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The Loss of a Member of the CoE Staff
It is my sad duty to report that our own BerethEdhellen, Diane Doyle, lost her battle with cancer and was taken from our reach on Feb 11th. “PIPPIN: I didn’t think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take.…
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News Update: The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey wins an ‘ANNIE’
The ASIFA-Hollywood Awards ceremony took place on Saturday and the ANNIE for ‘Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production] was awarded to WETA Digital for the animation of Gollum. The complete list of winners can be found here.
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Tolkien’s ‘Ainulindalë’ visualized in watercolor
Artist Evan Palmer has taken on the task of interpreting the ‘Ainulindalë’, Tolkien’s Middle-earth creation story, in a comic with 54 pages of watercolors. Click here for a look at the results.
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How to Pronounce the Dragon’s Name
Most English speakers want to pronounce it to rhyme with ‘fog’, but in this article in Arrant Pedantry we are given the proper pronunciation of ‘Smaug’ and an explanation of the reasons for so many people having difficulty with the pronunciation.
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‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,’ Nominated for Three Oscars
Details of the 3 nominations can be found here, and a list of all of today’s nominations can be found here.
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News Update; Gandalf at Wellington Airport, All of PJ’s Cameos on One Page
Click here to view Wellington Airport’s new Hobbit Movie themed overhead display. Peter Jackson has made a cameo appearance in each of his Middle-Earth based movies. In case you missed them you can see them all compiled right here.
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Producer Saul Zaentz Passes Away
Saul Zaentz, known by us here at CoE for his ownership of the movie rights to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’, has passed away at age 92. Details of his life can be found here.
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New Class on ‘Unfinished Tales’ starts today
For anyone interested, the Mythgard Institute is offering online a free ten-week study of Tolkien’s ‘Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth’ Details of the class, which has its first session tonight at 9:30 PM EST, can be found here.
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Hobbit 2 stays on top at Box Office
According to Box Office Mojo, `The Hobbit; The Desolation of Smaug`, has continued to hold off all comers. After beating out `Anchorman 2` on its opening last weekend, the second Hobbit movie then beat out the attendance numbers for `The Wolf of Wall Street` on that movie`s Christmas Day Opening. More information can be found…
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‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Production Video 14’ now available
Click this link to be taken to Peter Jackson’s Facebook page to view the new production video, focusing on the movie’s soundtrack.
