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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Nov 25 2014, 3:55am
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Peter Jackson to receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced that the 2,538th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will go to Peter Jackson in a ceremony to be held on Monday, December 8 at 11:30am. The star will be located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd in front of the Dolby Theater, with the ceremony taking place in that same location. Andy Serkis will be the guest speaker with additional celebrities in the form of Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage and Elijah Wood. With all these folks in Hollywood that day, it now seems pretty clear that the previously supposed New York premiere on the same date is no longer happening. Everyone at TheOneRing.net would like to issue Sir Peter Jackson a heartfelt congratulations, you will always be welcome at any and all of our fan events. After all, you helped create this thriving community of fans we foster on TORn. The complete press release can be read after the cut. DIRECTOR PETER JACKSON TO BE HONORED WITH STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME WHO: Emcee: Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler Guest speaker: Andy Serkis Celebrities attending the event: Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage and Elijah Wood WHAT: Dedication of the 2,538th star on the Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures WHERE: 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in front of The Dolby Theatre WHEN: Monday, December 8, 2014, at 11:30 a.m. PST Event will be live-streamed exclusively on www.walkoffame.com Hollywood Chamber to honor Peter Jackson with star on the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that Director/Producer/Screenwriter Peter Jackson will be honored with the 2,538th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. PST. The star in the category of Motion Pictures will be dedicated in front of The Dolby Theatre, at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. "We are very happy to honor such an esteemed filmmaker as Peter Jackson with a star on the Walk of Fame,"¯ stated Ana Martinez, producer of the Walk of Fame ceremonies. "His groundbreaking and award-winning films are part of the legacy of larger-than-life, Hollywood-style entertainment that is beloved the world over."¯ Assisting emcee and Hollywood Chamber President/CEO Leron Gubler to unveil the star will be actor Andy Serkis. Peter Jackson is one of the world's most successful filmmakers. One of his monumental achievements, "The Lord of the Rings"¯ Trilogy, which he directed, as well as co-wrote and produced along with fellow Academy Award® winners and frequent collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, collectively earned a total of 30 Academy Award nominations, winning 17 Academy Awards, including Best Picture for the final film. Jackson and Walsh had received in 1995 their first Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for their acclaimed film "Heavenly Creatures". Jackson once again plunged into the world of Middle-earth to direct, co-write and produce a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The first film in "The Hobbit"¯ Trilogy, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey",¯ was released in 2012 and earned over $1-billion worldwide and three Academy Award nominations. The second film, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug",¯ released in 2013, earned over $950-million and earned three Academy Award nominations. Jackson's most recent film is the third and final installment. As with the first two films in The "Hobbit"¯ Trilogy, the final film is a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), with New Line managing production. The film will be released by Warner Bros. worldwide on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, with select international territories releasing on December 10, 2014, in High Frame Rate 3D (HFR 3D) in select theaters, other 2D and 3D formats, and IMAX®. Jackson, through his New Zealand-based WingNut Films banner, also was responsible for the globally successful 2005 remake of "King Kong",¯ which earned over $500-million worldwide and three Academy Awards. More recently, Jackson directed the Academy Award-nominated "The Lovely Bones", an adaptation of the acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold. He also produced the global sensation "District 9",¯ which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Jackson also produced, with Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, "The Adventures of Tintin",¯ which was directed by Spielberg. The film won, amongst many other awards and nominations, the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature and the Producers Guild of America Award for Animated Motion Picture Producers of the Year. The movie is the first of three, based on the world-renowned comic book series by Herge©, and Jackson will direct the second film in the trilogy. Jackson has been active in enriching and promoting the arts, as well as supporting worthy humanitarian causes, including stem cell research and civil rights. In his home town of Wellington, he has helped ensure the preservation of key historical sites and theaters, as well as chairing the 14-18 Aviation Heritage Trust. He has also mentored young filmmakers and employed hundreds of actors, artists, craftspeople and technical crew from the U.S., New Zealand, and all over the world on his films and other projects. Jackson was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. He was later knighted as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2010.
(This post was edited by dernwyn on Nov 25 2014, 11:21am)
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NecromancerRising
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Nov 25 2014, 10:53am
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A very well desrved award!
"You cannot find peace by avoiding life"
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BlackFox
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Nov 25 2014, 12:52pm
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About time, I'd say. Congratulations to him!
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Brethil
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Nov 25 2014, 6:03pm
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Well deserved for many reasons. Congrats to SPJ //
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Drakblod
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Nov 25 2014, 7:39pm
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However the Hollywood Walk of Fame means nothing, it lost it long ago, so whatever. You don't get a star for doing something, you get one because you pay for it.
like butter scraped over too much bread.
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macfalk
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Nov 25 2014, 10:53pm
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The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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Bombadil
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Nov 26 2014, 1:16am
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Educated much of the Public to the "Most Read" Fiction? by an Author in the last Century..The Only book read by more people than the "King James Bible" according to an Offiical Poll in late 1999 taken by Amazon? ...which got more than TWICE the Votes as "Catcher in the RYE" & "To Kill a Mockingbird" Educated the WORLDwide Movie-Making Industry to Advance their own.. imaginations? Employed First Class Talent who? then expanded the small Resumes of young people, hand picked who, needed a Break? like Neil B.(who then was Nominated for BEST Picture? after his First Full Length Feature, Produced by PJ ) Launched many careers like Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortenson, Karl Urban, Sean Bean. tooo.."A-List" STARS,Now. Pushed the Envelope with the Technical Frontiers in WayManyways.. that MOST ANY Films today..could NEVER have made..without his Ideas? .............................................................. JUS' Wait for it? ...in 13 days. The Dedication Speech by Andy ? will DESTROY us... Bom's Izz shedding, Tears Already?...writing this... THINK about this... HIS STAR will be right under the RED CARPET? At THE Front Door to the Dolby?for as long as there ARE Premiers there.. In the Absolute Heart of Hollywood? bom likezz.. to put That kinda thingie? in Perspective.
www.charlie-art.biz "What Your Mind can conceive... charlie can achieve"
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shadowdog
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Nov 26 2014, 2:57am
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And thank you for explaining why he is so important.
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Nov 26 2014, 6:57am
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We had a whip round here in NZ and bought it for him.
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mae govannen
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Nov 26 2014, 1:44pm
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Congrats to Sir Peter... and the Wellywood he created! //
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'Is everything sad going to come untrue?' (Sam, 'The Field of Cormallen', in 'The Return of the King'.)
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Kristin Thompson
Rohan
Nov 27 2014, 3:29am
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The person who receives the star doesn't pay for it. The one who nominates the person does. Current fee rumored to be $30,000. Not that PJ and other people who have received the stars don't deserve them. But there is a big fee involved.
Kristin
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Bombadil
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Nov 27 2014, 3:25pm
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KT does that mean WB paid for it? //
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www.charlie-art.biz "What Your Mind can conceive... charlie can achieve"
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Kristin Thompson
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Nov 27 2014, 11:26pm
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I have no idea who paid for it
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Maybe someone covering the event for TORn can find out. Whoever nominates the person pays the fee. Where the money actually comes from, I don't know. It probably varies.
Kristin
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