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Win a copy of John Howe’s newest book!
CoE is pleased to announce a contest that will allow 10 lucky people to win a copy of John Howe’s newest book, Lost Worlds. This new book draws together John Howe’s incredible artwork with a wealth of historical facts and mythological texts to create a visually stunning, classic title. To enter the contest, please click…
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Tolkien estate, New Line settle suit over films
The heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien and a movie studio that produced the blockbuster “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy have settled a lawsuit over the films’ profits, MSNBC.com reports. The out-of-court resolution clears the way for a two-film prequel based on Tolkien’s novel “The Hobbit” and will benefit charities around the world, according to a…
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Site Restored from Backup
We were hacked again earlier today, so sorry about the downtime. We were restored from a backup from a couple of days ago, so you may see some missing posts in the forum and elsewhere. If you’ve submitted items to any sections of the site in the last day or two, you may want to…
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Sorry for the downtime
As you can see, we were down for a bit. It would seem that we were hacked, and the hackers completely wiped out our database. Thankfully, being the smart people we are, we have a backup. It’s 6 days old, so there will be some stuff missing from the last few days…sorry about that, but…
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Forum Currently Down
We’re in the middle of upgrading our server to PHP 5, and that appears to have broken the forums (and possibly a few other things). Please give me an hour or two to fix things. Thanks for your patience. Edit: the Forum is now working. If you come across any sections of the site that…
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Happy Hobbit Day
Happy birthday to two of our favorite hobbits, Bilbo and Frodo. At the start of Lord of the Rings Bilbo celebrated his 111th birthday while Frodo celebrated his 33th birthday and came of age. Click here for some great CoE Hobbit Day eCards to send to your friends.
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Server Downtime
Sorry about the downtime folks. The data center where our server is hosted had an electrical fire over the weekend, which required them shutting down all power to the servers. We’re finally back up, but we may have intermittent outages and issues over the next few days. Thanks for your patience.
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Chat Transcript Available
If you didn’t get a chance to go to the chat this afternoon, and want to read a transcript of the chat, it is available here. Both PJ and GDT had some very interesting things to say, so it’s worth a read.
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Weta invites you to a live chat!
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro invite you to a live internet chat about The Hobbit, to be held on May 24th. They want to answer your questions about the upcoming movies. To register for the chat as well as to submit your question(s), please go here. More information can be found if you click…
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Ian McKellan to play Gandalf in The Hobbit
It’s official: Ian McKellen will again take up the robes of Gandalf the Wizard in the cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic “The Hobbit,” Empire recently reported. We can all breathe a sigh of relief now!
