[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (13/01/03)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

!!!!ONE PARTY TO RULE THEM ALL 2003!!!!!
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TORN #159

Monday January 13th, 2003

Here it is, the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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TTT US Boxoffice Total as of January 12th: $283,620,000USD

FOTR Wins Favorite Motion Picture PCA!
FOTR has just won best Motion Picture of the year at the 29th annual
People's Choice Awards on CBS! Tied alongside Spiderman, LOTR:FOTR was
chosen as favorite motion picture by the PCA. Sean Astin once again appeared
live from Vancouver to accept the second award. Congrats once again!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1042429931

FOTR Wins Favorite Drama Motion Picture PCA!
FOTR has just won best Dramatic Motion Picture of the year at the 29th
annual People's Choice Awards on CBS! Sean Astin and daughter were live from
Vancouver BC to accept the award on behalf of everyone! Congrats!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1042429261

First Oscar Noms Come In!
Todd writes: The Academy announced the seven finalists in the Visual effects
and Sound Editing categories today. The Two Towers made the cut in both
cases. Academy branch members will review the seven nominees and whittle
them down to a final three nominees, which will be announced along with the
regular nominations on February 11th. Biggest surprise is the lack of a
sound editing nomination for Attack of the Clones.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1042135024

Smeagol-to-Gollum cut from TTT
Cinescape.com has a short article online in which Andy Serkis (Gollum)
comments on a scene from The Two Towers that got cut and will probably
appear in Return of the King. Paul sent in the link..
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1042110337

Tickets on sale Now!
Tickets are on sale now! Jump to our 'Two Towers - One Party' website to
reserve your attendance at the most glamorous Tolkien event of the year!
Some folks have been emailing asking for an update on ticket sales. In the
first half hour, 200 tickets were sold. This night is going to be something
special!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1042059217

Are You Ready For The RETURN OF THE KING?!
These pictures were posted online yesterday, they were small, grainy and not
very detailed. We've gotten our hands on these high resolution pics for you
to oogle over! Get a load of these! !!!Heavy Spoilers!!!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1041964374

Oscar Predictions With Some Cred!
Every year we get a TON of people making Oscar predictions. People from a to
z people have something to say in regards to who will win, and most of them
are wrong most of the time (hey, I was going for 'Town and Country' last
year!). But the Dallas Fort-Worth Critics have correctly predicted Best
Director award since 1999, and this year they chose Peter Jackson for Two
Towers!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1041962599

Online Critics Society votes for TTT
The Online Critics Society has awarded TTT with best picture, best director,
best editing, best sound, best ensemble, and best visual effects! Official
results will be up on their site soon.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1041895774

Great New ROTK Pictures!
Ringer Spy wizardlex sent in a link to pictures from a 2003 calendar of The
Return of the King that were originally found at HollywoodDreamsOnline.com.
The calendar features some awesomely new pictures from (amongst others)
Denethor, Gollum, Frodo in Shelobs Lair, Gandalf and others. The quality of
the scans are a bit poor but don't let that stop you! Since we posted the
story, HollywoodDreamsOnline.com took down the images. We have now posted
them in our spy reports area for your viewing pleasure. !!Spoilers!!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1041895614

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Palantir Visions (Things seen from beyond the front page)
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Coming Soon

- TheOneRing.net sat down with Billy Boyd while he was in the big apple, see
what the young Scotsman has to say!
- Xoanon recently chatted with Ian McKellen while on the set of 'X2', hear
what he tells us about his latest project!
- Monday, January 13th: Orlando Bloom (Legolas) Birthday
- Tuesday, January 14th: Access Hollyood to show special SFX segment on TTT
- Friday, January 17th: Broadcast Film Critics Association awards announced
- Friday, January 17th: Elijah Wood (Frodo) to appear on Conan

Two Towers - One Party

We recently made a very special announcement exclusively at DragonCon 2002.
TheOneRing.net will once again be hosting the 'One Party to Rule Them All'
on March 23rd (Oscar Night) in Hollywood, CA. The party will prove to be two
times more fun and exciting then the last.
http://www.theonering.net/oscarparty/

FOTR: Special Edition DVD Review!!!

Xoanon recently returned from the marathon screening of FOTR:SE at New
Line`s intimate screening room in West Hollywood, California. The screening
was attended by a few website folks and DVD aficionados. Keith Stern from
McKellen.com was in attendance as well, Gordon Paddison and Wendy Rutherford
also attended
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1034494568

Order The !EXTENDED! FOTR DVD TODAY!

The time has arrived! You can purchase the 208 minute version of Fellowship
of the Ring! Choose from either the standard 4 disc set, or the super cool
Collector's Edition Gift Set, which features figures from Sideshow/Weta and
an expanded National Geographic DVD.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/6/1023420947

ps - All of these links will allow for a percentage of your purchase to be
contributed to TheOneRing.net. So thanks ahead of time!

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