*Programming Change to 5:30pm PDT* Welcome Ringer fans! For today’s installment of TORn TUESDAYS (our weekly streaming video call-in show) we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive LIVE interview with legendary fantasy author Peter S. Beagle — co-scripter of the Ralph Bakshi 1978 LORD OF THE RINGS animated epic and author of THE LAST UNICORN — ahead of his appearance alongside TheOneRing.net at New York Comic-Con! We will converse on many Hobbity things, but expect a *huge announcement* or two for LAST UNICORN fans especially. You can interact live and pose your questions to Mr. Beagle in our Barliman’s chatroom, built-in to our LIVE event section at 5:30PM Pacific Daylight Time! [LIVE Event Area] (TORn Tuesday will take place from approx 5:30-7pm PT – See All Times)
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The Liberian-flagged Rena ran aground off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island on October 5, but it’s been recent high seas jostling the foundering ship that has released more than 5 times the amount of oil it was previously leaking. Current weather conditions forced a halt to salvage and clean up work, but Maritime New Zealand stands ready to start again as soon as it is safe to do so. Oil is washing up on beaches near Tauranga, which is the port for Rotorua, and a quick drive to Matamata, the home of Hobbiton. Only time will tell how much this accident will truly affect the local ecology, which is already fairly fragile. It’s been a very tough year for New Zealand, this incident comes just as Spring is warming things up and the Cruise Ships are returning with all their tourists. No idea yet how this will impact the cruise lines that include Tauranga as a port stop.
There will be a few links to news stories after the break.
Continue reading “Oil spill off the coast of New Zealand is country’s worse Maritime accident”
TheOneRing.net proudly presents an exclusive special LIVE interview with Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of “The Last Unicorn,” Peter S. Beagle, tomorrow Oct. 11th, on our weekly show TORn Tuesdays! Hosted by long-time staffer Clifford Broadway, aka Quickbeam, we bring Peter directly to the fans in a most innovative way! Expect BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS and intimate conversation with this beloved author and friend to Ringers around the world, ahead of his appearance at New York Comic-Con. Fans may participate and interact live, posing questions in our Barliman’s chatroom. Check out the broadcast in our LIVE event section at 5:00PM Pacific Time! [LIVE Event Area] (TORn Tuesday will take place from approx 5-7pm PT – See All Times)
Staffer Kristin Thompson has written from the road with a great giveaway item and a hot rumor. Expect this TORn exclusive to heat up the internet today but it seems the spy network has checked in. Kristin says:
“At MIPCOM, a television trade show held in Cannes on October 3 to 6, this great bag with an image of Bilbo was being given away. It’s trademarked by New Line Cinema and MGM. Rumor has it that a few minutes of footage from THE HOBBIT were also screened!” Continue reading “Exclusive: The first screening of ‘Hobbit’ footage?”
If you go to the movies, even casually, you have been moved by his work. Assisting directors, he makes audiences laugh and cry and with over 80 scores, three Oscars and more than 50 other awards to his name, Howard Shore is a master movie composer. He has collaborated with David Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and David Fincher to name just a few. But it is his work with Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy that has won him his widest commercial acclaim.
With a nine-city tour of The Lord of the Rings in concert: The Fellowship of the Ring to kick off Wednesday in Glendale Arizona, TheOneRing.net spoke with Shore (in London) by phone about the unique event that combines a film screening with a live performance of his score.
TORn: Is there an excitement about these live performances?
Howard Shore: It is very exciting, I am very much looking forward to it. Continue reading “Howard Shore talks FOTR concert tour with TORn”
We are just under a week away from TheOneRing.net’s ‘Ringers Take Manhattan‘ Party! This exclusive event will be held on Friday night at The Speakeasy at the Gin Mill (430 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY). We are proud to be attending NYCC and hosting this party thanks to the support of our sponsors WBShop.com, The Noble Collection, PEZ, and Houghton Mifflin! We are also partnering up with Brooklyn NY Toys for Tots to make the party an official drop off for donations. Our Party Bags (complimentary with each ticket) will feature a beautiful LOTR-themed bag from The Tolkien Shop, the exclusive TheOneRing.net ‘1 Ring NY’ t-shirt and goodies from our sponsors. ThinkGeek.com has also generously given us some cool items for the bag. If that wasn’t’ enough to get you to come by, we are giving away some amazing door prizes. With the purchase of your ticket, you will be automatically entered into a drawing for a year subscription EMPIRE magazine, a Bag End Environment from Weta Workshop, an Aragron Statue from Sideshow Collectibles and other great prizes to be announced! Attending the party will be members of TheOneRing.net staff as well as Hobbit in 5 presenter Simone Boyce, and The Tolkien Professor himself, Corey Olsen! (wwww.tolkienprofessor.com). The party is casual, come as you are, and each ticket includes appetizers, a drink and all the great stuff listed above. Tickets are a limited so secure yours today and see you next Friday! [Purchase Tickets] (Don’t forget to stop by TheOneRing.net’s booth at the show – Booth 2813)