Not for the first time in his life, Glaswegian actor Billy Boyd is on a quest. He has already had a fair stab at adventure as Pippin the hobbit in Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy but, having helped save Middle Earth, his latest mission involves guitars and chords rather than swords and hirsute hobbit feet.
Boyd is the vocalist and guitarist for up and coming four-piece band Beecake. The foursome have got gigs in the States under their belt, a headliner at King Tut’s coming up, interest from record labels and an appearance at next year’s Wickerman Festival. Happily, unlike Boyd’s previous journey, conquering the charts won’t need two hours a day in make-up. Fellowship of the guitar string
Today is Craig Parker’s Birthday! Craig Parker (born November 12, 1970 in Suva, Fiji) is a New Zealand actor, now based in the United Kingdom. He is most famous for his role as Haldir of Lórien in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. He also does voice-overs for New Zealand documentaries and has been entertaining and meeting fans at various Lord of the Rings-related conventions for several years – for example Ring*Con in Germany, which he has attended every year since its creation in 2002. His recent work has also involved voiceover work in the recent Power Rangers series since the filming moved to New Zealand. He is currently starring in the New Zealand soap Shortland Street, as Guy Warner, of which his character has been absent for 11 years. He has a sister and a brother.
Karl writes: Just thought you’d like to know, that Sir Ian McKellen appeared on Parkinson last night. Parkinson is a legend British chat show host, now in his last ever series, and Sir Ian appeared on his eighth show last night at 10:35 along with James Blunt, Conservative leader David Cameron, and F1 racer Lewis Hammilton. He talked about his role as King Lear as well as some very embarrassing moments on his tour! May be repeated some time- otherwise look out for it on Youtube!