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| ‘The Hobbit’ like a family reunion for Elijah Wood Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:24 AM PDT  Wood is reprising his role as Frodo. — Reuters file pic "It's a rare opportunity to revisit a specific time in my life," Wood told The Hollywood Reporter. "It feels like I'm going back to a giant family reunion in a way; a lot of the same creative team are involved and a number of the cast are coming back." Wood is reprising his role as Frodo and will be joined by returning "Rings" cast members Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett, among several members of the crew. While filming on the first feature, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," has begun, Wood said he won't be heading to New Zealand to film his scenes until the fall. "I read the first script and it's incredible," Wood noted. "It definitely expounds upon the book; there are already characters that are cast that are not in the book, so that indicates that it goes slightly outside the boundaries in the structure of the original novel." Despite his long-standing relationship with writer-director Jackson, Wood said he hasn't read the second script and has no idea how the big-screen adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien novels ends. "For a while I was excited just at the notion of going back and seeing everybody and playing the character again," Wood said. "Then sitting down and reading it I became really genuinely excited about the films they were making. I think they're going to be amazing." Wood will return to San Diego Comic-Con next month to promote his FX comedy "Wilfred," and said he's looking forward to the inevitable barrage of "Rings" and "Hobbit" questions. "It's exciting to be able to talk about two projects at the same time that are at opposite ends of the spectrum," he said. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" opens December 14, 2012. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Janet Jackson duets with ‘virtual’ Michael in London Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT  Jackson also flashed childhood pictures of the siblings on a screen while she performed "Together Again". — Reuters file pic The singer took her "Number Ones: Up Close & Personal" Tour to London's Royal Albert Hall yesterday where she served up a career-spanning set of her hits. Opening the show with the video of her 1980s electro funk "Nasty", she treated fans to a virtual collaboration with Michael on their 1995 hit "Scream". While she performed her part of the single, her older brother's vocals were played for his section of the song and a video of him was played on screen. "It's therapeutic, you know and it makes me smile inside," Jackson told British radio. "I mean the energy of the song is fierce but it makes me smile inside when I hear him, when I hear his voice." It was the two-year anniversary of the "Thriller" singer's death last Saturday. He died age 50, on June 25, 2009 at his rented mansion in Los Angeles, as he was rehearsing for a series of London concerts. Authorities said he died of a massive dose of the anesthetic propofol and a cocktail of other sedatives and painkillers. Paying tribute to her brother at the end of her show, Jackson flashed childhood pictures of the siblings on a screen while she performed her song "Together Again". In her first tour in three years, the Grammy award winner performed songs from her "Number Ones" album, featuring 35 number one hits. Known for her high energy and well-choreographed routines, she danced her way through "What Have You Done for Me Lately" "Control" and raised the heat with a live version of "Nasty". Having infamously bared a breast after a "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl, Jackson was fully covered yesterday, starting the show in a white jacket and trousers, worn with white high-heeled boots. She later changed into a vest and jeans, accessorised with diamante braces that hung below her waist. The tour, which sees her play three shows in London, will be performed in 35 cities. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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