Ataahua writes: Tonight Channel One in New Zealand broadcast a televised IQ test, and the guest audience comprised seven groups: models, cricket supporters, people aged 60 and older, taxi drivers, real estate agents, celebrities, and Tolkien fans (including our own Delyth!). One Tolkien fan had his torso body-painted as an Elf warrior of the First Age, which took him four hours to prepare, while another had worked on all three films as an extra and stand-in. [More]
Category: Old Main News
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The chance to appear for a fleeting moment in a Cameron Crowe film generated enough buzz to attract hundreds to a recent casting call in Kentucky. As many as 1,300 people showed up at a Lexington hotel Saturday in hopes of landing roles as extras in Crowe’s new movie, “Elizabethtown,” starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. [More]
Shrek 2, after only one month, has surpassed ROTK’s lifetime domestic gross of $377,027,325. [[More]
Turgon writes: UNDERSTANDING THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE BEST OF TOLKIEN CRITICISM, edited by Rose A. Zimbardo and Neil D. Isaacs has just been published by Houghton Mifflin. It contains fifteen essays, most of which are reprinted from either of the two anthologies edited by Zimbardo and Isaacs in 1968 and 1981 repsectively, but there is a brand new essay by Tom Shippey called “Another Road to Middle-earth: Jackson’s Movie Trilogy.” The full list of contents can be seen on the back cover. [More]
Amka writes: I am the secretary of a new organization in Utah called Into the West. We are excited to present a series of lectures on The Cultural Influences of Tolkien. Our first lecture will be on Thursday, June 24th and is entitled Tolkien Influenced. [More]
It’s almost 25 years since the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain – but the first images from a new mini-series are an eerie reminder of the case that shocked a nation. Actor Miranda Otto has achieved a remarkable resemblance to Lindy Chamberlain while Craig McLaughlin plays a buffed-up version of her then-husband, Michael. [More]