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Happy Birthday Howard Shore
Howard Shore is 58 years old today. He was born on October 18, 1946, in Toronto, Canada. Happy Birthday Howard!
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Sean Astin- book signing dates
Sean Astin’s official website has the dates for his forthcoming book tour this October. He will be signing copies of his recently published book, There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale. The dates include 10am on 16th October at the Boston Museum of Science.
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RotK Extended Edition DVD – further news
At DVDAnswers.com there are some screenshots of some of the EE DVD menus along with six screenshots from the movie. Contains some spoilers
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RotK – Extended Edition DVD
This article at businesswire.com has details of some of the new scenes that will be in the Extended Edition, the content of the fifth disc in the Collector’s DVD Gift Set and news about PJ’s “extended” cameo role. Contains some spoilers
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Tolkien is one of the Great South Africans
In a recent poll of Great South Africans organised by the South African Broadcasting company, JRR Tolkien, who was born in Bloemfontein, was voted in at number 35. You can read the full story at The Mercury and see the complete list of the top 100 here. You can read about Tolkien’s early life in…
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The Lord of the Rings : The Third Age
EA Games have revealed to IGN.com that The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, is going to support more than one player. A new video here, entitled ‘Co-Op Revelation’ explains how this will work and contains new footage of Minas Tirith.
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The Lord of the Rings : The Third Age
At Xbox.ign.com there’s a walkthrough of the second chapter of the first episode of the forthcoming EA game, Lord of the Rings : The Third Age. The walkthrough starts with a fight with the Watcher in the Water and ends at the Hall of Records. There are also some new screenshots from the game which…
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LotR : The Battle for Middle-earth – The Armies of Isengard – part 2
Part 2 of LotR : The Battle for Middle-earth – The Armies of Isengard at IGN.com discusses the buildings of Isengard that will feature in EA’s forthcoming game. These include the Tower of Orthanc and the Isengard Armory. There’s also a great video on Isengard strategy which you can view here.
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Understanding Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings
On 22nd September Michael Drout, Associate Professor of English at Wheaton College, will present a programme entitled, “Understanding J R R Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings”. The event will take place at 7pm at Mansfield public library, US. There are further details here.
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The Lord of the Rings – A Buddhist perspective
In this thoughtful article at onlineopinion.com, Professor David Loy discusses how, “despite its European origins – The Lord of the Rings resonates with Buddhist concerns and perspectives.”
