Composer Howard Shore thinks it’s great that his prodigious, two-hour “Lord of the Rings Symphony” is being performed in live concerts, like the one Saturday at the Fox Theatre with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, all over the world. But just as marvelous, he says, is the way his music, which requires boy and girl choristers, has suddenly made it “hip” (his word) for adolescent and teenage boys to participate in choirs. [More]
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The folks from Asociación Tolkien write: Attached you will find some photographs taken during the Asociación Tolkien Argentina’s Annual Convention, dubbed Tolkien 2004 Latinamerican & International, which took place on October 9th and 10th in Centro Cultural General San Martin in downtown Buenos Aires. It was indeed quite a wonderful and busy weekend both for the ATA members in attendance and event organization and for the general public. The Convention was functional for a total of 20 plus hours during the weekend and this year we received many members from several Latin American Societies and international visitors, from Brazil, Uruguay, Perú, Germany among others. [More]
JovialNazgul writes: I went to see Sean Astin yesterday at the Museum of Science and since he could sign a copy of his book and one other item I had him sign my TORn shirt. I guess he hadn’t seen one before because he read it out loud and said it was awesome. Here’s a pic of it and a close up of the signature. [Images] [More TORN Shirts]
You can also read HobbitHearted’s report from the same event. [More]
October 21, 2004, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. publication of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings. It has been called the greatest book of the twentieth century, an unforgettable adventure story that has captivated nearly 100 million American readers since it was first published in 1954, and continues to find new readers every day.
To that end we are trying to organize as many people as we can to dress up in full LOTR costumes and head over to ‘The Today Show’ studios and attend a screening of the show! If enough people gather together in costumes, it will certainly get the news across that we are celebrating! Think of this as a ‘Geek Flashmob’! [Join the Group!]
Lord of the Rings star Christopher Lee has defended Lauren Bacall’s criticism of Nicole Kidman. Veteran actress Bacall shocked film fans last month when she claimed that Nicole Kidman was not a legend…82-year-old Lee is quoted by Female First as saying, “Lauren Bacall was absolutely right. She wasn’t saying it personally against Nicole Kidman. But to be a legend you’ve got be dead or excessively old.” [More]
Lord Of The Rings director and multi-millionaire Peter Jackson is creating a $4.5-million wonderland at his Wairarapa, New Zealand property. He is plans to build a 22 million-litre ornamental lake to go along with the three-storey fairytale mansion, two villas and Lord Of The Rings set pieces, including Frodo’s home – Bag End, which are already on the property. [More]