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Time Warner bid for MGM
CNN reports that Time Warner, who owns New Line Cinema, “has gained an edge” in their negotiations to buy MGM, who own the film rights to The Hobbit.
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Irish Film and Television Awards 2004
The Irish Film and Television award nominations have been announced and Return of the King has been nominated for the Jameson International Film Award. The other films nominated include Lost in Translation and Mystic River. There are further details about the awards here. The award winners will be announced on 30th October and the ceremony…
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Prize draw at Ian McKellen’s website
For a chance to win a copy of The Return of the King Visual Companion by Jude Fisher, signed by Ian McKellen, enter the prize draw at his official website. The draw will be held on 15th October
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Interview with Jim Rygiel
In this article at TheSanDiegoChannel.com Jim Rygiel, visual effects supervisor on the LotR movies, talks about his work and answers the question, “What was most challenging about Lord of the Rings?”.
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The Two Towers wins 6 DVD awards
The Two Towers Extended Edition DVD has won 6 awards at the 7th Annual DVD Entertainment Awards 2004. The awards included Best in Show, Blockbuster Theatrical and Audio Presentation. There’s a full list of all the winners at recordingmedia.org.
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Singing in Elvish
The Chicago Children’s Choir are busy learning Elvish for the forthcoming performances in Chicago of Howard Shore’s LotR symphony. Part of their preparation will include about 40 hours of singing practice in Elvish. Josephine Lee, artistic director of the choir said, “Singing in Elvish is similar to singing in Latin”. You can read the full…
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Happy Birthday Billy!
Billy Boyd (Pippin) was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 28 August 1968 and is 36 years old today. You can read about Billy in CoE’s cast list here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Billy here and of Billy in the role of Pippin here. Many Happy Returns Billy!
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The Battle for Middle-earth
Dustin Browder, game design director, talks about the game’s revolutionary new interface in the latest video in the Inside the Battle series. You can view the video at eagames.com.
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7th Annual DVD Entertainment Awards
The winners of the 2004 DVD Entertainment Awards will be announced on 30th August. The Two Towers EE has been nominated in a number of categories including Blockbuster Theatrical and Audio Presentation. There’s a list of all the nominees and further details at recordingmedia.org .
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Ted Nasmith – official site update
The Tolkien gallery section of Ted Nasmith’s official site has been updated with some of his wonderful illustrations taken from the new edition of The Silmarillion (which is due for publication later this month). The pictures include; Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar and Saeros’ Fatal Leap.
