NEW YORK – There is real money being made in the land of make-believe. Not to mention in Middle Earth, 100 Acre Wood and in a galaxy far, far away. According to our calculations, the top-ten fictional characters grossed more than $23 billion worldwide last year. Traditional media companies like The Walt Disney Co., Viacom and AOL Time Warner grabbed the lion’s share of that revenue, but firms ranging from videogame makers to consumer-products giants are also cashing in. [More]
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djdeathskiss sends along the lastest issue of TV Guide, featuring Dominic Monaghan and the rest of the cast of ‘Lost’. [More]
David Wenham is just a few hours off the lengthy flight from Sydney but sounds remarkably fresh and especially excited about his visit to Molokai the next day. “I can’t wait, I really cannot wait,” says Wenham, a judge for the Hawaii International Film Festival. “Living at Kalaupapa for the four or so months doing ‘Molokai: The Story of Father Damien’ really is one of the most profound experiences of my professional and personal life.” [More]
Beruthiel writes: I thought the readers might like to see a good review of the Hobbit which is being performed in Buffalo, NY by the Theater of Youth. [More]
David Brin, one of sci-fi’s most popular authors, calls The Science of Middle-earth “one of the most clever and insightful explorations of its kind…one of the delights of this book is the chance to see yet another layer in the subtlety of Tolkien’s rich mind.” [More] [Order now from Amazon.com]
“The rule of no realm is mine, neither of Gondor nor any other, great or small.” Gandalf refused to use his power to control the free peoples of Middle Earth, but no race or collection of people can long survive without some means of government or authority, to maintain order, uphold justice and protect the weakest and most helpless members of the society. [More]