Happy Birthday Hugo Weaving!
Today is Hugo Weaving’s Birthday! Hugo played Elrond in all three LOTR films and is also known for…
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Chris writes: Dr. Thomas Shippey will deliver the lecture “Narnia and Middle-Earth: Seventy Years on and Still Accelerating”…
Continue reading‘Hotchkiss’: Dance-Floor Redemption
“Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School” has a clunky title but an elegant concept: that the fantasy…
Continue readingAstin one of “The Guys” for ABC pilot
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Hot off his stint as a counter-terrorist operative on “24,” Sean Astin is…
Continue readingSerkis goes ape over King Kong
He had the biggest role in the movies last year, but Andy Serkis doesn’t have to worry about…
Continue readingLord of the Rings : Popular Culture in Global Context
Rick writes: I wanted to inform you good folks that there is a new academic book soon to…
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