In celebration of the Lord of the Rings 50th anniversary scholarly conference held at Marquette this week, Ted Nasmith presents slides of his paintings from the new edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s prequel to the trilogy. Nasmith was commissioned for twenty-six new paintings. He will be at the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop in Shorewood, WI today. Follow this link to see his next stop! [More]
Day: October 24, 2004
In celebration of the Lord of the Rings 50th anniversary scholarly conference held at Marquette this week, Ted Nasmith presents slides of his paintings from the new edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s prequel to the trilogy. Nasmith was commissioned for twenty-six new paintings. Ted will be at the following places:
10/24/2004: Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop. Shorewood, WI
10/25/2004: The University Book Store. Madison, WI
10/26/2004: Bound to Read. St. Paul, MN
10/27/2004: Borders Book Store. Salt Lake City, UT
10/28/2004: The University Bookstore. Seattle, WA
10/29/2004: Books Incorporated. Mountain View, CA
Acclaimed actor Cate Blanchett will present the AFI Award for Best Film at Friday night’s ceremony, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. The coup in scoring the services of the low-key Blanchett will be officially announced tomorrow. [More]
Minorbird writes: Yesterday (Oct 23rd), 54 Japanese LOTR costumed fans were on board Air NZ’s LOTR painted B747 airplane from Japan to Middle-earth. The plane will be removed from service very soon, and this is the last tour with the airplane, prepared by Air New Zealand. Ian Brodie – author of LOTR location guidebook has planned this tour, attended.
Shawn F. writes: I was just leafing through the new Entertainment Weekly with Jamie Foxx on the cover and came across a full-page ad heralding the Broadcast premiere of “Fellowship of the Ring” on the WB November 7th and 8th at 8pm each night, uncut and in High-Defnition (where available).
NEW YORK – There is real money being made in the land of make-believe. Not to mention in Middle Earth, 100 Acre Wood and in a galaxy far, far away. According to our calculations, the top-ten fictional characters grossed more than $23 billion worldwide last year. Traditional media companies like The Walt Disney Co., Viacom and AOL Time Warner grabbed the lion’s share of that revenue, but firms ranging from videogame makers to consumer-products giants are also cashing in. [More]