Although it’s been six years since Emiliana Torrini’s last album, the Roland Orzabal-produced Love in the Time of Science, the Icelandic beauty has been busy though largely hidden from view. She performed the haunting “Gollum’s Song” for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, wrote and toured with Thievery Corporation, collaborated with Smog’s Bill Callahan and provided Kylie Minogue with her 2003 #1 U.K. hit “Slow.” Lastly, she readied her sparse, whispering return to the spotlight, Fisherman’s Woman, an attention-rewarding listen bearing few traces of her lavish debut. [More]
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HOLLYWOOD — Elijah Wood has enjoyed his fair share of eccentric roles — from a sword-wielding hobbit in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy to a kung-fu cannibal in Frank Miller’s “Sin City.” But nothing quite prepared the young actor. [
Vintage writes: Sept 2nd is set as the release date for Billy Boyd’s upcoming “On A Clear Day,” a film that premiered to a very positive response at the Sundance Film Festival. Icon Movies now has the film’s website — including a very entertaining trailer. [
From smh.com.au (via K. Roberts): Reports from New York at the weekend claim Cate Blanchett has been spotted hobbling around the Big Apple on crutches. Spike hears the Golden One has been in New York recently, but we are still waiting to hear from her local representatives to find out if she has injured herself. However, we can take solace in the New York Post’s observation that she “still looked stunning with hair pulled back and little make-up”. [
