Denny's Hobbit menuLast year, you may remember that Denny’s had a Hobbit menu in their restaurants during the holiday season.  Today we can reveal that they’re doing it again this year, with an all new menu to be launched close to the film’s release; but the REALLY exciting news is the contest they’ll be launching tomorrow, to celebrate their renewed partnership with Warner Bros. and the Hobbit movies.

Denny’s will be hosting ‘The Search for Middle-earth’s Greatest Fan’.  This competition will run throughout the month of October, and will be for an AMAZING prize: a two-night trip for two, including flights and hotel, to see the Desolation of Smaug world premiere!  That’s right; if you’re deemed Middle-earth’s Greatest Fan, your reward will be that you will get to be in the audience at the world premiere screening of the next Hobbit movie, in December this year.

How do you win such an incredible prize?  Full details of the competition will be coming tomorrow, when Denny’s make their official launch, but we can let you know that you’ll need to make a video explaining WHY you are the biggest fan.  Tomorrow a website will go live, where you can upload such a video; we’ll let you know details, such as how long it should be and any other rules.

Denny’s will pick their favourite videos.  They will then send those videos along to us here at TORn, where we will pick, from Denny’s favourites, what we think should be the top five.  This top five will then be sent to Peter Jackson himself, who will choose his favourite to be the winner.  Does it get any better than that? – Peter Jackson himself choosing the lucky winner who will get to join him at the premiere.

Hobbit-Board-Badge-SmallLogo-paperTORn is excited to be partnering with Denny’s on this.  If you read this post last year, you’ll know that we were pleasantly surprised by the care and attention Denny’s gave to their Hobbit menu.  This year they’ve been going even further, and have been consulting an ‘Advisory Board’, which includes Senior Staff at TORn, about some of their menu content and giveaway ideas.  And of course, we here at TheOneRing.net always love bringing you, dear reader, the chance to win cool stuff – and what could be cooler than this contest?

Check back tomorrow morning – after you’ve watched the new Desolation of Smaug trailer – to get all the details on how you could win those tickets to see the world premiere!  Smaug is coming!!

HobbitAUJOSTWe are happy to finally announce that the 5 lucky winners of TORn & WaterTower Music’s “Hobbit Day” mathom are Iván, TammyConnor, Reagan V & Meaghan M.

You can expect an email from our friends at WaterTower Music with the code to download your very own digital copy of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey soundtrack. Congratulations and we hope Howard Shore’s wondrous music brings you many enjoyable moments.

Many thanks also to the few hundred fans who entered this giveaway. If you don’t already have the soundtrack, consider purchasing the Standard Edition from iTunes or Amazon, or better yet, the Special Edition from iTunes or Amazon.

3-writing-500x250Just a reminder that the deadline for submissions to September’s Rewrite Tolkien contest is Monday, September 23rd at 12:00 (noon) Eastern Standard Time.   But if you didn’t have time to submit a story this month, don’t worry – we’ll have a new contest and a new theme at the beginning of October!

Please be sure to read all of the submission guidelines HERE and submit your entry to rewrite_tolkien_contest@theonering.net

Good luck!

 

 

RomeAndJulietThanks to all who tweeted and took part in our competition to win tickets to see Orlando Bloom in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway.  The lucky winners have been contacted – congratulations to April, Jessica and Claire!  We hope you enjoy the show!

If you weren’t fortunate enough to be a winner, you can still buy tickets to see this great production of Shakespeare’s play.  Click here for more information, and to buy tickets.

 

 

RomeAndJuliet Attention Legolas fans!

Actor Orlando Bloom is currently making his Broadway debut (sans blonde wig, we assume) in a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

This is the first time Romeo and Juliet has been staged on Broadway in 36 years — and we have THREE pairs of tickets to giveaway to lucky TORn readers!

Bloom’s co-star is two-time Tony Award® nominee Condola Rashad, and the production is directed by five-time Tony Award® nominee David Leveaux. The play will open on Broadway on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre; preview performances have been running since Saturday, August 24, 2013.

How do you enter?

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