All Shall Love Me and Despair

of this amazing Times Magazine article/interview that Caitlin Moran very recently did with Benedict Cumberbatch: What’s not to love about Benedict Cumberbatch?

There are so many parts I want to quote, I'd have to copy/paste pretty much the whole thing over! The one where she asks him to do some acting and he does John Harrison and Smaug for her gives me the shivers!

And his mother asking Ms. Moran her to "find him a bird" so they could finally become grandparents... I'll volunteer!

Sad news – Visual Effects Producer Eileen Moran dies in New Zealand I remember her from the LotR EE Extras. So sad. :(

OFFICIAL: Six incredible video clips from The Hobbit

Hobbit TV spot 10 officially up

Richard Armitage talks to TheOneRing.net

Entertainment Weekly offers a ‘first look’ at the next Hobbit movie

Say it right: Middle-earth language usage

Top photos of NZ ‘Hobbit’ press conference

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 13-minute TV special!

Exclusive Pics of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles: Art and Design’ and a Giveaway!

Richard Taylor talks about Weta’s work

TV spot for The Hobbit : ‘don’t be afraid’

Hobbit TV Spot #11 now available

Clips from Colbert “Hobbit Week”

Preview Howard Shore’s ‘Radagast the Brown’! - A very exciting piece of music, and it clearly shows that while they have a lot in common, the Hobbit soundtrack won't just be a retread of the LotR one!

TV Spot #3 for The Hobbit!

Ian McKellen updates his blog

The Official Movie Guide behind-the-scenes shots

Parallel Universe reports from The Hobbit

Download EMPIRE Hobbit U.S. iPad Edition FREE for a limited time! - Too bad I don't have an iPad...

Update: Peter Jackson steps in to “Make it right” for Wellington lineparty fans

Fixing the Wellington Line Party Debacle: Can you help?

Sheesh, I don't update for a week and sure enough there's more than a baker's dozen of Hobbit related news items cluttering up my tabs... Dividing this up in two; the merchandise related links will be in a separate entry.

PJ posts 16 new images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on his FB Page

Giant dwarves in Manhattan! - I hope I'll be able to go see them while they're there! :D

Stephen Colbert to Cameo in The Hobbit?

Tolkiendrim.com Hi-Res Photo of Bolg! – SPOILERS

Andy Serkis to Direct ‘Animal Farm’ Adaptation

The Hobbit TV spot now available for viewing

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to Feature Dolby Atmos Mix

Empire reveals new, 5-cover Hobbit edition; running time confirmed

Exclusive: The Hobbit Theater Standee Revealed!

Gollum swoops into Wellington Airport

I have been remiss in sharing this Time article about fan fiction, which actually gives a well-balanced overview of fan fiction, its authors, copyright questions and different authors' reactions to it. Well worth a read.

The Boy Who Lived Forever By Lev Grossman

but next week will entail a trip to our various newsstands here to check if they have the UK Marie Claire - I absolutely need a copy of their December issue!!! *drools*

I'm not sure how I'll survive meeting Benedict on 14th November. Yes, I got a Gold Ticket for The Children's Monologues, which includes access to the afterparty... *flails* At least I won't be on my own since _doodle and a friend of hers also got one!

This video by the WGA (Writers' Guild of America) explains it:

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Thanks to txvoodoo for the link!


Heads up for British John Barrowman fans: He will be touring the UK with his upcoming album during April 2008! Tickets go on sale Friday 9th November, album release date is the coming Monday, 12th November. You can listen to extracts from some of the songs here. If you (like me) can't see the player on that page: It's under the picture of the album cover; right-click on that area and then choose "play" and it should work, as long as you have the Flash plugin. Also watch out for John on Strictly Come Dancing this Sunday 11th November, and on GMTV on the 12th. More info at his official site.


Good news of today: My copy of Starlog #341, which I'd got off eBay because it features an interview with Sean Maher, arrived today. One thing worth getting up for! \o/


ETA: On a related note, check out meoinya's reports of her three trips to Firefly/Serenity conventions within the last month:

Starfury's Serenity: Infinity
Creation's Firefly/Serenity Salute
Starfury's Serenity LA

The latter two contain some interesting information which came from Sean Maher and Nathan Fillion, respectively... and in the former case particularly rather confirms the opinion I have of Starfury owner Sean H., while the latter I have already heard about, only with a higher number of months mentioned. I doubt very, very much that I'll go to Serenity: Complete next April, even if I could schedule it in. Hey, I can hope they'll add Sean Maher to the guest list of FedCon - it's unlikely that I can go the whole weekend, but they do sell day tickets...

This scan is from a fairly recent Karl article/interview in New Zealand "Pulp" magazine, and the reason why it caught my eye in particular is the t-shirt:






An AIM t-shirt!!! ♥ I just can't help but wonder if he got it from Russell Means, who he worked with on Pathfinder. Russell, of course, is one of the most prominent members of AIM, and has since the early 90s apeared in several films. For those interested, check out his Wikipedia entry. I'd love to ask Karl about working with Russell! *crosses fingers that he'll come to RingCon*


ETA: For those who are interested, the rest of the article/interview ( behind the cut. )

Can someone get me this, PLEEEEEEEEEEASE?????!!!!!! I swear he gets hotter every year... *drools*

Typical! I'm looking for that picture Viggo took of Dom in Te Anau - no I'm not talking about the one with the fish which is in Sign Language, but the black&white one that Viggo took when it snowed, with Dom crouching on the bench with a bottle in his hand. The one that was taken the same time as this one of Lij. *points to icon* I'm sure I have it on my harddisk but can't find it, no success in the starDom gallery, and can't get into Patsie's site, and I can't for the life of me remember where it was published and don't have time to go through my 15 binders of LOTR magazines. Help please?! *gives friendslist puppy dog look*


In other news, Kevin arrived!!! Or at least the action figures. Black and white, colour, and Marv with Kevin's head. What?! How could I possibly resist, huh?!

serenitysangel - your parcel arrived, thank you!!! *bug hug* Doubt I'll get around to read the mags before leaving but I can do that when I come back. *vbg* And thank you so much again for the autographed program and Sean's autograph - I hope I can find a fitting frame for the latter, because I have the perfect spot to put it! *vbg*

OK, off to continue with the gazillion things I have to get done before bedtime today...