I saw the May edition of the UK magazine DVD Monthly today. It has a large LOTR picture on the cover and a lavishly illustrated six page article inside. The article is mainly a synopsis of FOTR but there are also separate short features on all the main characters – their individual characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. Legolas’s weakness, for instance, is that he doesn’t display leadership qualities. There is an associated website at UKonline but it hasn’t updated to the May edition yet.
Thanks to the Speaking Clock for that.
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We get a few emails from people who’d like to know where they could get pipes like the ones in the film. Cas has some good news for them: “I thought I would send you all an interesting link I found yesterday while browsing for pipes (I’m a novice who hasn’t even tried it yet…): ThePiperoom. They carry Churchwarden pipes and a very interesting house blend of tobacco that they chose to name their “Middle Earth Blend.”
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TheOneRing.net EXCLUSIVE A rumor has surfaced that Orlando Bloom (Legolas) is considering taking up the bow and arrow yet again to play another hero from literature — young “Hawkeye” in the adaptation of “The Deerslayer.” The classic American novel by James Fenimore Cooper is the prequel to “Last of the Mohicans.” Daniel Day-Lewis played the grown-up Nathaniel “Hawkeye” Bumppo in the 1992 Michael Mann film. What do Legolas fans think? Is Orlando the right guy to fill Hawkeye’s moccasins?
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A few days ago we reported that Jeffery Hawkes, the hobbit extra injured in a car/train accident, had suffered a serious accident. We’ve heard from his friend Inger that he is doing well. “Awake, but still on the mend. Has had a lot of surgery last week on his arm. His leg has been amputated below the leg.”
Inger gave us an update today: “He is looking a heck of a lot better than last week. Unfortunately he has also broken his other ankle so getting around will be a mish for him for a while.”
Inger told us that Jeffrey played Pippin’s double as well as a party hobbit, and he was Pippin when he’s escaping the farmer in the corn field.
Inger Vos has agreed to accept e-mail “get well” wishes, and convey them to Mr. Hawkes.
You can send your get-well emails for Jeffery to Inger.Vos@Waikato-Times.co.nz
Thanks to Altaira for the idea.
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Catherine Hanly, Editor of Empire Online writes: Thought you might like to know we’ve got an exclusive preview of some Two Towers pics that Empire magazine is featuring in its June issue (out 26 April). You can see our story here. [More]
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W’dfara writes: Inger Vos, the reporter at the Waikato Times who did the original story on Jeffery Hawkes (hobbit extra injured in a car/train accident), has agreed to accept e-mail “get well” wishes, and convey them to Mr. Hawkes. [Email]
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