Today is Karl Urban’s birthday! Urban was born Karl-Heinz Urban on 7 June 1972 in Wellington, NZ. That makes him 32 today! Happy Birthday Karl!
Month: June 2004
Turgon checks in with not one but two new columns.
- The first is an addenda to his book, The Tolkien Fan’s Medieval Reader, presenting a few medieval poems from The Poetic Edda. For reasons of space they didn’t appear in the book, so look here to see the original source where Tolkien got his dwarf-names! [More]
- The second column is a roundup of some recent books on Tolkien, including the new unauthorized biography of Peter Jackson, a parody of The Hobbit, and several others. [More]
And if you missed the announcement last week, there are two new Special Guest columns, “Hearing the Horns of Rohan” by Edie Head, and “The Eternal Conflict in Middle-earth: from Literature to Film” by Michael Posa. Both are fine essays, one a personal look at Tolkien in one woman’s life [More], the other, a studied look at certain differing aspects between the presentation of good and evil in Tolkien’s books and Jackson’s films [More]. Enjoy!
Lomadia writes: According to Box Office Mojo, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban grossed $40,800,000 on its opening day (Friday, June 4). This beats out Spiderman, giving it the most successful opening day ever, and dropping The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King into fourth place.
Hobbitangel writes: Orlando Bloom has been told to wear a chest wig to look ‘more manly’ for his new film. Movie bosses want the screen hearthrob to cover up with the hairy rug for his new lead role in the Crusades epic Kindom of Heaven. [More]
Hobbitangel writes: I just found this little article in my local paper, thought it might be of some interest!
Orlando Bloom gets a chest wig
Orlando Bloom has been told to wear a chest wig to look ‘more manly’ for his new film. Movie bosses want the screen hearthrob to cover up with the hairy rug for his new lead role in the Crusades epic Kindom of Heaven.
Director Ridley Scott reportedly believes the actor, who stars as Paris in Troy, needs to cover up his hairless chest to make a more convincing hero.
The 28 year old has also been bulking up for the part, revealing that he has been spending more time in the gym ‘builing up’ to play the farrier-turned-warrior in the upcoming film.
Izzy attended the Saturday evening performance of Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony in Atlanta. He tells us that a very special guest dropped by to the delight of the audience! [More]