Howard Shore Wins Grammy Today is Howard Shore’s Birthday! Howard was born on October 18th, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario. That makes him 59 today! Happy Birthday Howard!

Dan Deevy, Executive Producer for TheCinemaSource.com writes: We have an exclusive interview with Orlando Bloom currently posted on our site and would love it if you could link us to your homepage. I’m sure your visitors would love the opportunity to read a great interview recently conducted for the release of Elizabethtown and be treated to 10 amazing images of the man himself! [More]

Irascian writes: Brian Sibley’s web site has just been updated and reveals the news that his biography on Peter Jackson (“Peter Jackson – A Film-Maker’s Journey”) is going to be published by HarperCollins in April 2006. More information at [briansibley.com]

Doreen writes: Viggo Mortensen was a guest at the Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium on October the 14th. He was there together with David Cronenberg to promote his new movie ‘A History of Violence’. He walked the red carpet and took time to hand out signatures (luckily I had my copy of ‘The horse is good’ with me). It was great to meet Viggo at our local film festival. [More]

Linuxelf writes: John Rhys-Davies makes a welcome return to New Zealand as a special guest. all three days of the upcoming tenth anniversary expo. Currently best known for his role as GIMLI THE DWARF in the hit trilogy of Lord of the Rings, John studied at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and in addition to his distinguished theatre work – Othello, Macbeth and Falstaff – has taken leading roles in many movies among them Victor/Victoria, The Living Daylights, King Solomon’s Mines and the 1992 remake of Conan Doyle’s The Lost World in which he starred as Professor Challenger. [More]

Tinuvielas writes: Here are the Pro’s (many) and Con’s (some) about RingCon 2005, to be followed by a Summary & Quotes of the John Noble and (part of) the Billy Boyd panel. October, 9th, 2005. “I’m sittin’ in a railway-station, gotta ticket for my destination… hmm-mmm…” – anyone remember that song? Anyone relate to that melancholy feeling of being cast out of Middle-Earth and re-emerging into the bleak reality of a crowded train-ride home, so familiar after three day’s worth of RingCon? Three days of coming-together (which is of course what “con-venire” actually means), of singing – it was a very musical Con, this time, dubbed a “Sing-Con” by some, but more of this later – of laughing and having FUN! [More]