{"id":43137,"date":"2011-03-31T07:23:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T12:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=43137"},"modified":"2011-03-31T07:23:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T12:23:34","slug":"you-really-should-be-following-ian-mckellens-hobbit-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/03\/31\/43137-you-really-should-be-following-ian-mckellens-hobbit-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"You really should be following Ian McKellen&#8217;s Hobbit Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckellen.com\/cinema\/hobbit-movie\/110331.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-43138 no-lazyload\" style=\"border: 0px !important solid !important #ffffff !important;\" title=\"6131\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6131-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>Every day or so, <a title=\"Ian McKellen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-hobbit\/cast\/ian-mckellen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Ian Mckellen<\/a> (<a title=\"Gandalf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-hobbit\/characters\/gandalf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gandalf<\/a>) is posting updates to his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckellen.com\/cinema\/hobbit-movie\/blog.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Hobbit Blog<\/a> on his official website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckellen.com\" target=\"_blank\">McKellen.com<\/a>. 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