Archive for April, 2006

More Fun in The Shire Park

Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Posted in Events, Fans, Meet Ups, Old Special Reports, Other Events

Ian Collier at The Tolkien Society: More Fun in The Shire Park: 13th-14th May 2006 This is the seventh Tolkien Weekend event, and the theme for this year's event is “The Shire” ... Read more..

David Wenham’s “Three Dollars”

Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Posted in David Wenham, Events, Film Screenings, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Old Special Reports

Garfeimao writes: I was quite surprised at how much I liked "Three Dollars". I'd heard of the film, but was not sure if it was a story I was going ... Read more..

Bean’s bad belly

Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Old Main News, Sean Bean

Actor Sean Bean is struggling on the Indian set of his new TV series Sharpe's Challenge after suffering a bout of food poisoning. The Lord Of The Rings star ... Read more..

The X-factor

Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Posted in Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, Old Main News

He's a national treasure: an acting colossus whose extraordinary repertoire has taken in everything from Alfred the Great to Zebedee. And with the Da Vinci Code and X-Men 3 ... Read more..

Andy Serkis in Empire Magazine

Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Posted in Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Old Main News

Rosie writes: The latest issue of Empire features Andy in it's monthly "Pint of Milk" interview, where he reveals his 'criminal' past, nicking stuff from hotel rooms and how ... Read more..

I will never forgive Jackson, says LOTR actor

Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Posted in Christopher Lee, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Movie Return of the King, Old Main News, Peter Jackson

Actor Christopher Lee has agreed to put aside his differences with Kiwi director Peter Jackson - but will never forgive him for axing his scenes from The Return of ... Read more..

Congrats to Billy Boyd!

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 Posted in Billy Boyd, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Old Main News

Stewart writes: Billy and Ali are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Jack William Boyd. Jack was born on the 26th April and weighed in at very ... Read more..

New Billy’s Loons Auction

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 Posted in Billy Boyd, Clothing, Events, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Old Main News, Other Events

The folks from Billy's Loons Charities write: We would like to announce an auction of a super cool, orginally designed baseball-style shirt ("The World is Joyful with Trees") from the ... Read more..

Get ‘Lost’ Tonight!

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Dominic Monaghan, Events, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Old Main News, Television

Dominic Monaghan's Golden Globe winning show 'Lost' is on tonight at 9PM EST on ABC. TORN's chatroom now has a special 'Lost' screening room, login to #lost at 9PM ... Read more..

Vacaville’s Middle Earth Festival 2006

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in Events, Fans, Meet Ups, Old Main News, Other Events

Celebriel reports: Vacaville’s second Middle Earth Festival, April 21-23, 2006, offered a weekend full of varied activities to appeal to both die-hard Ringers and novices alike, including music and ... Read more..

Headbanging hobbits?

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous, Old Main News

So what's with all the head-banging bookworms? Brazilian heavy-metal band Sepultura released Dante XXI, an album based on Dante's Divine Comedy. And Mastodon recently became metal's newest stars with Leviathan, ... Read more..

TV Watch: Wood on “Punk’d”…For Real This Time

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in Elijah Wood, Events, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Old Main News, Television

Deenan writes: OK, the date was rumored wrong. Elijah Wood's stint on MTV's "Punk'd" was not last night (April 24th) but will be aired on Monday May 1st @10:00pm ... Read more..