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Lions Roar - Red Moon Outrates Hobbits

The following is a special Top Scoop's weekend ratings report + RUGBY NEWS....

Lions Roar

- IN a pulsating opener to NPC 2000 at WestpacTrust Stadium on Friday night Wellington beat Canterbury 27-20 with powerhouse No8 Filo Tiatia charging toward regaining an All Black jersey with an awesome all-round performance. For Mathew Loh’s match report see... Tiatia Shines In Lions Victory [1] in the Headlines wire. See Also...Scoop Images: Lions Vs Canterbury #1 [2] - #2 [3]


[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00065.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00066.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00067.htm


The Scoop Top 30 rating items yesterday were...

1: Scoop Images: The Blood Red Moon...Again

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0007/S00105.htm


2: Scoop Images: A Mountaintop Hobbit Retreat?

Yet another picture of a Lord of the Rings set has been supplied to Scoop by a friendly Hobbit. This time it appears to show a mountaintop fortress guarded by an eagle statue.
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00046.htm


3: Scoop Images: Wellington's Blood Red Moon

The following image of Sunday night's total lunar eclipse was supplied by Christopher Picking.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0007/S00096.htm


4: Scoop Archive: When The Wizard Gets It

The following is an image taken secretly from the Lord of the Rings site while filming takes place.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/a1/fd/200008081651.6e736819.html


5: Scoop Images: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: BAG END!

Scoop is delighted to present to Frodo and Bilbo Baggin’s house in the Waikato – Bag End. Now we are getting magical….

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9911/S00092.htm


6: Scoop Archive: Scoop Image: Where The Hobbits Are

The following picture of a Hobbit House was supplied to Scoop by a friendly, anonymous, hobbit. Scoop beleives it is the first published picture of Hobbitton, in the Waikato, taken from the ground rather than the air. The Hobbitton set is being used for Peter ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/e6/e8/200006031018.f2d003c6.html


7: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: The Guardian of Helms Deep...

The guardian of Helms Deep - exclusively on Scoop! The following picture is from the set of Helms Deep used in the filming of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Scoop came by it courtesy of a friendly Hobbit.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/ec/6b/200006271142.ca7d5e48.html


8: Scoop Archive: Hook Line And Sinker - Dominion Ring Winked

Re: Cate Blanchett and Galadriel's Evil Sister. THEONERING.NET'S Tehanu writes To the Dominion Letters To the Editor page.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/e2/1c/200008081034.b1a5dd03.html


9: Scoop Archive: Are These For Real?

The latest pictures to come from the Lord of the Rings film website theonering.net seem to have had some magic touch ups - if they are real photos at all...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/f7/d6/200006161515.bfb399c5.html


10: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: More LOTR Pics From Ruapehu

Scoop is pleased to present a series of images of Lord of The Rings Filming from its content partner http://theonering.net . They show filming underway in Happy Valley at Whakapapa skifield on Mt Ruapehu.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/1d/fc/200005030943.ff7b2567.html


11: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Gandalf's Two Exploding Trees

Responding to the hints of a couple of US Lord of The Rings websites - http://www.lordoftherings.com/ and http://www.onering.net/ - Scoop earlier this week informed its star Hobbit paparazzi of a reported sighting of Gandalf's exploding trees in Upper Hutt.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/5e/6d/199910211110.2a220329.html


12: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Liv Meets Some Smokin' Ringwraiths

The following pictures - supplied to Scoop anonymously - show actress Liv Tyler in action during the shooting of some scenes for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. The pictures were taken in the South Island near Wanaka.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/c9/0f/200001131642.34564fdb.html


13: Scoop Archive: Lords Of The Rings Six Minutes @ ShoWEST

Peter Jackson's latest movie in progress The Lord Of The Rings was recently given a sneak preview at the 'ShoWEST' Trade Fair in Paris.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/7b/b7/200007011532.3f5ce8e5.html


14: Scoop Images: And Not A Hobbit Was Stirring

The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9910/S00053.htm


15: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: A Misty Ruapehu Film Set

The following pictures were taken at Whakapapa ski-field on Mt Ruapehu at the weekend. Peter Jackson's film crews have been filming scenes for the Lord of The Rings trilogy of films there recently.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/29/c5/200004281446.a3d442fc.html


16: Candidate Al Gore Profits From Pollution?

Democratic presidential candidate, Al Gore, bills himself as a champion for the environment making impassioned pleas for action in his 1992 book, Earth in the Balance. But investigators are now accusing him of profiting from pollution. John Howard reports.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0007/S00009.htm


17: HARD NEWS 11/8/00 - Beyond a Joke

GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... sometimes politics moves far beyond the stage where any rational citizen can give a rat's arse about it. Sometimes it happens twice in a week.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00062.htm


18: Upton-on-line: Even More on the Treaty

Recent editions of upton-on-line have covered GM cows, trade agreements and the survival of the nation – all through the prism of the Treaty of Waitangi. We thought we could turn elsewhere this week but the Treaty production line is in over-drive and no-one ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0008/S00215.htm


19: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Mirror Snaps Bilbo's House

Scoop wouldn't normally so shamelessly lift a photo from a newspaper but in this instance the claim in the Mirror/Daily Record that this is the "first" picture of the Lord of the Rings secret Kingdom, is, respectfully disputed.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/10/ae/199910181355.2d1ec1f3.html


20: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Castles & Tents In A Quarry

Scoop's anonymous Hobbit photographer has been busy again snapping away at Lord of The Rings sets, this time at the most photographed set of them all, the Haywards Hill (Dry Creek) quarry. Filming at the site is now fully underway with scenes of ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/87/9c/200002160935.cb770781.html


21: Scoop Archive: Ringswatch: Our Liv Freaks Out In Battle

Liv Tyler, Wellywood's most talked about starlet, has been acting it up during shooting of the Lord of the Rings, both on and off the set.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/ca/88/200004070956.b55790d9.html


22: Scoop Images: Wellywood's Favourite Starlet

Movie star Liv Tyler takes a break from a hectic schedule of filming for the Lord of the Rings trilogy earlier this year for a spot of shopping on Wellington's Willis St - photo Kevin Stent of the Sunday Star Times.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0004/S00023.htm


23: Stop Hallucinogenic Chocolate Biscuits!!!

"The Corrective Party is appalled, disgusted and degraded at the continued hallucinogenic properties of the "Toffee Pops" chocolate biscuit. When a woman eats this chocolate biscuit, she entertains fantasies of nubile scantily clad men in their ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0008/S00069.htm


24: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Bree Is Spooky At Night....

Having seemingly scored the internet Scoop of the week with his pictures of BREE AT FIRST LIGHT Scoop contacted the Hobbit who scooped the world and asked him if he had any more snaps from his visit to Bree....

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/11/7b/199910141610.d2a81f5f.html


25: Scoop Link: Weird Fish Story Of The Week

Fish As the Ultimate Brain Food -­ Lucent Uses Salmon DNA to Replace Computer

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00060.htm


26: Scoop Images: Hobbit Town Photos Mystery Solved

The two photos above one apparently of the same scene - appear to confirm that the Hobbit Town photos published this morning by the Dominion are indeed real - even if they do look a little too toy townish.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9911/S00086.htm


27: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Lord Of The Rings Preview Highlights

At the weekend the official LOTR website http://lordoftherings.net broadcast a two minute preview from the movie. The preview is attracting unprecedented internet attention.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/a9/99/200004100055.8b5d43fa.html


28: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Two More Pics From Dry Creek Quarry

Two more shots from Dry Creek Quarry on Haywards Hill near Wellington where filming is underway for the Lord of The Rings Trilogy. See also... Scoop Images: Castles & Tents In A Quarry . Scoop would like to express its thanks to the kind hobbit who ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/61/56/200002181638.204239af.html


29: Scoop Images: Dom's Stale Hobbit Photos Are Fake!

More than three weeks after Scoop first published a picture of, allegedly, the home of a Hobbit from the Lord of the Rings, and the day after we published aerial photos of the Waikato set the Dominion News Paper have run two highly dubious – and probably ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9911/S00081.htm


30: Scoop Archive: Scoop Images: Peter Jackson And The Olympic Flame

Courtesy of http://theonering.net and photographer Karen Tucker - Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson with the Olympic Flame in Wellington's Civic Square yesterday.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/5d/cc/200006071834.1eeb7d8f.html

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