Celebrate 50 years of The Lord of the Rings with Alan Lee! World-renowned artist Alan Lee, acclaimed LOTR illustrator and Academy Award-winning conceptual designer for the film trilogy, will discuss his long involvement in creating the visual world that accompanies the books and films based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Lee’s visual presentation will include a slide show and a display of a dozen original illustrations. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with fans and a booksigning. Tomorrow (December 4th) Alan will be at ‘Books of Wonder’ in New York, NY. For the full list of his stops, click here! [More]
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“I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us.” (The Hobbit, Chapter 1) We have finished going through The Hobbit, but who, or what, exactly, are hobbits? Perhaps the only fantasy creature which can truly be called the creation of J.R.R. Tolkien, where did they come from and where did they go? [More]
If you have Tolkien inspired art work to share and sell, we welcome you to entry the ORC Art Gallery! Both professional and amateur artwork will be sold and displayed in the Art Gallery during convention hours on Friday and Saturday with a live auction on Sunday. Art awards for the Amateur artists will be given out during the Awards ceremony Saturday evening. If you are an artist interested in learning more, check out oneringcelebration.com
Also, don’t forget The One Ring Awards! It’s time to open the nominations for the One Ring Awards, to be held at The One Ring Celebration in Pasadena, CA on January 15, 2005. Half the awards will be for events held at the convention, such as the Art Show, Fan Film Festival and the Costume contest. The other half will be voted on by you, the best LOTR fans on the net. [More]
Anonymous writes: After months of on-line voting, and tens of thousands of votes, on their website, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has determined Australia’s Favourite Books and will be presenting the Top Ten in a nationally broadcast show. “My Favourite Book”, this Sunday (Dec 5) evening at 7:30pm (AEST) on ABC. I can tell you will some certainty that “The Lord Of The Rings” will be one of those ten, but will it take the Number One position as Australia’s Favourite Book? The results are being kept top secret so you’ll have to watch. The full list of voting results will be available online after the show airs on Sunday: [More]
It would be impossible to argue that EA had done a bad job of its partnership with New Line and the Lord of the Rings films so far. The Two Towers and The Return of the King were shining examples of the handling of film licenses, if not the brightest instances, showing a commitment to the property’s assets and the mirroring of the movies themselves in taking a full action stance. Everyone wants to be Ian McKellan in a huge beard with a death wish, don’t they? It turned out they did. The games were huge successes, and rightly so. [More]
Abdullyne writes: Just to let you know that Mr. Shore will be on NY Public Radio tomorrow, on the ‘Soundcheck’ program. For those who can’t get the WNYC station, the program can be heard online. [More]