Ricky writes: The Aero Theater in Santa Monica is having a marathon screening featuring the Extended Editions of FOTR and TTT on February 6. More..
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Ethan Gilsdorf writes: Fandom Unites to Help Haiti Heal this Saturday, January 23, in a Live Fundraising Webcast Benefiting Haiti Relief veterans and Partners In Health
Saturday, January 23 at 2pm ET is when fans of all kinds will be coming together to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Rooted in the Harry Potter community, the Helping Haiti Heal live fundraising webcast will take placevia Livestream (http://www.thehpalliance.org/haiti), and bring together Harry Potter fans and fans of other blockbuster books, movies, and TV series such as “Heroes,” “True Blood,” “Mad Men,” “The Wire,” and “Firefly” for this effort.The four-hour event includes entertainment, performance, interviews, news and more. Continue reading “Geek relief for Haiti”
Our next episode of ‘TheOneRing.net Radio Show’ will air on January 24th at 2pm ET. Guests include author J.W. Braun (‘The Lord of the Films: The Unofficial Guide to Tolkien’s Middle-Earth on the Big Screen’). We’ll be taking phone calls, text messages and more! Click on the image above to view the radio show page.
J.W. Braun was born in the area where Dungeons and Dragons was invented and became fascinated by fantasy before he had a handle on reality. After reading The Lord of the Rings as a child in the 1980s, he became convinced that the books would one day become blockbuster films and began watching for news of potential projects. As the would-be blockbusters began to come to fruition, he followed the reports from the project from beginning to end, savouring every moment.
Order ‘The Lord of the Films: The Unofficial Guide to Tolkien’s Middle-Earth on the Big Screen’ on Amazon.com (Kindle version)
Chris writes: Andy Serkis was a guest on the television programme Something for the Weekend on BBC2 in the UK today (17th January). He was asked if would be reprising the role of Gollum in The Hobbit and he said that although nothing had yet been signed, he expected to be returning. The programme will soon be available to watch on the BBC iPlayer website at the following link. Unfortunately, it can only be viewed by people in the UK. More..
W writes: I visited your site the other day, that visit made me think about how much I enjoyed the scores from the LOTR trilogy. Which, in turn, made me think about how I tried for three years in a row to get Howard Shore onto Canada’s Walk of Fame. Obviously, I was not successful. I just nominated him (again) tonight and wondered if you would like to post something on your website encouraging others to do the same. More..
Alan Heritage, Manager for West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village, writes: I wanted to let you know about an event for fans of all ages called Ring Quest which happens at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village in Suffolk every February. This is the ninth year that the event has run and this year it will be February 13 to 21, when many schools are on half term holiday in England. Continue reading “Ring Quest in Suffolk”