Three pretty interesting entires for tomorrow’s ‘DVD Tuesday’. First up we have the Orlando Bloom film “Kingdom of Heaven”, the epic non-hit of the season. Next is Sean Astin’s western mini-series ‘Into the West’ and last but not least (and just in time for Haloween) is Christopher Lee’s “Dracula A.D. 1972”. Take a look! [More]
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Ringer Celebriel reports on the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild’s special event, An Evening in Rivendell: A secluded lodge in the Oakland hills was transformed Saturday evening into Elrond’s hall, surrounded by woods, lit by candles, and warmed by a bright hearth. Seventy two guests attended, most costumed as elves, but men and women of Rohan and Gondor, a handful of hobbits, a Haradrim mumakil driver, and a Ringwraith were also present. [More]
New York, NY – The Collegiate Chorale, led by Robert Bass, opens its 64th season with The Rings: Myth and Music on November 13th at 3 p.m. at Carnegie Hall. Excerpts from Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle, including Die Walkϋre and Götterdämmerung and a suite from Flying Dutchman, and the New York Premiere of Movements I and II “The Fellowship of the Ring” from The Lord of the Rings Symphony by Howard Shore, will be performed. [More]
Go ahead, call him Frodo. Many people on the planet still do. “Oh, it’s pretty consistent,” Elijah Wood says of being hailed on the street as hobbit Frodo Baggins by “Lord of the Rings” fans. “It doesn’t bother me. But it is funny. It’s literally everywhere in the world I go.” Like on a tiny island in Malaysia, where he was vacationing a few months ago. This Southeast Asian dot on a globe was so small it didn’t have a movie theater. “But everybody there knew ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ” Wood says. “It’s really amazing.” [More]
Janet writes: I just found out that Craig Parker will be doing a stage play Oct. 29 – Nov. 26 at the Derby Playhouse in Derby, England. Here is a synopsis from the Playhouse web site: When soap-star heart-throb Andrew Lomas learns that scriptwriters are planning to write him out of the show he takes the storyline of “Heart of Hearts” into his own hands. A new comedy that looks at the absurdities of life in an Australian soap and the lives and loves of its cast and crew. Wicked humour from down under for everyone who ever loved or hated Aussie soaps. [More]
Roheryn writes: TORN readers may wish to check out two of their favorite LOTR alumni currently appearing in the annual Entertainment Weekly Photo Issue, featuring the year’s best celebrity pictures. Portraits of Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen grace the gallery this year. [More]