Ian Collier from The Tolkien Society writes: This is the seventh Tolkien Weekend event, and the theme for this year’s event is “The Shire” is now an annual item in the Birmingham calendar. Sarehole Mill itself was the “original” for the Mill at Bywater in the Shire in The Lord of the Rings and is a central point in the Shire Country Park that covers the River Cole, Chinn Brook, as well as Moseley Bog, the Dell and the Dingles where JRR Tolkien played as a child. [More]
Category: Old Main News
After a long break (I’ve been moving house), Hall of Fire resumes chats this weekend. What’s the topic you ask? Whatever you feel like talking about — bring the topic with you!
That’s right, we’ll be doing a bit of a round-robin Q&A discussion (of a very informal nature), chatting about the Middle-earth questions burning a hole in your brain —— wizards, dwarves, hobbits, elves, rings of power and much more. [More]
New York, NY, May 15, 2006 – Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra and Chorus reaches a milestone this summer when the San Francisco Symphony presents the 100th performance of the work since its debut in Wellington, New Zealand in November 2003. The two concerts at San Francisco’s Davies Hall on July 14 and 15 are highlights of a busy summer season for the symphony, which will be presented in additional concerts both in Europe and in the United States. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra will give two concerts on June 24 and 25 as part of its annual ScottishPower Proms series, followed by performances in two German cities – Nürnberg (July 28) and Aachen (August 18). USA dates added too! [More]
Ian McKellen is slated to be a guest on ‘Last Call With Carson Daly’ tonight on NBC. He is there to promote ‘The Da Vinci Code’ which opens worldwide on May 19th and ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ that opens a week later on the 26th. ‘Last Call’ airs VERY early in the morning on NBC at 1:36AM. Watch this space for a clip!
Blanco, the white Andalusian horse which featured in the Lord of the Rings movies as the sorcerer Gandalf’s horse Shadowfax, has taken on a new show business role in America. Blanco, a showbiz veteran after four years of work in the LOTR movies and two years on the set of the Hercules television series, is now performing in equestrian shows. [More]
Magpie writes: Peter Jackson and Tim Burton are making an appearance in the Heart of the City comic strip to encourage budding filmaker, Dean, to follow his own vision. The teaser for their appearance was on May 6th, but we don’t know who has shown up until May 8th, (These comics are only available a week back… checking sooner rather than later is good). The current day’s strip is always found here.