According to our correspondent BJ, the Dominion newspaper in Wellington has reprinted the UK Sunday Times article on Cate Blanchett, complete with the ‘information’ on Galadriel’s role in saving the Fellowship from her sister the Evil Queen Beruthiel. I haven’t seen the usually-reliable Dom myself today.
For those of you who missed this delightful episode in journalistic hoodwinking, don’t email me and complain that ‘Tolkien never said …….’
Just visit the culprit on the Tolkien Sarcasm Page
Day: August 6, 2000
Here comes the next installment of The Hall of Fire live chat. Thanks to those of you who are regulars at our weekend discussions, and if you haven’t been yet, we’d love to have you jump in at any time. For this Saturday, we’re going to talk about Boromir
Boromir: Tragic Hero of Gondor
A proud, strong warrior and leader of men, Boromir the Brave is a tragic figure in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. His need for power, action, and deeds pushes him too far, yet we can admire much in this great hero. How would you have fared under the influence of the Ring? What would have been the outcome if Boromir had come into possession of It, or if he had persuaded the Walkers to go to Minas Tirith? Would Boromir have acknowledged Aragorn as King? Finally, what lessons can we learn from Boromir?
Come share your thoughts with us!
Saturday Chat: 5:30 EDT [10:30 GMT]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 GMT [1:00 EDT]
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to our chatroom Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire
Check out the latest Real Audio movie brief in our Broadcast section. This month’s brief talks about the ShoWest footage, LotR Trailer rumors, and other major July happenings on the set of the Lord of the Rings movies. [more]
Ringer Spy Resevoir Dog sends in this article on Hugo Weaving (Elrond), an interesting insight on the man who will play Elrond.
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Hugo on LOTR: “They’re doing three films at once so it means you’re jumping from one to three to two and there are four crews working on them non-stop”
You can catch Liv Tyler (Arwen) in ‘Armageddon’ on TMN.
So _that’s_ the story behind the auction of the signed LotR book set, and why there was only a cellphone contact number given. News from the Mighty Orc Hunter…. (more)