With all our preparations for ORC we almost missed this! Today is Orlando Bloom’s birthday! Orlando was born on January 13th, 1977 in Canterbury, England. That makes him 28 today! Happy Birthday Orlando!
Category: Old Main News
Othalion writes: Tickets for the Emiliana Torrini Concert at Nalen, Stockholm are available now. The concert is on Friday March 18. Go to ticnet.se for more info.
The Star Online has called IBM Malaysia’s recent winning of seven awards at the recent Computerworld Readers’ Choice Awards a ‘Peter Jackson’, meaning they swept the award show. Could this be a new verb on the horizon? When someone wins all the awards possible in one night? Or perhaps if you are on a winning streak you could say you are ‘Pulling a Peter Jackson’…who knows…try it out with your friends..see who gets it. [Article in Question]
Find out more about what motivates a knighted thespian to take on a cross-dressing role, when Sir Ian McKellen fields audience questions at a special Question and Answer event from 5pm at The Old Vic theatre. [More]
Kathy writes: It’s my pleasure to inform TORN that Houghton Mifflin recently posted online secondary school lesson plans (grades 9-12) for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These curriculum units were written by my husband James Morrow and myself. [More]
ProLiteracy Worldwide is giving you one last chance to get a pair of sold out Wizards Circle tickets to the One Ring Celebration. All proceeds from this auction go to ProLiteracy Worldwide to promote worldwide literacy. [More]