It has a lot of awards already, a record number of Oscars in fact, but Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King has won Yahoo!’s “Ultimate Best Picture” prize as voted on by the people. While it isn’t the most prestigious award, it does demonstrate that J.R.R. Tolkien and the movies inspired by his works do indeed remain very popular and it beat out the grand Godfather to earn the title. Read the story over at Yahoo!.
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Elven x sends this in: This week’s guest on Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib is Michael Regina from TORN (our own Xoanon) And with lots to talk about and a full summary of what’s been happening in the realms of Middle-Earth Please feel free to comment on the show and the discussion! Fictional Frontiers is aired Sundays at 11am Philadelphia time. You can listen online at WJNC1360AM Philadelphia, listen to the podcasts, or visit the Fictional Frontiers website.
Aaron writes: I have put forward a Naming Proposal to the NZ Geographic Board to name a stretch of the Upper Waiau River between Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau as “Anduin Reach“. This section was not only featured strongly in the Fellowship of the Ring but it is now a tourist attraction as well, soon to be more popular as a new Cycle Trail is destined to run down it’s bank. I need some assistance from the public in the form of feedback as part of the new naming procedure so I thought I should ask your team what they think. The “reach” is a two km (1.25 miles) straight stretch of river down stream of Boulder Reach 6km North of Manapouri Township. All I need is some public feed back to forward to the Geographic Board so they know that people value the need for a name.
It is said if you give a story a place name it lives in the real world and I think the Anduin Reach has got a fighting chance to earn a real place in New Zealand’s folklore. If any one else wants to add to this submission just comment at 2359510@gmail.com or on my YouTube Video Scrapbook Page.
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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.
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