Sean Astin is slated to be on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ tomorrow. He wil be there to promote his latest film ‘Bigger Than The Sky’. [More]
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Sideshow/Weta has started their Toy Fair coverage with a preview of the upcoming ‘King of the Dead’ statue. Check it out! [Click Here]
Sassy writes: Elijah Wood has been nominated for MTV’s Total Request Live 2005 Awards for “Quit Your Day Job (Best Guest Host)”. The show airs February 21st 5-6:30pm Eastern time on, of course, MTV. Fans can vote for him online here. [More]
Dominic Monaghan’s new hit show ‘Lost’ continues to get better with each episode. Catch ‘Lost’ tonight at 8PM EST on ABC. TORN’s chatroom now has a special ‘Lost’ screening room, login to #lost at 8PM and watch with fans from around the country! [ABC.com] [TORN Chat]
One of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Cleveland Symphony, is going to peform Howard Shore’s “Lord of the Rings” symphony next February. [More] Thanks to Mary for the news!
Unlike “Star Trek” (which is real, of course), “The Lord of the Rings” has inspired many a fantasy costume since J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythic saga was first published in 1954. During the ’60s, there was even an attempt by the Beatles to film “LOTR” starring John Lennon as Gollum, George Harrison as the wizard Gandalf, Paul McCartney as Frodo and Ringo Starr as Frodo’s sidekick Sam. Decades later, Peter Jackson secured the movie rights, and the rest is history, or rather, fantasy. “The One Ring Celebration” last month at the Pasadena Center gave fans the opportunity to dress as hobbits, wizards, orcs and dwarves, with no fear of being institutionalized. [More]