Archive for September, 2009

Live in London? Wanna Meet Brian Sibley TOMORROW?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in Events, Lectures & Education

EJCasting.Com is pleased to present an evening with world-renowned writer BRIAN SIBLEY on Thursday 24 September 2009 at 7:00pm in The Library at TEATROS PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB, 93 – 107 ... Read more..

reviewstl.com Names FOTR Trilogy as one of ‘Decade’s Best’

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

Zac Oldenburg writes: When it was announced that Peter Jackson, a small time and rather unknown Kiwi director, was going to be taking over the reigns of one of the ... Read more..

Doug Adams, Lord of the Rings Musicologist

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Concerts, Events

Are you ready to geek out? On October 9th and 10th, more than 300 musicians will gather onstage at Radio City Musical to perform composer Howard Shore’s award-winning score to ... Read more..

Happy Birthday Sala Baker!

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Sala Baker

[caption id="attachment_29978" align="alignright" width="95" caption="Sala Baker"][/caption]Sala Baker (born September 22, 1976) is an actor and stuntman from Wellington, New Zealand. Originally hired as one of several stunt performers for The ... Read more..

Today Marks the 72nd Anniversary of the Publication of “The Hobbit”

Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in Hobbit Book, The Hobbit

On September 21, 1937 The Hobbit was first published in Great Britain to great success. In fact, it was so successful it took J.R.R. Tolkien a bit by surprise. In a letter to his publishers ... Read more..

Happy Birthday David Wenham!

Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in David Wenham

David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir ... Read more..

mmorpg.com’s LOTRO Expansion Preview

Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Bareandir writes: MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh has just posted the first preview of the upcomming expansion for LOTRO and I thought you would like to share this interesting read with the ... Read more..

‘Onion’ ad for FOTR Concerts

Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Posted in Concerts, Events, Howard Shore

Our friends from CAMI Music sent us a copy of an ad recently seen in 'The Onion'. This as is for the LOTR Concerts at the Radio City Music Hall ... Read more..

‘Born of Hope’ Update

Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Posted in Conventions, Creations, Fans

TA Widman sends this in: I don't know if anybody over at TORN knows about this yet, but another fan film is being produced to be premiered at Ring*Con 2009 ... Read more..

Turbine Swept Up in Infringement Lawsuit

Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Turbine, maker of Dungeons & Dragons Online, has a busy legal department of late. In addition to suing Atari, it's being sued - along with Sony and Blizzard - by ... Read more..

The Surprising and Unfair Cinematic Demise of Orlando Bloom

Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Posted in Orlando Bloom

Scott Mendelson from The Huffington Post writes: The man has a record six movies that have grossed $300 million+ in the US, plus another two $100 million+ earners. His popularity ... Read more..

Getaway Visits Hobbiton

Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, Television

Mormegil: Clip from Australian travel show Getaway showing some of the work currently going on at the Hobbiton set. From the site: Back in 1998, sheep farmer Dean Alexander was ... Read more..