Today is Karl Urban’s Birthday! Karl was born on June 7th, 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand. That makes him 33 today! Happy Birthday Karl!
Category: Old Main News
As fans of “The Goonies” took pilgrimages this weekend to sites made famous by the movie, a couple of the Goonies themselves came back to Astoria to share some of their memories of filming, as well as thoughts on the possibility of a Goonies sequel. “I remember distinctly the feeling I had as a 12-year old coming up here, where I was nervous, I was really nervous, because I knew that I was starring in this movie and I had a big responsibility to be good as one of the lead actors,” said Sean Astin, sitting on the porch of the Goonies house Saturday. [More]
Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd will be at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Thursday to host the 18th Annual Arts and Business Scottish Awards. The event will pay tribute to the best partnerships between business and the arts during 2004. [More]
Heather writes: Today’s (June 6th) Internet Movie Database poll asks “Of the top 10 films selected by users of the IMDb, which would you rather see at number one?” (instead of The Godfather, which is what made the #1 spot). Both ROTK and FOTR appear in the list of choices. [Vote]
HOUSTON — Willliam H. Butler III, known as Lord William Westcott of Welewen among fellow members of the Galveston-Clear Lake area chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, has read J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” books so many times he could recite Frodo’s and Sam’s adventures without much effort. “I probably read it (all three books) 10 to 15 times,” he said. [More]
A renowned children’s author and a key player in the National Women’s Hospital cervical cancer inquiry were among a group of five who head this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Writer Joy Cowley, medical academic Professor Linda Holloway, founder of Villa Maria wines George Fistonich, Chief District Court Judge David Carruthers, and Judge Anand Satyanand are all made Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit. The DCNZM is the equivalent of a knight or dame companion under the old honours system. The tourism industry has been recognised with the co-founder and director of the A J Hackett Bungy enterprise, Henry van Asch, being appointed an ONZM and the writer of the Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook, Ian Brodie, made an MNZM. [More]