Today is Bernard Hill’s Birthday! Bernard was born on December 17th, 1944 in Manchester, England. That makes him 62 years old today! Happy Birthday Bernard!

Robin writes: I just read in my San Francisco Chronical newspaper that all three Lord of the Rings movies will be playing next Saturday, Dec. 23 at The Castro Theater, 429 Castro St., San Francisco. Fellowship of the Rings begins at 1:30pm, Two Towers at 4:45 and Return of the King at 8:00pm with short breaks in between. [castrotheatre.com]

The Tolkien Society is hosting a special toast to Professor Tolkien on hist birthday, January 3rd, 2007. Check out how you can be a part of this special occasion! [Details]

Link to the Entertainment Weekly story, “What went wrong on The Hobbit?” summing up the situation with PJ and New Line. Thanks to Mike and Tolman Jr. [More]


Today is Miranda Otto’s Birthday! Miranda was born on December 16th, 1967 in Brisbane, Australia. That makes her 39 years old today! Happy Birthday Miranda!

John Howe writes: I’ll be signing books in Strasbourg from 14h30 to 16h30 today (December 16th) at a new bookshop called KAO BANG, dedicated exclusively to fantasy, 34 rue du Jeu des Enfants, 67000 Strasbourg. (That’s in the centre of town, a few minutes from the Place Kleber and about 10 minutes from the train station.) VERY exceptionally, there will be both HarperCollins poster sets for sale: IMAGES OF MIDDLE-EARTH and MYTH & MAGIC. (For as long as they last.)