Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson’s wands, hand and footprints were immortalized in a ceremony yesterday at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Thanks to the folks at Harry Potter’s Page for the video.
Harry not Britain’s favourite movie wizard
That honour goes to Gandalf as played by Sir Ian McKellen in the Lord of the Rings movies.
Obviously, Fred and George Weasley weren’t included in the poll!
In other LOTR news, TORn announces the release of The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood by Kristin Thompson.
Thompson interviewed seventy-six people to examine the movie’s scripting and design and the new technologies deployed to produce the films, video games, and DVDs. She demonstrates the impact Rings had on the companies that made it, on the fantasy genre, on New Zealand, and on independent cinema. In fast-paced, compulsively readable prose, she affirms Jackson’s Rings as one the most important films ever made.
Hmmm… interesting.
Oscar chances?
As previously reported, ROTS has a shot at three Oscars. An interesting post on a USA Today blog discusses the odds and offers fans a opportunity to chime in.
And there’s a chance that the “Below the Line” event was co-ordinated by a friend of ours. :::cough:::Jessa:::cough:::
Potter
Well, it’s been out three days now and the reviews are generally good. It had a great opening day in the US.
People are already complaining about how scary it is (unlike the book, which was a walk in the garden) and how it cut stuff out (we’d still be in the theatre if they hadn’t).
The Tonner Doll Company is releasing an exclusive 17″ doll. Ron and Hermione are apparently to follow. It will be available at FAO Schwartz and other over-priced toy stores.
More guests for JadeCon
So long as they contribute to the bar fund and don’t break anything.
Some rowdy drunks have created quite a scare at an old folks home in southern Sweden.
And these boozers were as big as a moose.
In fact they were moose.
Police say a mama moose and her calf got tipsy from eating fermented apples. Police managed to scare them off once. But the juiced moose returned to get more of the liquored-up fruit.
Police sent for a hunter and his dog, who managed to chase the animals away. To make sure the moose don’t fall off the wagon again, police had all the boozy apples picked up and carted away.
I’m not making this up.
No, the other bugger over there!
Someone with a lot of time on their hands has redone the LOTR movie scripts with Monty Python quotes. The site appears to be down right now but is archived here.
Frodo: Odd, the ring is cool though it has been touched by the flames… and strangely heavier.
Gandalf: Look for writing, Frodo… do you see any?
Frodo: Yes! Here… along the inside… it says “Orodruin Jewlers 10-Karat.”
Who do I have to kill to get a ticket?
John Williams is one of this year’s recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. The gala is Dec. 5 in Washington. Other honorees include Warren Beatty and Elton John.
Seriously. Who do I have to mow down?
I AM GISELLE!
I AM A FRENCH BITCH!
I am going to turn you over my knee and SPANK YOUR BOTTOM!
–Drunk
wait, I am HollywdLiiz!
…holy shit, I am going to have the worst hangover EVER!
Bitches!
So last night I set up a 9 a.m. wakeup call for today. This morning the phone rings, my roomates (fellow Darkside Padawans) groan, and I stumble to the shower. I’m thinking, “I wish I were dead. Why am I so tired? Maybe I don’t want to learn how to infuse liquor this morning…” But I got in the shower. I did my hair and went back into the room to grab my makeup bag — and looked at the clock.
7:41.
Some bitch ordered a 7 a.m. wakeup call and LET ME TAKE IT.
Someone will DIE!
Vegetarian Spank Inferno
This weekend, many CJers will be introduced to Coupling, the BBC sitcom that gave us Commander Norrington. Those who do not avail themselves of the opportunity to watch the show on DVD will likely be utterly mystified by the stickers we are handing out that say, “I’m Giselle!” “No, I’M Giselle!”
And they won’t understand why Team Vegetarian Spank Inferno has the Best. Name. Ever.
I’d like to give a shout-out to all our friends on the starwars.com boards who wouldn’t/couldn’t come. See what you guys are missing??
Also, Dunc (whose name I first typed as “Drunk”) is way drunker than I am. I will work on rectifying that.