We were hoping to be able to announce the winners of our ‘Show us Your Hobbit Pride’ Giveaway today, but alas, with the server mishaps of last week, we have not had a chance to review the entries. Instead of rushing the decision, we are going to delay the announcement of the winners until Nov 2nd. We apologize for the delay! If you didn’t enter, but would like to review the entries, jump on over to our Message Boards to see all the wonderful Hobbity goodness! [Show us Your Hobbit Pride Giveaway Entries]
Month: October 2007
Message board member Patty was kind enough to point us in the direction of a Viggo Mortensen article over at Metro.co.uk. In the article, Viggo speaks briefly about the positive effect his role as Aragorn has had on his life, and how he hopes Peter Jackson will eventually direct ‘The Hobbit.’ Full Article
Kathy writes: Orlando Bloom will be on Larry King Live on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 8pm Eastern time on CNN. He and other guests will be discussing the environment. Following will be Planet in Peril at 9pm Eastern Time. Tvguide.com also has him listed as being on Larry King Sat. Oct. 27 at 9pm eastern, which is most likely a repeat. From CNN: October 25th (Thursday’s Show) Ben Affleck is proud of his two latest productions: “Gone, Baby Gone”, and his daughter Violet! He’ll talk to Larry about both! Then Hollywood hottie Orlando Bloom goes from big screen to big issues with the cold, hard truth about global warming. CNN’s Larry King
Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, writes: We’re excited to announce that The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar’ Book 11: Defenders of Eriador is now live on the LOTRO servers! Book 11 launched right on time and all servers are up and available. LOTRO Book 11: Defenders of Eriador Now Live!
Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, writes: On the shores of Lake Evendim, deep behind a waterfall lies a grotto – home to Gwindeth, the Blue Lady of Evendim. Learn more about Gwindeth and her home in this week’s update! Exploring Middle-earth: Gwindethrond
Kristin Thompson, author of ‘The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood’, writes: J. K. Rowling’s outing of Dumbledore is pretty OT for this site. Nevertheless, I’ve got a blog entry that tries to look past the controversy and examine her remarks on fanfiction and what they might mean for people in all fandoms, including Ringers, who write it and create fanart. Nothing definitive, but it seems like a little boost for the fair-use doctrine. The Outing of Dumbledore