Archive for June 6th, 2007

Christopher Lee to Receive Career Award at Portuguese Film Fest

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Posted in Christopher Lee, Old Main News

Bidu writes: The 23rd edition of the Portuguese Festróia Cinema Festival (June 1st-10th), will honour Christopher Lee with a Career Award this year. The full article (in Portuguese) can ... Read more..

Celebrating 50 Years of Tolkien at Marquette

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Old Main News, Tolkien

Matt Blessing, head of The Department of Special Collections and University Archives, writes: June 7th marks the 50th anniversary of Marquette University acquiring the literary manuscripts of J.R.R. Tolkien. ... Read more..

Anyone UK Bound?

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Posted in Fans, Old Main News

Celebriel writes: Anyone headed to London this summer to see "The Lord of the Rings" musical or Orlando Bloom in "In Celebration" should check flights on Virgin Airways - they ... Read more..

Robot Reptile “Released” Into Wild to Aid Breeding Research

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Posted in New Zealand, Old Main News

On Stephens Island in New Zealand's storm-wracked Cook Strait, the tuatara—one of the most ancient reptile species on Earth—is getting a hand from distinctly 21st-century science (see a New Zealand ... Read more..

A giant in the world of dragons

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Posted in Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, Old Main News, Other Tolkien books, Tolkien

Don't believe the mockers. The latest posthumous work of Tolkien is a masterpiece around the Wagnerian or Sophoclean theme of unconscious incest. Dragon slayers are of perennial fascination, whether they ... Read more..