Message board member diedye found this interview from The Scottsman with lots of interesting updates about what Billy Boyd has been up to. From his involvement with the rugby tournament for the Princess Royal Trust for Carers, to working on a screenplay with Domanic Monaghan, to performances with his band, Beecake, and honing his surfing skills, the former Hobbit is keeping himself busy! Read More
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From AllMediaScottland.com: Hollywood star Billy Boyd, best known as Pippin in Lord of the Rings, has launched The Princess Royal Trust Capital Sevens tournament to be held at Boroughmuir RFC’s Meggetland stadium on Sunday 20 April. As well as a first class rugby sevens tournament, this will be a family festival of fun and games for all ages, with half the profits to be used to support carers all over the country. Launching the tournament with Scotland’s Six Nations captain, Mike Blair, Billy Boyd said: ‘I’m delighted to be launching this new tournament and am sure that The Capital Sevens will grow to become a top rugby tournament, whilst doing so much to help carers.’ Thanks to board member diedye for finding this one. Read More
Claire writes: Billy Boyd is starring in a new series on BBC4 called “Empty”. It’s about “Jacky and Tony …just two ordinary guys, spending their days rummaging through the empty flats of people who have departed.” There are more details on the BBC website. You can see the first episode on the BBC iPlayer site for the next five days. The rest of the series should be available on BBC iPlayer for seven days after each transmission (Thursdays at 10.00pm GMT).
Penny writes: Billy Boyd fans might be interested in knowing that Billy is co-starring in a new TV show set and filmed in Glasgow called Empty. Billy Boyd Running on ‘Empty’
Penny writes: Beecake will be playing an accoustic session on BBC Radio Pudsey Monday the 26th of November from 6am GMT. the show will be looped throughout the day so tune in listen and give money to Children in Need. Boyd’s Beecake Helps Children in Need on the Beeb
Jerry Vanderstelt was in the right place at the right time. But it wasn’t luck that landed him there, it was hard work and making his own opportunities. Today this good fortune and hard work culminate when the artist releases a lithograph celebrating “The Fellowship of the Ring,” film released in 2001.
At the San Diego Comic-Con 2001, Elijah Wood walked around the mammoth floor of convention floor drinking in the celebration of popular culture and keeping his eye out for hints of how the world might accept the movie he had worked on that was about to overwhelm popular culture, the first film in Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings.”