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Month: May 2006
Andrew writes to let us know about “One Morning Long Ago” Art Exhibition at The Redesdale Hall, in Moreton in Marsh Gloucestershire from Saturday 20th May until Tuesday 23rd May. This features the briliant work of Ted Nasmith and contrasting Styles of Ruth Lacon and both the artists are attending throughout. [More]
Andrew writes to let us know about “One Morning Long Ago” Art Exhibition at The Redesdale Hall, in Moreton in Marsh Gloucestershire from Saturday 20th May until Tuesday 23rd May.
This features the briliant work of Ted Nasmith and contrasting Styles of Ruth Lacon and both the artists are attending throughout.
This is the largest display of Ted’s work and there are visitors booked worldwide with 3-4000 expected over the 4 days. A full programme of events has been arranged including live Tolkien inspired song cycles, readings, educational talks, Tolkien Tour Guide (covering Barrow Downs, Three Farthing Stone, Amon Hen, Bag End, Malvern Hills, St Mary’s Immaculate at Warwick, Eagle & Child and other Oxford sites).
The Tolkien Society are attending and the exhibition also has large biographic displays on JRR Tolkien and the artists. Various Tolkien experts are on hand and a very large display or rare antiquarian books, (including songs for the Philologists, signed copies of the Hobbit, Farmer Giles of Ham, 1st printings of The Lord of the Rings, Beowulf, various letters).
The Live Eagle should be interesting (largest I have ever seen). Entry is free and complimentary refreshments are served.
I am promoting the exhibition at Sarehole and have staged this Art exhibition for the week after the Sarehole Tolkien weekend. [adcbooks.co.uk] [tednasmith.com]
The 32nd annual Saturn Awards will be presented tonight. Winners will be announced on the internet after midnight tonight. Peter Jackson is nominated for ‘Best Director’, meanwhile King Kong is nominated for ‘Best Fantasy Film’ & ‘Best Costumes’. Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson are nominated for ‘Best Writer’ and our pals at WETA Workshop Richard Taylor, Gino Acevedo, Dominie Till, Peter Swords-King are nominated for ‘Best Makeup’. On the video game front ‘Peter Jackson’s King Kong’ (Ubisoft) is nominated for ‘Best Fantasy Video Game’. Viggo Mortensen also has a nomination for ‘Best Actor’ for his work on “A History of Violence”. And our very own ‘Ringers: Lord of the Fans’ (Sony) is nominated for ‘Best DVD Release’! Good luck team! Click here for a full list of nominees. [More]
Ian McKellen is slated to be a guest on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ tonight on ABC. Sir Ian is there to promote ‘The Da Vinci Code’ which opens in May 19th. ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ airs on ABC at 12:06AM. Watch this space tomorrow for a clip from the show!
A.L. Sirois writes: It’s tempting to say that this boxed set does as much for the Lord of the Rings saga as Peter Jackson’s movies. That would be wrong. What Jackson did was to re-envision (and in some cases edit) the trilogy in order to smooth out the dramatic flow and, of course, simplify the story. The degree of his success is arguable, and beyond the scope of this column. One thing, however, is obvious: In seeking to trim the action down into manageable chunks, Jackson saw fit to omit certain things, including most of the songs and poems. This four-CD set breathes new life into the poetic and lyrical material, not by re-purposing it but by bringing it to literal life as Tolkein wrote it. The release represents a most impressive achievement. [More]
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