From the Dallas Comicon website: LOTR fans unite! We are very pleased to annouce the addition of a fan-favorite actor, Sean Astin! Sean, known to many fans as ‘Samwise (Sam) Gamgee’ in the LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY and Mikey from GOONIES has just finished writing his first book “There and Back Again, An Actor’s Tale”. [scifiexpo.com]
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Michael Drout, a professor at Wheaton College in Norton, will deliver a lecture Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Duxbury Library on “The Lord of the Rings: What the Films Left Out.” A professor of Anglo-Saxon literature, Drout is considered an authority on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings.” He has spoken twice before at the Duxbury Library on the connections between Tolkien’s fantasy series and the literature of the early Middle Ages. Wednesday’s talk will focus on elements of Tolkien’s epic that the filmmakers could not fit into the three recent films on the “Rings” trilogy. Drout said those missing aspects of the books are important to understanding the fictional world of Middle Earth. [More]
The 62nd Annual Golden Globes awards are being presented tonight in Los Angeles. The Globes celebrate work in television as well as motion pictures. They tend to be a bit more laid back than the Oscars, mainly because they serve alcohol. Take a look at these nominations of interest. The Golden Globes air tonight on NBC at 8 p.m. Eastern. [More]
Adele sends along another WireImage link, this time featuring Cate Blanchett at the BAFTA/LA Tea Party celebration. (Cate…if you’re nearby…stop by ORC!!!) [More]
More photos from our first convention, ORC, are flooding the internet. Take a look at these goodies from WireImage. [More]
PASADENA — “Lord of the Rings’ added to its place in pop-culture history Friday when the first fan convention for the Academy Award-winning films opened at the Pasadena Convention Center. Statues of the movie trilogy’s scariest monsters greeted fans, or “ringers,’ as they entered the One Ring Celebration. Around 5,000 people are expected to visit the three-day event, which also pays tribute to the novels that inspired the films. [More]