Lomadia writes: According to Box Office Mojo, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban grossed $40,800,000 on its opening day (Friday, June 4). This beats out Spiderman, giving it the most successful opening day ever, and dropping The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King into fourth place.
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Hobbitangel writes: Orlando Bloom has been told to wear a chest wig to look ‘more manly’ for his new film. Movie bosses want the screen hearthrob to cover up with the hairy rug for his new lead role in the Crusades epic Kindom of Heaven. [More]
Izzy attended the Saturday evening performance of Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony in Atlanta. He tells us that a very special guest dropped by to the delight of the audience! [More]
Unawen writes: sean-astin.net has pictures from the MTV Movie Awards; Sean Astin and Dom Monaghan accepted the LOTR awards. [More]
Yahoo! News has the list of winners from the 2004 MTV Movie Awards, taped Saturday night in Culver City, California. The show will air on MTV (and MuchMusic in Canada) on Thursday, June 10th. [More]
Four New Zealanders who came home covered in honours after Oscar night have added to their gloryboards. Ngila Dickson, costume designer for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, was made an officer of the NZ Order of Merit. Screenwriter Philippa Boyens, designer Grant Major and editor Jamie Selkirk are made members of the NZ Order of Merit. [More]