Trying to make Comic-Con a bit more Tolkien-centric, and to have a little extra fun and the world’s biggest celebration of pop-culture, we (TheOneRing.net) brought in the crowds at Comic Con in San Diego for a fun competition. With no space at the convention to call our own, we went to Weta for an assist and they provided a perfect setting to hold a “Voice of Gollum,” contest.
A collection of fun-loving convention attendees and some awesome Gollum impersonators stepped in front of the Slaveboy Films’ cameras and impressed TORn, Weta and everybody stopping to look on. We asked Weta to choose the best entries, and the guys at Slaveboy Films have put together a fantastic video of the Top Ten.
Weta has also agreed to donate 20 Weta Dollars (worth US$20 dollars) to each of the Top Ten entries. Now it’s your turn. Weta are going to assist TORn with the voting. Out of these 10 masterful impersonators, only one can be said to possess the true voice of Gollum and therefore be allowed to take home a swag-bag of extra goodies; a TORn T-shirt, a Weta T-shirt, 30 more Weta Dollars, a Weta keyring and a Lord of the Rings Location Guide book. Who is it going to be? Vote Today!
Claire writes in: In February 2010 The Hobbit stage play is coming to the New Theatre in Cardiff, U.K., for the first time since 2003. It runs from Tuesday, 9th to Saturday 13th, at 7.30pm each evening, with matinees at 2.00pm on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th and 2.30pm on the Saturday. I’ll be booking my tickets shortly, because my kids and I really enjoyed the performance last time.
Jan alerted us to an ongoing poll at film.com: The Best Male Performance of the ’00s. It’s down to the ‘Elite 8,’ two of whom are non other than Elijah Wood, for his role as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings vs. Johnny Depp, for his role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Follow the link, and scroll down to vote! 
Message board member, WhiteLadyEowyn sent us this announcement: Greetings Hobbits and other friends! Did you attend A Long-expected Party last September in Kentucky? Do you wish you had? Do you want to go “There and Back Again”? Well, here is your chance! The organizers of last year’s events are just crazy enough to give it another go! The dates are confirmed, September 28th through October 1st, 2011, Wednesday through Sunday. The website is in progress, so I have no links to give you as of yet. The official annoucement was made at DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday night. Marc Gunn, Celtic musician and past Party guest, was so excited that he immediately Tweeted the news to those that follow his blog. We hope to see you all there!