Erica writes: In Pittsburgh, PA, USA the state highway department has one of the big electronic LED signs above one of the major throughways into Pittsburgh reading: “Cleaveland Browns: Welcome to Mordor” In relation to the football playoff game on Sunday.
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While Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers breaks box-office records in America and Australia, it has generated the first Big Question of 2003: should Gollum get an Oscar? There’s no doubt he’s the most intriguing little freak since ET, and a nearly perfect representation of the character described by J.R.R. Tolkien in the book of The Two Towers. But is he a human performance or just a pattern of pixels? [More]
The Lord of the Rings movies are fast becoming smash-hit classics, with The Two Towers having surpassed $200 million in its first 12 days of release. “To say it’s this generation’s Star Wars is almost an understatement,” says Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co., which tracks box-office totals. And it’s not the only movie based on serious theology to come out of Hollywood this season. [More]
This is Oscarwatch’s 4th year monitoring the Oscars from the beginning of the year through year’s end. Usually, a frontrunner has clearly emerged as we head into the Guild Awards (DGA, WGA, PGA, SAG) in January and February. They either confirm or deny what the critics have hailed as the best of the year. This year, a few clear frontrunners have emerged, if you go by critics (see below) but Best Picture seems still up in the air, with many critics groups divided on which film should emerge in March. [More]
Argentinian Strider writes: Just wanted to tell you that LotR:TTT has beaten all historic records of movies in Argentina. The movie was premiered last Wednesday in only a few theaters with 66.130 spectators (Fellowship got 84.454 people in its offcial release), while on Thursday reached 73.607 viewers. With a total of 139.737, TTT has beaten the heck out of Titanic, Star Wars, and any movie released in the country.
Well, better late than never… ShowBiz Ireland managed to snap some great pictures of Bernard Hill whilst attending the premiere of The Two Towers at the Savoy Cinema in Dublin two weeks ago. Check them out! [More]