Last night, I along with about 1200 others, attended the Sean Astin Lecture at Bucknell University. After a very informative introduction by Amanda Forsburg, chair of the Student Lectureship Committee Sean, entered the stage of the beautiful Weis Center Theater. It was packed! [More]
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NEW YORK – Having written a symphony, Howard Shore — the prolific composer whose music spans from Middle-earth to Howard Hughes’ Hollywood days — is now looking to opera. He’s working on an opera version of David Cronenberg’s horror film “The Fly” for a 2007 premiere by Los Angeles Opera, a collaboration with Cronenberg and librettist David Henry Wong of “M. Butterfly” fame. [More]
LEWISBURG — A long standing debate has been whether art imitates life or life imitates art. For Sean Astin, some of the roles he’s played have defined who he is in real life. [More]
Even though many of his papers and Middle-earth tales were published posthumously, JRR Tolkien wrote prolifically throughout his life. Nevertheless, there remain huge gaps in many of his stories.
So this weekend we’re going to ask ourselves: ‘If you could commission Tolkien to write more on one thing, what would it have been and why?’ [More]
Dominic Monaghan‘s new hit show ‘Lost’ continues to get better with each episode. Catch ‘Lost’ tonight at 8PM EST on ABC. TORN’s chatroom now has a special ‘Lost’ screening room, login to #lost at 8PM and watch with fans from around the country! [ABC.com] [TORN Chat]
Last Sunday I was interviewed by the folks at Sithclan.net, my friends Dany and Seb run an internet radio show called Star Wars En Direct. The topic of the evening was big studios versus fan run sites. Click on the following links for my portion of the interview, where I talk about our involvement with New Line Cinema and Universal. Be sure to download the whole 4 hour show at swendirect.com it is really worth the listen! [MP3 File (21MB)] [WAV File (58MB)] [swendirect.com]