For film editor and Oscar-winner Jamie Selkirk, the peach carpet of Government House was “a bit more nerve-wracking” than the red carpet of Hollywood. Mr Selkirk was honoured at an investiture ceremony at Wellington’s Government House yesterday as a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. [More]
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Folks from The Fellowship Festival write: For the Londoners amongst you, go and buy today’s copy of Evening Standard, London’s biggest newspaper and you can win the chance to enter a competition to be transformed into an Orc by Gino Acevedo from Weta Workshop at the forthcoming Fellowship Festival (28th – 30th August 2004, Alexandra Palace). Gino will be transforming three lucky readers, one for every day of the show into a gruesome Orc as part of his live make-up demonstration. For details on how to enter this once in a lifetime competition, go and buy The Evening Standard.
universalmusicstore.com is auctioning off some interesting items for ‘Songs of Hope’. CanadianCricket writes: As of this time bids for this Return of the King/Into the West sheet music signed by Annie Lennox are only at $51! I have to believe that with a little help from exposure on TORN’s main page that much much more could be raised for this worthy cause! [More]
Matt in Minneapolis writes: Naomi Watts appeared on Leno Thursday night. She mentioned that she loves monkeys and then they brought one out for her. Then she mentioned meeting Fay Ray. She went with PJ and Fran to the top of the Empire State Building, and much higher than most people get to go.
And while we are on the topic of John Howe and Alan Lee: Ringer Spy Elderhobbit chimed in with the following: John Howe and Alan Lee have been nominated For a World Fantasy Award in professional category for the art work they did for Lord of the Rings. World Fantasy is an international and annual conference of fantasy authors agents and publishers. This year’s World Fantasy Conference is in Tempe Arizona at the end of October with the World Fantasy Awards to be announced on October 31st. [More]
More exciting news from The Fellowship Festival, this time about John Howe and Alan Lee as well as a list of convention-exclusive offers from publishers Harper Collins!
From the organisers themselves:
Dear friends,
We announced a few days ago that celebrated Tolkien artists, Mr Alan Lee and Mr John Howe, who were responsible for the “look and feel” of Middle-earth in the films will be attending The Fellowship Festival, from 28th-30th August, at Alexandra Palace in London.
We are proud to announce that Alan and John will be meeting and signing for fans as part of the standard entry ticket therefore you will not need to purchase any extra tickets to meet them face to face, it’s all part of the package!
Not only that, we have some very special offers for you. In conjunction with our publishing friends at Harper Collins, you can purchase the following at the festival for an amazingly greatly reduced show only price:
The Hobbit – Special show price £25 (normal price £25) Beautiful new edition of the children’s classic, illustrated by Tolkien artist Alan Lee. SHOW EXCLUSIVE – NOT YET IN THE SHOPS!
Myth and Magic – by John Howe – Special show price £15 (normal price £19.99) A portfolio of over 250 of John Howe’s Tolkien and fantasy cover, calendar and exhibition paintings, with supporting notes, sketches and photographs by the artist. Includes Foreword by Peter Jackson, director of the $300 million film trilogy.
Myth and Magic Poster Collection – Special show price £5 (normal price £14.99) Six stunning poster-sized paintings taken from John Howe’s lavish portfolio of work
Lord of the Rings Poster Collection – Special show price £5 (normal price £14.99) A selection of stunning poster paintings from the celebrated Tolkien artist Alan Lee – the man behind many of the striking images from The Lord of The Rings movie.
The definitive guide to the design of the each of the movies, with over 500 illustrations by artists including John Howe and Alan Lee.
Art of the Fellowship of the Rings – Special show price £20 (normal price £25)
Art of the Two Towers – Special show price £20 (normal price £25)
Art of the Return of the King – Special show price £20 (normal price £25)
Illustrated hardback editions of Fellowship of the Rings/ Two Towers/ Return of the King Special show price £20.00 (normal price £25)
A huge thanks go to Harper Collins and of course, John and Alan.
If you haven’t got your tickets yet (entry to the show starts from as little as £20 for 13 hours of action packed entertainment) then hurry, don’t miss the event of the year!
See you at The Festival!
Show details: www.aaaevents.co.uk