Archive for November, 2009

Counting the Stars

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, LotR Movies, Viggo Mortensen

Graphic representations of how movie stars and their critics rate, according to Metacritic.com. Metacritic.com is an acclaimed Web site that combines thousands of media reviews of entertainment offerings — movies, ... Read more..

‘At the Movies’ Poll To Swamp

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Television

Paul writes: Just thought I would drop a line and let you know that the TV show At the Movies is doing a top ten movies of the decade and ... Read more..

Producers of the Year: The Jackson Hive

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

Five years ago, while Peter Jackson was immersed in directing his large-scale remake of "King Kong" for Universal, executive Mary Parent mentioned a project the studio was developing based on ... Read more..

Ethan Gilsdorf Book Tour Blog: Post 2

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Events, Fans, Merchandise

TORN Pal and author Ethan Gilsdorf has agreed to blog his West coast book tour for us! Tinseltown as Middle-earth I've been on the road non-stop since September 1, promoting my ... Read more..

New Screens for LOTR: Siege of Mirkwood, Upcoming Digital Expansion

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Turbine has just released a new batch of screenshots for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to the award-winning MMO, which is scheduled ... Read more..

Get Ready For McKellen’s ‘Prisoner’

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Ian McKellen, Television

AMC is doing their promo blitz for the updated version of 'The Prisoner', one of the cool items they sent along was this 'Prisoner Timeline' piece. Take a look! And ... Read more..

Mortensen honoured in Hollywood

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Events, Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen has been honoured for his work in film. The actor took to the red carpet in Hollywood as the American Film Institute (AFI) held a special evening in ... Read more..

Ethan Gilsdorf Book Tour Blog

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Events, Exhibits, Merchandise

TORN Pal and author Ethan Gilsdorf has agreed to blog his West coast book tour for us! Take a look at his first blog: One of the joys of traveling ... Read more..

McKellen enrolls in ‘Academy’

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Ian McKellen, Television

Ian McKellen is going back to drama school, for television. The thesp has signed to star in a half-hour mockumentary series, "The Academy," that is being shopped to U.K. ... Read more..

Peter Jackson to promote “District 9″ in China

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

From english.people.com.cn: U.S. producer-director Peter Jackson is expected to be in China in late November to promote his latest project - "District 9," which will be released across the country ... Read more..

Whoopi Goldberg Confuses Her Wizards

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Ian McKellen, Television

From www.mirror.co.uk (who tend to exaggerate every fact): Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen was upset on live TV after he was confused with another movie wizard. The ... Read more..

MacBook Air e-mail scam

Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in TheOneRing.net Announcements

It has come to our attention that a number of people have received an e-mail stating they have won a MacBook Air from TheOneRing.net. The e-mail is sent from "Media ... Read more..