Like 2,735 actors before her, Cate Blanchett has had her name cemented on a sidewalk in Hollywood, outside…
Continue ReadingLike 2,735 actors before her, Cate Blanchett has had her name cemented on a sidewalk in Hollywood, outside of the Egyptian Theatre. Steven Spielberg introduced the regal beauty who said, “This is utterly incredible to me,” during the footpath ceremony.
You can search for news stories and find a lot of options but I thought the Sydney Morning Hearld’s website seemed appropriate for the native Australian. Read one account right here.
From AICN: In late October, as part of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Closing Night festivities, Viggo Mortensen got himself a Career Achievement Award just before a screening of what will now be his next film to be released in theaters, a strange film that examines the fluid definitions of right and wrong–a movie called GOOD. Set in the early days of the National Socialist moment in Germany, GOOD centers on a professor who wrote a harmless novel years earlier that inadvertently is serving the Nazis as a justification for their theories of racial purity and the killing of the Jewish people. The book serves as such a great inspiration and blueprint that the professor is elevated up through the Nazi ranks almost without any ambition on his part to do so. Now that the adaptation of THE ROAD has been moved into 2009, GOOD is being pushed as Mortensen’s shot at an Oscar for 2008. It’s a quiet, understated performance about a complicated man, who is both far from flawless and far from guilty. Viggo Mortensen Drops Hobbit Hints
Anna writes: Beecake, Billy Boyd’s music band, won the People’s Choice Best Live Act award at the Tartan Clef awards on Sunday. The event raised £100,000 to help fund music therapy in Scotland. Boyd’s Beecake Nabs Award
Patricia writes: I wanted to inform that Cynthia and Tony Royal who own and tour with Blanco/Shadowfax have taken on a rather daunting rescue mission, that of rescuing a herd of 27 horses, including 9 stallions. With hay out here at around $25 a bale, they personally don’t have the means to support them, but hope their goal is to use them for equine assisted psychotherapy to eventually be able to get grant money. In the meantime, they desperately need donations. Cynthia has asked me to drive people to www.PegasusRising.org so they can read the story, see the video and hopefully donate. If everyone we know would donate $25, they’d be taken care of for a year.
Now as to our big beautiful Blanco/Shadowfax, he has not been feeling well, Cynthia and Tony think something metabolic, so their are unable to travel far with him and book further shows. Please keep keep Blanco, Cynthia and Tony in your thoughts. It seems that everyone is dealing with problems whether financial or health concerns but together maybe we can help this great threesome out.
Message board member Elven found this interesting tidbit in a piece by the BBC’s “Newsbeat”. Seems Elijah Wood attended the Black Ball in New York, a charity event to raise money for children affected by HIV/Aids in Africa, and was asked about the possibility of an appearance in The Hobbit:
Update! Board member Dive Twin found more comments from Elijah at this event on MTV’s Movies Blog:
THE LONG ANTICIPATED OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE NEW JENARIUM™ SCI-FI/FANTASY MYTHOLOGY IS OFFICIALY ONLINE AT: www.jenarium.com
Created by ROBERT DOMINIC, Featuring CRAIG PARKER, (a cast member from PETER JACKSON’S),
“The LORD OF THE RINGS” trilogy and UNDERWORLD 3, with a special guest appearance by martial arts extraordinaire Richard Norton, 2009 “JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA”. Inclusive of the mythology is the acclaimed Concept Album based on the Jenarium Mythology text, to be mastered by Tom Baker at PRECISION Mastering (Motley Crüe, Matrix Soundtrack, Alice Cooper, and 30 Seconds to Mars etc…), narrated by Craig Parker, featuring the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (KISS), and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic choir. With testimonials from high calibre people like TROY, STAR TREK actor ERIC BANA, July 2008; “…Impressive music and concept…” Hollywood Film Chorale founder Sally Stevens, website testimonial; “JENARIUM is truly amazing, a tremendous world class concept…” Continue reading “Craig Parker Enters the Jenarium”
