Ringer Spy Mona sends in this story from The Scotsman: THE race is well and truly on to find a national bird for Scotland. Hundreds of votes have been cast since we unveiled our shortlist of 12 in The Scotsman last week. Billy Boyd – who won international fame as Peregrine [sic] Took in The Lord of the Rings – speaks up for his character’s namesake, the peregrine falcon. [More]
Category: LotR Cast News
Today is John Noble’s Birthday! John was born on August 20th, 1948 in Port Pirie, South Australia. That makes him 56 today! Happy Birthday John!
Elijah Wood should be home hibernating by now. Principal photography on Everything Is Illuminated, shot mostly in the countryside around Prague, finished on August 12. “I’ll probably take a bit of a break after this,” Wood told The Prague Post. “With the film that I did previous to this, this movie and then all the publicity for Lord of the Rings, I haven’t had a lot of free time.” [More]
Gondowyn writes: Christopher Lee will make an appearance in Amsterdam on September 9th at the music theater “Concertgebouw”. Lee will join conductor Jules van Hessen and the Dutch Theater Orchestra in a LOTR concert. The concert will feature parts from the LOTR score, but also LOTR music composed in 1978 by Leonard Rosenman and musical adaptations of Tolkien poems. He will be performing as ‘storyteller’ in Johan de Meij’s “LOTR symphony”, and will recite “Treebeard’s song” which he recorded earlier with the Tolkien ensemble. Tickets for the concert are available at concertgebouw.nl.
More images from the Hollwood Walk of Fame Ceremony featuring Patty Duke with Sean Astin and his family. Take a look! [More]
Master of Ceremonies-spectaculaire Marc B. Lee wrote in to tell us that Billy Boyd is the latest addition to this years Ring*Con in Bonn, Germany! read more about it here or visit the official website at RingCon.de!