Robin writes: For those living in Northern California, Michael Semanick, the 2004 Academy Award winner for Sound on ROTK, will be a guest speaker at the Beede Auditorium in Antioch, on June 5th at 7:00pm. The program is free to the public and the doors open at 6:00pm. Michael is a 1981 Antioch High School graduate and so will be returning to his roots! This was an article in my local paper- The Contra Costa Times.
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The folks from middleearthball.com write: For entertainment, art, dancing and costuming, check out this massive event, it will blow you away! Dance to DJ’s spinning from Sauron’s Tower, chill under the enormous trees of Mirkwood Forrest, get lost in the Mines of Moria and sooo much more! [More]
Paging through my May 21st Entertainment Weekly magazine, I ran across the following ad. Turns out that Best Buy is offering a special-edition LOTR commemorative edition of Entertainment Weekly Magazine to the first 120 customers who purchase the ROTK Theatrical DVD in their store on May 25th. You can reserve your copy of ROTK by ordering online and choosing the in-store pickup option. Check out the scan and get to Best Buy next Tuesday! [BestBuy.com] [Scan of Ad]
Have you ever wished to spend an hour or two in deep conversation with fellow Tolkien fans? Dreamt that you knew someone who wanted to discuss the professor’s attitude towards technology? Or what may have happened to the Entwives? Or if the elves failed in their responsibility towards Middle Earth? Well, our weekly Hall of Fire IRC chat is exactly the place you should be! Visit our HOF page for all the details on joining fellow TORn Ringers each Saturday and Sunday for on-topic Tolkien discussions. Scroll to the bottom of the page to read nearly 4.5 years worth of chats! [More]
They lined up in droves at Massey University yesterday, hoping for a place in New Zealand’s cinematic history. Lured to Massey’s Recreation Centre by the chance of eventually working with multi-Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson on his upcoming production of King Kong, the queue stretched out the door. All the potential actors waiting for the magic call were actually the victim of an elaborate hoax, cooked up by students as a capping stunt. [More]
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) – Maria Bello and Sean Bean will play bereaved parents in the indie thriller “The Dark,” which will begin shooting in June. Based on the novel “Sheep,” by Simon Maginn, “The Dark” stars Bello and Bean as parents who lose their daughter in a tragic drowning accident at an ancient site. [More]