Archive for January 13th, 2003

Was Arwen At Helm’s Deep?

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Spy Reports

Council of Elrond regular Fran recently did a bit of screencapping from a Two Towers bootleg. She discovered something interesting. It appears that WETA missed a few shots of Arwen ... Read more..

So WAS Arwen At Helms Deep After All?

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Seems some strange things are going bump in the night. Folks from The Council of Elrond Message Board have an interesting theory into the possibility that Liv Tyler (Arwen) ... Read more..

Student researches links between Welsh and Tolkien’s Elf language

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Links between Middle Earth and the language and mythology of Wales are now the subject of academic study at Cardiff University. PhD student Dimitra Fimi, 24, is researching the Welsh ... Read more..

Comedy scales Two Towers at box office

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Audiences ignored the critics and propelled the Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher comedy Just Married to the top of the weekend box office. [More] Read more..

Rings and Spider-Man tie for top film award

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man have BOTH been voted the best film at an American awards show. (See TORNs coverage from January 12th here) [More] Read more..

Royal Festival Hall To Play Tolkien In July

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

PippinRulesOK1 writes: A little bit of The Lord of the Rings music is being perfomed in concert in London on 6 July 2003 at the Royal Festival Hall by the ... Read more..

‘Rings’ star aims to help aspiring actors

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

LONDON, England (AP) -- Billy Boyd, who grew up in one of Britain's poorest areas, says he wants to get more disadvantaged children involved in acting. Boyd, who grew ... Read more..

`Lord’ of racism? Critics view trilogy as discriminatory

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

By David IbataTribune staff reporterHappily for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, director Peter Jackson stayed true to the fantasy author's artistic vision in "Fellowship of the Ring," the first film in ... Read more..

`Lord’ of racism? Critics view trilogy as discriminatory

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Special Reports

`Two Towers' film reflects tone of bookBy David IbataTribune staff reporterJanuary 12, 2003Happily for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, director Peter Jackson stayed true to the fantasy author's artistic vision in ... Read more..

New Viggo Picture From Hidalgo

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

DarkHorizons (via Latino Review) has posted a new image of our Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) in the Disney flick Hidalgo. [More] Read more..

Orlando Bloom’s Birthday!

Monday, January 13th, 2003 Posted in Old Main News

As countless women are no doubt aware, today is Orlando Bloom (Legolas) Birthday. Orlando was born on January 13th, 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, UK. That makes him 26 today! Happy ... Read more..