Tag: Playing

Look who’s playing Bilbo Baggins

LONDON
British actor Martin Freeman from The Office was officially cast in the starring role of The Hobbit, as New Zealand flagged a last-ditch compromise to stop the production moving offshore.
Director Peter Jackson took time out from a bitter row with acting unions to announce that Freeman would play Bilbo Baggins in the two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings. The Oscar-winning director said Freeman was always his first choice to play the JRR Tolkien character.

ICC playing games with PCB: Tauqir

LAHORE: Former PCB chairman Lt Gen (r) Tauqir Zia has criticised the International Cricket Council of playing games with the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Talking to journalists, he stated that the ICC president is a seasoned politician and has been treating the PCB in a political manner. He also advised the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt not to resign at this point in time. He further said that he will not go to anybody or plead anyone for PCB's top slot but if his services were required, he