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Rings film inspires travel
30,000 holiday makers in Britain have voted the Fellowship of the Ring as the film most likely to inspire them to take a holiday. You can read the full story here.
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Gandalf beats Dumbledore
In a recent poll carried out by advertising company Pearl and Dean, Gandalf was voted in as the top wizard beating Dumbledore into second place. You can read the full story here.
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Happy birthday Liv Tyler
Today, July 1st, is Liv Tyler’s birthday. She was born in New York on 1st July 1977 and is 30 today. You can take a look at her cast bio here. You can view pictures of Liv here and pictures of Liv in the role of Arwen here. Happy Birthday, Liv.
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Happy birthday Marton Csokas
Marton Csokas was born in new Zealand on 30th June 1966 and is 41 today. You can see his cast bio here. There’s a picture of Marton here and some pictures of Marton in the role of Celeborn here.
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Lancaster University Tolkien course
A one-week summer school course on Tolkien and Middle-earth will be held at Lancaster University, UK, from 23rd July to 27th July. The course tutor is Colin Duriez who has written guides to Middle-earth and appeared on the LotR extended DVDs as a commentator in some of the documentaries. There are further details about the…
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Images from the 2007 Tolkien weekend
In May this year a Tolkien weekend was held at Sarehole Mill in the UK. You can view some images from the weekend here. Those attending the weekend included Tim Tolkien, great-nephew of J.R.R. Tolkien, who was raising funds for his statue honouring J.R.R. Tolkien. You can read more about his project here.
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Happy birthday Karl Urban
Karl Urban was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 7th June 1972 and today Karl is celebrating his 35th birthday. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Karl here and of Karl in the role of Éomer here. Happy birthday Karl.
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Happy birthday Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee was born in London, UK on 27th May 1922 and today is his 85th birthday. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Christopher here and of Christopher in the role of Saruman here. Happy birthday Christopher!
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Happy birthday Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen was born on 25th May 1939 in Burnley, UK and today is his 68th birthday. You can read about Ian in the cast list. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Ian here and pictures of Ian in the role of Gandalf here. Happy birthday Ian!
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Happy Birthday Cate Blanchett
May 14th is Cate Blanchett’s birthday. She was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1969 and is 38 years old today. You can read Cate’s CoE bio here. There are pictures of Cate here and of Cate in the role of Galadriel here. Many happy returns Cate.
