Author: HobbitFriend

The Gypsy of the Year competition features New York’s most talented “gypsies” (chorus members from Broadway and Off-Broadway shows) in a competitive variety show. The event is the culmination of six weeks of fund-raising when shows on and Off-Broadway engage in a friendly competition to see which show can raise the most money for BC/EFA.…

Here is some more news about the Hottest Coolest award Elijah Wood received on May 5th, at USA Today….oh, and a really good picture of him, too!

Box Office Mojo tells us that as of May 2, The Fellowship of the Ring is still ranked #5 in All Time Box Office Worldwide Grosses, with $833.3 million in its pocketses, my precioussss.

Hugo Weaving is going to be in Matrix Reloaded (part 2 to the original) and Matrix Revolutions (part 3). Go to Time to read more.

In Scotland, the East Lothian Museums Service, in collaboration with the Library and Arts services, is staging an exhibition based around The Lord of the Rings, but also extending to cover the subject of fantasy writing and created worlds. The exhibition will be a focal point for dance and drama activities, creative and literary workshops…

Extra tells us that he was awarded a Movieline Hottest, Coolest Young Veteran Award–at the right of this brief article, there are two buttons, under Extra Bytes–the Video button shows bits of the awards ceremony (with Elijah) and backstage antics, and the Photos button has a good picture of him (number 13 of 25).

For all of you Liv Tyler fans, read Ananova — it has a tasty tidbit of news on her career.

…to beautiful New Zealand. The CBS web site is offering a contest through their Early Show. The winner gets a 10-day (ten whole days, people!) to New Zealand. Go to The Early Show for all the details! And don’t forget: If someone from CoE wins, you have to fill us in when you get back…

Here is the latest buzz on Elijah Wood’s career, at Studio Briefing at IMDB.