Today is Cate Blanchett’s birthday! Cate was born on May 14th, 1969 in Melbourne, Australia. That makes her 38 today! Happy Birthday Cate!
Category: Old Main News
Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! Check out some TV on DVD goodies like ‘American Dad!, Vol. 2’, ‘Er: Complete Seventh Season’ & ‘Wings-4th Season Complete’. There are a few compilations out tomorrow including; ‘Tex Avery’s Droopy – The Complete Theatrical Collection’ & ‘Martin Scorsese Collection, Vol. 2’. The big releases of the week are ‘Arthur & the Invisibles’, ‘The Fountain’ & ‘Pan’s Labyrinth: 2-Disc Special Edition’. Personally I’m interested in ‘The Omega Man’ & ‘Shaolin Family Soccer’! Check out the whole list here! [More]
Be sure to check out our weekly Sideshow Collectibles update! Each week we provide an update on your favorite Sideshow goodies, from busts to premium figures and more! Take a look! [More]
Asked to design a fitting repository for a client’s valuable collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts and artifacts, architect Peter Archer went to the source—the fantasy novels that describe the abodes of the diminutive Hobbits. “I came back my client and said, ‘I’m not going to make this look like Hollywood,’” Archer recalled, choosing to focus instead on a finely-crafted structure embodying a sense of history and tradition. The site was critical too—and Archer found the perfect one a short walk away from his client’s main house, where an 18th-century dry-laid wall ran through the property. “I thought, wouldn’t it be wonderful to build the structure into the wall?” [More]
It is the most expensive theatrical production in history. Now The Lord Of The Rings musical is coming to Britain. Tanya Gold ventures backstage to find a smoking Gandalf, giant spiders and Frodo wondering where he put that ring. This is the story of how some hobbits danced, died and maybe – just maybe – came back to life. It begins in 2001, when a producer called Kevin Wallace sees a script for a musical of The Lord Of The Rings. Wallace has never read the book, but he wants a smash show to launch his production company and so, with an oedipal snap at his former boss, Andrew Lloyd Webber, he goes to Saul Zaentz, the legendary producer who owns the rights, and begs to stage the monster. Zaentz agrees, Wallace raises £12.5m, and in March 2006 his musical version of Tolkien’s trilogy makes its world premiere in Toronto. [More]
rohtireth writes: As a follow-up to your notice about the trilogy screening in New York, here in California there is a screening of The Fellowship of the Ring on June 7th (8pm) at the UA Clovis Towne Center in Clovis (near Fresno). This is part of the Flashback Flicks series, and if we have a good turnout, perhaps they will schedule The Two Towers and Return of the King later in the summer.