[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (05/06/06)

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KONG #69 - 2006

May 6th, 2006

Here is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Kong Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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Batman, King Top Saturns
Batman Begins and King Kong topped the winners at the 32nd annual Saturn
Awards, taking home three statuettes each in ceremonies in Universal City,
Calif., on May 2. Among the television nominees, SCI FI Channel's original
series Battlestar Galactica dominated the winners, with three awards. The
Saturns were given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Films.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1146681187

At age 75, Empire State Building still stands tall
NEW YORK - Born in the Great Depression, it has weathered economic hardship,
world war, labor strikes, murder, terrorist fears, and even a plane crash.
The Empire State Building, once the tallest building in the world and again
the tallest in New York City, is turning 75 years old on Monday. A yearlong
celebration is planned for the building, consisting mainly of monthly light
shows, according to Lydia Ruth, spokeswoman for the corporation that runs
the building. Like London's Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower in Paris,
the Empire State Building represented in its time "what we were capable of,"
says Carol Willis, an architectural historian and founder-director of lower
Manhattan's Skyscraper Museum.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1146419251

Kong Nabs 2 MTV Movie Noms
The MTV 2005 Movie Award nominations were announced today, King Kong has
been nominated for Best Film and Best Fight. The MTV Movie Awards airs on
Thursday, June 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1145896322

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Searching Skull Island (Breakdown of our various sections)
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KONG 2005 - This section is specifically dedicated to Peter Jackson's
remake. Take a look at cast bios and video production diaries!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/kong2005/

SCRAPBOOK - (Coming Soon): Currently we are linking to the King Kong section
of TheOneRing.net's scrapbook. It has over 300 images from the sets, the
actors and the press conference held just before start of production in
September of 2004.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/scrapbook/

KONG FILES - Kong Files are a bi-monthly feature written by John Michlig.
Michlig's online article KING KONG: LOST AND FOUND can be seen at
http://www.skullisland.net/KongBoomer.html. He's currently working with
filmmaker James Mansfield on a documentary entitled EIGHTH WONDER: THE
AMAZING TRUE STORY OF CARL DENHAM AND THE BEAST-GOD OF SKULL ISLAND, the
startling details of which he promises to share in the very near future.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/kongfiles/

KONG GAMING - A section devoted to everyone Kong Game related! From Chess
sets to console and PC games, this is the place you want to be!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/gaming/

MESSAGE BOARDS - A great place to chat about Kong, PJ, or filmmaking in
general.
GOTO: http://boards.kongisking.net/perl/gforum.cgi

LIVE CHAT - A java chatroom where you can login, meet Kong fans from around
the world, and get chatting!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/chat/

KONG HISTORY: King Kong is back. In 2005, writer/director Peter Jackson, the
man responsible for "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy, will direct a new,
large-scale remake featuring a monstrous computer generated ape to be
created by Jackson's special effects company, WETA Digital. However, Kong's
origins lay long ago, towards the beginning of the last century in fact.
What follows is a history of the great ape's adventures, on both the large
and small screen. This history's films and TV series are the one's that were
widely released.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/history/

CONTACT - Do you have a scoop about the upcoming Kong film? Maybe you found
some cool news related to King Kong online? Whatever it is, if you think its
worthy of the KongisKing.net homepage, then send it in! The process is
really easy...simply email us at spymaster at kongisking.net.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/contact/

KIKN INFO: Whether it is to submit a spy report or to yell at us, we'd love
to hear from you! This is a community for Kong fans worldwide and you are a
valuable asset to making it work. Please email us your news, comments,
complaints, events, etc.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/kikn/

FAQ: Everything you ever wanted to know about KongisKing.net, Peter
Jackson's film, and more!
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That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in those
letters! We love to hear from you!

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