Ringer Spy Delenn writes: Ian McKellen will be featured on the BBC’s South Bank Show this month. In conjunction with this, the BBC Radio Times published this three page exclusive interview, looking at how things have changed since his previous appearance on the show 20 years ago. [More]
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Tickets are still available for Howard Shore’s monumental composition The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Six Movements. This performance will feature the Houston Symphony, four singers, the Houston Symphony Chorus, the Houston Children’s Chorus, and will be conducted by Alexander Mickelthwate. The two-hour journey into the magical world of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth will be held on July 1 and 2. [More]
Scott writes: Sierra On-line, the company that was originally given the right to make Middle-Earth Online, is no more. Barry Smith, the webcomic artist and former Sierra employee over at www.inktank.com, posted his take, and a link to the news article he got the news from. [More] [Gaming Havens]
They just keep coming. This time one that spoofs the scene where Saruman criticises Gandalf for his ‘love of the halfing leaf’, with Gandalf supplying the punchline. Check it out here!
ComingSoon.net is reporting today that ‘The Pianist’-actor Thomas Kretschmann is the latest addition to PJ’s cast for King Kong. Apparently Kretschmann signed up to play the captain of the boat used to transport Kong to civilisation. [More]
Do you live anywhere near Denver? The Denver Film Society is putting on ‘Film on the Rocks,’ an outdoor concert and film series at the magnificent Red Rocks Amphitheatre.They will be eventually showing LOTR, but for now the society was kind enough to offer Ringer fans the opportunity to FREE (yes, FREE) tickets to their Monday screening of ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!’ The tickets are free to anyone who mentions Starland when they come to their office in LoDo to pick them up. Maximum 4 tickets per person. People can come up till noon on Monday 6/28. 9AM-5pm M-F only. Tickets are limited so go get them soon! [More]