Wish kid Rebecca, a 13-year-old from Illinois, is a huge fan of the popular “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. She is mesmerized by the fascinating storylines featuring Hobbits, elves, dwarves, and other characters from Middle Earth. When wish granters from the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Illinois asked Rebecca about her one true wish, she chose to meet Billy Boyd. [More] Kudos to kelly for the link!
Category: Old Main News
Ringer Spy lilcritter writes: On VH1 they are doing “The 100 most Metal Moments.” Number 45 was about a band called Gorgoroth which, they said, “got their name from JRR Tolkien’s the Lord of the Rings.” The band got into trouble for having slaughtered sheep on stage, but I don’t know if they actually slaughtered them up there. I never knew Tolkien would reach into heavy metal mayhem.
Ringer Spy Bsue writes: I just received this in my inbox and thought it may be of interest to TORn readers! [More]
Brisbane residents are in a flap after a series of attacks on people by the city’s best-known bird. Managers of the high-rise apartment building where the peregrine falcon named Frodo has nested each winter for the past four years have had requests from residents to get rid of the taloned terror. [More]
Christopher Lee has slagged off young Hollywood, saying today’s “20-year-old actors” don’t deserve top roles as they don’t have the experience to do them justice. “Actors are much too young these days,” the 82-year-old told German magazine Bunte. [More]
Isilme writes: The annual NIH charities Film Festival is featuring ROTK this summer in Rockville, MD. For those who remember last year’s showing of FOTR, let’s hope the thunder and lightening keep it quiet this year (until that scene with Mt. Doom, of course)! [More]