Bibtecaria writes: Last night I attended the opening reception for “Ancient Spirit, Modern Voice” the art exhibit in conjunction with the upcoming Mythic Journeys Conference in Atlanta. Five works by Alan Lee and three by Viggo Mortensen were part of an incredible exhibit of mythical, folkloric, fantastic and visionary art. Lee’s works included two about Merlin, two with LOTR subjects and one fantasy work. Viggo’s were some of his photographs from the Ghost Dance and were large and very moving. [More]
Category: Old Main News
Runner writes: I just spent a wonderful Saturday afternoon at the Tribeca Film Festival’s panel Music Fit for a King with the composer Howard Shore, hosted by Doug Adams. Although the event was billed as a discussion of the music for The Return of the King, it inevitably became a discussion of the music for all three movies. [More]
Dutch language Narnia-site Narniafilms.nl alerted us to some new casting gossip surrounding the upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. According to one article British actress Tilda Swinton (probably best known for her part in The Beach) will play the White Witch. Read the article in English, surrounded by some Dutch gibberish here or where it originally came from, here! (registration required for second link)
The Company march single file into the gloom of Mirkwood. They find that a myriad of animals make sleeping hard and their provisions diminish so that they eventually make the move off the road in search of food. Bombur falls into poisoned water and goes into an unnatural stupor, and a mystical mirage appears causing the companions to get separated from eachother. Lost in the dark Bilbo is attacked by a giant spider.[More]
Matthew Meakins writes: I am writing to you from Fraser’s Autographs, the UK’s leading dealer in Autographed material. Fraser’s will be holding a star signing in our London Gallery with Lawrence Makoare. [More]
Kong Barge ‘Manuia’
Abner writes: Here’s the best shot of the Manuia boat I took today. They seemed to be fireproofing the inside of the boat earlier today, at least that’s what one of the vans had written on the side of it. [More]