ARCHIVED NEWS: Paris Film Festival Award: English Translation: Paris Film Festival Henchman Director: Roseanne Liang. This prize was awarded by the jury in the category: Best Actor: Bruce Hopkins According to the regulations of the Annual Program Without Boundaries Paris, March 2003 Francois Rubinger______ Jean-Yves Gauvin Jury President__________Director The Paris Film Festival is a member of the International Federation of Film Festivals Geneva, Switzerland This film has also been chosen to be a part of the prestigious London Film Festival 2003. ***************************************************** NEWS ARCHIVES Newer items will be added to the top of this page. Dec 25:Lingalad, the folk group who played at the Gathering of the Fellowship, have released a biography in Italian. It includes messages from both Bruce Hopkins and Craig Parker. Lead singer and founder, Giuseppe Festa(edited for English by Jmsstxynyes): "The Biography book about Lingalad has been released. Well, it's in Italian, but there are more than 200 color pictures and a CD with the best of the band. There are also some very nice writings from Craig Parker and Bruce Hopkins...if you want to learn a bit of Italian!!! To order a copy, send an email for more info to info@lingalad.com Grazie e BUON NATALEEEEEE!!!!!!" Dec. 24: Bruce has joined Photomax photo sharing site and has offered up his personal photos for use to make some interesting items through Photomax including a DVD. To use any of his photos all you have to do is join Photomax for free. Item prices vary. Just click on the banners below. Dec. 15: Rebecca wrote an article on the Reclaiming Our Youth page about taking a group of kids to see the opera Don Giovanni at the LA Opera. DEC. 02: Rebecca Kirkland sends along a new message on behalf of her and Bruce: "Hi, My article with Bruce Hopkins (Gamling in the Lord of the Rings trilogy) is in the new issue of the Silver Leaves Journal. We did an update on Operation Read/Reclaiming Our Youth, an organization that both he and I volunteer for on both sides of the world. We try to expose students from within the foster care system as well as the LA Unified School District to as much culture as possible. We even got a group of them to attend the first OrcCon in Pasadena. I plan on getting a few of them to go to ComicCon next year... Please help support the fund by buying the journal -it has a whole lot of amazing articles. You can sample some of the articles on the site, as well as hear an audio clip with author Nathan Graham. The One Ring.net has more info below: From The White Tree Fund journal team: The White Tree Fund is very happy to announce that Silver Leaves, TWTF’s journal, will be released on November 24, 2007. There is a lot of great content in this inaugural issue including art by Jef Murray and Coralie Allan, and articles by some amazing folks including Tom Shippey, Michael Drout, Dimitra Fimi and Janet Brennan Croft. The cost of the journal is $15.00 CDN (plus shipping and handling for printed copies), and we’ll get your copy out to you ASAP. For further information, please visit our website at White Tree Fund.org . We’re already thinking ahead to the next issue, so if you have ideas, comments or suggestions, or you’d like to make a submission, please let us know by sending an email to silverleaves@whitefund.org. Rebecca Kirkland" March 21:From the WebMaster: The link to Indipact Films is down. Till I can get to changing all the links on this site, use Customflix.com for all information on the DVD. March 1:Rebecca Kirkland (Convention Agent for Bruce and theatrical producer) was at the New Zealand Oscar Party. From Rebecca:"The LOTR gang were out in force at the 6th annual NZ Oscar celebration at the Beverly Hills hotel on Fri. Feb. 23, 2007. Among the guests were Sala Baker, Mark Ordesky and Joel Tobeck." Also at the party were Herc/Xena actors Dean O'Gorman, Lucy Lawless, Star Wars and other Nz movies Temuera Morrison and Rena Owen, and Nz actor Cliff Curtis. Photos are over at WireImage.com. All photos are copyrighted Wireimage. Feb. 16:Bruce sent along this link to You Tube for a video he helped out on for Anthony Hurst who has a company called The Radio Agency. Bike Barn videos . I see one video with Bruce, due to my slower puter, I can not tell yet if he is in the others, so check them all out. Jan. 27:Operation Read News from Rebecca Kirkland: "Winnie Jackson has retired from the County. But she continues her work with kids through her reading program Reclaiming Our Youth (formerly Operation Read). I am also still working with her by bringing the students to special events. On Jan 31st I took a group of ROY kids to see the John Patrick Stanley play, Defiance at the Pasadena Playhouse. Rebecca Kirkland" Nov. 26:Added a couple of photos from Ring*Con to the new Ring*Con Germany page courtesy of Tina. Nov. 9: Bruce has sent along some new photos from a launch for a new Theatre in Auckland called Q Theatre. The photos are on the Misc. Photos page. Oct. 27:Bruce emailed to say: "I am working on a project for 3G Mobile content with a guy Andrew McKenzie who is a lecturer in Digital Media. The initial project is called “a bullet waits for you” Check out these two sites this is the website for the series and this is the youtube,com posting. I play the good guy and did the whistling and vocals for both characters." Aug. 7: OPERATION READ NEWS: Rebecca Kirkland will be taking a group of Operation Read students to see the award winning play 'Fences' at the Pasadena Playhouse in September. Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett are starring in it! Aug 3: Bruce has created for himself an new blog called Inside Film Nz, Bruce's personal Blog. He says he is enjoying working on this, so check it out and see what he has to say. July 21: Bruce has signed on to do Ring*Con Germany to be held at the Esperanto Hotel in Fulda, Germany. November 10-12, 2006. Also scheduled for this con are Elijah Wood, Craig Parker, Mark Ferguson, Jed Brophy, and Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron). June 12:Bruce sends along this article about a dive trip he took with some kids from the Northland schools. You can read the article, Poor Knights Comp trip - Diving with a Star!!!! on the Articles page. June 4:Bruce emailed to say he is in Wellington working on a Playstation 3 project with Andy Serkis(Gollum) directing. The game will be titled "Heavenly Sword" and is slated for a November release. Andy will also play an evil king in it. You can read more about Andy and the game at The New Zealand Herald.co.nz. May 29:Reguarding Indipact.com link. The domain no longer belongs to Amarbir, the web site link will be http://www.inzpyre.com/indipact/1nite.html". In the coming days, I'll be updating the site to the new link. Do not use Indipact.com anymore. From Bruce: April 14: DEAN JACKSON (1980-2006) It is still with a sense of disbelief that I write this. With my great friend Joe Reid (Des), I host a weekly talk back radio show on station called RadioLive(www.radiolive.co.nz), called “The Dawn Patrol, with Des & Les“ (I’m the Les component). As part of our show we put out the call for anyone to phone us up and sing a song, play an instrument tell a poem etc. etc., in what we call ‘the chance of lifetime‘, it is very light hearted and we never cut anyone short even if they possess zero talent. The beauty is that we unearth some wonderfully talented listeners. I think it was on our first show about 9 months ago we have had a young guy called Dean Jackson, 26 yrs old, phone the show and sing the national anthem in Maori and English. Immediately we told Dean we wanted him to be calling every week and singing us songs. His voice was stunning and he was such a positive person. RadioLive is broadcast from Auckland and Dean was living in Christchurch, New Zealand, however over the ensuing months he twice travelled to Auckland and sat with Des and Les in the studio for the duration of our 6 hour show, singing songs, talking to other callers etc. Even when Dean was not with us in the studio, people would phone in each week requesting that Dean call and sing a song for them. He became an integral part of the Des and Les “radio family”. Dean, aside from being a wonderful human being, was incredibly inspiring. Born totally blind, and subject to the brutality of epilepsy, he had got himself to the stage where he had worked for Microsoft, and moved on into other areas of IT, in particular IT that aided the sight impaired. Besides his dedication to his faith as a Christian, Dean was also a ham radio operator and a few months ago started his own online radio station, check it out at http://www.zl1jj.com/djradio/ .. The dude was a cool guy and so talented. Last week on our show he called and said he would not be able to sing as he had woken up that morning and realised he had suffered a minor seizure in his sleep, as he had bitten his tongue. This was not the first time Deans epilepsy had prevented him from taking part in The Dawn Patrol. At the age of 26, Dean Jackson had already achieved a state of being able to live his life to the fullest, irrespective of the huge hurdles that had been put in front of him from the word go. Thus my sense of disbelief, that this wonderful human being, Dean Jackson, will no longer heed my high pitched call for listeners to phone us and take part in “chaaaaaaaance of a lifetiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime“. Dean Jackson passed away during a seizure on April 11th 2006. For one without sight he saw so much more than many of us who are sighted will ever see, he saw into people hearts and he touched peoples hearts. Deans life is being shared and celebrated online at http://jmosen.livejournal.com/188508.html . Take a look if you wish, Dean would smile, to know that you cared. Dean in the Studio Bruce:"Dean Jackson, when he spent a night with us on our radio show. He is singing while reading the lyrics off his Braille note. Dean would download lyrics off the computer onto this machine." Listen to Dean singing here: Deansanthem.mp3 April 2:Bruce sends along two older photos he had in his camera. One is from a Short Film he did last year The Deresneys. The other is from back when Return of the King made its premiere, Bruce with Karl Urban(Eomer). This photo will be in the Welly Premiere page. March 20:Bruce sends along this link to the Wellington Festival photographer, Robert Catto. www.catto.co.nz. These are photos from the play Holy Sinner. You can find photos of Bruce on pages 2 and 3. He plans to send in a report on the Holy Sinner as soon as he gets it done. March 17:There is a new Interview with Bruce on Fantasy Planet.cz, TORN has it in English. I have added a link on the Articles page. There is a link on TORN for the Czech version. Feb 20:Bruce sent an email addy for people wishing to contact Des and Les during their radio show to use. It is best to use it Sunday mornings from 12am-6am New Zealand time. The addy is on the Contact Page. Oct. 13: A new look for Bruce. All the photos and pages are still here, just with a new look. Cheers, Jmsstyxnyes. Oct. 9: From Rebecca Kirkland about Operation Read: "Winnie Jackson has arranged through Operation Read, readings of the 'Lion, Witch & Wardrobe' (done by actors) at the Cerritos Library in Cerritos, Ca. All week each day the children will hear the books being read and acted out to them. Winnie was on KTLA Channel 5 news explaining the importance of reading." Sept. 25: Added more fan photos to the Dragon Con 2005 page. Also added a photos to the Fellowship Festival page. Plus one new one from Bruce. Sept. 17: Put up some of my photos from Dragon Con to the Dragon Con 2005 page. Some of the photos have a texture filter over them to make them look better. I have a small digital camera built into my camcorder and though it is fun to play with, the photo quality is less than today's high quality cameras. My film scans will be coming soon as well as more photos from Bruce's camera. Sept. 8:Added some photos and a small report to the Dragon Con 2005 page. Aug. 28: A report on the first day of the Fellowship Festival is now on their site at 1st. Day at the Festival. It sounds like they are having a lot of fun. Aug. 9:You can now purchase a copy of "1Nite" at indipact.com or Real Groovy.co.nz. Bruce says he should have some copies available for sale at both The Fellowship Festival and Dragon Con. Aug. 3:Bruce did a special online chat for the Fellowship Festival on Aug. 2. A transcript of that chat is now available at their forum page. July 28: Cristobal Araus Lobos won for "Technical Contribution to a Digital Feature" for 1Nite at the NZ Screen Awards. 1Nite was nomintated for two awards, the other being Best Digital Feature. Congratulations 1Nite on the nominations and win. July 14:Bruce has just been added to the Fellowship Festival con in Wembley, England. The con runs August 27 - 29, 2005. Ticket info can be found at the Fellowship Festival official web site. July 14:Indipact Films ( Amarbir and I ) is hosting a launch function for the DVD of “1nite” at 6:30pm Friday 29th. July at the Safari Lounge on Ponsonby Rd, in Auckland, NZ. We are inviting media and film industry people to the launch and the DVD will be on sale thereafter. It features interviews with Cristobal, the Chilean cinematographer, Amarbir about his approach to film making and an interview with me. The DVD will be available for people to buy online at our website www.indipact.com Click image for larger veiw of the flyer for the 1nite DVD. July 1:The radio show that Bruce is doing at NZ RadioLive 100.6fm, website: www.radiolive.co.nz. is being streamed online now. Bruce said, "I would absolutely love to hear from anyone overseas on our show. We get people to call up and sing songs etc. as well as doing the talk back. The number they would have to call is 0064 9 361 2048. There is free phone number but it is only in NZ, I guess they could try it at NZ 0800 723465." So if you catch the show and would like to send Bruce some feedback, send your emails to jmsstyxnyes@yahoo.com and I will foward the message to Bruce. The guestbook is temporarily down due to being swamped with spam. I am working on getting another guestbook. For now send comments to my email and I'll make sure Bruce gets the messages. July 1:Bruce and Amarbir's film “1nite” has been selected as a finalist in the NZ Film and Television Awards as Best Digital Feature for Amarbir Singh and Best Technical Contribution to a Digital Feature for Cristobal Lobos. June 27:Bruce has been added to the Dragon Con lineup for this year in Atlanta, Ga. The dates for the con are Sept. 2- Sept. 5, 2005. Bruce will be there all days. Dragon Con official Web site. June 12: Bruce has been keeping very busy. He emailed to say he is doing a regular radio show in New Zealand, timeslot from Saturday midnight till 6am Sunday morning(NZ timezone), called 'The Dawn Patrol', with Joe and Bruce. He recently interviewed both Michael Hurst(recently named Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit "for service to film and the theatre" in the annual Queen's Birthday honours) and Ian Brodie(author of the LOTR location guide books). It is on RadioLive 100.6fm, and the website is www.radiolive.co.nz. There are several other projects he is working on that we will update on when the time is right. Febuary 7:Bruce will be appearing on stage in Auckland, New Zealand in the play Jack and the Beanstalk. He will be playing Squire Smelly, the landlord and the Giant. This play is a part of the AK05 Festival. The play will run Febuary 24 - March 6, 2005. This is a family play featuring Michael Hurst as the Widow Twankey. If you haven't seen the Widow and you are in the Auckland area, don't miss this chance. It is sure to be a hysterical play that will leave you laughing all the way home. Tickets are available from Ticketek. Jan. 21: Added a new page for ORC CON. Photos are being added as I get them developed and scanned. Keep checking back for more updates. Jan. 17: OFFICIAL XENA CONVENTION: THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION at the Burbank Airport Hilton and Towers, January 21 - 23, 2005. Bruce will be participating in the 9PM Friday Night "Merry Muses of Melodia Night Cabaret" and will be signing autographs Saturday. See the Creation Entertainment Website for more information. Jan 17: Bruce will be appearing at Slamdance '05 (January 21 - 28, 2005) in Park City, Utah. He will be there on January 23rd and 24th, and will be participating in the Ringers fundraising event on the evening of Monday the 24th. Jan. 11: New Agent contact info for Bruce is now on the Contact page He is no longer with Robert Bruce Ugly Agency. The new agent is Imogen Johnson at WWW.JOHNSONLAIRD.COM Please note the email address given for Operation Read is for Operation Read requests and information ONLY, all other emails will be disregarded. We are working on a contact addy for Convention interview requests. Dec. 10:Added a report and photos from Rebecca Kirkland (Co-producer of the Operation Read documentary) about Operation Read Act Out program, where students got to see the theatrical play "Ten Commandments" in Los Angeles. The report is on the 'Operation Read Act Out goes to the theatre' page. An email is now available for those who want more info on the Operation Read program. Email: operationread@bruce-hopkins.com. Dec. 5:Added photos from Bruce from the play A Christmas Carol. On stage, opening night celebration and a photo with Cameron Rhodes (Farmer Maggot, Lord of the Rings). Also in this play is Mark Hadlow who is filming for Peter Jackson's King Kong. Theatrical Images page. Nov. 27:Mithril Armoury is selling a package with King Theoden's Sword, choice of Rohan flag, certificate of authenticity signed by Bruce, and an 8x10 glossy photo of Gamling signed by Bruce. Package two is similar to the first, but without the flag. To order, visit their web site by clicking here or the banner link. Nov. 18: 1Nite will be screened in Auckland Nov 28th and 29th at the Rialto and in Wellington on Nov. 30th at the Paramount. This is a short film Bruce did with Amarbir Singh and Rice Digital. For more details on Rice Digital, visit their web site. Nov. 17: There will be another Gamling figure from Play Along Figures(Armies of Middle Earth). It is due for 2005 and is listed at the Action-Figure.com site along with a photo. Here is a link to a second photo of the figure . When I have a release date for the figure I will post it here. Also at this site, you will find photos of other figures due to be released in 2005. Nov. 8: Redid the Operation Read page. Added a new batch of photos and scans of letters from students of Grant Elementary School. Oct. 6: Bruce will be doing a play for the Auckland Theatre Company, A Christmas Carol November 11 to December 12, 2004. Bruce is playing three roles, Bob Cratchit, Mr. Fezziwig and a 'young farmer'. This will be a musical and directed by Jennifer Ward-Lealand. The play will be held at the Skycity Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. Also appearing in the play will be Cameron Rhodes (Farmer Maggot in LOTR). Check the ATC web site for ticket booking information. Sept. 20: Operation Read. While there is no official site for information available, someone is working on a PR package and if anyone is interested in knowing more about the program or it's funding, please email the web master at Jmsstyx@infionline.net and please put in the subject line something about requesting info on Operation Read. Due to the high volume of Spam messages and virus tries at that email, I will not open emails with no subject or with simply "Hi". Sept. 13: Gamling Toybiz Action Figure update. The figure seems to be out now. It has been spotted on Ebay. This site has a good close up photo of the figure. I would suggest checking Toys-R-Us, K-Bee and Suncoast Video stores for the retail price. I haven't found it from any online dealer besides sellers on Ebay. For photos of the Gamling figure, you can find some great ones at Action Figure.com. Sept. 13: More photos have been added to the Official Bruce Merchandise Page. Be sure to check them out. Sept. 13: Just created, new Dragon*Con Photo page. More photos coming soon. More info on Operation Read coming soon. Aug. 3: Bruce appears on the latest cover of Lord of the Rings Official Fan Club magazine. In it is a great article on Bruce. Scans coming soon. July 7: Bruce emailed to say Orlando Heroes and Wizards Vulkon in Altamonte Springs, FL has been canceled by the convention organizers. May 19: Now open, the Bruce Hopkins Official Merchandise page. This is a great chance to own a photo of Bruce or an autograph for those who can't make it to conventions he is appearing at. Everybody is welcome to come on in and check it out. We hope to add more items in the future. April 4: Bruce has been scheduled for Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo to be held April 16 - 18, 2004 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. Also scheduled for this convention are John Rhys Davies, John Noble, Lawrence Makoare, and Mark Ferguson. March 20: Toybiz has announced plans to release a Gamling figure in July 2004. There is a photo on TORN showing all the figures that are coming out from Toybiz. Note, Gamling is spelled wrong in the ad. December 3: Bruce was at the Wellington Premiere of Return of the King and was a part of the red carpet ceremonies. He sent his photos, which can be seen on the ROTK Wellington Premiere page. Photos of cast, fans and others. Plus captions by Bruce. November 18: Bruce had to pull out of the Portland TentMoot due to scheduling conflicts. The TentMoot site should update soon. Remember all appearances are subject to change. July 31:A film called This Is Not A Love Story will play at the AK03(Auckland Festival 2003) events Oct. 8. This is a film and not a live performance. He is in the supporting cast. To learn more about the movie visit their web site: This is not a Love Story.com To see some photos from it, go to Film Image Gallery. July 23: Bruce has finished full dress rehearsal for MacBeth and is excited about the play. It will be in a 94 seat theatre called the Silo in Auckland. Anyone in the area during the play's run should go and see this play. Tickets are on sale now by calling 300-3700 in Auckland. You can check out Pandemonium Theatre Web site for a brief description and a photo of Bruce and Kate Parker. July 16: According to the July issue of "On Film" magazine, Bruce's short film has its world premiere at the Drifting Clouds International Film Festival. The Film is "Point Annihilation" directed by Virginia Heath. The premiere is at Wellington's Reading Cinema on July 26. For more information, email info@driftingcloudsfilmfest.com July 14: Stage play: MacBeth. Bruce will be playing MacBeth. Directed by Margaret Mary Hollins. Dates are 9th August to 6th September at the Silo Theatre in Lower Greys Ave. Central Auckland. Phone number in Auckland is 300-3700 for bookings and info. May: Bruce won an award from the Paris Film Festival for Best Actor in a Short Film: Henchman. May: Bruce was recently in Los Angeles to participate in a game piece painting session for Games Workshop. The Gamling piece he painted will be auctioned off during Games Day 2003 in Ontario, California on the 31st May. Oracle Productions and Gaming Havens of the onering.net orgainzed this event. All the proceeds from the auction will go to the Kevin Smith Trust Fund. Look for updates on both Games Workshop and Onering (TORN) sites. A report from Games Day events by Rebecca Kirkland is now up on this page at GAMES DAY REPORT and at the bottom of this page under articles and interviews. Photos from the event will be coming soon. April: Bruce was interviewed by the web site Action-Figure.com about his role as Gamling. Here is a link to the Gamings Page at TORN. Bruce Hopkins paints for Charity. There are two kewl photos of Bruce painting Gamling. March: Bruce was at the TORN(THE ONE RING.NET) Oscar party in Los Angeles, Ca. along with a couple of other pre parties. Photos and Bruce's own party and LA report can now be found on the Oscars Parties Image page. Bruce was cast in a short film to be shot in two weeks time, written and directed by Virginia Heath. She won an award in NZ for a short film last year and is now based in the UK. He plays the role of Claw, a former top surfer ( now crippled in one arm ) who is pushing a young surfer to take on a feared surf break. The young surfer is also going through other revelations in his life. The film is called Point Annihilate. More information on when it shows will be posted here. Bruce on the screen: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gamling. DVD pre orders are now being taken for an Aug. 26th release of the theatrical version. You can find out more by visiting THE LORD OF THE RINGS OFFICIAL WEB SITE Special Extended Edition of The Two Towers is set for a November 18th release. There will be 43 minutes of unreleased footage and two bonus disks with all new material. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gamling. In theatres Dec. 17,2003(subject to change). Bruce is on a series of 4 new television ads for the drink L&P (Lemon and Paeroa) which is a kiwi icon. The ads will play on both Nz tv and in the cinemas. Bruce is providing the voice of Choobo in the Power Rangers in New Zealand. Bruce is also in the loop group for Power Rangers in New Zealand. Power Rangers, Ninja Storm can be seen on ABC Kids, Saturday mornings at 11:30am EST. Check local listings for times in your area. He is in the episodes, 'Beauty and the Beach', 'There's no 'I' in Team' and 'Prelude to a Storm'. Bruce can be heard doing a voice-over for the New Zealand ad for Carters Building Supplies. Bruce has been speaking before showings of The Two Towers in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland to the gathered elite business clients of Air New Zealand. Bruce has did an interview for a magazine called CIAO, a restaurant magazine. According to Bruce, "They got me to do the Vertigo Climb up Auckland's Sky Tower". A tourist attaction in Sky Tower that takes you 1000 feet above the city. Visit their web site www.4vertigo.com for more infomation. January 5, 2003: Moved site to permanent domain server. January 3, 2003: Added I'll Make You Happy captures to Film Photos Gallery Page. December 31, 2002: Jack of All Trades video captures added to TV Images Page. December 31, 2002: Hercules behind the scenes photo added to Miscellaneous Image Page. December 27, 2002: New Miscellaneous photos page with photos from the Wellington, New Zealand Two Towers premiere. December 19, 2002: The Bruce Hopkins Official Site goes online in it's temporary host site.