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~For those of you interested The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power will be on TCM on Oct. 8, 2003!! I love Zorro and Tyrone is the best Zorro Ever!!!
~I just read on Torn that there is going to be a LotR musical *whispers* anyone else scared? I love musicals but this frightens me a bit hmmm anyway it will be in London and will be a Stage production in 2005!
~ Not really world changing but I think this section is just going to be about stuff I find interesting like the fact that Harry Potter book five is due out soon. Yeeeee!

~ Sean Biggerstaff will not be in POA sadly
~Michael Gambon will be the new Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the fields of fire

STEPHEN FRASER


THE new Harry Potter movie yesterday set the heather alight, months before it is due to be seen by cinema audiences.

During filming, the veteran steam train cast as the Hogwarts Express sparked a fire which destroyed up to 50 acres of heather moorland and trees on a Highland hillside.

A helicopter had to be brought in to bomb the blaze with water as over 20 firefighters and forestry workers struggled to prevent the fire, close to the Glenfinnan Viaduct in the West Highlands, from spreading and causing more damage. At one stage, fire was raging along a one-mile front.

Film-makers working for Warner Brothers were filming scenes for the third Potter movie - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Filming was temporarily suspended in the wake of the fire.

The train is used as the Hogwarts Express, which, in the JK Rowling novels and the films, magically transports Harry and his fellow pupils to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It has been used in the previous two Harry Potter films.

Sparks flying from the wheels of the train or from its funnel are believed to have ignited tinder-dry undergrowth as the train completed a run over the 90ft-high viaduct towards Glenfinnan station. Unusually for February, the area has not had any rain for 10 days.

The film-makers must have wished they had access to the Hogwarts book of spells for a vanishing trick as the blaze, which started around 12.30pm, raged out of control.

Although four appliances from Fort William and Mallaig rushed to the scene, fire chiefs quickly decided that a helicopter was needed to tackle the fire.

A spokeswoman for the Highlands and Islands Fire Brigade said: "We have dealt with several fires of this type across the Highlands today, but the Glenfinnan incident is clearly the largest."

One eyewitness described the fire as "absolutely spectacular". He said: "It looked as though the whole hillside was going up in flames. It was amazing to see the smoke and the flames dominating the landscape."

The devastated hillside belongs to the Glenfinnan estates, which is being paid by Warners Brothers for access to its land for filming.

A spokeswoman for the estate said: "The fire had a front of about a mile in length at one point and got into a forestry plantation.

"I wouldnt like to say what caused the fire. The crew are here filming Harry Potter and they have been reversing the Hogwarts Express backward and forward over the Glenfinnan Viaduct."

The picturesque railway line had been closed yesterday to accommodate the filming. ScotRail passengers were being diverted by bus.

Around 40 extras, children recruited from local primary and secondary schools, were sent home early.

Sandra MacCallums son Lewis was one of the children, aged between eight and 14, who are being paid ? a day to be extras on the Hogwarts Express.

She said: "He has had a great time, but I dont think the youngsters were there at the time the fire started. Its great money for the youngsters."

The steam engine that was being used is owned by the West Highland Railway company.

The West Highland scenery has already starred in the two previous films - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - with Glen Nevis and the Glenfinnan Viaduct being prominently used in some spectacular scenes.

Locals had welcomed the film-makers back with enthusiasm, as the exposure received for the area from its prominence in the second film created a tourism bonanza.

Highland councillors expect the area to bank at least 3m from the filming of the third instalment alone.

Around 400 cast and crew are involved in the production and planning permission has just been granted for massive film sets in Glencoe and Fort William. The Hogwarts School of Magic Wizardry will be built at Torren near Clachaig. The longer term tourist revenue is likely to dwarf the initial direct income.

Visitor numbers at the Wallace Monument in Stirling more than doubled after Braveheart, which involved six weeks of filming in Scotland, and Badenoch and Strathspey now markets itself as Monarch Country to cash in on the international success of the Monarch of the Glen television series.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, due out next year, marks the directorial debut in the Potter series of Mexican Alfonso Cuaron, taking over from Christopher Columbus.

this article was found at news.scotsman.com
(thank God no one was hurt)

Green Ribbon Pledge and SustainUs
~SustainUS, a network of young people from across the United States, has teamed up with the Green Ribbon Pledge to prove that U.S. youth* can save 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide through energy use reduction by July 31st, 2002! Carbon dioxide is the predominant gas contributing to global warming, and U.S. emissions are among the world's highest. SustainUS has made a Bet with the U.S. government that if they reach this goal, youth will have five seats on the official delegation to the upcoming U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development and will finally be given a voice in deciding international policies that shape the future.

U.S. Youth Win Bet!
In April, SustainUS teamed up with the Green Ribbon Pledge to prove that U.S. youth (ages 26 and under) could save 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide through energy use reduction. As of July 30, a day before the deadline, U.S. youth had pledged to save over 21,800 tons!
Yay Go YOUTH!!!



I would just like to say that i was very sad to hear the news of the breakup of the Columbia upon its return to Earth. The lives of the 7 astronaughts on board were greatly appreciated for what they do, and will be sorely missed. my condolances go out to their family. my prayers are with you.

ExxonMobil Shale Oil Shipment Intercepted in Australia
Australia, January 24, 2003 - Greenpeace activists attempt to stop the shipment of shale oil to an ExxonMobil refinery in South Australia. While other oil companies have backed away from investing in shale oil because of its higher emission rates than conventional oil, ExxonMobil continues to pursue shale oil, one of the dirtiest of all fossil fuel resources.
this was found at: GreenPeace

Japanese scientist invents 'invisibility cloak'

A Japanese scientist has developed a coat which appears to make the wearer invisible.

The illusion was part of a demonstration of optical camouflage technology at Tokyo University.

It is the brainchild of Professor Susumu Tachi who is in the early stage of research he hopes will eventually make camouflaged objects virtually transparent.

The photograph was taken through a viewfinder that uses a combination of moving images taken behind the wearer to give a transparent effect.

It's hoped the technology will be useful for surgeons frustrated their own hands and surgical tools can block their view of operations and pilots who wish cockpit floors were transparent for landings.

this article was found at Anova.com

What's going on for the LotR boys?
~Dom will be on The Sharon Osbourne Show on Sept. 15!! Get those VCRs ready!!
~Today Aug. 28 is Billy's 35 Birthday!
~Lij's appendix burst and he was in the Hospital for a few weeks (originally reported by Star, confirmed by E! news)
~Recent citing of Dom and Lij in Hong Kong!
~The boys were of course at Comic Con, no surprise there
~Billy is in a play called "San Diego" Viggo and Dom both went to see it!
~Okay Dom has two new movies coming out Spivs and The Purefiers (the unknown movie being filmed in Scotland Previously mentioned
~ I know there is something else but i can't think of it at the moment
~ When Billy Boyd updated his diary on his official page he mentioned a new Dom movie name unkown that will be filmed in Scotland shortly
~Billy was at collectormania and Dom stopped by for a visit
~ Dom will be starring in Spivs a low budget film
~ Dom is now an official spokesperson for Future Forests Go Him!!
~ Right they went to the SAGs didnt win, will they go to the oscars who knows. Come on Dom do summat interesting, pwetty pwease?
~ The Bean has been confirmed for Troy
~ Nominations for Oscars are out. LotR was nominated a few times not sure for what though.
~ The SAG awards are are March 9
~ Dom was spotted at the ACE Eddie Awards
~well Lij never made it to aforementioned Hockey game due to scheduling conflicts.
~ Lij is going to play in a Charity Hockey game, Poor Boy I hope he doesn't get beat up too bad. Violent game hockey is!hehehe good luck to his team!
~Billys new movie Master Commander premiers June 6 Just days before Orlis pirate movie
~Elijah was supposed to appear in a movie titled Thumbsuckers but he has been dropped from project.
~According to Fandango.com, Ned Kelly (another one of Orlis many new projects) will be released in the US under the title The Kelly Gang on May 30th.
~Troy will begin production on April 22
~Pirates of the Caribean has changed their name to avoid confusion with the Disney ride that the movie is loosely based on. It is now Pirates of the Caribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
~Dom has signed an Anti-War petition, go him! I dont like the idea of going to war. Far to much violence in the world.
~Orli's fan girls are in mourning as the Rumor Mill has it he is taken. He is dating Kate Bosworth from Blue Crush they say.
~Elijah Wood was #9 on Ranks list of up and comers under 25.
~ hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Want to buy a pair of underwear signed by Sean Bean (Boromir)? Then check out the Bristol Cancer Help Centre, which auctions off underwear signed by various celebrities, including Sean Bean. (No word on whether the celebrities actually wore the underwear or not.) Sean's is currently selling at over 100 British Pounds. Proceeds go to charity.
~ Sean Bean may be in the new film Troy with Orlando Bloom. Orli will play Paris, and the Bean will be Odyssius.
~ Orli's new movie Pirates of the Carribean comes out July 9.
~ Most of the boys are in NZ doing pick up filming for RotK
~ Dom and Billy Boyd are writing a script together
~ Billy's new movie Master Commander Far Side of the Universe comes out soon.
~ Dom and Billy may be involved a project about New Orleans and Blues music
~ Elijah's New Movie Ash Wednesday comes out soon as well (on DVD)