Asfaloth writes: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – In December of 2000 Peter Jackson witnessed “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” premiere at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California. On February 6, 2004 he returned to a sold out crowd and a warm reception as the American Cinematheque screened “Fellowship.” Fans started lining up at around 4pm for the 7:30pm screening which was followed by a Q & A with PJ hosted by Christopher Connelly. [More]
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Greylin writes: Congratulations to Ian Holm who has recently remarried! From an article from yesterday’s UK Daily Telegraph: Sir Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins) met artist Sophie de Stempel early last year, when she asked to paint his portrait. After a whirlwind romance, they tied the knot in a low-key ceremony late last year. [telegraph.co.uk]
The 46th Grammy Awards will be on CBS tonight starting at 8PM. Be sure to see is Howard Shore will win the ‘Best score soundtrack album for a motion picture, television or other visual media’ award. Howard is up against John Williams (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN & HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS), Philip Glass (THE HOURS) & Randy Newman (SEABISCUIT).
Also be sure to catch Sean Astin as he is set to be a presenter some time during the show.
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Oscar fans and movie-goers, behold the one “Ring.” And take a good, long look while you can because this may be the weekend it starts to lose some of its award-winning luster. Film fantasy “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” has raked in box office cash ($925 million worldwide) and raced ahead in Hollywood’s awards season but Friday, ahead of two key weekend industry awards, some film experts were starting to wonder if the Oscar shoo-in is really just that. [More]
Greetings — Quickbeam here. Tonight at the 56th Annual DGA Awards the greatest film and TV directors gathered to honor their very best. The 2003 Award for Outstanding Directorial Acheivement for a Feature Film was given to Peter Jackson for ROTK. With great warmth and humility, PJ accepted the award by thanking J.R.R. Tolkien, saying “the book honors the ideas of courage, friendship, and faith.” Pictures are available in our Gallery here. Pay attention Academy voters — this award is the industry’s strongest barometer of who will win the Oscar!
From The Globe and Mail: Middle-Earth’s kingly Aragorn is a painter, photographer, poet and singer, and a limelight-shunning cowboy. [More]