Sean Astin, the 33-year-old actor who won fame playing the title rtole in “Rudy,” has been named Bacchus XXXVII. Astin will lead the 38-float procession along the traditional route on Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. A special new feature of this year’s parade will be the return of actor Elijah Wood, who served as Bacchus XXXVI last year. Wood will ride a Returning King’s float.
Category: Old Main News
The folks making the very cool looking ‘Sin City’ film have released a new trailer today. There is a quick shot of our Elijah Wood, who stars in this film alongside more names that I can fit on one page, take a look! [More] [Trailer]
Oscar winner Nicole Kidman has been added to the Jan. 8 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, bringing the number of gala honorees to an all-time high. “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy composer Howard Shore also was announced as an honoree, and a significant director is expected to be added shortly. That will bring the number of gala honorees to nine. [More]
It seems like such an unheard-of thing, but TORN staffer Sarumann (AKA Josh Rubinstein) has just published a book not about LOTR, but about Ben Franklin! The book, entitled “Ben”, is about a time travel experiment that brings the founding father to 21st Century Philadelphia. You can still find a nice nod to the Professor as Ben Franklin sits down to read a copy of LOTR. [More]
Claire writes: Just to tell you that my husband and I took our two children and a friend’s daughter to the Old Vic in London last night (Sunday, 19th December) to see ‘Aladdin’. Before we went, my 13-year-old son wasn’t too keen – “Pantomimes are too babyish”, he said. [More]
Elf_Maven writes: Here is the review I wrote for this new Tolkien-related book, ‘The Battle for Middle-Earth: Tolkien’s Divine Design in “the Lord of the Rings”‘. Although I haven’t finished this book by Fleming Rutledge, I think it’s going to be one of my favorites. The title is ‘The Battle for Middle-Earth: Tolkien’s Divine Design in “the Lord of the Rings”‘. [More]