The Lord of the Rings film trilogy got some of the credit for helping lure world tennis No 10 Nadia Petrova to January’s ASB Classic in Auckland. The Russian was announced today as the first big name player signing for the $US140,000 ($NZ200,630) women’s tournament from January 2-7. “I think you should be very thankful for the Lord of the Rings,” Petrova said. “I didn’t know anything about the country. The Lord of the Rings really influenced my decision. “I have seen the movie and really want to see the country now.” [More]
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A series of three documentaries connecting Peter Jackson’s film trilogy of The Lord Of The Rings to environmental challenges facing New Zealand will be launched today. The three films, called The Middle-earth Connection, are directed and produced by Auckland film-maker David Jacobs, and focus on forests, agriculture and cities. Jacobs has used clips from Jackson’s films as a frame of reference. “The author of the Rings, J R R Tolkien, was an environmentalist and there are clear environmental values in the Rings,” he told NZPA. “The books promote what we would nowadays call sustainability. [More]
Lilia writes: I am so glad I live in Atlanta. Last night’s meet up with Alan Lee was so much fun! It was fun to think that my experience with meet up’s and getting to know other Ringers began with the Atlanta Moot back in June 2004 when I met Alan Lee for the first time. I arrived two hours early due to my astronomy lab getting out early and had a clear way all the way downtown. So I just hung around till about 5:45 when Shuya arrived. We both already had our books, so we didn’t need to get them. About 6:15 we took our seats in a little area they had set up for Mr. Lee to do his presentation. [More]
Rebekah writes: Join us for a costume party with Alan Lee at the University Bookstore, October 31st! Come dressed in your hobbity finest for a grand time with Alan Lee, compliments of the University Bookstore and the Northwest Tolkien Society! The celebration begins at 7pm with games, a costume contest, food, & prizes! What better way to spend a halloween evening than in the company of one of the greatest illustrators of our time? [washington.edu] or [nwtolkiensociety.org]
Meet Alan Lee tonight in Austin, TX at ‘BookPeople’ (603 N. Lamar). Alan will be signing copies of his latest book ‘The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook’ starting at 7pm. Alan is also keeping a travel blog of his book tour exclusively with TORN right here! [Alan Lee Travel Blog]
A BIG thank you to JPB for setting up the Blog for Alan’s book tour, you did a great job!!
More tour dates and locations are available here. [More]
‘Lost’, featuring Dominic Monaghan, is on ABC tonight at 9PM EST. [abc.go.com]