Liv Rundgren Tyler (born July 1, 1977) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of Aerosmith’s lead singer, Steven Tyler and Bebe Buell, model and singer. Tyler began a career in modeling at the age of 14, but after less than a year she decided to focus on acting. She made her film debut in the 1994 film Silent Fall. She then appeared in supporting roles in Empire Records (1995), Heavy (1996), and That Thing You Do! (1996). Tyler later achieved critical recognition in the leading role Stealing Beauty (1996). She followed this by starring in supporting roles including Inventing the Abbotts (1997) and Cookie’s Fortune (1999).
Tyler achieved international recognition as a result of her portrayal of elf princess Arwen Undómiel in the The Lord of the Rings films. She has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy Jersey Girl, the indie film Lonesome Jim (2005), the drama Reign Over Me (2007) and big-budget studio films such as Armageddon (1998), The Strangers (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). More..
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On June 23, Iranian security forces, reportedly using live ammunition, clashed with protesters numbering in the hundreds in the area of the country’s parliament in Tehran. At the same time, there were indications that a behind-the-scenes struggle was intensifying in the corridors of power even as the government continued its campaign to quiet the populace through propaganda and entertainment. A resident of the capital, who asked for anonymity, sent TIME the following report:
In normal times, Iranian television usually treats its viewers to one or two Hollywood or European movie nights a week. But these are not normal times, so it’s been two or three such movies a day. It’s part of the push to keep people at home and off the streets, to keep us busy, to get us out of the regime’s hair. The message is “Don’t worry, be happy.” Channel Two is putting on a Lord of the Rings marathon as part of the government’s efforts to restore peace. More..
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Richard sends along this press release: Intense, dramatic etchings employing the same traditional techniques used by Rembrandt, and powerful black and white drawings all based on the books of J.R.R.Tolkien can be seen at this year’s Pittsburgh Comicon. This type of graphic artwork, rarely seen illustrating the work of the great storyteller, are by veteran Pittsburgh artist Richard Claraval. In the artist statement on his web site, www.richardclaravalart.com, Claraval says, “What I’m interested in is capturing the emotional essence of the powerful images Tolkien’s words conjure in my mind — whether the subject is human drama, or the drama of a place or an idea. (His) imagery is, to me, the most vivid, and inspiring of anything I’ve ever read”. Continue reading “Tolkien Etchings at Pittsburgh Comicon”
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From spacecast.com (via Elda): Doug Jones, the actor who is famous for playing the elaborate creatures in Guillermo del Toro’s movies (Pan in Pan’s Labyrinth, Abe Sapien, in the Hellboy series) has announced that he will be in del Toro’s next high-profile projects, The Hobbit and Frankenstein. “We have not had any conversations about what he wants [for The Hobbit],” Jones explains, “but he’s ‘wink-wink, nudge-nudged’ me a couple times with that ‘Yeah, yeah, The Hobbit, yeah, we’ll see you,'” Jones told us. “I don’t know what I’m doing or how many characters it will be, because he tends to like to use me the whole time depending.” More..
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Check out The Noldor Blog, written by a Wellington-based LOTR tour operator who hears all sorts of interesting rumours. He can expand on Red Carpet Tours’ discovery that Viggo had been in New Zealand on film work recently. If you read down to here you’ll see a spy report suggesting Viggo will be in both Hobbit movies and reprise his role as a Dunedain protecting the Shire.
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Evie writes: I surmise you might have wondered what Sean Bean is currently up to – after portraying Zeus in the upcoming “Percy Jackson” movie. This regularly updated bi-lingual English/German page about him (looking very much like Boromir) fighting the Plague in “Black Death”. More…
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