Carly writes in about an enviable family project: “My mom, dad, and I made this wardrobe. I designed it, my dad built it, and my mom burned the designs. The symbols are pure Tolkien… The front doors have the engraving from the Doors of Durin. The bottom drawer has Glamdring on it, complete with runes. The small drawers have different symbols on them; The White Tree, the Lothlorien brooch, horse of Rohan, and Arwen’s pendant. We stained it green to get the Tolkien look — We are very proud of it!” [More]
Category: Old Main News
The December issue of Entertainment Weekly has this review of The Return of the King and a look at Miranda Otto’s ‘5 year plan’. [More]
TORn’s very own Jedi Hobbit, Pippin Skywalker sends in this (the first of six) report about her journey to New Zealand to attend the World Premiere of “Return of the King.” Today, Pippin arrives in NZ and attends the “Return of the Ringers” party. Lots of pictures! [More]
Michael Marano writes: I’ve been waiting thirty years for this. Now that it’s here, I almost don’t know what to do or feel. But yeah, it’s been three decades since I first picked up Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Thirty years since I first tranced into those maps of Middle-earth, utterly convinced that Professor Tolkien had found a secret cache of manuscripts and was letting me in on some hidden history of the world. [More]
Here is an interesting story out of Singapore. It seems that security is so tight that they’ve issued a statement saying that all CameraPhones (cell phones with cameras in them) must be checked at the door before entering the theatre! [More]
Adele writes: Don’t forget to remind fans in the UK that it’s the Big Read final tonight at 9.00pm on BBC2. All voting platforms are now closed but the phone vote will re-open during the show – I believe it’s still looking good for LOTR to win! [More]