Sir Peter Jackson has a cheeky anecdote about his first meeting with British film-maker Edgar Wright. Jackson had finished The Lord of the Rings and was busy on pre-production work for King Kong.
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Live from The World’s End premiere
Watch all the red carpet action from The World’s End premiere tonight in Wellington online. On the guest list are director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg, Nick Frost as well as co-star Martin Freeman who only yesterday finished filming The Hobbit.
World’s End to premiere in NZ
New Zealand audiences will get first shot at seeing the latest movie from the team behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. Director Edgar Wright has announced via Twitter that his latest film, The World’s End, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, will premiere in New Zealand on July 18.
Harington sick of gutting chickens
Kit Harington it tired of being told to “gut chickens” for Game of Thrones. The British actor portrays Jon Snow in the smash hit sci-fi series.
Ron Palillo, ‘Horshack,’ From the Popular 1970’s ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ is dead at 63
Sadly, Ron Palillo, who played Arnold Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter”,died of a heart attack in Florida at age 63, his agent said in a press release earlier today. Since working on the super popular television series, Palillo had been doing cameo appearances and teaching high school drama classes. Palillo died of a heart attack […]
Essay: Of Weirdos and Eccentrics
Charles Waterton was just another typical eccentric.
The Invasion: This is It
The world got the shock it had been waiting for. But to the U.S
Forget Christmas: Ski Easter
When you think about skiing over the holidays, the holiday that comes to mind is Christmas. But Christmas at major ski resorts, while festive enough, also means peak prices for hotel rooms and condos, long lift lines, and the same crowd trying to get overpriced lunches at the mountaintop lodges at the same time
Death in the Recession: More Bodies Left Unburied
Have economic times gotten so bad that some of the dead are going unburied? Several large counties across the country are experiencing unprecedented increases in the number of unclaimed deceased — not only because the dead people could not be identified, were indigent or were estranged from their family, but also apparently because more people simply cannot afford to bury or cremate their loved ones. The phenomenon has increased costs for local governments, which have to dispose of the bodies
Porn star Marilyn Chambers dies at 56
Porn icon Marilyn Chambers was found dead in her Los Angeles home Sunday night, but investigators do not suspect foul play, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman.