Shelia writes: Todd Eldredge of the US skated one of his programs to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating tonight. He did an excellent job, and it’s wonderful to see the soundtrack being used in this manner. The skaters don’t just use any music.
Day: December 16, 2001
Stacey was watching Saturday Night Live last night and noticed a brief mention of FOTR during the Weekend Update, and a skit between Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey over the pronunciation of the names Frodo and Gandalf.
RosaNegra wrote in to say that a new competition has been launched in Mexico between TV Network ESmas and Cinepolis. [More]
Trond writes: Norwegian TV2 have just reviewed Lord of the Rings, they gave it 6/6, and called it a magical movie experience. They also showed a few seconds from Bree, when Frodo meets Strider.
Flipm0de writes: Today “Dagbladet”, which is a big Norwegian newspaper, has a 4 page article about LoTR with cool pictures and all. I believe it was called “For those of you who don’t know what all the fuss is about. The revenge of Fantasy. – LoTR”. Very nifty stuff.
Ringer Spies Kerb and Th0rny report from Norway and one of the greatest nights of their life. [More]