Would you work for $864 a week? Movie stars Liv Tyler and Casey Affleck recently did–as did director Steve Buscemi–in the forthcoming independent film Lonesome Jim, 90 minutes long and shot in only 18 days for under $500,000. More From Sam Whitmore Attribute the madness to digital technology, which continues to transform how actors, producers and distributors do their jobs. [More]
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Catriona writes: I wondered if visitors to TORN would be interested in a brief note on my recent visit to New Zealand courtesy of Red Carpet Tours? The first and unexpected event was at the first night dinner when Tehanu turned up with her husband and regailed us with stories of her ‘spying’ etc. It was great to finally meet her as I had been reading all about her escapades online for a long time! [More]
Elizabeth T writes: I just thought you might like to know that The Return of the King Premiere in New Zealand made VH1’s list of Greatest Red Carpet moments. I believe it ranked number 46 on the list. They’re replaying the countdown tonight on VH1 if anyone wants to see it.
FredO writes: Last year TORN was really helpful in publishing a detailed explanation on how to remove the Gollum statue from the TT:EE gift set. This year I’m facing a difficulty that I think many of your readers may also be facing: how do you remove the maps from the brand new 50th Anniversary edition of LOTR? They seem to be implanted in a way that makes removal either damaging to the maps or the book. I can see now way of opening the maps inside the book easily either. So is there any possibility that you folks have or know of a solution?
If you know of a good solution send it along!
UPDATE Many people have written in with ideas! Take a look! [More]
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Oscar-winner (and Sean Astin’s mom) Patty Duke had single bypass surgery Wednesday and was in fair condition, officials said. The 57-year-old actress was in the intensive care unit at the North Idaho Heart Center. “Her husband said everything went well,” said Kootenai Medical Center spokeswoman Teri Farr. The centre is part of the medical facility. [More]
Special effects are now a central part of the moviemaking process. But as audiences demand more, effects houses are being forced to ramp up their processing power like never before. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films are packed with epic battles. Behind the scenes, however, another struggle was going on. As each movie in the trilogy went into production, visual effects studio Weta Digital scrambled to add the processing power needed to render an increasing number of computationally intensive special effects shots. [More]