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The Fellowship Festival 2005
The Fellowship Festival 2005 will be held on 27th-29th August 2005 at Wembley Conference Centre, London, UK. Craig Parker (Haldir) and Mark Ferguson (Gil-Galad) will co-host and MC the festival. There are further details about the event at aaaevents. The organisers are running a number of competitions including poetry, art and film making, details of…
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Official site update
The latest update at the LotR official site is a video entitled Gifts to the Cast . This includes comments from Andy Serkis, Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen and other cast members. You can view the video here.
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Interview with Billy Boyd
In this interview at ic Birmingham Billy Boyd talks about the making of the LotR trilogy. One of the things he reveals is that he, “is not at the stage where he can sit back and enjoy the films as a viewer”. Billy will be at the Virgin Megastore, The Pavilions Shopping Centre, Birmingham UK…
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RotK EE review
IGN has updated their review of the RotK EE and this now includes the “extras” and the presentation packaging. Their review of the extras covers the film commentary tracks, galleries, the documentaries and DVD-ROM content. Contains major spoilers
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Tolkien studies
Cardiff University tutor, Dimitra Fimi, is in the process of completing her doctorate on Tolkien and you can read some of her views about his work at icWales. In January 2005 she will be leading a course entitled “The Foundations of Middle-earth: Myth, Language and Ideology in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Literature.” There are further details about…
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Win a RotK gift set
Visit the Gates of Minas Morgul page at sideshowtoy.com for details of a contest to win a collector’s DVD gift set which includes the exclusive Mínas Morgûl environment. The contest is open to e-newsletter members in all countries except Mexico, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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UK residents – win a copy of the RotK EE DVD
For a chance to win a copy of the RotK EE DVD enter the competitions at BBC Nottingham, Amnesiac and Channel 4.
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RotK EE reviews
A seven page review of the RotK EE at IGN contains details of all the extended scenes and new scenes. The review also covers video and audio quality. The Digital Bits review the film content (including details of the 2 easter eggs to be found on the discs) and presentation quality. Contains major spoilers
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Grammy nominations for RotK
The nominations for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced and there are two nominations for Return of the King. Into the West by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh has been nominated in the “Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media” category. Howard Shore’s soundtrack for RotK…
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Australia’s favorite book
Australians have been voting for their favorite book and Lord of the Rings has been announced as the winner. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was second in the poll. You can read the full story at The Australian.
