Author: HobbitFriend

  • A haunted house AND Grima Wormtongue? Brrrrrrr….

    Brad Dourif will be appearing at Tomb of Darkness Haunted Ballroom in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 26th-28th.

  • A Warg Warg here, and a Warg Warg there…

    War of the Ring has a picture of the Warg figures from Games Workshops new game.

  • Their obsession keeps them warm…

    “Fanatic Norwegian fans of Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings trilogy began camping out in front of Oslo’s Colosseum Cinema two weeks before the premiere of The Two Towers. Now a provisional village is being set up for them.” Talk about dedication…read about it at Aftenposten Norway

  • More cards to look at…

    Decipher is updating their site at a furious rate–here is Faramir, and a Gondorian Ranger.

  • Vote…for your very favorite hat!

    That’s right! It’s the New Line Cinema hat poll! Here’s your chance to help New Line “design a new exclusive Lord of the Rings hat! New Line Cinema’s LOTRshop.com will produce the hat that receives the most votes, which will then be sold on LOTRshop.com. Votes will be accepted for two weeks, from Tuesday, October…

  • Do you think this is odd?

    Patrick Goldstein of The Los Angeles Times gives 10:1 odds of The Two Towers winning an Oscar. He pits it against his favorites, The Road to Perdition (8:1 odds) and Chicago (5:1 odds). To quote:

  • Is Frodo your ‘lil pumpkin?

    Ok, this is weird. Here is a link where you can get patterns to turn that boring autumn squash into a likeness of Aragorn, Arwen, Gimli, Legolas, Saruman, Gandalf, or Frodo! At Carving Pumpins, click on the “Click here for newest patterns” hyperlink.

  • More TTT news!

    Here are some fact-filled tidbits, courtesy of Ain’t It Cool News–Shelob and Gollum, and, uh, be warned, something about the Cave Troll….a rated PG comment….

  • College can be fun!

    Well, it’s not Rivendell University, but the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois) has a “major research collection” of important British authors, including J.R.R. Tolkien–they have his desk!

  • What a great field trip this would be!

    Oh, lucky New Zealand! You are to have a Lord of the Rings museum exhibition in Te Papa, a day after The Two Towers premiers in Wellington!