Dallas, TX (PRWEB) January 16, 2006 — The editors of the business-travel Web site sixnewthings.com have selected their “Twelve Most Intriguing New Things for 2006.” Among those making the 2006 list are the first building that will rise at the site of the former World Trade Center complex, a musical stage version of “The Lord of the Rings” and a skywalk that will allow tourists to walk out over the Grand Canyon. The new Seven World Trade Center, whose opening is expected in late summer, made the list because of its symbolic importance as the first replacement for the complex of commercial buildings destroyed during the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. [More]
Month: January 2006
Helen writes: I just wanted to pass along that McMenamins Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon is hosting this event on Saturday, Jan. 21: J.R.R. TOLKIEN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, With music by The Buds of May and the “LOTR” film trilogy! [More]
9 a.m. for film trilogy
2 p.m. for events
7 p.m. for music Free All ages welcome
* Costume Contest
* “The Hobbits Greatest Hits”
* Balloon Guy
* Trilogy showing benefits Oregon Food Bank ($3 or 2 cans of food)
Jenna writes: Ian McKellen will be on TV in the UK tonight (Jan 16th) on the tv show ‘The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton’ at 10.35pm on BBC1.
From ‘Telcontar’ at LOTR Chicago Fellowship: Live near Chicago? Well, pull out your LOTR garb and join us for a party filled with costumes, food, and a viewing of ‘Return of the King’ [extended version] on a 12-foot screen with Dolby surround sound system. Whether you’re dressed as a Hobbit, Elf, Dwarf, Wizard, Orc or Ent–or just as a fan!–please show your love of Middle Earth and LOTR fandom and come watch the shows! [More]
Whitney Pastorek writes: How do you make a stage musical out of a story that took more than nine butt-numbing hours to tell on film? Matthew Warchus, director of The Lord of the Rings musical (currently in rehearsals and set for a March 23 world premiere in Toronto), told Entertainment Weekly’s Whitney Pastorek what he’s learned during the three years spent adapting Tolkien’s trilogy into a world-music-based, three-and-half-hour experience. (Step one: Plan for two intermissions.) [More]
Elijah Wood will be on a repeat airing of ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ tonight on NBC. This was first aired while he was promoting Sin City. ‘Late Night’ airs on NBC at 12:35AM.