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Wellington welcomes its Oscar winners
Wellington NZ, paid tribute to its Oscar winners in a low-key ceremony today. They were presented with glass goblets and Peter Jackson said, “If there was an Oscar for the best city to make a movie in, it would be Wellington.” You can read the full article at BBCi.
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Happy Birthday Brad Dourif
Today, 18th March, is Brad Dourif’s 54th birthday. There are some great pictures in the gallery of Brad as Grima Wormtongue and you can read his bio in the cast list . Many happy returns Brad.
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A preciousss actor
On Friday 26th March, Andy Serkis will be in Manchester, UK to sign copies of his book, “The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum – How We Made Movie Magic”. Two articles at Manchester Online, reveal how he won the part and some of his experiences of playing Gollum including how, “Playing Iago and Gollum at…
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New Decipher game cards
Decipher’s new cards for their Lord of the Rings trading card game will feature some of Tolkien’s characters that did not appear in the movies. These include, Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, Elrohir and Elladan. The photo images for the cards have been created by Weta Workshop. You can read the full story at Yahoo.com.
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Master of the Rings – UK LotR convention
Over the weekend of 22nd to 24th October, Master of the Rings, a LotR convention, will be held in London, UK. To date, both Craig Parker (Haldir) and Mark Ferguson (Gil Galad) will be attending. The weekend will include guest talks on stage, screenings and much more. You can also purchase one of a limited…
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Lord of the Rings – the musical!
According to this article at telegraph.co, the musical version of the Lord of the Ring is due to open in the UK next year. Kevin Wallace (co-producer) says that the musical will be three and a half hours long. The music is being written by A R Rahman who is collaborating with Varttina, a Finnish…
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Interview with Philippa Boyens
In this short article at Stuff, Philippa Boyens (Oscar winner for best adapted screenplay for RotK) reveals that her 2 children helped “keep her real”. When she woke her daughter with the news of her Oscar nomination for FotR the reply was, `That’s nice mum. Do you know where my PE gear is?’
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Interview with Viggo Mortensen
In this interview at The Onion A.V. Club, Viggo talks about his attitude to acting, some of his experiences on the LotR movies (including how on one re-take he had to act with a tennis ball on a stand instead of Orlando) how he believes that Aragorn had certain feminine traits and more. You can…
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Return of the King opens in China
RotK had its premiere in China on Friday 12th March and according to xinhuanet.com the “trilogy has galvanized Chinese audiences in a very special way”. There are some pictures of a cinema publicity poster and a decorated train here.
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UK residents – win “The One Ring”
To celebrate the Oscar successes of Return of the King, BBC North Yorkshire are running a prize competition with 2 silver replicas of The One Ring as prizes. You can enter the competition here. The closing date is 15th April
