‘Old is a state of mind,’ says Sir Ian Mckellen, whose new film, ‘Emile’, is about ageing. He talks to Catherine Shoard about refusing to play a Canadian and rest homes for gay OAPs. [More]
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Ronnie writes: The game show “Jeopardy!” featured an entire category devoted to Tolkien in yesterday’s game. I run a site that archives all of the “Jeopardy!” games from this season, and the J.R.R. TOLKIEN category can be viewed in the first round here. [More]
Daniel Falconer from WETA Workshop writes: Just to clear up this Decipher Weta Card confusion once and for all, here’s the deal. The person who wrote to you called HumbleSauron appears to be a little confused as well, and is certainly not someone from Weta, so, with all these rumours flying around, I felt compelled to write and straighten things out. [More]
Hey Dominic fans! TORn has learned that Dominic Monaghan will be on hand May 24th at Best Buy in West Hollywood, LA, at 10:30 pm for an autograph session. Fans should stick around, because at 12:01 am (that’s just past midnight) on May 25th ROTK DVDs will go on sale!
* UPDATE: The Best Buy is located at the new West Hollywood Gateway development, 1015 La Brea Ave., at the intersection with Santa Monica Blvd. This store is brand new and might not yet appear on the Best Buy web site.
Dorian Mirth’s GaladrielFinwe sent us this Narnia tidbit: “I have it from Jasmine Watson’s own mouth that she has been hired to do the jewelry for The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe!! I was at TolCon in Seattle this past weekend, and managed to detain Jasmine for about an hour to talk about her work in Lord of the Rings. She told us this bit of news and we’re all terribly excited! She says she is really looking forward to making all the crowns mentioned in the book.”
Lucky Ringer Spy Nick writes: Ebgames stores across the Chicago area have been selling the ROTK [theatrical] dvd since Saturday May 15th!!! I picked up my copy at the Broadview Illinois store last night. They are selling it for the full price of $24.99, but to have it a week early made up for all the waiting. The manager at the Broadview store said they are doing it nationwide with each store having very limited copies. Call your local store to confirm. [More] Edit from WeeTanya: Apparently the DVDs are being sold at the store’s discretion. Some are, some aren’t.