Turgon writes: Henry Gee has posted some news at his website on the UK book tour for his book, THE SCIENCE OF MIDDLE-EARTH. Today (June 7th) he will be at the Cafe Scientifique in Leicester. Click here for the full schedule. [More]
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Today is Karl Urban’s Birthday! Karl was born on June 7th, 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand. That makes him 33 today! Happy Birthday Karl!
As fans of “The Goonies” took pilgrimages this weekend to sites made famous by the movie, a couple of the Goonies themselves came back to Astoria to share some of their memories of filming, as well as thoughts on the possibility of a Goonies sequel. “I remember distinctly the feeling I had as a 12-year old coming up here, where I was nervous, I was really nervous, because I knew that I was starring in this movie and I had a big responsibility to be good as one of the lead actors,” said Sean Astin, sitting on the porch of the Goonies house Saturday. [More]
Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd will be at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Thursday to host the 18th Annual Arts and Business Scottish Awards. The event will pay tribute to the best partnerships between business and the arts during 2004. [More]
Heather writes: Today’s (June 6th) Internet Movie Database poll asks “Of the top 10 films selected by users of the IMDb, which would you rather see at number one?” (instead of The Godfather, which is what made the #1 spot). Both ROTK and FOTR appear in the list of choices. [Vote]
HOUSTON — Willliam H. Butler III, known as Lord William Westcott of Welewen among fellow members of the Galveston-Clear Lake area chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, has read J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” books so many times he could recite Frodo’s and Sam’s adventures without much effort. “I probably read it (all three books) 10 to 15 times,” he said. [More]