Category: General News

Today, June 7th is Karl Urbans 31st Birthday. The New Zealand born actor portrays “Eomer” in the Lord of The Rings trilogy.

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation brings you Storyline Online which features members of SAG reading children’s storybooks aloud. Elijah Wood reads a story called “Me and My Cat” and Sean Astin reads “A Bad Case of Stripes.” At the site, click on the links on the left to hear the stories!

Ever want to meet LOTR fans in your area? Now you can! To find out all the details head on over to Meetup–and meet others who like LOTR today!

There’s another poll over at the BBC, asking “Who is your favourite celebrity?” Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom are both in the running, so go vote and keep both of them in the polls for next week! Head on over to the site and cast your vote!

I met Bruce Hopkins (Gamling in The Two Towers) at the comic book convention at the Novi Expo in Novi, Michigan.

The Tolkien Society is planning a big 5 day conference/convention to celebrate the Lord of the Ring’s 50 year anniversary!

As a fan of Star Trek, I am also quite disturbed about the possibility of no more Trek films, but I don’t think my reaction is quite this bad … either way, The Lord of the Rings is always good.

Yes it’s true. In Spring 2005 Lord of the Rings The Musical will hit the West End in London with an enormous budget behind it. “This will be like nothing the West End has ever seen before,” said producer Kevin Wallace. Read the story on BBC Online. Could you be the Frodo they’re looking for?

Saruman is 81 today! Christopher Lee, born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, was born May 27, 1922 in London, England UK. Happy Birthday, Christopher!

It is a $59,000 a year job many fans of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings will want – but they have to base themselves in Aberystwyth, at the University of Wales. Does that sound like your dream job? Read about it at Stuff.