‘A land was made for the Edain to dwell in, neither part of Middle-earth nor of Valinor, for it was sundered from either by a wide sea; yet it was nearer to Valinor … And they called that land Elenna, which is Starwards; but also Anadûnë, which is Westernesse, Númenórë in the High Eldarin tongue.’ So bright was the dream — so bitter the waking. [More]
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The latest issue of very cool UK movie magazine SFX features an interview with Sean Astin. ‘Sam from the Lord Of The Rings films talks about hummingbirds, shepherd’s pie, and homo-eroticism.‘ [More]
New Zealand director Andrew Adamson is following in Peter Jackson’s ambitious footsteps by embarking on more than one major feature film at a time. While production for the $100 million-plus The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is well under way, work has also begun on Shrek 3, the third in Adamson’s animated movie franchise that so far has taken $US1.3 billion at the box office. [More]
Rebecca wrotes: From The Washington Post; 9/19/2004; Entertainment. MIYELO — Opens Saturday. Through Oct. 23. Large-scale color and black-and-white photography by Viggo Mortensen. Addison/Ripley Fine Art, 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-338-5180.
James Dyer, Associate Online Editor for Empire Magazine writes: Emprie is conducting a Public Access interview with Sean Astin on Monday and we want Tolkienites the world over to send in their questions but Monday afternoon. [More]

Julianne writes: Australian viewers might like to know that Sean Astin is a guest on Rove Live next Tuesday night (28th). He’ll be talking about his new book. Not sure whether or not he’s live in the studio, but he is in Australia at the moment. [More]