Jerry Vanderstelt writes: I am a commercial artist, and I recently secured a license through New Line to produce LOTR lithographs based on the movie trilogy. I am hoping to create some buzz before my release and get a link about this news from your site to mine. I have done several official LOTR projects for New Line, as well as their licensors. Please check out my website for more info. [More]
Category: Old Main News
The nominees for the 79th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning in LA. Cate Blanchett has received a nomination for Performance by an actress in a supporting role for her work on “Notes on a Scandal”. Congratulations Cate!
We just received word that Billy Boyd and his band, Beecake, will be at ORC performing! Billy will be part of a Saturday morning charity brunch, and appearing on stage as a guest, and then he and his band will do a concert at an as yet to be determined location. [ORC 2007]
As the plans for The One Ring Celebration, the official convention for THE LORD OF THE RINGS fans set for March 9-11, 2007 in Burbank, California, heats up with the big announcement of headliner guests BILLY BOYD, DAVID WENHAM and ANDY SERKIS, today we are happy to announce the on-sale of all the different ticket packages, priced so ALL who want to come can afford to do so!
Of course we have our top of the line WIZARD CIRCLE SEATING, which is the absolute best way to attend the weekend. Then there is now on sale ELVEN PACKAGES for those that want reserved seating for the daytime conventions…. THE DWARF PACKAGES which offer non-reserved seating for the weekend and price out at less than $30 a day… and finally we offer single day reserved seating and single day general admission.
Please note that while our former location The Pasadena Center is being renovated, the Burbank Airport Marriott (our new home) is more intimate so we ask that you reserve your tickets early to avoid a sell-out! [More]
Our second Peter S. Beagle story comes to us from ShelaghC, she writes: Peter will be a guest at Capricon XXVII this year and he has offered some time from his schedule during the convention to spend an evening with fans for a casual dinner on Saturday February 10th, with the possibility of a gathering afterwards. If you’re interested in joining the group – and can commit to attending – please send me an e-mail by Monday, February 5th.
Chris Meadows writes: I am delighted to announce that on Wednesday, January 24th at 12 noon Eastern/9 a.m. Pacific., I will be conducting a live call-in talk radio interview with Hugo-winning fantasy author Peter S. Beagle on my book-related talk show, The Biblio File (http://terrania.us/biblio/). The topic of the interview will be Beagle’s career, including The Last Unicorn novel and movie, the Lord of the Rings animated movie, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Sarek,” and more. After I finish my prepared questions, Beagle will take questions from the audience. [More]