universalmusicstore.com is auctioning off some interesting items for ‘Songs of Hope’. CanadianCricket writes: As of this time bids for this Return of the King/Into the West sheet music signed by Annie Lennox are only at $51! I have to believe that with a little help from exposure on TORN’s main page that much much more could be raised for this worthy cause! [More]
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Silmarien writes: Last night’s TV One News had an item about the Kiwi Olympic Team settling down into the village. Someone has thoughtfully provided the road-sign showing Middle earth. [One News Sports Section]
Ringer Spy djdeathskiss writes: TORN is mentioned in the September issue of ‘Empire’ magazine along as part of an article on movie websites. “Out of the thousands of movie web sites on the internet, a select few have carved out positions of power and influence- and not just among the fans, but among the highest echelons of Hollywood power, too.” [More]
ATHENS (Reuters) – The Olympic rings may be about join the Lord of the Rings in fueling a boom in the ancient but hardly fashionable sport of archery. Hollywood heart-throb Orlando Bloom and the bowman elves who invaded the screen in cinema’s version of the Tolkien trilogy has had youngsters all of a quiver; archery clubs around the world are reporting a surge in recruits. [More]
Kate writes: Barnes and Noble University is having an online Tolkien course: This course provides an overview of The Hobbit and LOTR by JRR Tolkien. We’ll look first at Tolkien’s biography, his writing life, the origins of the stories, and their publication history. We’ll continue with lessons on each book, concentrating on Tolkien’s construction of a mythological world and its peoples and languages, his characters and their development, and his thematic concerns. Finally, we’ll look at Tolkien’s lasting influence on 20th-century fantasy literature, as well as on cultural movements such as neo-paganism and environmentalism. [More]
Ian Brodie and Mike