Hobbit07 writes: Don’t know if any of you have been watching the IBM thing on Jeopardy, but you may want to check out AllThingsD.com for a humorous visual LOTR reference at about 8 PM EST tonight that you will if nothing else find entertaining.
Category: Events
If you are following along with the Westminster Dog Show, you’ll know that a Bearded Collie by the name of ‘Tolkien Raintree Mister Baggins‘ has taken the first prize in the 2011 Best of Herding group. After some more research, it looks like the owners were inspired to name many of their dogs after the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Pretty neat! We can’t help but think being named ‘Baggins’ helps with the judges. The Westminster Dog Show wraps up tonight on USA Network, check your local listings. [Westminster Dog Show] [ Tolkien Raintree Mister Baggins Homepage]
The Lord of the Rings Online video contest is now open for voting! Click here to view the two entries that were selected as finalists! Watch each video, then come back here to vote! Tell your friends, family and even that cave troll down the street to vote! Voting will be open for 1 week. Continue reading “LOTRO Video Contest: Vote Now!”
Veteran actor Sir Christopher Lee has received a Bafta Fellowship at the academy’s film awards. The event ended with a standing ovation for the distinguished thespian, who is famous for his roles as Dracula, and in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Wicker Man and The Man with the Golden Gun. He accepted the Bafta Fellowship from director Tim Burton, who described the 88-year-old as an “electrifying screen presence”. More..
Linuxelf sends along these 2 clips from various NZ news programs covering The Hobbit press conference last week. Take a look! Continue reading “Hobbit Press Conference Coverage”
TheOneRing.net and Turbine Inc. want your best gameplay videos! Do you kick orc butt? Can you take out an entire goblin village single-handed? We want to see it! Simply record your best Lord of the Rings Online action and send it to us! The top selected videos will then be put online for YOU to vote on!
What do you get for your killer LOTRO skills video?
-The video with the most votes will receive 6000 Turbine points to be used in LOTRO
-Second place received 3000 Points
-Third Place 1000 points