Chat about hobbits with Jackson and Del Toro

I know you love cinema, why else would you be here? Well, here’s a cool opportunity you might want to join in on. Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro will be answering some questions about ‘The Hobbit’ for a full hour Saturday next week — or Sunday, depending on where you live. The ‘party’ will take place at Weta Holics, with both directors answering pre-selected and live questions.

I love it when ‘big’ people keep connected with their audience. It shows how they care about the fans and don’t take themselves too seriously. The internet is a great medium to do this. You might get a lot of dirt if you put up your own website and answer your own emails as a ‘Hollywood star.’ But it will at least keep you grounded. The opposite of what happened to someone like Tom Cruise, who mostly had nodding donkeys around him.