Viggo Alert

Subject: Viggo Alert Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:38 pm

Sheryl Crow urges preservation of wild mustangs

Staff and agencies
02 July, 2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sheryl Crow is urging people to get involved in saving America‘s wild horses.

The program airs 9 p.m. EST Monday (July 7th) on the Documentary Channel. Directed by James Kleinert, it‘s narrated by Peter Coyote and features Viggo Mortensen.

"We‘re starting to get really, really far away from our heritage and what this country is based on," she says.

"If any of these politicians visited these sites where our indigenous animals are being slaughtered in an inhumane way and being sold for meat, I feel that there would be a different take and a different approach to what‘s happening," Crow says.

Subject: Re: Viggo Alert Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:28 am

If you would like to purchase a copy of this program you can do so through this website which gives you more information:

http://www.theamericanwildhorse.com/index.html

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Subject: Re: Viggo Alert Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:58 pm

From the link posted by Jennifer above:

Subject: Re: Viggo Alert Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:05 pm

Thank you very much, Jen and Kal!
I'm not especially a horse girl but I like horses anyway. Especially TJ is a very chaming horse. I know they are called American Paited ponies but for short I call them "Native American Indian ponies".
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You got it into yourself to be good at anything, you aim at. The fact is, that you must never give up. Accept what you are and be proud of it, be grateful for it. But never let it go to the head, always keep the feet on the ground. (From Bear Hearts wisdom). Add: Could have been Viggos, too!!!

Subject: Re: Viggo Alert Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:21 am

From theonering.net

To all you Californians!!!

Saturday July 26th, 2008
8:30 PM till Dawn
LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

One Colorado Courtyard, 41 Hugus Alley, Middle Earth J.R.R. Tolkien's literary masterpiece The Lord of the Rings has influenced generations of readers worldwide and continues to captivate new fans around the globe. Director Peter Jackson and a brilliantly talented cast and crew have brought to cinematic life the epic adventure of good against evil. The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. Fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who inherits the Ring - and undertakes a heroic quest revealing how, through courage, commitment, and determination, even the smallest of us can change the world.

Screening concludes with sunrise Hobbit breakfast.
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Another screening of the trilogy in August, taking place at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.

Saturday, August 2 – 5:00 PM Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi Series — Special Marathon!

**Special price for this event: All admissions - $3.00

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, 2001, Warner Bros., 208 min. Dir. Peter Jackson.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, 2002, Warner Bros., 223 min. Dir. Peter Jackson.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, 2003, Warner Bros., 251 min. Dir. Peter Jackson.

Director Peter Jackson and a brilliantly talented cast and crew have brought to cinematic life J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure of good against evil. The future of civilization rests on the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. Fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who inherits the Ring and undertakes a heroic quest through Middle Earth revealing how, through courage, commitment, and determination, even the smallest of us can change the world. With Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen. The Extended version will be shown.

Illustrator artist Greg Hildebrandt - who became internationally known for the original STAR WARS movie poster and beautiful J.R.R. Tolkien LORD OF THE RINGS artwork - will introduce the marathon. Discover the Hilderbrandt brothers’ work at Every Picture Tells a Story, across the street from the Aero Theatre [1311 Montana Ave # C].

www.AeroTheatre.com
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Subject: Re: Viggo Alert Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:13 am

From DenverPost.com:

Get online, not in line, for Starz-studded DNC party

By Bill Husted
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 08/14/2008 11:30:25 PM MDT

Activist Tom Hayden is laid back these days.

More big names are coming to town for the DNC, this time for the Starz Green Room, which is being billed as "a respite from and a complement to" official events. Among the stars who will take part in panel discussions, screenings and more: Daryl Hannah, Rosario Dawson, Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron, Viggo Mortensen, Josh Brolin, Kal Penn and Hill Harper.

Add to that filmmakers Stuart Townsend, Will.i.am, Patrick Creadon, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Chris Moore and Morgan Spurlock. They've also lined up politicians such as Diana DeGette and journalists including Jonathan Alter and Elvis Mitchell.

Starz Entertainment is producing. It will be closed to the public, but they promise anyone can attend virtually at starzgreenroom.com.

Oprah pal Gayle King told "Entertainment Tonight" that she'll be in Denver for the DNC, along with Winfrey. King said she will broadcast her "Oprah and Friends" XM Radio show from here starting Aug. 25.
Tom Hayden has missed only two Democratic National Conventions since 1960. He's gone as a reporter, as a delegate, as a demonstrator.

The well-known '60s radical, once married to Jane Fonda, is of course coming to Denver, this time to talk, to listen and to peddle his new book, "Voices of the Chicago Eight."

Hayden hopes the city calms down and doesn't arrest hundreds of protesters. "Denver's John Elway's city, the Broncos' city," he says. "You know how to handle crowds."

Having attended so many conventions, Hayden sounds pretty laid back about this one. "I'm retired from politics, so when I attend I don't get stirred up, I don't get the buzz, I don't feel quite the excitement I used to. I pay close attention and see a lot of old friends. I find it quite exhausting, whereas years ago I would have fed on it."

Does he feel nostalgic at these events?

"It's not nostalgia; it's a bit disorienting. I may not even stay the whole week. I'd like to see (Sen. Barack) Obama give his speech on television."

The times they are a changin'.

Read Hayden's op-ed piece in Sunday's Denver Post.

Safety first.

Bill Maher brings his new rules to the DNC, compliments of Trojan Condoms and Rolling Stone. The trio will be at the Sherman Event Center on Aug. 25; Maher will perform at 10 p.m. This will be the funniest night at the DNC.

Outside the event, organizers will encourage conventiongoers to take a condom pledge and hold relay races to see which team can correctly put condoms on plastic bananas.

Also coming to the DNC: Vincent Bugliosi with his tome, "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder."

Skedded to talk @ blog headquarters The Big Tent at 1532 Wyn koop St.: Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Phil Donahue, Howard Dean, T. Boone Pickens, Arianna Huffington.
City spirit.

Martha Stewart comes to Denver on Tuesday to celebrate KB Home Stapleton II's first birthday. . . . Sightem: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at Jing on Wednesday night. . . . Sez who: "I've always felt that a young man worth his salt is a Democrat until he makes a little money. And if he wants to save that money, he becomes a Republican." Papa Jack Weil

Bill Husted's column appears Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Take a peek at Husted's next column at blogs.denverpost.com/. husted.
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