Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark struck the first ‘The Lord of The Rings’ coin, which will be released by New Zealand Post later this year, during a visit to the Royal Mint in Wales last week. [More]
Month: July 2003


Today, July the 18th is Sarah Mcleod‘s (Rosie Cotton) birthday! Sarah was born on July the 18th 1971 in Putaruru, New Zealand. That makes her 32 today! Happy Birthday Sarah!
Robert writes: John Howe will be the special guest of the 10th edition of Hobbiton (which will occur between 5th and 7th of September in Udine, in the north of Italy), the most important event organised every year by the Italian Tolkien Society. Howe will be honoured for his work in the movie trilogy as a conceptual designer and a special panel will focus on his collaboration with Peter Jackson. [More]
The August issue of Esquire Magazine features our very own Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) on the cover. [More]
Anyone with scans of the article inside, send them along!
John writes: Are you familiar with Dr. Fun? He has a daily comic strip on the Internet. Today, he featured Sauron. [More]
Irascian must’ve worked throughout the night to finish his report on Thurday’s happenings at Comic Con. This time it deals about TORn’s first panel and it features a lot of terrific pictures, so be sure to check it out! [Irascian’s Web Logs – Comic Con]
Also, if you have a few hours to waste join the TORn Staffers that aren’t in San Diego in their favorite past-time: checking out the live web-cam from the Convention floor! [Comic Con Coverage]