Feb.26/04

• Sean will be at The Oprah Winfrey Show tomorrow - Friday, February 27th 15:00(EST), on ABC channel.

Feb.25/04

TODAY IS SEANS BIRTHDAY - Sean was born on February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California. That makes him 33 today -- which means that he's finally out of his 'tweens' in Hobbit reckoning!

Feb. 19/04 - Feb.24/04

• Please, let us know if you have any Sean news. You will get credit.

Feb.18/04

• VLIFE Magazine Talks ROTK Stars
  We got the Feb/March 2004 issue of VLIFE Magazine, featuring Ian McKellen and Sean. MORE
• Thea writes: Less than two weeks until the big night and I've been trying to come up with a way for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to break the all-time record for Oscar wins. I know, I know, with 11 nominations the best it could do is tie Titanic' and Ben-Hur. As we all know, a tie is like kissing your brother and I'll have none of that. What we need is a good old-fashioned grassroots write-in campaign for Sean Astin and Miranda Otto. MORE
• Sean is going to be on the PBS talk show "Tavis Smiley" today. MORE

Feb.17/04

• Nothing again today.

Feb.16/04

•  Sean is making the rounds on TV this week, you can catch him on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' this Wednesday February 18th.
• Sean is going to be on the PBS talk show "Tavis Smiley" on the 18th. He will apparently be sharing the show with one other guest to be announced, no word on whether it's a LOTR related guest. Check your local PBS affiliate for air times. In New Mexico it airs on KNME ch. 5 at 11:30pm
  

Feb.15/04

• Sean and Sir Ian McKellen will be on Larry King Live tonight. Check out the transcript.

Feb.14/04

• Theres no news for today, check back tomorrow. : )

Feb.13/04

• Sean was on "Washington's 104" this morning. You can listen to the phone interview at their website (real player): MORE
• ROTK picked up ten Saturn nominations, and TTT was nominated for best special edition DVD. MORE Hollywood Reporter article here: MORE

  ROTK was nominated in the following categories:

  Best Fanatasy Film
  Best Actor (Elijah Wood and Viggo Mortensen)
  Best Supporting Actor (Sean Astin, Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis)
  Best Supporting Actress (Miranda Otto)
  Best Director
  Best writing
  Best Music
  Best Costume
  Best Makeup
  Best FX

Feb.12/04

• (Burbank, California-AP) -- From "Lord of the Rings" to lord of the slots. Sean has a guest spot coming up on NBC's "Las Vegas." He'll play a guy who wins a huge jackpot at a slot machine. Then, he grabs his money and fakes his own death before his greedy wife finds out about the winnings. The episode airs March first.

Feb.11/04

• Greg writes: I attended a press screening of 50 First Dates tonight. The movie was god-awful and quite literally the only bright spot throughout was Sean Astin. Not only was it nice to see Samwise back on a screen, but he was hysterical! MORE

Feb.10/04

• We've updated the On Tv section.

Feb.09/04

• Nothing Today, sorry. Email us if you got Sean news.

Feb.08/04

• RotK NA Box Office: $351,215,000
• Sean on KZLA - Luvalaurea writes: While listening to my favorite country station, KZLA 93.9, here in Los Angeles, there was a surprise call from Sean Astin. He said his wife told him to call to say they were all big fans and listen to the station all the time. It was cute. Sean will be on the morning show Monday, Feb 9th.
  

Feb.07/04

• RotK NA Box Office: $346,839,672

Feb.06/04

• RotK NA Box Office: $346,522,000
• Sean and Elijah Wood will be presenters at the 56th Annual DGA Awards Dinner in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 7, 2004 at the Century Plaza Hotel in LA.

Feb.05/04

• RotK NA Box Office: $346,142,000

Feb.04/04

• On Monday Feb 16, Sean will be on The Ellen Degeneres Show along with Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Rob Schneider, obviously to promote "Fifty First Dates."
• Raul Burriel writes: I'm the director of the Internet Movie Awards and I wanted to let you know that open voting has begun for this year's award at. ROTK has received several nominations, including "Favorite Picture", "Favorite Supporting Actor" for Andy Serkis and SEAN!! and "Favorite Supporting Actress" for Miranda Otto. I thought your readers may like to know. Voting lasts until February 29th. [ internetmovieawards.com ]

Feb.03/04

• RotK NA Box Office: $345,331,815
• Sean is set to appear on The David Letterman Show tonight (CBS 11:30pm EST) to promote the upcoming film "50 First Dates."
• This ad features Sam carrying Frodo up Mount Doom. The tag phrase is none other than: "Come on, Frodo. I can't carry the Ring, but i can carry you".

Feb.02/04

• RotK NA Box Office: $345,296,000

Feb.01/04

• We have updated the On Tv section.

Jan.31/04

• Sean Astin was on "real Time with Bill Maher" last night on HBO. I believe it was episode 23, although he is not listed as a quest on the HBO site. The show repeats throughout the week, next showing at 10pm ET today on HBO2 East. Sean did a great job and held his own against Bill; he got in a couple of really important points regarding our need to actually get educated and participate in the election process if we want to see change in our country. MORE

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