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Happy Birthday Arwen!
Today, July 1st, is Liv Tyler’s birthday! She was born in 1977 in Portland, Maine, which would make her 26 years old today! Happy Birthday!!
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Most Mind-blowing special effects?
Digit Magazine is currently running a poll asking “Which movie special effects blew your mind?” LOTR is currently in the lead so lets keep it that way!! Click Here! The poll is down the page a little ways on the left hand side. Happy Voting!
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The bar (and the price) have been raised!
From the New Zealand Studies Association conference in London this past weekend: the success of the trilogy and the transformation of Wellington into “Wellywood” could make it harder to produce low budget films in New Zealand. Read the entire story at Stuff.
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Bello New Zealand!
A nice interview of the New Zealand Ambassador Peter Bennett in Italy at Caltanet.
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Number One Film Freak?
Your top 10 movie oddballs!? Beating out E.T., Dobby, Chewbacca, and even the Jedi Master Yoda, The Online Sun reports that Gollum won the title of world’s greatest film freak in a poll by internet voters!
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Favorite thing?
What is your favorite thing? LOTR is up for voting in this poll but is losing! Head here to cast your vote! Let’s keep LOTR in the poll for another week!
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San Diego holding Comic-con!
The official site has said that Middle-earth will be coming to San Diego from July 16-20 at the San Diego Convention Center. It will bring The Lord of the Rings to life with a spectacular display—including a special live LOTR program on July 19. It also says to can get your first look at Return…
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Official Website Wins Award!
Following up on a report we ran a while back about the Key Art Awards hosted by The Hollywood Reporter, we’re pleased to announce that New Line’s official Lord of the Rings website has won the award for Internet Advertising! Well done New Line! This award is well deserved! View the list of winners here.
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Peter Jackson the 27th most powerful man in Hollywood!
According to Forbes, Peter Jackson, director of ‘The Lord of the Rings’, is the 27th most powerful man in Hollywood! He is the third most powerful director in Hollywood, accoring to the poll coming behind Steven Speilberg, who came 4th, and George Lucas who came 17th! At the site, scroll down, click on the “Directors”…
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Rings timeline row settled
The estate of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien has allowed the publication of a Tolkien ‘chronology’ written by the owner of a one-man publishing house … The book is entitled Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings. Read more
