Today is Bruce Hopkins’ Birthday! Bruce was born on November 25th, 1955 in Invercargill, New Zealand. That makes him 49 today! Happy Birthday Bruce!

linuxelf writes: Fellowship of the Ring sound editor and film editor,software developer, John McKay won the Business category in the Wellingtonian Of The Year. [More]

Thanks to your support we are now virtually sold out of WIZARD CIRCLE Weekend Package Tickets for The ONE RING CELEBRATION, January 14-16,2005 in Pasadena, California. We will be cutting off sales of this package within a few days so we wanted to give everyone a final notice. Grab the remaining WIZARD’S CIRCLE PACKAGES by visiting us online. We’re happy to have a big scoop on RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS, the new full-length documentary, at THE ONE RING CELEBRATION. Come and meet the filmmaking team behind RINGERS for an exciting panel where they will share their own remarkable, personal stories of how they made the most dynamic Tolkien documentary ever attempted. Be the first to see EXCLUSIVE preview clips and behind-the-scenes mischief not shown anywhere before. [More] [ORC Website]

Ringbearer SuperScott & Ryan P send along reports from the Sean Astin booksignings in Philadelphia and Bloomington. Take a look! [More]

On Casting Jason Behr, Dominic Monaghan, and Exploring the NY Music Scene Jason Behr (“The Grudge”), Dominic Monaghan, Joshua Leonard and Sarah Wynter star in writer/producer/director Rebecca Cook’s second feature film, “Shooting Livien.” While Cook’s directorial debut was the sweet romantic drama, “The Chester Story,” “Shooting Livien” is a much darker tale that follows a disillusioned New York musician (Behr) who’s balancing on the brink of success, and the brink of insanity. [More]

Howard Shore Symphony in Moscow Alina writes: The journey has come to an end. The “Symphony” reached Moscow and turned the State Kremlin Palace into a place full of music magic for two days. Maestro Howard Shore brought us back into the world of Middle-Earth, which has become so homely during the last three years. [More]