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Happy Birthday Peter Jackson
Today is Peter Jackson’s 43rd birthday. He was born on October 31st, 1961 in Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand. You can view some pictures of PJ here and read his bio here. Happy Birthday to you PJ.
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Life on ‘The Lord of the Rings’ set
Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), author of the new book “There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale,” has an interesting interview with Sarah Stuart at Stuff, in which he reveals some great stories about the five years of making the trilogy and comments on his newfound confidence.
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Lord of the Rings slips down the charts
The poll results at CBBC show that LotR is slipping down their charts. According to the site, “Just a few months ago it used to dominate almost half the chart, but now it’s struggling to keep up with Potter mania.”
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Elijah Wood and The Hobbit
Elijah Wood hopes that now the LotR movies are finished that the making of The Hobbit will go ahead. However he said that he would not want a role in the film. You can read the full article at bbc.co.uk.
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Rings’ perfect night
At CNN you can read all about ‘The Perfect Golden Rings’, night for Return of The King. Peter Jackson expresses his excitement on receiving the Oscar for Best Director and there’s a round up of all the other awards won by the film.
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USA Today – Sam goes from loyal sidekick to unlikely hero in RotK
USA Today has a great article about Sean Astin’s good and bad times working on the “Lord of the Rings” films. Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan and Bernard Hill also make some very interesting statments about Sean.
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The Oscar Race. Ladies and Gents, place your bets.
‘Return Of The King’ not receiving an Oscar for Best Picture? Will Peter Jackson receive Best Director? Read all about it at Newsweek.
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Return Of The King Trailer on “E”
E will be showing The Return Of The King Trailer on Monday, September 29th. Check your local TV Guide for the broadcast time.
