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A loan for Lord of the Rings
The Ontario government have made a near $3 million loan to the stage version of the LotR. The production is due to open in Toronto in February 2006. Tourism minister for Ontario, Jim Bradley stated that the production, “would draw in as much as $700 million in revenues for the province’s tourism industry”. You can…
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Alan Lee book tour
From 22nd October to 30th October Alan Lee will be visiting a number of US cities signing copies of his forthcoming book The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook. This book contains pencil sketches made by Alan Lee whilst working on the LotR movie trilogy. There are details of his schedule at Ain’t it Cool News.
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Take the Tolkien trail
On 30th October, from 11.30am to 4pm, there will be a free bus tour of some of the places around Birmingham, UK, that served as inspiration for JRR Tolkien. There are further details about this event, including how to reserve a place, at the Tolkien Society website.
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Lord of the Brush
Lord of the Brush, a film about artist John Howe, is to be shown at the Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival. The festival runs from 4th to 6th November and will be held in Toronto, Canada. In addition there will be a further TV screening of the film on 20th November on Bravo Canada at 8pm…
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Canadians pick their favorite books
Canadian readers have been voting for their favorite books and 4 of Tolkien’s works have been voted into the top 40 list. The highest entry was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King which was voted into the number 5 slot. You can view a complete list of the top 40 choices…
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LotR inspired symphony
On 1st November, as part of their Philharmonic Phantasy programme, the Polk Imperial Symphony Orchestra will perform Johan De Meji’s LotR inspired Symphony No. 1. You can read more about the symphony and listen to some extracts here.
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Win a statue of Aragorn
In honor of Bilbo’s birthday, there’s a prize giveaway at Sideshow. Enter for a chance to win a statue of Aragorn. In addition, for one day only there are also discounts on certain LotR products. The draw closes at Noon (PST) on Friday 23rd September.
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Lord of the Rings Tactics
In this article at IGN Alex Pantelias, lead designer and Jeff Lind, producer of Lord of the Rings Tactics (for PSP) answer a number of questions about the forthcoming game. There are also 21 new screenshots which can be viewed here.
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The Battle for Middle-earth II
In this article at Gamespot EA producer Mike Verdu answers some questions about the forthcoming game, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II.
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Happy birthday David Wenham
Today, September 21st, is David Wenham’s birthday. He was born in Australia in 1965 and is 40 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of David here and of David in the role of Faramir here. Happy birthday David!
