So much news all of a sudden

Entertainment Weekly have released three pictures from The Hobbit. The one I’m most excited about is this one, because it has dwarves on it:

The dark-bearded fellow in the middle of the picture is bound to be Thorin (Richard Armitage). :D Also: Dame Edna has been cast in the film. Or, rather, her actor Barry Humphries has.

One of the blokes from Jackass has died in a car crash, says BBC News. Ryan Dunn, for reference. I have no idea who he is, I’ve just heard of the show … and it doesn’t make me inclined to watch it.

David Suchet has got a CBE and the Beeb are going to dramatise the big rows around Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Should be interesting.

I’m intrigued to learn that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical, Love Never Dies (the one that isn’t a Phantom of the Opera sequel, except it is), is due to close in August. The part that intrigues me most was this:

Love Never Dies

Recently, The Squeee and I ventured down to London for a mini-break. We wanted a little holiday and thought it'd be nice to go down and see a musical. Last time we were in London, which was over a year ago, we managed to squeeze in both Spamalot and Avenue Q, both great fun. This time, we had our sights set on the latest Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The sequel that isn't a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, i.e. Love Never Dies, which has premiered not that long ago at the Adelphi Theatre on the Strand, near Covent Garden.

Renamed Paint Never Dries by the West End Whingers blog (who have written an accurate and very funny review), I didn't come across that review until after we'd booked the tickets, and then it was too late. "It's not supposed to be any good," I lamented to the Squeeze who responded that I was the one who insisted we go see it. Bah, humbug! It was his idea, I'll have you know! By that, I wish to say that we didn't exactly have our hopes up.