Stage and screen star Ian McKellen will speak at the Guthrie Theater on Oct. 8 as part of the theater’s Global Voices program. McKellen, who will appear at the Guthrie with he Royal Shakespeare Company’s productions of “King Lear” and “The Seagull” in October, has appeared in the Broadway productions of “Amadeus” and “Dance of Death” as well as the films “God and Monsters, “Lord of the Rings” and “X-Men.” He also has won Tony, Olivier, Screen Actors Guild. [More]
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Today is also Billy Boyd‘s birthday! Billy Boyd (born August 28, 1968) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As we all know, Billy is best known for his performance as Pippin Took in The Lord of the Rings films.
TheOneRing.net and Red Carpet Tours is celebrating the 5th anniversary of the release of The Return of the King with a cruise to where it all began. Be among the first to join us on Celebrity’s Millenium as she sails for 14 nights from Auckland, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia, leaving on November 23, 2008. Red Carpet Tours has customized a Pre-Cruise tour for us and come up with several day-long excursions to LOTR filming locations reachable from the ship. We want to know if you are interested in this cruise, so please click on the following link for more details. [Details]
If you haven’t checked out the HBO show ‘Flight of the Conchords,’ you really should. And on that topic, check out Figwit playing Frodo in a recent episode:
Penny writes: Billy Boyd’s band Beecake is going to have yet another gig! Beecake will be appearing at “The London Gathering” on Sunday 9th September.Tickets are available from Ticketmaster via The London Gathering website: www.thelondongathering.com.
The folks at WETA send along their latest updates on all things geeky from the Kiwi hotspot in Wellington. [More]