Box office star Sir Ian McKellen took to the stage at the Drill Hall theatre in London at the weekend as a guest speaker at the launch of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History Month. Now in its third year, the month has quickly become a major event in both the LGBT and education worlds. Sir Ian praised the conference for its strong panel and dynamic audience – a diverse range of teachers, artists, academics and activists all committed to the cause of LGBT equality in education. [More]
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New York – Gameloft®, a leading publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones, is announcing today the launch of LOST™, the official mobile game of ABC/Touchstone Television’s award-winning television series. Developed in close collaboration with the show’s producers, the game is sure to pick up instant success by connecting with its massive amount of loyal fans. [More]
A N Wilson writes: It is strange to be reminded, by a recent geological history of Rome, that the volcanic catastrophes which created the seven eternal hills occurred between two million and 500,000 years ago. It reminds us of how recent were the arrival of Aeneas or the foundation of the city in 753 BC.
That there was an old world that has now passed away, a heroic world, snatches of which we hear only in half-comprehended song, is an ever-present awareness in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He is the only modern writer of what might be termed fantasy-literature who conveys this sense – which we find in Virgil and is also present in the Beowulf poet — of a heroic past that is slipping out of memory. [More]
Howard Webster – editor of Factory magazine writes: We will shortly be posting a free downloadable version of the Ian McKellen shoot we did for one of our recent editions on line at factory-publishing.com.
Howard’s photography site, howardwebsterphotography.com, features some preview images of McKellen. You will also see images of William Moseley – who plays Peter King of Narnia shot last year and Ken Kamins – Peter Jackson’s manager.
The prize for Best Special Effects at this year’s Imagina Awards, held in Monte Carlo on February 1, 2007, was jointly awarded to Framestore CFC and Weta Digital for the VFX work on X-Men: The Last Stand. The award – one of Imagina’s famous glass teapots – was accepted on behalf of the company by joint CEO William Sargent. X-Men: The Last Stand opened in May 2006 around the world, breaking many box-office records. Directed by Brett Ratner and starring Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry and Patrick Stewart, the film is a 20th Century Fox production. The film’s VFX Supervisor was John Bruno. [More]
Lorien “Ramen” Carney, Community Relations Specialist for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: Welcome to the first of many Developer Diary installments discussing monster play. We’ve kept the wraps on this aspect of the production for long enough, so here’s your first look behind the curtain at the geography of your monster playground! [More]