Dominic Monaghan Joins Man U? Cheshire Cat writes: The latest edition of the official Manchester United football team’s…
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Cheshire Cat writes: The latest edition of the official Manchester United football team’s monthly magazine has a nice little article in it about Dominic Monaghan. It talks about his football passion and his allegiance to the United team and also about his attempt to spread his enthusiasm through the Lord of the Rings cast. There are some lovely pictures of him at Old Trafford football ground wearing his Manchester United Hobbit 1 shirt! [More]
Pabar writes: Thomas Shippey will be giving a lecture on The Lord of the Rings at the Unversity of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada this week. The lecture is part of the Lansdowne Lecture series and is free and open to the public: [More]
Pabar writes: Thomas Shippey will be giving a lecture on The Lord of the Rings at the Unversity of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada this week. The lecture is part of the Lansdowne Lecture series and is free and open to the public:
Title: “From Book to Screen: Problems Tolkien set for Jackson”
Thursday, 5 February, 7:30 p.m. in FRA 159
Thomas Shippey has kept two interests for many years: medieval literature, especially the earliest literature of Anglo-Saxon England, and modern fantasy and science fiction. These two interests come together in his two much-reprinted and translated books on J.R.R. Tolkien. Professor Shippey is uniquely qualified to opine on all things Tolkien: he taught at Oxford University at the same time as J.R.R. Tolkien, and as Professor of English Language at Leeds he inherited Tolkien’s chair and syllabus. He has been an advisor on Director Peter Jackson’s three Lord of the Rings movies.
Ostadan writes: People interested in Tengwar fonts will be interested in this announcement. It is now possible to mimic the writing style seen on the One Ring, which many have wanted. It is compatible with the widely-used Dan Smith fonts. This font was created by Johan Winge writes: [More]
Peter Jackson is going to need a very large suitcase after adding another award to his already large haul. Jackson picked up the Modern Master Award – along with a stuffed kiwi – at the Santa Barbara Film Festival over the weekend. [More]
Colin writes: I work at Blockbuster and I was looking in the computer today. According to our computers, The Return of the King is set for release on May 25th. I don’t know how accurate that is or if it will change or not, but they’re usually pretty good about not putting it in the computer unless they know for sure. Also, there will be another rental card offer for it.
