Celtic Folk Rockers (and TORn Friends) Emerald Rose received good news this week from producers at the American Movie Classics television channel. Their original instrumental ‘Unfinished Business’ has been chosen for a national commercial for a show called DVD_TV: The Graduate. The 30 second commercial begins airing on AMC this week on March 9 during the broadcast of DVD_TV: Forrest Gump and will air for the next four weeks. The commercial will be broadcast on satellite and cable channels across the US and marks a new level of success for the band. (If anyone can TiVO it, and upload to YouTube, we’d love to likn to it!)
The band is busy as ever, gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day area events starting with this week’s Dahlonega Celtic Music Festival, where they will share the billing with Irish supergroup Altan. Emerald Rose are featured performers in Atlanta’s St. Pat’s celebrations with shows at Underground Atlanta and several Irish pubs in the Atlanta area. For details and show times, check the group’s website at www.emeraldrose.com. [AMC Listing]
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Sideshow Collectibles is honoring the memory of a fallen co-worker by holding a charity auction to benefit the Diane Kamahele Memorial Fund – a fund set up to support Diane’s four children. One of the items will be of particular interest to LOTR fans:
This auction is for a one-of-a-kind treasure, an early sample of the faux-bronze version of the Battle Above the Black Gate Diorama. Our product development team tested several engineering solutions for this product, to ensure the product could be properly packaged for safe shipment. In this sample, the Fell Beast’s wings were designed to be detached from the body, intended to be packed separately for shipment to the collector … This is the only ‘detachable wing’ engineered sample of the Battle Above the Black Gate Diorama that exisits, or ever will exist, and you have the opportunity to own this archive-quality piece, which nicely illustrates the design & engineering present in every Sideshow product.
If you are a LOTR collector, this is a one of a kind item that you may not want to miss out on! And if you are simply feeling generous, the Memorial Fund accepts donations. [Black Gate Diorama Auction] [All Auctions] [Memorial Fund]
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Today marks the first day of Toy Fair 2008, a large-scale trade show for the toy industry held in NYC. While Sideshow Collectibles is not in attendance this year, they are running an ‘online’ Toy Fair. Among their other offerings, Sideshow has announced the latest edition to the LOTR 12-inch figure collection, and it is Gandalf the Grey. The first is more expensive than previous figures, but it looks like it has the accessories/costuming to match the cost. Sideshow has also posted the new Legolas Legendary Scale Bust and the ‘Battle Above the Black Gate’ diorama for pre-order. Make sure to check out the ‘Backstage Pass’ videos for the LOTR pieces to see the full details. [Gandalf the Grey] [Legolas Legendary Scale Bust] [Battle Above the Black Gate Diorama] [Backstage Pass Videos]
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Roheryn writes: John Alvin, prolific poster artist of many films including The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, has died of a heart attack at age 59. More details, plus a link to a gallery of his poster art at geeksofdoom.com.
Xoanon here, I had the opportunity to interview John about his work on LOTR and other films a few months ago, I will posting that online soon. In the meantime take a look at his LOTR works here. www.johnalvinart.com
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Bonhams Auction House in London has a signed first edition copy of the Hobbit going up for auction. It is estimated that the auction could reach close to $60,000. Also going on the block is a 1947 Swedish Edition (the first foreign language edition of the Hobbit).
Signed first edition Hobbit goes on the block
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Red Velvet Rose sends along this link to the latest ‘Faux Pas’ comic, where the author shows a little bit of geek cred with this Tolkien reference. Click on the image to read the comic. [ozfoxes.com]
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