TheOneRing.net and the Hall of Fire was delighted to host Cliff Broadway and Carlene Cordova for a live Q&A session about their documentary Ringers: Lord of the Fans earlier today. Here’s the chat log. Thanks to everyone who attended — HoF will now take a break and resume in early January. [More]

PS. The link should work now. Sorry about that! — Dem.

Fanie from Project Monaghan writes: We’re announcing our latest auction: A beautiful Air New Zealand Middle Earth Poster signed by Dominic Monaghan and Bruce Hopkins. All of the proceeds from the auction will go to TreePeople, an environmental care non-profit organization that Dominic Monaghan supports. Huge thanks to Dom and Bruce for their autographs, and to Elisa for the photograph. To view the auction, just visit this link. [More]

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Today is Bernard Hill’s Birthday! Bernard was born on December 17th, 1944 in Manchester, England. That makes him 61 years old today! Happy Birthday Bernard!

TheOneRing.net is delighted to announce that the two guiding lights behind the creation of Ringers: Lord of the Fans will join us for a live Q&A chat in the Hall of Fire tomorrow, Saturday December 17, at the special time of 5pm EST.

That’s right Cliff Broadway (aka TORn staffer Quickbeam) and Carlene Cordova (aka TORn staffer Asfaloth) will be on hand to answer your questions about the experience of making Ringers and their thoughts on what makes the Tolkien community so vibrant and vital even 50-plus years after Lord of the Rings was first published. They’ll also talk about their thoughts on the ways Lord of the Rings has influenced popular culture around the world over the years and film-making in general. [More]

The voting booth is open! Unlike the ‘Academy’ you don’t need to be a member of TORn, or even be attending ORC to vote! The only requirement is that you are a Tolkien fan. Winners will be announced at the official One Ring Award Ceremony, taking place during the ORC weekend of January 20th-22nd 2006 from The One Ring Celebration in Pasadena CA. Don’t delay, award those people that have made a difference in the world of Tolkien last year! [VOTE]