Time Warner may have been able to boast Wednesday that it had reversed a year-ago loss and had earned $638 million in the fourth quarter. [More]
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Studios tally up the big winners and losers. Hollywood’s studios Wednesday began tallying winners and losers in the annual Oscar race, one day after nominations were announced for the U.S. film industry’s top awards. Financial winners were obvious, including such films as “Whale Rider” and “Monster” from Newmarket Films and “The Cooler” and “Girl with a Pearl Earring” from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. [More]
From ctnow.com: Oprah turns 50, having a few million friends over. This Saturday, high-profile guests like Halle Berry, Julia Roberts and Maria Shriver will descend on the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif., where Oprah has rented rooms to accommodate invited guests. She’s also booked all the rooms at the Four Seasons Resort Santa Barbara, forcing “Lord of the Rings” stars Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortensen – who will be in town to promote “The Return of the King” at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival – to relocate to the Bacara Resort in Goleta, Calif.
“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy co-writer Philippa Boyens (or ‘Queen of the Geeks’ as she is sometimes called) talked briefly to the Los Angeles Daily News about Universals’ upcoming King Kong adaptation, to be directed by Peter Jackson and to star Naomi Watts. [More]
Young Miss Taea Alyssa Rae Hartwell, who had a small part as a Hobbit child in FOTR, turns the big 10 today!
Small parts being all relative of course, Miss Hartwell was born on January 29th 1994 in Wellington, NZ. Happy Birthday Taea!
ShelaghC remind us: The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will present this year’s Modern Master Award to the director/producer/writer of the “Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, Peter Jackson this weekend. Festival Director, Roger Durling said “When I first came on board, I was asked who would be my choice for Modern Master. I could think of only one name that perfectly exemplified a Modern Master and that is Peter Jackson. My dream has come true. Christmas has arrived for me!” [More]