Orlando Bloom continues his world-wide domination on TV this week. Today he will be on ‘Live! with Regis and Kelly’ and late tonight he will be on ‘Late Night With Conan O’Brien’. Get those TiVo’s ready!
Category: Old Main News
Today is John Rhys-Davies’ Birthday! John was born on May 5th, 1944 in Salisbury, England. That makes him 61 years old today! Happy Birthday John!
Our friends from The Tolkien Society send this along: This year’s Tolkien Weekend at Sarehole Mill is not only going to be even bigger than last year but it’s also the first event in the recently founded Shire Country Park. Fun at Park is the sixth Tolkien Weekend event, and is now an annual item in the Birmingham calendar. Sarehole Mill itself was the “original” for the Mill at Bywater in the Shire in The Lord of the Rings and is a central point in the Shire Country Park (see below for details) that covers the River Cole, Chinn Brook, as well as Moseley Bog, the Dell and the Dingles where JRR Tolkien played as a child. [More]
TORONTO – Alexander Frith is the circus consultant and stilts adviser for the stage production of The Lord Of The Rings, which heads our way next year. Casting is getting underway, and yesterday stiltwalker auditions were held at the Toronto Circus School Of The Arts. [More]
Wellington’s Weta Workshop has started “importing” animators from overseas to work on a new television series. Weta has set up five Singaporean animators in New Zealand to work on a 26-episode, 3D animated series it is producing with Canadian entertainment company Nelvana, the Channelnewsasia website reports. The animation series, Jane and the Dragon, stars 12-year old Jane, a headstrong knight in the King’s Guard, and a 300-year old dragon for company. It will be broadcast in Australasia, North America and Europe early next year. [More]
Best Friends Animal Society is conducting a silent auction to benefit their Los Angeles Programs that provide adoption, spay/neuter and educational programs. You can bid on tickets to the World Premiere of “Elizabethtown”, a romantic comedy directed by Cameron Crowe and starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst in October 2005, including the premiere party. Best Friends Animal Society is working with animal lovers, shelters and rescue groups nationwide to bring about a time when there will be no more homeless pets. Best Friends operates the nations largest sanctuary for homeless animals; provides adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs; and publishes Best Friends, the nations largest general-interest animal magazine. Kindness to animals builds a better world for all of us. [Bid]