News for Feb. 15, 2005
Unlike "Star Trek" (which is real, of course), "The Lord of the Rings" has inspired many a fantasy costume since J.R.R. Tolkien's mythic saga was first published in 1954. During the '60s, there was even an attempt by the Beatles to film "LOTR" starring John Lennon as
Gollum, George Harrison as the wizard
Gandalf, Paul McCartney as
Frodo and Ringo Starr as
Frodo's sidekick
Sam. Decades later,
Peter Jackson secured the movie rights, and the rest is history, or rather, fantasy. "The One Ring Celebration" last month at the Pasadena Center gave fans the opportunity to dress as hobbits, wizards, orcs and dwarves, with no fear of being institutionalized. [
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