Today is Alexandra Astin’s Birthday! Alexandra, daughter of Sean Astin, was born on November 27th, 1996, that makes her 8 years old today. She plays Elanor Gamgee, daughter of Sam Gamgee! Happy Birthday Alexandra!
Category: Old Main News
When Britain’s music veterans joined today’s young pop stars to remake the Band Aid single the generation gap was obvious. Singer Joss Stone, 17, referred to event organiser Sir Bob Geldof as Bob Gandalf. And Busted’s James Bourne, 21, was left red-faced after asking: ‘Who’s that?’ when he spotted the scruffy singer. You can’t really blame them. Joss wasn’t even born when the orginial song was released and James was just a baby. [More]
‘All that had happened after he was stunned, Bilbo learned later; but it gave him more sorrow than joy, and he was now weary of his adventure. He was aching in his bones for the homeward journey.’ Tolkien wraps up his tale with more poetry and pathos than one would expect in a children’s tale. [More]
Philippa from Virgin Megastores UK writes: Actor Billy Boyd (Pippin) will be making a Public Apperance at the new Virgin Megastores in Birmingham (Pavillions Mall). Billy will be joining us at midnight (9-10th of December) for the UK official release of the extended Return of the King Boxset (The UK official release date(10th) is different from the USA). [More]
Ian Berriman, Reviews Editor for SFX writes: The new issue of SFX (on sale from Wednesday 24 November) contains an interview with Billy Boyd, as well as a seven-page feature on Peter Jackon’s new project, King Kong. [More]
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Those lucky Kiwis on the North Island still have the opportunity to check out the new stage production of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” starring our very own Gamling BRUCE HOPKINS! The show continues until December 12, 2004. We hope Bruce is having a fantastic birthday today as he prepares for this weekend’s performance as the underdog Bob Cratchit who ultimately discovers the benevolence of the Christmas spirit arrives from the most unexpected place — Scrooge himself! Click here for more. The Auckland Theatre Company website is found here.