Belmont University students will be graded on their knowledge of Middle-earth this semester when Dr. Amy Sturgis begins teaching a class exclusively on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. [More]
Day: January 11, 2003
Peregrine writes: The article is from “The University of Waterloo Magazine”, Winter 2003. The university is in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. [More]
Peregrine writes: The article is from “The University of Waterloo Magazine”, Winter 2003. The university is in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Think of them as supersized grandchildren of the CD or as genetically enhanced offspring of the DVD. In a few years, for just a few hundred dollars, consumers will start snapping up next-generation digital recording systems that will employ exotic blue-violet lasers to etch 13 hours of video–more than six full-length movies–onto disks the size of standard music CDs. [More]
Perhaps it’s no surprise that Sean Astin grew up to be a furry-footed Hobbit, considering that his parents are cultish pop culture icons themselves. Astin’s mother is Patty Duke, once known as America’s kookiest clone. [More]
Recent internet rumors hitting our mailboxes have Billy Boyd recently married, nothing can be further from the turth, here is what our sources very close to Billy tell us: I can confirm that Billy has not ever been married, Ever. Nor does he have any kids. Nor is he planning to give up acting for his music.