Amazon.com has a Wish List Drive where you can buy a book or toy and have it sent to Today Show Gift Drive Wish List. NBC’s Today show is working with over 200 organizations, including local Boys & Girls Clubs and the NYU Medical Center. The Lord of the Rings is on the list of gifts. So if any of yous feel like spending $39 to introduce JRR Tolkien to needy kids and improving their holiday season (or even buying any of the other items), here’s the link – thanks to Kate: [More]
Month: December 2002
DiveTwin writes: Two Chicago Tribune columnists listed their Top 10 list for the year in two
different stories in the Sunday edition of the Tribune; Michael Wilmington has it as the #2 movie of the year, and Mark Caro has LOTR-TTT as the #4 of the year.
Frodo’s Girl13 writes: The New Line store has just announced their new LOTR bobblehead dolls…. hey, I don’t make ’em, I just report ’em! [More]
Confirmation from Sir Ian that there will be a super-duper DVD made after ROTK comes out, which he HOPES will include the blooper reels, the LOTR parodies like the French and Saunders one, and so on. [More] Thanks to Aisling for the link.
‘New Line’s sequel fantasy “Lord of the Rings: Two Towers” grossed an estimated $61.5 atop the weekend B.O. for a boffo five-day bow of $101.5. Miramax’s historical epic “Gangs of New York,” which unspooled with less than half the engagements of “Rings,” finished fourth with $9.1 million.’ [More]
Thanks to TORn staffer Asfaloth for the info!
Deirdre writes: The Mount Kisco Public Library and the North Castle Public Library will be joining forces for a special celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 111th birthday on January 3rd, 2003. [More]