Eileen writes: Just thought I’d let you know that the Sean Astin Book Signing that was supposed to take place this Friday, November 19th at ‘A Clean Well Lighted Place For Books’ has been rescheduled to Friday, December 10th at 7pm. [More]
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Folks from The Minnesota Tolkien Society Write: We want you to know about “The Return of the Trilogy”, a viewing of each of the Extended Editions on the Big Screen at Church of the Open Door. Cost is $15 including all three showings [capacity 1100 seats]. Elevenses [box lunch] is available for $10 [200 seats], and the King’s Feast [A royal affair to be sure!] Pig Roast is available for $25 [200 seats]. Tickets available immediately and exclusively on-line. [More]
Michael Scasserra, Web and Publications Editor for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center writes: We have some exciting LORD OF THE RINGS news to share with you and your readers. On Dec. 3 and 4, the NY-Metropolitan area premiere of Howard Shore’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY (a symphonic adaptation of his score for all three RINGS films) is taking place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. [More]
The NW Tolkien Society folks write: We are pleased to announce a member’s only reception December 9th, at 5:30 pm at the Suzzallo Library, University of Washington, with Mr. Alan Lee, Tolkien illustrator and Conceptual Artist for the LOTR films. There is limited space. How can you attend this exclusive event? Email bekahwa@yahoo.com to request reservations (2 person limit). Memberships can be purchased at the door, but only 70 can attend. After the reception, we’ll head over to the University Bookstore for Mr. Lee’s book signing.
Without a new Lord of the Rings movie to look forward to, Christmas 2004 just won’t be the same. At least console owners can settle for this Tolkien spin-off, which features lots of clips from Peter Jackson’s trilogy, as well as a suitably sombre voice-over from Ian McKellan (Gandalf). Millions of dollars were piled into the Third Age, and it shows. [More]
Young Adam has swept the board at the Scottish Baftas, winning four awards including best film. Stars Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton were named best actor and best actress at the ceremony in Glasgow, with David MacKenzie the best director. Celebrities from film, television and the music industry turned out on Sunday night for the first of Scotland’s new bigger, annual Bafta events. They included Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd, who said Scottish film was doing “really well” at the moment. “The more nights we can have like this, the better, to show we can do it up here, we don’t have to go up to London to do it,” he said. [More]