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ourdramaqueenThat's quite the endorsement!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/people/e3i8d91a7147083886b19f66d225a8edc22
Al Gore supports Obama for president
Associated Press
June 16, 2008, 03:56 PM
FLINT, Mich. -- Al Gore said he is backing Barack Obama and will do whatever he can to help him get to the White House.
In a letter to be e-mailed to Obama supporters, Gore said Obama has united a movement over the past year and a half.
The former vice president also asks for donations to help fund Obama's effort -- the first time he's asked members of AlGore.com to contribute to a political campaign.
Gore is one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, but he kept a low profile in the primary campaign. He's planning to appear with Obama at a rally Monday night in Detroit.
Back to LotR: Referring to my previous post, in case anyone was a bit confused about the article regarding the lands on Miramar Peninsula which PJ may or may not want to build on, Kristin Thompson explains things like the Treaty of Waitangi and the Tenths Trust in her blog.
Also, more from James McAvoy regarding The Hobbit:
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/16/james-mcavoy-continues-shooting-down-hobbit-rumors-but-tells-us-who-should-play-bilbo/
James McAvoy Continues Shooting Down ‘Hobbit’ Rumors But Tells Us Who Should Play Bilbo
2 Comments | Published by Shawn Adler on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 3:41 pm.
Last December, I wrote a casting call article, asking blog readers who they would most like to see step into the hairy feet of Bilbo Baggins in an eventual “Hobbit” film. (Which, at the time, was far from a foregone conclusion.)
“James McAvoy,” user dafydd wrote. “You know it makes sense.”
It does. Or, rather, it did, until McAvoy himself shot down growing rumors that he’d play the heroic Ring Bearer in Guillermo Del Toro’s two new films.
“I’m a huge fan of the Tolkien saga, everything to do with Middle-earth,” he reiterated this weekend to MTV News. “But no there’s no truth in the fact that they’ve approached me yet.”
But that won’t stop McAvoy from playing along with our readers. So who would he cast in the role made famous by Ian Holm?
“Ian Holm!” McAvoy proclaimed as if the answer was self-evident. “I don’t know if he’d be able to go back, but he SHOULD do it.”
At question isn’t Holm’s acting ability, of course, but rather his age. The Oscar-nominated thesp will be pushing 80 during filming for the two movies, and there’s the not-so-small matter of actually having to play a younger version of the character at that. Yes, we’re aware that Gandalf tells Bilbo in “Fellowship” that he seems to have not aged a day. And, yes, there are special effects that can make the transition more seamless … but something’s gotta give, right?
In an interview with MTV News in April, Del Toro told us that Holm would “be involved in some manner,” but stopped short of saying he was number one on the wish list.
“[Holm] certainly is the paragon we aspire to. But at his age,” Del Toro continued, “it’s too early to tell.”
McAvoy though? He’s not buying it.
“[Holm] would be my bet,” he said. “He’s a brilliant actor.”
Just because he denies having been approached, that doens’t take him out of the running entirely. So before the sun comes up and we all turn to stone over indecision, let’s have it once and for all: Who do you want to play Bilbo? McAvoy, Holm or someone else? Sound off below.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/people/e3i8d91a7147083886b19f66d225a8edc22
Al Gore supports Obama for president
Associated Press
June 16, 2008, 03:56 PM
FLINT, Mich. -- Al Gore said he is backing Barack Obama and will do whatever he can to help him get to the White House.
In a letter to be e-mailed to Obama supporters, Gore said Obama has united a movement over the past year and a half.
The former vice president also asks for donations to help fund Obama's effort -- the first time he's asked members of AlGore.com to contribute to a political campaign.
Gore is one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, but he kept a low profile in the primary campaign. He's planning to appear with Obama at a rally Monday night in Detroit.
Back to LotR: Referring to my previous post, in case anyone was a bit confused about the article regarding the lands on Miramar Peninsula which PJ may or may not want to build on, Kristin Thompson explains things like the Treaty of Waitangi and the Tenths Trust in her blog.
Also, more from James McAvoy regarding The Hobbit:
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/16/james-mcavoy-continues-shooting-down-hobbit-rumors-but-tells-us-who-should-play-bilbo/
James McAvoy Continues Shooting Down ‘Hobbit’ Rumors But Tells Us Who Should Play Bilbo
2 Comments | Published by Shawn Adler on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 3:41 pm.
Last December, I wrote a casting call article, asking blog readers who they would most like to see step into the hairy feet of Bilbo Baggins in an eventual “Hobbit” film. (Which, at the time, was far from a foregone conclusion.)
“James McAvoy,” user dafydd wrote. “You know it makes sense.”
It does. Or, rather, it did, until McAvoy himself shot down growing rumors that he’d play the heroic Ring Bearer in Guillermo Del Toro’s two new films.
“I’m a huge fan of the Tolkien saga, everything to do with Middle-earth,” he reiterated this weekend to MTV News. “But no there’s no truth in the fact that they’ve approached me yet.”
But that won’t stop McAvoy from playing along with our readers. So who would he cast in the role made famous by Ian Holm?
“Ian Holm!” McAvoy proclaimed as if the answer was self-evident. “I don’t know if he’d be able to go back, but he SHOULD do it.”
At question isn’t Holm’s acting ability, of course, but rather his age. The Oscar-nominated thesp will be pushing 80 during filming for the two movies, and there’s the not-so-small matter of actually having to play a younger version of the character at that. Yes, we’re aware that Gandalf tells Bilbo in “Fellowship” that he seems to have not aged a day. And, yes, there are special effects that can make the transition more seamless … but something’s gotta give, right?
In an interview with MTV News in April, Del Toro told us that Holm would “be involved in some manner,” but stopped short of saying he was number one on the wish list.
“[Holm] certainly is the paragon we aspire to. But at his age,” Del Toro continued, “it’s too early to tell.”
McAvoy though? He’s not buying it.
“[Holm] would be my bet,” he said. “He’s a brilliant actor.”
Just because he denies having been approached, that doens’t take him out of the running entirely. So before the sun comes up and we all turn to stone over indecision, let’s have it once and for all: Who do you want to play Bilbo? McAvoy, Holm or someone else? Sound off below.
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Date: 2008-06-17 01:15 pm (UTC)The only problem is it's hard to picture anyone else other than Ian Holm playing Bilbo :/