Frederik writes: Hi, I’m a danish fan of the rings and I’m writing to inform you that the cast of the rings has gotten another knight today. In the event of Queen Margrethe II’s 70 years birthday, a good deal of people were knighted and Viggo Mortensen (being half Danish after all) was one of the lucky ones. The title given to Viggo is “Ridder af Dannebrog” which translates into “Knight of the Danish banner”.
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Carlene writes: Wired.com is having a vote on which book “everyone” should be reading at the same time to form “one big international book club.” My suggestion was “The Hobbit.”. According to the article ,”the aim with One Book, One Twitter is — like the one city, one book program which inspired it — is to get a zillion people all reading and talking about a single book.” Let’s try to get more folks to vote for “The Hobbit!” Wired.com Article and voting here!
Our guests next week may not be exactly LOTR themed but we’re pumped about them anyway! Join us as we chat with ‘Attack of the Show’ co-host and the hottest nerd ever to grace the cover of ‘Maxim’, Olivia Munn! Later in the show we’ll be chatting with Robert Schneider from the indie band ‘The Apples in Stereo‘. Keep an ear out for the latest news from TheOneRing.net and beyond. Join us April 25th at 2PM Eastern on BlogTalkRadio.com.
Linuxelf sends some new clips along: First up is an in-depth interview with Peter Jackson, plus this: Ever wondered how many New Zealanders as extras where in the LOTR movie trilogy? This article does the maths & attempts to find out! 🙂 see how some of the extras had a blast to pass the time! And finally TTT interviews the day after the NZ premiere with, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson, Karl Urban, they are also asked what the strangest questions they had been asked by reporters. Enjoy!
Peter Jackson In-depth Part 1 of 2
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The folks from Team Dominic Monaghan write: We want to make you aware of a group of young, teenage filmmakers that just made a Short Film starring Dominic Monaghan entitled “Gloria.” This project was made possible by REESE’S Puffs® Extraordinary Cinema and is part of the largest teen filmmaking program in the nation. The film “Gloria” premieres April 13th and it will be posted online for viewing and voting purposes. It will also appear at the Dallas International FIlm Festival and will be shown On Demand in May. Continue reading “Teenage Filmmakers Score with Monaghan & ‘Gloria’”