Vanderstelt Fellowship Fine ArtJerry 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.”

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Liv Tyler: Star in Ascendance: Her First Decade in Film by Thomas A. Christie. A new study of the films of Hollywood star Liv Tyler, charting all of her film career up to the present – including Armageddon (1998), Cookie’s Fortune (1999), One Night at McCool’s (2001) and the Lord of the Rings movies (2001-03). This is the only in-depth exploration of Liv Tyler’s films available anywhere. [More] [Order from Amazon.co.uk]


Today is Liv Tyler’s birthday! Liv was born on July 1st, 1977 in New York, New York. that makes her the big 30 today! Happy Birthday Liv!

Mary writes: I was checking out Entertainment Weekly’s website & found this update on Liv Tyler. She’s set to star in the next Incredible Hulk, playing Betty Ross, opposite Ed Norton. Here’s the link to the article. [More]

A thumb-sucking boy, a bicycle cop, a pimp-turned-rapper and enough dysfunctional families to fill a therapist’s waiting room – all are coming to Park City in January for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. So are films with such stars as Naomi Watts, Keanu Reeves, Laura Linney, Liv Tyler and James Woods. [More]