Peter Bowes writes: If the buzz is to be believed, Peter Jackson is a “shoo-in” to win two of Oscar’s top prizes. The New Zealand filmmaker is hotly tipped to take the awards for best picture and best director for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Many feel Jackson’s work on all three movies will be rewarded by the Oscars The epic fantasy is also likely to clean up in some of the technical categories. [More]
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Ian McKellen is set to be a guest on the HBO chat show ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’. Check your local listings. [More]
Amanda Morrison from the NZ Embassy Trust writes: The Oscars will be shown “live” at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington from 11.30am on Monday 1 March, and a few tickets are still available from the Box Office. This is a fun day, with prizes for Best-Dressed, Best Peter Jackson look-alike, Most Hobbit-like, that sort of thing. So dress up and come along to be in the right place (Peter’s favourite theatre) at the right time (we HOPE). This is a fund-raiser for the Embassy Theatre Trust, so it would be really good to sell off the remaining tickets. Further details if required from amanda.m@morrimac.com.
Lee Ann writes: I’m listening to Howard Shore being interviewed on NPR’s Performance on NPR. He and interviewer Fred Child are discussing various themes in Return of the King, the various instruments and singers Shore used (he says singing in Elvish helped Renee Fleming with another recording she was making), and the Lord of the Rings Symphony. An extended version of the interview is available for listening at Performance Today’s website, along with links to other NPR interviews with Mr. Shore. [More]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Hollywood Reporter) — New Zealander Peter Jackson has gone from making movies as a hobby to making movies about hobbits — films that have helped him forge a filmmaking empire in New Zealand and build a reputation in Hollywood for pulling off the impossible. [More]
Sean Astin has lent his voice to an original Cartoon Network movie called ‘Party Wagon’, it airs tonight at 8PM. [cartoonnetwork.com]