David Bowie, Orlando Bloom, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe are set to appear in the next series of Ricky Gervais’ comedy Extras. Gervais, 44, started filming the second series of his follow-up to The Office on Monday. Sir Ian McKellen, 67, has also signed up for the BBC comedy, along with veteran actor Richard Briers, Stephen Fry, Ronnie Corbett, Diana Rigg, Moira Stewart and Germaine Greer. [More]
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The Da Vinci Code actor Sir Ian McKellen is hoping to star in two more soap operas after wowing TV fans with his star turn in Coronation Street last year. The 67-year-old realised a life-long ambition when he played artist Mel Hutchwright in nine episodes of Coronation Street – and now he wants to play the same character in rival shows Eastenders and Emmerdale. [More]
Peter “TheHutt” Klassen writes: In Germany, all major events around “The Lord of the Rings” attract attention from a hard-core group of fans. Any time something big happens about the “Rings” movies, a regular troupe of enthusiasts gets summoned from all around Germany. They usually know each other from other LOTR events; and for a day or a weekend they get together to demonstrate their costumes, meet their mates and, well, probably also to see the event which summoned them in the first place. [More]
Today is Karl Urban’s Birthday! Karl-Heinz Urban was born on June 7th, 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand. That makes him 34 years old today! Happy Birthday Karl!
The joyous news is here: ELF: THE LORD OF THE RINGS East Coast Convention journeys to the New York/New Jersey area for the very first time! Join TORn, Creation Entertainment and New Line Cinema as we welcome Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies and score of other guests and scholars for one magical weekend. And lets not forget partying down with everyone’s favorite Oscar Party band – Emerald Rose! Get the full details through the following link. [Click Here]
Zhie writes: Some news from the Dragon*Con 2006 Tolkien Track virtual headquarters. Check out the Tolkien events planned at Dragon*Con! Check out the Dragon*Con Tolkien Track Web Site. We are still looking for a few fanfic writers who are attending Dragon*Con in Atlanta this Labor Day weekend (September 1-4, 2006) who would be interested in sitting on one of the fanfiction panels. We would prefer authors who write about Men, Hobbits, or Dwarves but we may be able to make room for another Elf writer or two on the het and general panels (slash Elf writers are already covered). If you are interested, please contact Jean Baughman (aka Lady Mirfain), the Tolkien Track coordinator, at tolkien@dragoncon.org. [ Dragon*Con Website]