A repeat airing of Ian McKellen on ‘Last Call With Carson Daly’ airs tonight on NBC. Daly, demonstrating his absolute lack of talk show host prowess, fumbles through most of the interview, calling himself a moron (rightly so) at one point. However Sir Ian was as charming as ever. He was there to promote his latest films, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’. Unfotunately my TV connection did falter at a few points in the video, so it is NOT a computer error. Take a look! (29MB MOV)[More]
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We are very pleased to announce a chat with Jeffrey Steefel, executive producer of the Lord of the Rings Online game. Join us in #TheHallofFire Monday, July 10th at 5:30pm to find out more about this exciting game!
Jeffrey Steefel joined Turbine, Inc in early 2004 and is currently the Executive Producer in charge of the upcoming MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online. LOTRO will be the first and only online persistent world based directly on the literary works of J.R.R Tolkien and will host a world-wide community of fans and gamers.
Jeffrey has been a professional in the Entertainment and Technology industries for almost 20 years, serving as Executive, Director, Head of Production, Principal Designer and Business Strategist for multiple new-media, entertainment and technology organizations ranging from young start-ups to media and technology giant, Sony. [More]
From ugo.com: Unless you’ve spent the past decade burrowed deep within the dirt walls of a Hobbit hole (probably partaking in dangerous amounts of hobbit leaf and getting chunky on too many Second Breakfasts) you must know of the sprawling Lord of the Rings franchise and its effect on the world we live in. J.R.R Tolkein’s epic masterpiece has inspired countless literary studies, college linguistic classes have taught the Elvish tongues, and an entire genre of fantasy entertainment rich with orcs and magic sprang to life from it (otherwise we’d have no Willow or The Beastmaster). [More]
Carla writes: The Wellinghall Smial is proud to support an effort by Tolkien fans to assist the family of Dr. Daniel Timmons, a well known, very respected professor and Tolkien scholar, who passed away last December. We invite you to honour Dan by leaving your condolences and memories here. Dan had ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He is survived by his wife and young son who have a very difficult road ahead. You can make donations to assist them at the website above.
Dan was the editor of J.R.R. Tolkien and the True Hero with George Clark, and also produced and directed the documentary film The Legacy of The Lord of the Rings, which has aired in Canada on both Bravo! and Space: The Imagination Station.
From sundaymail.co.uk: Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd achieves a childhood dream as he takes to the main stage at T in the Park in front of 75,000 music fans. Billy was drumming up support for free trade for poor countries. He said: “On the stage it is beautiful. The atmosphere here is really special.” Fans packed Balado to see more than 170 acts including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs.
TORONTO — Don’t believe everything you read. In spite of the assertion in last week’s Associated Press story about the early closing of “The Lord of the Rings” that the show was generally trashed by critics, there are those who have had many good things to say. Normally, I try not to read reviews of shows I’m going to review myself. But “LOTR” opened three months ago, while I was planning an American theater critics conference at the Shaw and Stratford festivals, with a side-trip to Toronto to see “LOTR.” So when Ben Brantley’s zestful pan appeared in The New York Times, I wondered if I should cut back on my ticket allotment. [More]