Maryann writes: I just thought that you might like to know that Return of the King won The Jameson People’s Choice Award for Best International Film at the Irish Film and Television Awards which aired on TV here last night. [More]
Month: November 2004
Ted Nasmith himself sent in this reply to not a hobbit’s report on the new Silmarillion booksigning event: “I’ve just had the pleasure of reading the news piece written by not a hobbit. Her sentiments and observations are much appreciated, but I thought I should correct one or two factual errors. {I don’t blame her for the confusion, as the matter of bringing the illustrated Silmarillion out is a rather involved tale.}” [More]
What do Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Bruce Hopkins, John Rhys-Davies, Charles Ross, the bands Emerald Rose, & World Without Sundays have in common? They will all be guests at our first Convention! The One Ring Celebration will be held in Pasadena, California this January 14th to 16th, 2005. Tickets are on sale now! Stop by and say “hi!” [More]
The cool folks from action-figure.com write: Art Asylum had both series of their Lord of the Rings Minimates on display at their showroom at the Fall ToyFair held recently in New York. Series 2 should be out soon (if it’s not out already) and consists of the following 2-packs. Gollum & Samwise Gamgee, Boromir & Merry, Pippin & Uruk-Hai, Grishnakh & Orc Scout, & Twilight Frodo & Aragorn (Rivendale[SIC] repaint). [More]
The folks from Billy’s Loons Charities write: We are auctioning off one of our specially-designed plush Billy’s Loons Charities Bears, that was autographed by Billy Boyd, David Wenham, and Dominic Monaghan. The bear was signed by Billy and David at Comic Con 2004 in San Diego, California this past summer. Dom also autographed the bear on May 24, 2004 at his ROTK release/Best Buy signing in West Hollywood. [More]
Billy’s Loons Charities is auctioning off one of our specially-designed plush Billy’s Loons Charities Bears, that was autographed by Billy Boyd, David Wenham, and Dominic Monaghan. The bear was signed by Billy and David at Comic Con 2004 in San Diego, California this past summer. Dom also autographed the bear on May 24, 2004 at his ROTK release/Best Buy signing in West Hollywood. Billy’s Loon Charities consists of a group of fans of Billy Boyd, who want to recognize and honor him by contributing to charitable causes in his name. All the proceeds from the bear will be donated to Help the Aged, an international charity that Billy has supported in the past.
If you would like to participate in this very special auction, please click here.
*A huge thank you goes out to Billy, David, and Dominic for their awesome signatures and to Elisa for the photos.