Another chance to see Blog : relaunch and fundraising for Save the Rhino
I got an email from Gareth Suddes who is webmaster of one of the best Douglas related websites. His blog keeps you updated with news from endangered species, one of Douglas favourite subjects. At the end of july, he heavilly improved his website."I relaunched my...
The boys are back : H&T are shooting their next movie
Hamer and Tongs (Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith) are begining the shooting of their next movie on monday 31st July. Of course it won't be the sequel of "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" but a brand new and original project "Son of Rambow" they wrote before...
Babel fish is now on yahoo!
If Altavista was the first to put online a Babel fish to help internauts to translate web pages, they are no more the only ones. The all new Yahoo introduces now a translation tool, called... Babel fish. Well most of the Yahoos do anyway. The american, english or...
Is Disney going to sharply reduce the release of live-action films?
Disney could reduce the release of live-action films. Of course they will still make movies like "Narnia" and "pirates of the caraibes", but according two seperate recent news accounts, they could stop or reduce the release of adult-oriented films. This is of course...
H2G2 movie exhibition at Blackpool zoo (UK)
The H2G2 movie science museum exhibition is at the Blackpool zoo (UK) since last february. There have not been much informations about it. But this is good news for the guys who missed the science museum exhibition and are going to be in UK this summer. Don't miss the...
Stephen Fry involved in a Dirk Gently movie or LCTS TV series ???
here has been a nice chat with Stephen Fry on Douglasadams.se. Lot of nice questions and witty answers from Stephen Fry. There was quite an interesting answer about a possible Dirk Gently movie : "Well Robbie Stamp, an old mucker of DNA's who ran Digital Village with...
Tertiary phase wins the “Audie award of the year”
Every year at this time the US Audio Publishers Association (APA) holds its annual Audie Awards. The awards, given in 29 categories, were announced May 19, 2006 at an awards ceremony held in Washington, DC. The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy Tertiary Phase won the...
H2G2 nominated at the Empire awards / news from the H2G2 movie staff and cast
As you already may know, “the hitchhiker’s guide” was not nominated at the Oscars this year. Sadly, even if « So long » was contender for the shortlist for 'Best Song', it was finally not nominated. Don’t know for you, but no need to say, I didn’t watch the Oscars!!...
Douglas Adams memorial lecture will occur the 23th March
It's very good news for everybody. Professor Robert Winston will be the the guest for the fourth Douglas Adams memorial lecture : "Is the human an endangered species?". Save the Rhino International and the Environmental Investigation Agency are co-hosting the Fourth...
Douglas’ typewriter on auction at Christies the 30Th November to save rhinos
The auction of the typewriter will take place at Christies Auction House in South Kensington (85 Old Brompton Road) on November 30th 2005. The typewriter is to be in the "Modern Firsts" sale (a book sale). Nic Davies who owns the typewriter says that the money will be...