LOS ANGELES Feb 22, 2007 (AP)— Orlando Bloom says he’s building his house in London with the environment in mind. “It’s as green as I can make it,” the 30-year-old British actor said Wednesday during a pre-Oscar party benefiting the environmental organization Global Green USA and its efforts to combat global climate change. “It’s got solar panels on the roof, energy efficient light bulbs newer technology basically that is environmentally friendly,” he said after arriving in a plug-in hybrid vehicle. Plug-in hybrids combine hybrid technology which uses both gasoline and electric power with large batteries that can be plugged into a standard wall socket. [More]
Month: February 2007
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — The estate of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien won a court order against a file-sharing Web site whose members posted scanned copies of the fantasy writer’s work. The order, which was issued earlier this month by the federal court in the Southern District of New York, forces ESnips Ltd. to identify the subscribers who have posted the material, the trust’s lawyer said in a telephone interview today. High-quality copies of The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, the History of Middle Earth and the Silmarillion had been posted on the site, according to U.K. law firm Manches, which is representing the trust. While ESnips agreed to remove the material, it refused to identify the names of the posters without a court order, Manches’s Steven Maier said. [More]
Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar writes: We wanted to let everyone know about our upcoming public Stress Test Event, which runs from Friday, February 23rd through Monday, February 25th! Gamers who want to try out The Lord of the Rings Online(tm): Shadows of Angmar(tm) for free for the weekend should sign up at Gamespot to receive their Stress Test Event keys.
After registering their keys, participants can log in and play as much as they like any time between 12:00PM EST on Friday, February 23rd and 9:00AM EST Monday, February 26th! Turbine will be running several live events during the weekend, so gamers should be sure to play during those times for their chance to win prizes. Playing for at least 2 hours each day during the Stress Test also makes them eligible to win an NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX!
The Stress Test is open to residents of North America, Australia, and New Zealand. For more information about the Stress Test Event, including instructions for downloading the game client, please visit lotro.com/stresstest
Gary Hunt sent us a note to let us know about his website. Gary worked on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy at 3foott6 and WETA as a sculptor/designer. He writes: “In my spare time I have managed get together a range historical and Sci/fi Fantasy figures and manufactured them under the banner of “Miniatures by Gary Hunt”. 54mm (1/32nd scale) Historical figures include: Samurai, WW1, Zulu, South Americans, New Zealand Wars, Pacific Islanders and the 54mm Sci/fi Fantasy range includes: 21st Century Amazons (girls in gas masks). I thought your readers might be interested in my new personal range of collectable figure kits on my site. My site also includes my portfolio of LotR and Kong collectables for Weta and Weta/sideshow. [garyhunt.net.nz]
TheOneRing.net is excited and pleased to announce the opening of new and improved discussion boards! The new boards are much more user friendly than the old format, and have lots of new bells and whistles to have fun with! To register, click on the “Log In” button, then click on “Sign me up,” and follow the instructions. Visit your old favorite forums like the Reading Room and Movie Discussion and/or branch out to new ones such as Fan Art, The “Pollantir,” where you can create your own polls, TORn Moots or the new Off-topic forum. Click here to register!
Karen let us know that there will be a screening of FOTR on March 3rd at Riverside Park off Old 41. Old 41 between Wilson and Ragsdale streets will be closed while the film is running. The movie is free and the event is intended to have a family picnic atmosphere. Russell’s Clambake and Royal Scoop Ice Cream will sell concessions, with 50 percent of proceeds going to the Bonita Springs Assistance Office. Movies in the Park is part of Bonita Springs’ efforts to bring more people and a bigger diversity to the Old 41 area, highlighting Riverside Park.