Rebecca let us know about a Viggo Mortensen booksigning event tonight (Feb 17th) at the International Center of Photography in New York City (1133 Avenue of the Americas). Viggo will be signing copies of his new hardcover book ‘Linger’. Be there tonight from 5:00pm – 7:30pm and get copies of ‘Linger’ signed! Please note that no photographs or movie memorabilia will be signed. Art books only. [icp.org]
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Sideshow Collectibles is now pre-selling the much anticipated 12-inch Legolas Greenleaf. The Exclusive Edition of this figure, expected to only last a few hours, comes with his Lothlorien Cloak and Broach, as well as an interchangeable arrow stabbing hand. Follow the link to place your pre-order while supplies last. [Click Here]
Vacaville, CA – Hear ye! Hear ye! On April 21-23, 2006, the second annual Middle Earth Festival will come to life in historic Downtown Vacaville to celebrate author J. R. R. Tolkien and “The Lord of the Rings”.
This fun-filled family event includes a fun run and forums on the themes of Tolkien. Saturday and Sunday activities include craft and merchandise vendors, entertainment, and games for the kids, demonstrations of old time skills, music, dance, fantasy and abundant food. Take part in one of many trivia contests or enjoy the antics of the Gollum impersonation contest, and seek the best costumed elf, dwarf, hobbit and other dwellers of Middle Earth! Admission and most festival activities are free.
New to the Middle Earth Festival is the green, eco-friendly area of booths and information. These vendors do not look like they stepped out of Middle Earth, but there you may hear echoes of voices of ancient Ents caring for all that was good and green. This is a special way to celebrate Earth Day which falls on this weekend!
Volunteers are being sought to join the “fellowship” of those who bring the festival to life. Potential vendors, entertainers, and demonstrators of old time skills may download applications directly from the Middle Earth website at www.middleearthfestival.com.
For more information on this unique and exciting event, contact event organizer Betty Lucke at 707.448.1021 or the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District at 707.451.2100.
Tauremorna writes: As in the previous years, Christopher Lee attended the “Cinema for Peace” gala at the 2006 Berlinale film festival on Feb 13. The 83-year-old British actor commemorated the 60th anniversary of UNICEF. “Every day, 30,000 children die before their fifth birthday”, he said. Both Milla Jovovich, who opened the gala, and Mr Lee consider it a duty of celebrities to support the fight against poverty. The money raised at the gala will be donated to UNICEF and other charities. [More]
It’s addition-by-subtraction time in Toronto as the mammoth musical theater version of “The Lord of the Rings” works on problems that caused the planned 3 1/2-hour show to run nearly five hours in its first preview. That’s what previews are for, and playgoers who have seen early performances are reporting back favorably. “There’s an absolutely fantastic 3 1/2 -hour show in there somewhere,” says Derrick Chua, 39, a Toronto attorney who attended the very first preview, Feb. 4, at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Chua had no illusions that he’d be seeing a finished product. [More]
Richard Taylor—best known for his Oscar-winning work with the New Zealand F/X house Weta, as well as his collaborations with King Kong director Peter Jackson—told SCI FI Wire that he’s spent four years developing a children’s television production company, and that the company’s first show, Jane and the Dragon, is currently in full production. “There’s very little television in the Western world that empowers young girls to act above their station, and our story is a very simple story of a young girl born into a medieval court,” Taylor said in an interview. “She’s going to become a lady-in-waiting as her mother has and her mother before that, but she doesn’t want to do that. She doesn’t want to do that. She wants to become a knight, because by being a knight she can change the world around her for herself and her friends.” [More]