David from The Minnesota Tolkien Society writes: On Saturday, August 13, the Minnesota Tolkien Society will be having its annual picnic potluck. The picnic will be held at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Osseo, MN. Address is as follows: 13080 Territorial Road, Osseo, MN (County Road 81 to Territorial Road). We will begin our activities at 10:00 AM. [More]
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Cate Blanchett added another gong to her swag last night – taking a Helpmann Award for her lead performance in the Sydney Theatre Company’s Hedda Gabler. The win came at a ceremony otherwise dominated by one of the biggest artistic gambles in our theatrical history. [More]
Elijah Wood fears he will always be remembered as Frodo the hobbit from The Lord of the Rings, no matter how many great films he stars in. The youthful actor has played a mute psycho, a sinister pervert and a soccer hooligan since starring in the hit trilogy, but to fans he remains forever Frodo. [More]
Tolkien fans do not just watch the films and read the books again and again – they are on a spiritual journey and doing their best to forget the ending, says an international study that voyaged to many lands to bring back wisdom and understanding. Led by a wizard from out of the west, Martin Barker, of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, the team explored reactions to the film Lord of the Rings III in 20 countries. [More]
Jef writes: The Atlanta-area Tolkien Society Smial (Andúnië) will hold its August meeting this coming Sunday, August 14, at 6pm at the Emory University Catholic Center. For directions and info, please see our website. [Here]
From Empire Online Movie NewsWe’re big fans of Karl Urban here at Empire. The New Zealand actor absolutely rocked as Eomer in the last two Lord of the Rings movies, gave it his snarly all as the bad guy in The Chronicles Of Riddick, and was a worthy opponent for Maaaaaat Daaaaaamon in The Bourne Supremacy. He’s very cool and a Next Big Thing in waiting. [More]