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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS SET FOR RELEASE November 20, 2007 ON REPRISE/WMG SOUNDTRACKS
Available For The First Time!
Howard Shore’s complete Oscar®-winning score for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, from the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, will be available for the first time in a deluxe five-disc edition from Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November 20, 2007.
This historic release contains 3 hours and 50 minutes of music on four CDs, comprising the full score of the 2003 film. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings marks the third and final edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. This deluxe set includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, liner notes written by Doug Adams, author of the forthcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, and features Annie Lennox performing the Oscar®-winning song “Into the West.”
Composed for symphony orchestra, adult and children’s choir, and soloists, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings was performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Voices, The London Oratory School Schola featuring vocal performances by Annie Lennox, Renée Fleming, Sissel, Ben Del Maestro and cast members Billy Boyd, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, and Dominic Monaghan. The score also features solos performed by renowned flautist Sir James Galway.
The fifth disc is a DVD-Audio presenting the entire The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Complete Recordings in Advanced Resolution Surround Sound, Advanced Resolution Stereo Sound, Dolby Digital Surround Sound, and Dolby Digital Stereo Sound.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – The Complete Recordings was released on December 13, 2005 and spent months in Amazon.com’s top 100 Sales Ranking, garnering some of the best reviews of the year. “For fans of any of The Lord of the Rings films, The Fellowship of the Ring/Complete Recordings is an essential experience,” Heather Phares, All Music Guide. “The Complete Recordings is last year’s most important archival soundtrack release, expanding and preserving one of the finest and most significant recent scores in all of film music. Shore’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy is an operatic symphony that is among the finest musical accomplishments of the last half-century. The plethora of unreleased material on this beautifully packaged edition is mouth-watering at the least, and the sonic dynamic achieved on the surround sound DVD of the entire 180-minute score is simply astonishing.” Randall Larson, Music From the Movies.
www.lordoftherings-soundtrack.com
News and Updates for Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Contradicting news on Orlando being the Prince of Persia. According to comingsoon.net Disney has denied the rumours that Orlando will play the role. Officially known is that Mike Newell will take over the part of directing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
I guess we have to wait and see what will happen. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:11 AM CET
News and Updates for Monday, April 7th, 2008
And it is another trilogy. According to 9wsyr.com Orlando has landed the lead role in the upcoming Disney trilogy Prince of Persia. The Jerry Bruckheimer production starts shooting in Morocco in July. ~posted by Stephanie at 08:19 AM CET
News and Updates for Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Just to let you all know. I haven't dropped off the earth. I only broke my foot a week ago and I am kind of imobile right now. News will be updated as soon as I am at the computer, which is right now not on a regular base. ~posted by Stephanie at 10:01 AM CET
According to Reuters Orlando has dropped out of An Education because of scheduling clashes just as the movie began rolling, the producers said Monday.
~posted by Stephanie at 10:00 AM CET
News and Updates for Thursday, February 21st, 2008
New project for Orlando! Movie Maze reports the following (this is a translation of the German article):
Molina, Bloom and Hawkins educate themselves
Director Lone Scherfig (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself) could not only win for her drama An Education Peter Sarsgaard (Elegy), Carey Mulligan (When Did You Last See Your Father?), Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams and Oscar winner Emma Thompson (Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix). But also Alfred Molina (Silk), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean - At world's end) and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) have committed to the project.
The script of bestseller author Nick Hornby tells the story of a young teenager, at the beginning of the 60ies in London. Jenny (Mulligan) is about to become an adult. She meets the a lot older (Sarsgaard), who introduces her into the fine society. There she meets the charismatic business man Danny (Bloom) and his beautiful, but mentally challenged girlfriend Helen(Pike).
Just when Jenny's dream of Oxford is in reach it seems as if David has his own plans with Jenny, which don't fit to her.
Shooting begins next month in London. Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey work for the production. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:29 AM CET
News and Updates for Friday, February 1st, 2008
Orlando is named as one of the presenters at this year's BAFTA Awards which take place on February 10th. BBC One will air the awards live. I also shall be flying over and try my luck with taking pictures.
On a side note Viggo Mortensen and Keira Knightley will also attend as nominees and Sir Ian McKellen will present an award.
This is all through the gossip rag and from some of my London sources. No guarantees!!! ~posted by Stephanie at 01:37 AM CET
News and Updates for Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Aliya was so nice to let me know that Orlando indeed appears in the extras for Knocked Up. He's doing a cameo very much like he did in his episode of Extras (the Ricky Gervais TV series) and it's hilarious! You can find the clip on YouTube. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:01 AM CET
News and Updates for Friday, January 25th, 2008
I just received one of those advertising emails for new DVDs and was kind of surprised to read Orlando Bloom besides a DVD called Knocked up. It's a 2-DVD set and apparently there is a special featurette called on the search of Ben Stone in which is said Orlando would appear. I think, if this is true, it's a featurette about the casting call? Anyways, release date is now in Germany.
More information about the film on imdb.com and on amazon.com.
Now, before you run and order, wait until I can confirm this. ~posted by Stephanie at 17:25 PM CET
News and Updates for Friday, January 18th, 2008
And one more Nepal picture I found at Getty Images:
~posted by Stephanie at 10:42 AM CET
PageSix.com has some more really cute pictures of Orlando's visit at Nepal: Thousands of miles away from the glare of Hollywood, Orlando Bloom acted just like anyone else as he arrived in India as an International Ambassador for UNICEF. He wore traditional flower garlands and a red 'tikka' mark on his forehead, which are the local symbols of welcome, as he visited children and women at the Sayapatri Community Organization in the Nepalese village of Dibyanagar.
Orlando was in Nepal to observe a UNICEF sponsored building, where child support activities are held and to meet with staff and health educators, as well as local community groups. But the trip wasn't all business as Orlando was powerless to resist playing with the town's adorable young children, who are now thriving thanks to all the amazing work UNICEF is doing in the region.
Link to UNICEF
~posted by Stephanie at 10:37 AM CET
News and Updates for Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Orlando Bloom Soaks Up Nepal Trip reports the New York Observer:
While most of us were eating cold noodles and watching Project Runway, another major Hollywood actor joined the industry’s growing brigade of charitable stars.
Orlando Bloom recently took a four-day tour of Nepal on a UNICEF-supported visit, which took the 30-year-old actor to the impoverished western districts of Kaski and Chitwan.
"Another Hollywood movie star might feel strange in a remote and impoverished area of Nepal, but [he] seemed perfectly at ease," the humanitarian organization reports. Indeed, Mr. Bloom apparently took to certain Nepalese customs swimmingly. In one village, Mr. Bloom, who seemingly has no confirmed projects currently underway, had his forehead smeared with red "tika" by local women, who also offered him garlands of flowers to wear.
Later, when he visited another village, Pokhara, Mr. Bloom played a small role in a "mini-drama" that some three-dozen area children were recording for a radio program. The play was reportedly about "the plight faced by young girls in a hostel without a female warden." Mr. Bloom played a helpful fellow guest with advice to share. "Talk about your problems," he read from the script. "There’s no need to feel shy. It’s always good to talk about issues that concern you." ~posted by Stephanie at 16:16 PM CET
News and Updates for Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Apparently Orlando auditioned for the role of a photo journalist - a role he repeatedly had said in interviews he wanted to play. As Chinadaily reports he was beat by Daniel Radcliffe:
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has fought off competition from Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom to land the lead role in a new movie about a slain photo-journalist.
The 22-year-old will appear as photographer Dan Eldon in Journey, a film chronicling the civil war in Somalia. Eldon was one of four journalists stoned to death by a mob in the African country in 1993.
And Eldon's mother Kathy believes Radcliffe was the perfect choice to play her tragic son.
She says, "We resisted a lot of older actors because Dan was a boy emerging into manhood."
A compilation of Eldon's diaries - on which the film is based - has sold 200,000 copies since being published in 1997. ~posted by Stephanie at 13:23 PM CET
News and Updates for Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Jackson to produce Hobbit films! According to the BBC website Peter Jackson is to produce the two Hobbit films:
Peter Jackson, Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings movies, has signed a deal to produce two films based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.
The filmmaker had been in dispute with New Line Cinema over income generated by the first film in the Rings trilogy.
"I'm very pleased that we've been able to put our differences behind us," said Jackson. "We are delighted to continue our journey through Middle Earth."
A director for the films - prequels to the Rings movies - has yet to be named.
The two Hobbit films will be filmed simultaneously, with their release planned for 2010 and 2011.
'New chapter'
Sir Ian McKellen has already expressed an interest in reprising his role as the wizard Gandalf.
In a statement, Jackson said the agreement enabled his Wingnut Films company to "begin a new chapter with our old friends at New Line".
The three films in the Rings trilogy generated $3bn (£1.48bn) at the worldwide box office and won 17 Oscars.
New Line co-chairman Bob Shaye had previously said Jackson would never make The Hobbit "during my watch".
~posted by Stephanie at 19:44 PM CET
News and Updates for Monday, December 17th, 2007
TV alert for Europe: On January 3rd, 2008 The Graham Norton Show will have a Compilation Special on BBC 2 at 10pm. The BBC can be received throughout Europe via Satellite Astra 2D (28.2 degrees East) and is not scrambled. How to tune your satellite dish in is explained on the BBC website. Here's the TV guide text:
Compilation Special.
A smorgasbord of special moments from the first two series of the Graham Norton Show. Features Hollywood royalty (Glenn Close, Dustin Hoffman and Elijah Wood), home grown heroes (Orlando Bloom, Dawn French and David Tennant) and international stars (Kim Cattrall, Gerard Dapardieu, Courtney Love and Elle Macpherson).
~posted by Stephanie at 20:58 PM CET
News and Updates for Thursday, December 13th, 2007
London and Canterbury travel tips by Orlando can be found at the Canadian Living website. The tips are excerpted from the book Celebrated Weekends: The stars' guide to the most exciting destinations in the world by Mark Seal, which you can order by clicking on the amazon-link on the right or from our stores. ~posted by Stephanie at 18:17 PM CET
Possible new movie for Orlando? AP reports the following in their Yahoo news section:
HONG KONG - Famed Hong Kong director Johnnie To met with "The Lord of the Rings" star Orlando Bloom recently to discuss a possible collaboration, To's assistant said Thursday.
The assistant, Ding Yuin-shan, said the British actor arrived in Hong Kong Tuesday and left Thursday.
Bloom met with To several times during his stay and the two discussed shooting a movie together, Ding said, declining to identify any specific projects.
"They hope they can work on a project together," Ding said.
Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily Thursday ran a photo of the two together, which the newspaper said was taken when To accompanied Bloom back to his hotel.
Publicists for Bloom didn't immediately respond to an e-mail from The Associated Press seeking the actor's comment on the meetings with To.
To is known for his stylish gangster thrillers. His credits include "Election," "Election 2," "Exiled" and "Mad Detective," which was shortlisted for the top Golden Lion Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year.
Bloom's credits include the "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy.
~posted by Stephanie at 17:56 PM CET
News and Updates for Friday, November 30th, 2007
The just released Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End Special Edition DVD features quite a few Easter Eggs on the second DVD. In case you don't want to be spoiled and find them for yourself I shan't post the solution here. For everyone else: Go here. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:43 AM CET
ContactMusic reports: Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama has heaped praise on a new Mount Everest documentary, narrated by movie hunk Orlando Bloom. The new DVD, Everest: A Climb for Peace, has been hailed as a "tremendous achievement" by the spiritual guru. The film, billed as "a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit," features some of the most incredible Everest footage ever shot, including a dramatic rescue from near the summit. ~posted by Stephanie at 09:36 AM CET
News and Updates for Friday, November 16th, 2007
Breakingnews.ie (Ireland) has some great news for all handprint collectors out there:David Beckham, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and George Lucas are just a handful of celebrities who have given their handprints to help raise money for children's charities.Their ink handprints are featured in the book 'Celebrity Handprints' by James Preston, due to be published on December 1.
All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to BBC Children in Need and Great Ormond Street Hospital in England.Mr Preston has spent the past two years collecting the handprints of more than 100 famous people in film, television, music and sport and photographing them for his book.Other stars whose handprints appear in the book include Westlife, Ant and Dec, Beyonce Knowles, Richard Branson, Ricky Gervais, the Foo Fighters, Wyclef Jean, Oasis, The Spice Girls, Justin Timberlake and Elijah Wood.
A spokesperson said: "These actual size handprints provide a fascinating insight into the personality of the celebrities, who have shown kindness by contributing to this creative project."There will definitely be at least one handprint in the book everyone will want to cut out and frame." In addition to the book, there is also a series of limited edition handprints which can be bought for £50 (€70.11) each. Well,I'm off to buy some frames!:-) ~posted by Lidia at 23:19 PM CET
News and Updates for Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
German Teenie magazine Bravo has some really cute Orlando very young pictures in its November 14th issue. I'll post the rest tomorrow, but this baby picture I couldn't resist to put up right away.
Update! I just got aware that those children fotos of Orlando weren't authorized by himself or his family. In fact it appears that someone has illegally posted them. I didn't know until just a couple of minutes ago and thus I remove the pictures from our site. ~posted by Stephanie at 23:22 PM CET
News and Updates for Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Keep to the Code reports a special offer for the Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End DVD at the Disneyland Resort. On December 4, 2007 from 6:30am onwards you can make the purchase at the World of Disney stores listed below and receive a limited edition matted art piece which features an image of the Empress Ship, a collectible bronze-toned medallion and an authentic piece of the ship's sailcloth from the Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End film (Limit 2 limited edition matted art pieces per guest, per day, while supplies last.)
The limited edition matted art will only be available at World of Disney store in the Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort, World of Disney store in the Downtown Disney Marketplace at the Walt Disney World Resort, and the World of Disney store New York City on the corner of 5th and 55th.
~posted by Stephanie at 16:22 PM CET
This almost slipped past my nose. Orlando has created a birthday card for a good cause. The proceeds of the purchase go at 100% to the EBMRF (remember to list the charity while doing the purchase during checkout). The card can be bought at Grandmagillie.com. The EBMRF (Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation) is a charity founded by Lynn Anderson (Piedmont, CA) and is a volunteer nonprofit foundation dedicated to the support of medical research of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), its causes, the development of successful treatments, and ultimately, its cure. ~posted by Stephanie at 16:04 PM CET
You can nominate Orlando for the Theatregoers Choice Awards on whatsonstage.com. The nomination process will last throughout November. The full Awards shortlists will be announced on Friday 7 December 2007 at a star-studded lunchtime ceremony, guest hosted by the first lady of British musical theatre, Elaine Paige OBE, at Café de Paris in the heart of the West End. ~posted by Stephanie at 15:55 PM CET
You can see Orlando's interview on Larry King Live also on youtube. ~posted by Stephanie at 15:52 PM CET
News and Updates for Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Well, my hard disc recorder played up on me while I was earning much needed money. It didn't tape. Thus I still have no clue whether Orlando was on the international version of CNN yesterday or not. Anyways, if he was, sorry, I don't have it. Goes to kitchen to drown sorrow in food inhalation. ~posted by Stephanie at 14:08 PM CET
News and Updates for Monday, November 5th, 2007
Possible TV alert for CNN International: Whoever gets CNN International may be able to watch Orlando's appearance from November 2nd on Larry King Live tomorrow (November 6th). I checked today's episode and they had Jerry Seinfeld, which originally aired on November 1st in the US. Thus this is a "possible" alert only since I couldn't find any guest listings for Larry King on the international version of CNN. Check your local listings time-wise. Larry King airs in the UK on CNN International at 10am. I make sure to tape it just in case. ;-) ~posted by Stephanie at 15:52 PM CET
We updated our Redcarpet gallery with two new appearings of Orlando. One is a bit older and holds images from the Duke of York's Theatre from September 15th, the other is from Antartica: A Global Warming Exhibition that was held on November 2nd. Enjoy! ~posted by Stephanie at 08:52 AM CET
News and Updates for Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
TV alert for the US: The CNN documentary Planet in Peril and the environment are discussed with Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Jeff Corwin, Orlando Bloom, Heather Mills and others.
Wednesday, Oct 24 at 8 pm ET ~posted by Stephanie at 10:11 AM CET
