News for Jan. 19, 2004
ROTK Earns 12 BAFTA Nominations
1/19/04, 8:55 am EST - Strider
In light of The Return of the King's recent surge in momentum, it came as no suprise this morning when the final installment of Peter Jackson's trilogy was nominated for twelve British Academy of Film and Television Awards, one less than frontrunner Cold Mountain. [More]
News for Jan. 18, 2004
The Hand Puppet Movie Theatre Presents ROTK Spoof
1/18/04, 10:42 pm EST - Jincey
Barliman's regular Will sends along this link to a site that has had our staff ROTFL. Subtitled "Superglued Myself to a Flaming Bowling Ball", this hilarious spoof from Jerry the Frog Productions should make you laugh out loud. (Warning; SPOILERS, sorta ; ) ) [more]
Heart of the City Goofs on TTT: DVD
1/18/04, 4:17 pm EST - Xoanon
The January 18th edition of 'Heart of the City' features this little goof on geeking out on the TTT DVD. [More]
The 1st Annual PREMIERE Movie Awards
1/18/04, 4:06 pm EST - Xoanon
The votes are in, every ballot has been counted, and PREMIERE's inaugural Movie Awards Jury has bestowed honors upon the finest performances and highest achievements in 2003. Indie upstarts battled it out with studio giants; a veteran funnyman's midlife crisis gave a grieving father a run for his money; a beauty became a beast to edge out a precocious ingenue. In the end, there was one ring to rule them all and it was a very good year to have gills. [More]
ROTK has won: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Visual Effects
'Rings' Takes Top Producers Guild Prize
1/18/04, 3:59 pm EST - Xoanon
LOS ANGELES - The Producers Guild of America gave the makers of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" the top award at the 15th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards. Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh produced "Return of the King," the last installment of "The Lord of the Rings" fantasy trilogy. "Return of the King" is widely considered the franchise's best shot to take top honors at the Academy Awards. [More]
Astin Takes Us Into Awards Season Tornado
Although Sean Astin insists he does not consider himself a shoo-in for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, plenty of other people do. Thus, the "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" actor has found himself making like Dorothy's "Wizard of Oz" farm house, spinning in a whirlwind toward the outer reaches of the rainbow."There's no rule book for this moment. I want to honor each interaction and leave everyone with the feeling, 'He's so nice,' but it gets impossible," Astin admits. "I have to decide which business opportunities to take advantage of, but there's no time to look at them.
"The route director on my incoming email is unbelievable," adds Sean. "I finally put my head into the email yesterday for nine hours, until my wife came in and said I looked surly, and I went to read a book to my seven-year- old daughter before she went to sleep." He has months of regular mail to go through.
Lately, Astin reports he's found himself staying up 24 hours at a time and sleeping 10-15 hours. After months of global traveling and promoting, "My body clock responds differently than it used to."
He recalls, "When the first 'Lord of the Rings' film came out, I didn't have any money in the bank and I was racing to lose weight to fit into shelf sizes of formal clothes -- and begging people for favors."
Now he has stylist Deborah Waknin (P. Diddy, Leonardo Di Caprio) putting together his look for every event. When Astin returned from a recent trip to South Africa, he says she arrived at his house 15 minutes after he did "with five racks of clothes." He tried on the designer gear as fast as he could, "until the limo arrived" and he was whisked to another destination.
Sean tells us he and wife Christine keep reminding each other that everything's great and the chaotic crunch is "a crisis of imagination." And "Return of the King," he knows, "is a benchmark of my life. When I die, they'll play the footage."