Sydney, Australia, Jul. 8 (UPI) — The “Lord of the Rings” so inspired the mayor of a Sydney suburb he suggested naming the streets in a housing project after its characters. [More]
Category: Original TORn
Ian Holm will be talking about his autobiography ‘Acting My Life at the National Theatre in London on Tuesday 5 October. [More]
Davem writes: Ian McKellen is playing Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scout movement on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Monday 12th July at 2.15 pm. [More]
R0CKINBIRD writes: Here is a clip if Dominic Monaghan’s new show “Lost”. It mostly shows Matthew Fox, but if you look close, you will get a couple of quick glimpses of Dom. He is the one in the dark hooded sweatshirt. [More]
Australian TORn readers propbably already know that John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) is coming to Australia in early September for the FSF convention in Sydney. However, they might not realise that he’s going to be joined by John Noble (Denethor), Noel Appleby (Everard Proudfoot), and Morgan Evans (Legolas stunt double) as well as a WETA Workshop representative. And for those who hurry (sorry, you have to be Australian according to competition rules), there’s a chance to win a pair of free tickets to the event! [More]
In Middle-earth, there are wizards and sorcerers, shape-changers and giant spiders, rings that make you disappear and seeing-stones. For many fantasy writers, these types of characters and objects are magical and mandatory in a fantasy work where there is often good magic and bad magic. [More]