If you have a spare couple of weeks to take a tour of New Zealand next October, Red Carpet Tours has setup a wonderful tour that includes Daniel Reeve. He will be leading sketching workshops and traveling with the group to a variety of locations where the Lord of the Rings movies were filmed. I haven’t had the pleasure of taking one of these tours, but according to the people who have, they are fantastic. [More]

King Elendil & The Sport of Kings

Ataahua writes: Here is something a little different: A horse owned by Peter McKenzie (King Elendil in FOTR) will start in the Melbourne Cup after it won at Flemington, Australia, on Saturday.

Sir Ian McKellen lends voice to Brooklyn promotional video Moviegoers may know him as the voice of Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, or as a villain in the “X-Men” movies. But New Yorkers may soon know Sir Ian McKellen for an entirely different reason – as the voice of downtown Brooklyn. The British stage and screen actor has donated his voice to a four-minute, 21-second promotional video in which the Academy Award nominee touts downtown Brooklyn’s future.

“New Yorkers will enjoy a revitalized area that is an engine for economic growth, a place to pursue new careers, a neighborhood where young couples can watch their children thrive, a college town for students to follow their dreams – a true urban center for the city’s great borough of Brooklyn,” McKellen extols in a pronounced British accent. Continue reading “Sir Ian McKellen lends voice to Brooklyn promotional video”

Ringer staffer Garfiemao sends us this tidbit:

BAFTA/LA will be handing out their 16th set of awards on Thursday and the New Line Co-CEO’s will be among the recipients. Check the link below, the paragraph quoted is the most important part, the bulk of the rest of it is about the host, Michael Sheen, and the presenters.

Click on the following link to read the full release. [Read More…]