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LotR sweepstake
Enter the sweepstake at the LotR official movie site for a chance to win prizes including a full sized replica of Sam’s sword signed by Sean Astin and Weta artists John Harvey and Richard Taylor. The sweepstake is only open to US residents and closes on 1st September.
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Perilous Realms
In her new book “Perilous Realms – Celtic and Norse in Tolkien’s Middle-earth”, Professor Marjorie Burns discusses how, “Tolkien’s writing is much more subtle and nuanced than most people have realized”. There’s further information at Rutland Herald.
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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 29 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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New LotR game from EA
Electronic Arts has announced that they are developing a new Lord of the Rings game. To date details of the game are limited but next-gen.biz report that design pages, “featured elements from The Fellowship of the Ring” and Steve Gray (executive producer at EA) has hinted that the new project will be a “story construction…
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Happy birthday Marton Csokas
Marton Csokas was born in new Zealand on 30th June 1966 and is 40 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. Happy Birthday, Marton.
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Seven Dora awards for LotR
The stage version of the Lord of the Rings has won seven Dora Mavor Moore Awards. The awards included; outstanding new musical, costume design and choreography. You can read further details at The Globe and Mail.
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Death of Tim Hildebrandt
Artist Tim Hildebrandt passed away on 11th June. Together with his brother Greg, the Brothers Hildebrandt produced many illustrations of Tolkien’s works. You can view some examples of their work here and visit his memorial site here.
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Gollum helps student gain a first class degree
As part of his degree course in model design and special effects Fergus McNulty sculpted a 3D model of Gollum. The model took him three and a half months to complete and helped him gain a first class honours degree. You can read the full story at The Belfast Telegraph and view a picture of…
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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 34th 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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Lord of the Rings is the top soundtrack
Classic FM listeners have voted the Lord of the Rings as their top soundtrack. This is the fifth year that Howard Shore’s music has topped the poll. You can read more about the poll here.
