Several of you have written in to alert us that “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” has made it to the final round of the Yahoo Oscar Blog’s “Ultimate Best Picture” poll. From Yahoo: “The final round of the “Ultimate Best Picture” deathmatch is here, and only one “Godfather” movie is still standing. With over a half million total votes thus far, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” managed to edge out “The Godfather, Part II” in the semi-finals, while the “The Godfather” crushed “Schindler’s List” to gain entrance into the last round. So which of these two epic films will be crowned the greatest “Best Picture” winner of all time? You decide. Voting ends Monday at noon PT.” Follow the link to cast your vote! Vote in the Poll
Month: February 2009
Lindsay alerted us that Orlando Bloom helped man the phones at the Australian Bushfire Telethon Thursday night. So far, more than $75 million has been raised to help fire-ravaged communities rebuild their lives. Speaking on the program, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the outpouring of generosity from individuals and companies to those caught in the weekend’s deadly bushfires has made him feel proud to be an Australian. Other celebrities who appeared to support the telethon included politicians, musicians and sports stars. TheOneRing.net offers heartfelt support to our friends ‘down under’ dealing with the terrible fires. Read More
Jan writes: For those of you who live in Los Angeles, or in one of the local farthings thereof: Tolkien Forever, the Los Angeles smial of The Tolkien Society, will hold its fourth annual Reading Day on Saturday, March 28, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Mid-Valley Regional Branch Library, 16244 Nordhoff St., North Hills, Ca. Although Reading Day offically falls on March 25, the anniversary of the destruction of the Ring, the local smial will celebrate belatedly in order to accomodate the most participants. Continue reading “Reading Day in California”
David writes: I write for a personal finance blog. I’m a big fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, and how applicable his works are to our everyday experiences. I try to find inspiration from unusual sources, and I recently did this by using “The Hobbit” as a source for 14 money lessons that can be applied to personal finance. I chose 14, because stopping at 13 would have invited bad luck (at least according to Gandalf). The article is named “What would Bilbo do? 14 money lessons from ‘The Hobbit’.”
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Veteran interactive marketing and integrated promotions executive Gordon Paddison today announced the launch of his new global marketing firm Stradella Road, which will provide entertainment, and corporate clients a wide range of innovative marketing solutions targeting consumers and communities of influencers worldwide. Stradella Road has signed a multi-year pact with Peter Jackson’s Wingnut Films for digital brand strategy on all Wingnut entertainment products. Outreach on behalf of Wingnut titles will maximize the social dialogue while creating innovative new media opportunities to incubate licensing, merchandising and digital extensions from early awareness campaigns through ancillary windows. The unique relationship was structured by Paddison with Jackson’s manager Ken Kamins. “This partnership is based on mutual respect,” states Jackson. “Gordon’s stewardship of the online social dialogue and new media campaign for The Lord of the Rings trilogy was very impressive and contributed to the movie’s eventual success. He has the utmost respect for our fans and I’m looking forward to continuing that relationship on our future projects.” More…
J.R.R. Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson will present “Annotating The Hobbit & Other Adventures” at Bradley University’s Neumiller Chapel in Bradley Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Peoria, Illinois. Anderson is the award-winning author and editor of The Annotated Hobbit, Tales Before Tolkien, Tales Before Narnia, Seekers of Dreams, and, with Verlyn Flieger, an expanded critical edition of Tolkien’s On Fairy-stories. He is also an editor of the academic journal Tolkien Studies.
Bradley adjunct and former Illinois Central College English professor Mike Foster will be the moderator of the free lecture. Foster has been the North American representative of the Tolkien Society since 1995. From 1974 until his retirement in 2005, he taught a literature course on Tolkien and another on fantasy literature at Illinois Central College. In 2006 and 2008, he taught an upper-division version of that class at Bradley University. The lecture is sponsored by the Cullom-Davis Library Speakers Committee in conjunction with The Friends of the Library Committee. Read More