Garfeimao sends along word that John Noble will be attending LA Con in May to promote his hit show Fringe (which I love). He will be there Saturday attending the Saturday Night Dessert party, John will be having an exclusive luncheon for five fans. More news soon. Also at the con are some interesting folks like: JERI RYAN, LINDA HAMILTON, MICHELLE FORBES, KELLAN LUTZ, MICHAEL WELCH, ASHLEY GREENE (all 3 Twilight), SENDHIL RAMAMURTHY (HEROESʼ Mohinder Suresh), CHARISMA CARPENTER. Take a look at Creation’s LA Con page.
Month: February 2009
Viggo Mortensen isn’t interested in winning awards. The 50-year-old actor, who was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ‘Eastern Promises’ in 2008, insists he didn’t mind losing out to Daniel Day-Lewis. He said: “It was my first exposure to that kind of thing. It’s doesn’t really have much to do with your job as an actor. “I saw how some of the other candidates really tried to get that award. I didn’t do that. I just thought, ‘What’s the point? How much does this have to do with actually playing a character?’ Life is too short.” Viggo Mortensen’s awards indifference
Peter Jackson has joined a campaign to honour a forgotten Kiwi hero who changed the course of world history. Coromandel-born Sir Keith Park commanded the Royal Air Force squadrons that won the pivotal Battle of Britain against superior German forces during World War II, saving Britain from invasion. Political intrigue saw him pushed sideways after the battle and all but erased from the history books. Tribute to forgotten Kiwi hero
Kate Rockwood writes: For this winter’s blockbuster The Day the Earth Stood Still, two dozen Weta Digital designers spent six months sculpting the film’s real star (sorry, Keanu): the spaceship. Joe Letteri, senior visual effects supervisor for the four-time Academy Award-winning digital shop, walked us through the process. Inside Weta Digital’s Spaceship
TheOneRing.net will be providing a segment on this Sunday’s broadcast of ‘Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib,’ on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia at 11AM ET. This week, Sohaib will again be speaking with Xoanon about all things Tolkien! Hope you can join us! [Fictional Frontiers] [Netcast] Join us in chat while the show goes on! [Live Chat]
Rick from Turbine writes: The latest entry in our Hero’s series takes us beneath the Redhorn. Far below the peak—beneath its namesake pass, below and between the gates of mighty Khazad-dûm, in the roots of the mountain—the Dwarves mined the ruddy stones of the Redhorn. They hollowed out a hole in the mountain and left it hollow. Continue reading “Latest LOTR Online Updates”