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News Update, Bilbo Baggins at St. Ann’s, Chasing Smaug, The `original` One Ring?, Five questions for Sir Ian, Hobbiton Tours, Why three films?, The new F/X crisis, New role for Legolas actor, Radagast Interview.
The Popularity of Peter jackson`s Films has lead many Schools to stage productions of ‘The Hobbit’. Read about one amazing group of students by clicking here. To hear cast members discussing the lack of visibility of Smaug the dragon click here. Is it possible that a cursed Roman Ring discovered in 1785 was the inspiration…
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Easter news Update; What are your blockbusters as of Easter?; Ian McKellen to `Marry` Patrick Stewart, PJ gives Sheeran an Awesome Gift, Tolkien Takes Heat for Using Female Elves, First pics of Tauriel.
Daily Mail Online`s Barry Norman has released his list of the top ten epic films. Click here to see which of Peter Jackson`s `Tolkien`; movies made the list. Sir Ian will be presiding at the wedding of his friend Patrick Stewart. Wizards can do that, you know. See more by clicking here. Singer Ed Sheeran…
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CoE Book Club Restarting
On Sunday, March 4th , the CoE Book Club will start reading and discussing ‘The Hobbit’. We will be posting questions and quotes for discussion and looking at art related to the various chapters. For more info, and to join in, you can check out our Book Club here.
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CoE News: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Leads Saturn Awards Nominations,Tolkien’s Cover Designs, Technical Oscar for The Hobbit, Hobbit Premiere boosts Wellington economy
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will lead the way at the 2013 Saturn Awards after landing nine nominations. You can read about it here. To see J. R. R. Tolkien’s original designs for the covers of the LOTR Trilogy click here. Although it was not a part of the televised Oscar presentation ceremony,…
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Today’s News; Hobbit nears $1 billion Mark, Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium, Tolkien’s LOTR Cover Design, and much more!!
To read about the current and projected Domestic and International sales totals for ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ click here. For information about Andy Serkis’ new ‘Imaginarium’ motion capture studio click here. Click here to be reminded of J. R. R. Tolkien’s original cover designs for the Lord of The Rings trilogy. Click here to…
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Weekend Update; How to Tell the Dwarves Apart: A Flowchart, Tolkien’s Estate Countersued , Jackson and Walsh assist a Tourist, Autographed LOTR First Editions sold at Auction, Pricey Orcrist now available.
In order to make it easier to identify the 13 Dwarves in ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ the LOTR Project has come up with a simple flowchart. The flowchart can be found here. The battle over merchandising rights to ‘The Lord of The Rings. and ‘The Hobbit’ has gotten more confusing now that a countersuit…
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Jan 4 Update; Tolkien Nerd’s Guide to The Hobbit, Celebrate a Hobbit Birthday and, 5 Facts about Tolkien
We start today’s news with two articles from Smithsonian.com; For ‘The Tolkien Nerd’s Guide to The Hobbit’ click here. For ‘How to Celebrate a Hobbit Birthday’ click here Next; For GeekSugar’s ‘5 Facts About the Man, the Myth, the Geek Legend’ click here
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News roundup on ‘The Professor’s’ Birthday
Today, Jan 3rd, 2013 would be J. R. R. Tolkien’s 121st birthday, so we’ll start this news roundup with an explanation, from The Tolkien Society, on the proper way to celebrate with a birthday toast. The explanation can be found here. For Tolkien’s birthday The Christian Science Monitor decided to post 10 important quotes from…
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Link to Tolkien’s History found in Graveyard
Click here to read about the importance of the rediscovery, in Newcastle, of the grave of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Aunt Grace
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The Hobbit and LoTR calendar of events found in OS X easter egg; Unnamed peak could be dubbed Mt Tolkien; Hobbiton Tours Anticipates More Visitors
An unused file in the OS X calendar has revealed the remnants of a great easter egg, calendar dates for important points in Lord of The Rings. Find it here. A Fiordland peak could be named Mt Tolkien, after the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Read the article here. As…
