Chapter 13 of The Silmarillion, Of the Return of the Noldor, takes us back to where we left the Noldorian elves, on the northern shores of Middle Earth. Feanor and his followers making their way inland, exploring and settling. Later, we see Fingolfin and his kin come ashore to the first rising of the Sun, and meeting again with the estranged kin who left them for dead on the ice.
Although there is accord between the two groups, it is shaky at best. Meanwhile, Morgoth tests their strength against his own, sending orc hordes and balrogs and finally Glaurung the Uruloki (firedrake) to challenge the elves. The Noldorian elves are introduced to the elves of Menegroth as well as the Dwarves — who become tentative allies in the peace of this time. [More]
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Lisa writes: You were kind enough to post about the Sean Astin auction I did last month to benefit the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (which ended up raising $86!)… I was wondering if you’d post again? This time I have a bear signed by Sean Bean!
Basically, I’m doing all 8 of the Avon Walks this year and trying to raise $25,000. The last walk is actually this weekend in NYC! But, I still have a lot of bears to auction off.. and this batch (which is pretty skewed toward sci-fi/fantasy folks) includes Sean Bean! [More]
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TheOneRing.net — in conjunction with Houghton Mifflin — is delighted to announce that Alan Lee, the acclaimed LOTR illustrator and Academy Award-winning conceptual designer for the film trilogy, will join us in the Hall of Fire (on the TORn IRC server) on Saturday November 5 at 6pm EST for a live question and answer session.
Alan will be answering questions on his work illustrating Lord of the Rings, his involvement with Peter Jackson and WETA as a conceptual designer for the Lord of the Rings film Trilogy and his new book The Lord of the Rings sketchbook. [More]
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Thanks to the Cheshire Cat for giving me the screaming heebie-jeebies the rest of the day, with this report on one of the ‘most haunted’ places seen on TV…The Hollywood American Legion..AKA the location of 2004’s ‘The Return of the One Party’!
Little did we know it, but when fans from far and wide gathered to watch the Oscars that night, and when the cast and crew of LOTR arrived afterwards to party with us that some ghostly spirits were also present! Take a look at her report..and if you were there..prepare to be FREAKED! [More]
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‘Lost’, featuring Dominic Monaghan, is on ABC tonight. 8PM features the season 2 opener that many people missed last week while 9PM is a brand new episode. [abc.go.com]
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Peter Jackson’s restored version of the only film taken of the Anzacs at Gallipoli in 1915 will have its New Zealand premiere at a documentary film festival in Wellington today. The film Heroes of Gallipoli screens at the DOCNZ Documentary Film Festival. Jackson, a World War I buff, approached the Australian War Memorial two years ago to see if technology developed by Weta Digital could be used to restore archival film. The 20-minute film included Wellington Battalion soldiers. The original nitrate film was destroyed in 1967, and prints were scratched, fuzzy and low in contrast. [docnzfestival.com]
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