstage and in drag in a version of Alladin in late december 2004 through January of 2005. [More] And Lee sent in an article about it from ITV.com: [More]