Sandicomm writes: Howard Shore will be on a radio programme tomorrow the 21st on WNYC-FM (93.9 FM) from 3-4 PM. This radio show will be about why people love Wagner’s Rings cycle so much. Here’s the discription from Time Out New York:
The Ring and I: The Passion, the Myth, the Mania
The Metropolitan Opera is getting set to mount its ambitious production of Wagner’s 17-hour Ring cycke, which has inspired rabid devotion from generations of classical-music fans. In this special from the folks behind Radio Lab, The Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore, playwright Tony Kushner, Met[ropolitan Opera] technical director Joe Clark, psychologist Laurie Layton Schapira, Seattle Opera director Speight Jenkins, guitarist Gary Lucas and others will ofer insight into what makes this Ring so special. Jad Abumrad hosts.
Also, strangely enough, while LOTR hasn’t been nominated for Best Movie of the Year, the books have been nominated for Best Book of the Year (I guess they nominated the one-volume edition). I think that LOTR deserves to win, especially over Captain Underpants. The people at Nick were extremely crafty (anticipating Ringers, I guess?), and they made it so that you have to vote in every category. Since this is the Kids Choice Awards, I would ask all Ringers under 18 to vote. [More]
The Company set off into the Mountains and Bilbo Baggins finds that the storms and the cold are something quite different from anything he’s ever experienced in his safe little Shire. Seeking shelter in a cave from the storm and the rock throwing Stone Giants, they discover that there are even worse dangers lurking in the Misty Mountains.
What does this chapter tell us about the state of the Misty Mountains and Middle Earth in general? What are Stone Giants exactly? What do we learn about Orcrist and Glamdring and what are their effect on the Goblins? Join us in #thehalloffire as we take a look at Chapter 4 of ‘The Hobbit’ – Over hill and under hill.
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Ringer Spy Kaartinin sent in this Finnish article about Viggo From Iltalehti.fi (Note: the article will only be on the site on 3/19/04, there is no archive.)
Taru sormusten herrasta – tähden paljastus
Viggo Mortensen etsii suomalaista tyttöystäväänsä
Nelosen 4Pop-ohjelma haastatteli näyttelijä Viggo Mortensenia viime viikolla Tukholmassa. Sunnuntaina Taru sormusten herrasta -tähti kertoo television välityksellä etsivänsä suomalaista ex-tyttöystäväänsä.
Tässä jutussa myös:
Taiteellinen monilahjakkuus
– Viggo Mortensen puhui Lena- tai Lina-nimisestä naisesta, jonka kanssa hän oli nuorempana seurustellut, eli ilmeisesti suomalaisittain Leenasta tai Liinasta, kertoo 4Pop-ohjelman tuottaja Laura Asuntila. Asuntilan mukaan Taru sormusten herrasta -elokuvatrilogian Aragornina tunnettu tähti oli tosissaan “hakuilmoituksen” kanssa. – Toimittajamme Eriikka Käyhkö pääsi tähden kanssa samalle aaltopituudelle. Jos oikea tyttö löytyy, häntä pyydetään ottamaan yhteys Viggoon Eriikan kautta, tuottaja etsintäkuuluttaa. New Yorkissa syntyneen ja nuoruudessaan Venezuelassa, Argentiinassa ja Tanskassa asuneen Viggo Mortensenin äiti on amerikkalainen, isä puolestaan tanskalainen. Mortensen nousi tähdeksi vasta Taru sormusten herrasta – elokuvatrilogian myötä, mutta miehellä on takanaan pitkä näyttelijäura. 45-vuotiaalla Mortensenilla on tärkeä rooli muun muassa elokuvissa Todistaja, The Indian Runner, Carlito’s Way ja Purppuravyöhyke. Hän näytteli myös Renny Harlinin Hollywood-esikoisessa Vankila.
Taiteellinen monilahjakkuus
Viggo Mortensen on taiteellinen monilahjakkuus, joka näyttelemisen ohella harrastaa valokuvausta, runoja ja maalausta. Hän soittaa myös pianoa ja on julkaissut kolme jazz-albumia. – Pidän yksin olemisesta, kun maalaan, kirjoitan, matkustan tai vaellan metsässä. Mutta elokuvia tehdessä on pakko olla toisten kanssa koko ajan, Mortensen on pahoitellut Aftonbladetin haastattelussa. Miehellä on teini-ikäinen Henry-poika purkautuneesta avioliitosta punk-laulaja Exene Cervenkan kanssa. – Olemme Henryn kanssa hyviä ystäviä. Teini-ikäisenä nuorena miehenä hän ei juurikaan välitä saamastani julkisuudesta, mikä on mielestäni vain hyvä asia. Hänen täytyy saada olla oma itsensä eikä vain kuuluisan isänsä poika – ja onneksi hän onkin, Mortensen on kiitellyt. Tanskalaistähden seuraava elokuva on tositarinaan pohjautuva Hidalgo. Saudiarabialaiseen hevoskilpailuun lähtevästä ratsulähetistä kertova draama saa Suomen ensi-iltansa 2. huhtikuuta. Myös 11 Oscaria voittanut Kuninkaan paluu pyörii edelleen elokuvateattereissa.
Craig Parker – Haldir will be making a personal appearance at the Basildon Scifi – Movie & Collectors show on Sunday 28th March 04, in the UK. More information can be found by going to www.scifishows.com
London Expo, London’s 2 day Scifi – Movie & Multimedia show will be Lord Of The Rings crazy over the weekend of the 15th & 16th of May 04 in London UK with:
Jed Brophy – SHARKU, SNAGA Lawrence Makoare – LURTZ, WITCH KING, GOTHMOG JOHN LEIGH – Hama
Already attending and more guests to be announced shortly joining the top guest list already gathered, more info can be found at www.londonexpo.com
Craig Parker – Haldir will be attending the an event called ‘Dinner With The Stars’ on the 29th May 04 in London UK, tickets are limited to only 50, your chance to go to dinner with Craig, question and answer session, autographs and themed photographs, more info at www.autographmania.co.uk
Master Of The Rings, a Lord Of The Rings convention will be held at the Jarvis Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester UK over the weekend of the 22nd – 24th October 04, guests already announced with loads more to come, Craig Parker and Mark Ferguson, a great hotel experience, with talks, parties, competitions and a whole load more! More info at www.autographmania.co.uk
Sean Astin had better start working on his condition, because Ringer Spy Donna has nominated him to be one of the torchbearers for the Olympic Games in Athens this year!
Dear OneRing.Net,
Just wanted to let you know that I had nominated Sean Astin to potentially be a torchbearer for the upcoming Athens Olympic Summer Games. The torch will be passing through Los Angeles, Ca. Torchbearers will be announced in April, so keep your fingers crossed for him, he could be wearing the olympic rings instead of “the ring” this time!
Whether he is chosen or not. I think he is a real winner! I nominated Sean because of outstanding contributions to AIDS, Wildlife, Literacy and especially his work with volunteerism.
Patty Duke was on a D.C. radio station about 9:30 Eastern today (Mix 107.3 fm) and first was asked about her upcoming films, but then about Sean and his career. She said how wonderful it was that he was in these films, and told him that she’d also phoned him up and told him that she’d just seen 50 First Dates. He said, “You went out to the movies? Do I have to be in a movie for you to actually go out to the movies?” and she said, “Well, if I want to see a good one . . .” lol
Someone suggested that she must have had lots of advice for him over the years, and she said, “I’ve given Sean some really bad advice.” She said he phoned her up at one point and asked if she wanted to invest in a short film he was making about a cop in the projects that is put on a mock trial in a laundry room in the Projects. She said, “Sean! You were brought up in (fill in name of upscale wherever it was here). What do you know about the Projects? What do you know about cops? What do you know about laundry rooms!?” But a year later, here was Kangaroo Court being nominated for an Oscar.
She also said that when he was young she used to put a lot of pressure on him as a child actor, so he was given some sort of agent or minder or other (I can’t remember the name.) with whom he’s still close. She also noted that Mackenzie is currently going through “those acting trials”, which presumably means he’s looking for good roles. She went on to note that John Astin was currently a professor here at John’s Hopkins University in Baltimore (about an hour from Washington, D.C.), and said lots of great things about him. Always nice to hear ex-es having good relationships.
In any event, she sounded fully recovered from her accident a while back with the horse, and was cheerful and perky sounding. She’s a Mother Superior in The Christine Bennett Mystery which is in Post-production, and she’s going to be on ABC in a couple of days on something else.
Sean Astin had better start working on his condition, because Ringer Spy Donna has nominated him to be one of the torchbearers for the Olympic Games in Athens this year!