On April 1, 2023, Twitter is sunsetting Verified blue checkmarks from the previous 15 years. Many actors, writers and production people were verified to prevent spoofing and shenanigans, so fans could be safe and secure knowing they are following the real person and not a fake or bot. Since most are expected not to pay for a bluecheck going forward, here’s a handy list of all (we believe!) the official Twitter accounts of people involved with The Lord of the Rings:
- https://twitter.com/IanMcKellen
- https://twitter.com/bearmccreary
- https://twitter.com/MarkellaKavengh
- https://twitter.com/RobertAramayo
- https://twitter.com/karlurban
- https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime
- https://twitter.com/leepace
- https://twitter.com/EmaHorvathh
- https://twitter.com/SeanAstin
- https://twitter.com/elijahwood
- https://twitter.com/DomsWildThings
- https://twitter.com/StephenJHunter1
- https://twitter.com/andyserkis
- https://twitter.com/RCArmitage
- https://twitter.com/TheRealLukevans
- https://twitter.com/CynthiaAddaiRob
- https://twitter.com/IsmaelC_C
- https://twitter.com/FindtheWalker
- https://twitter.com/SophiaNomvete
- https://twitter.com/calamlynch94
- https://twitter.com/maximbaldry
- https://twitter.com/wetaworkshop
- https://twitter.com/brophyjed
- https://twitter.com/nicholashoult
- https://twitter.com/lilycollins
- https://twitter.com/domekarukoski
- https://twitter.com/Clarknova1
- https://twitter.com/LennyHenry
LOTR fans started to embrace twitter as a community platform during The Hobbit years, ultimately helping #VoteBilbo win an MTV Movie Award. Twitter became the default social network for many fans over the years, including the most recent focus on (and disagreements over) The Rings of Power. Billionaire Elon Musk bought the website in 2022 and spent the first 6 months downsizing the company and free features, making blue-check verification pay-to-play instead of on merit. Many celebrities deal with imposters on social media, tricking fans into giving money to fake accounts. It is generally expected that with the removal of “fame” verification, there will be more copycat accounts showing up. As Gandalf would tell us, ‘Be on your guard!’
If we missed anyone, let us know in Discord and this post will be updated with the official accounts of our favorite LOTR people.
Update 21/04/2023: It appears that Nazanin Boniadi no longer has a presence on twitter. The best way to find Boniadi’s official online presence is probably via https://nazaninboniadi.com/. Thanks to Mirthfather on our Discord for the heads-up.
While we put our finishing touches on the official Ringer Reviews section, we thought it would be fun to collect your immediate reaction to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug right here on this post. (That is of course IF the film has released in your country)
Carlene writes: Wired.com is having a vote on which book “everyone” should be reading at the same time to form “one big international book club.” My suggestion was “The Hobbit.”. According to the article ,”the aim with One Book, One Twitter is — like the one city, one book program which inspired it — is to get a zillion people all reading and talking about a single book.” Let’s try to get more folks to vote for “The Hobbit!” 
If you were hesitating to join the Facebook revolution, let us gently push you over the edge. TORn now has an official Facebook presence! Most of our staff already have profiles, so getting an official TORn page up and running was only a matter of time. And while it would be nice to see you more often directly on TORn, we know that many fans plug into Facebook just a wee bit more often. For those of you looking to get TORn headlines via SMS, we’ve also opened up an official TORnTwitter account (theoneringnet). Our commitment is to send our BIG headlines via tweet so you can be on top of all the latest ‘Hobbit’ happenings. We hope you will join us on both services and look forward to your friend requests! And oh yes, we’ve added icons to both sites conveniently to the top of all pages so you can quickly visit us. [