Don’t miss out on entering the EASY WIN Giveaway – submissions end today! We’d like to thank Sideshow Collectibles for providing some great prizes: The Legendary Scale Cave Troll, a Legolas 12-inch Figure and the highly sought after Minas Morgul Environment! This ‘Easy Win’ giveaway couldn’t be more simple. Just follow the link and enter your information into the form. That is it! Winners will be posted on the frontpage of TORn on March 26th. [Enter Now!]
Category: Old Main News
The boys behind Shaun of the Dead and the new hit action-comedy Hot Fuzz talk to Margaret Agnew about staying true, Tarantino, homo-erotica, and Peter Jackson’s cameo. The most action-filled, splattery fun to be had at the movies since Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz is the latest movie sub-version made by a clever trio of comic Brits. Actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and their director Edgar Wright were in New Zealand recently to launch Hot Fuzz, with the help of their mate “PJ” – or Peter Jackson to less stellar mortals.
With jetlag setting in, Frost and Wright down Nurofen during our interview (they show me the packet to prove it isn’t something illicit). They all look tired, having flown from England the day before to attend the New Zealand premiere of Hot Fuzz at Wellington’s Embassy theatre. [More]
Talk about being lucky to live in NYC! Houghton Mifflin has just alerted TORn to this unique opportunity:
A Barnes & Noble Exclusive. A **LIMITED QUANTITY** of THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN signed by Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee will go on sale at 12:00 noon on April 17, 2007.
Make your plans for a chance to be one of the lucky few to get your hands on a signed edition of the first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades!! The books have exclusive bookplates previously signed by Tolkien and Lee. Books will be sold on a first come first served basis. Limit 2 books per customer.
DATE: April 17, 2007
TIME: 12:00 noon
PLACE: Barnes & Noble, 5th Avenue & 46th Street, New York City (212) 697-3048 [Map]
Don’t forget to enter TORN’s The Children of Hurin TORn giveaway! [Enter the Giveaway] [Pre-Order]
CNN.com – Searchers with the help of a sharp-nosed dog named Gandalf found a 12-year-old Boy Scout on Tuesday who had disappeared into the North Carolina wilderness over the weekend, authorities said. Aerial footage showed police carrying Michael Auberry from a white sports-utility vehicle into a ranger station in nearby Laurel Springs. Police held a large, white sheet over the boy as they carried him into the station. [Full Story]
Lorien “Ramen” Carney, Community Relations Specialist for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: Learn about the character customization possibilities of LOTRO’s Traits System! Traits are new skills, bonuses, and other enhancements that benefit your character, and may be discovered through the course of one’s adventures and explorations in the game. Traits add a fun level of discovery and purpose to many tasks, both mundane and heroic, and we think players will really enjoy discovering new Traits with which to enhance their characters. [More]
Marilynn writes: Minneapolis is one of three U.S. cities that actor Ian McKellen will visit with his portrayal of “King Lear,” directed by Trevor Nunn for the Royal Shakespeare Company. It will run in repertory with Chekhov’s “The Seagull.”It’s a very expensive operation, and we’re going to have to sell out and subsidize with fundraising, but it’s worth it,” director Joe Dowling said Monday. “This is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” The tour’s only other stops are New York and Los Angeles. For more information and tickets, call 612-377-2224 or go to guthrietheater.org.