Every End has a Start by JulietD001
From Sept 17, 2010 uploaded by Britu21
Interesting news: The couple who discovered RA for the Thorin role, plus Kate Winslet, Orlando Bloom, etc
will receive an award. Excerpt follows from the article:
>For the husband-and-wife team, there is nothing quite like the moment when they come across an unknown talent and realize that the actor is going to be a star, such as when they first met Winslet when she was 15 as they were casting Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures."
So what do they look for?
"It's a mix of intelligence and strength, and a sense that there is something special," says John Hubbard.
"Alan Parker says it is a word called 'magic,' " adds Ros Hubbard. "You get excited by it, because you feel this guy or this girl is brilliant and they are going to make it."<
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Ricrar comment: We know exactly the feeling, don't we ladies :) Yes, we definitely did get excited about discovering the magic of someone special on screen. It's been an exhilarating journey, every step of the way for some of you (past 2.5 yrs for me) up to the moment when the Hubbards recognized Richard's unique talents as well - high fives all around *slapping each other on backs*]
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032408?refcatid=19
Two past posts of the day:
Would appear someone, besides RA, sometimes uses the thumbs up signal...(director Jackson:)
If the upcoming start of filming for The Hobbit doesn’t get you excited that a new Tolkien movie is being made by the same people who brought us the LOTR trilogy; here’s something that may. One of the spies for TheOneRing.Net got extremely close to the sets at the Miramar studios and managed to snap some shots. While the sets are still being constructed, the general consensus is that the pillars are part of the Lonely Mountain set.
The LOTR trilogy used Alan Lee and John Howe’s previous paintings as a basis for its look. That’ll naturally continue with The Hobbit, and some people have pointed out how the top of the pillars look a lot like Alan Lee’s paintings...(see photos at the onering.net website)
Read an article describing this year's Oscar Ceremony's schedule to see if there's anything of interest and found that Cate Blanchett will introduce a clip from Lord of the Rings prior to her presentation of the Best Makeup and Costume oscars...other items of some note:
--Long-time superstar Tom Hanks will present early in the program - after that most others are either in 2010 films or upcoming movies for 2011.
--Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman will partner for the Best Original Score award
--An undisclosed guest host will introduce an excerpt from the first televised oscar program..it's black & white
--Robt Downey & Jude Law: Best Visual Effects oscar
--Gwyneth Paltrow sings a nominated song 'Coming Home' (couple yrs ago when asked which American actress would be the best co-star for RA, decided to see how they might look together on screen
--Jeff Bridges: last year's winner will present the Best Actor award
--Sandra Bullock: the 2010 Best Actress will do the honors for that oscar
--Steven Spielberg: Best Motion Picture
A few commenters at the oscar article website suggested it would really be interesting if Charlie Sheen was hosting the show this year. Those who've seen recent entertainment headlines get the joke :)
The audience for the past ten years is much smaller than it had been for many previous decades; although, for 2010 it was about 40 million viewers - that's just domestically
Well, I've just discovered a sad situation when it comes to our appreciation of RA fanvids. It seems the videographer who created the lovely one entitled 'Seduces Me' (song of the same title sung by Celine Dion) has chosen to make it private at youtube; thereby removing one of the most popular and enjoyable fan vids from his supporters enjoyment. It definitely presents a void that needs to be filled - perhaps by a good-hearted RA video creator? In the meantime, we can listen to the following and mute the sound while watching one of the above vids.
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