Jan writes: Elijah Wood was announced as being on the Independent Spirit Awards Red Carpet Show shown on BRAVO on February 28th at 9PM. [More]
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Kathryn from The Powerhouse Museum writes: I am writing to you from the Powerhouse Museum Members department, and was given your email address by one of our LoTR exhibition volunteers. We have organised a series of talks and workshops with various people from WETA Workshops. The first two feature head of WETA Richard Taylor, who will be performing an application of prosthetics and makeup to Jed Brophy on Saturday 26 February, while on Sunday 27 February he will be giving a talk with Tania Rodgers about their experiences on-set. We look very likely to have other events featuring LoTR behind the scenes talent in the next few weeks. [More]
‘Now the Three Kindreds of the Eldar were gathered at last in Valinor, and Melkor was chained. This was the Noontide of the Blessed Realm, the fullness of its glory and its bliss, long in tale of years, but in memory too brief.’ (The Silmarillion) [More]
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — By the numbers, the Academy Awards are roughly 50 percent less relevant than they have been the last five years. While all five candidates for the top Oscar have managed respectable ticket sales, they collectively have been seen by fewer moviegoers than any batch of best-picture nominees in 20 years. [More]
The writer of The Lovely Bones is heading to New Zealand for the Auckland Writers & Readers festival. In a recent intreview she talked about how ‘totally excited’ she was that Peter Jackson would be making that book into a film. [More]
bunny of many colors (via Time Out) writes: Up-and-coming Brit stars Billy Boyd and Eva Birthistle (‘Ae Fond Kiss’) are to star in con-comedy ‘Save Angel Hope’, a twisted tale of a swindle involving nuns, hurricanes and a non-existent hospital in the South Pacific. The film will be directed by first-timer Lukas Erni. [More]