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LotR MTV TRL
Now you can download MTV’s TRL footage featuring some of the LotR cast, including 4 hobbits and 2 elves, here!
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Win TTT tickets to the premiere in Paris!
Finnish fans now have a chance to win tickets to the Paris’ official premiere of TTT.
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Take a course in Middle-earth
The Daily Californian reports on a new type of college course: DE-Cal. One of these classes – titled “History of Middle-earth” – “delves into the meaning behind J.R.R Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.”
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This is nothing like Bilbo’s comfy home…
Want to see PJ’s newest digs? The Wairarapa Times has a picture, describing it as undergoing a “Middle Earth transformation”…well, the surroundings are lush and green, but that is about as Middle Earth as it gets!
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Win a Deluxe Copy of Lord of the Rings
Tolkien’s great-grandson, Royd Tolkien, just recently launched his own website, and is offering to those who sign up for his site’s mailing list a chance to win a copy of the Lord of the Rings with a black leather binding, signed by members of the Tolkien family. The drawing will be held when the site…
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Tolkien programming
Douglas Anderson, author of The Annotated Hobbit, will be speaking at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 21st and 22nd. Read more.
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Cartdalf?
Hey, kids–don’t forget to watch South Park tonight (in the US.) On an all new episode, the boys go on “the quest to return Lord of The Rings”. Cartman sports Gandalfish attire and they laugh at Harry Potter lovers (sorry, Harry Potter lovers). Check your local listings.
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Combat Training for the Ladies.
Aussie actress Miranda Otto last week admitted that she almost ended the career and life of a castmate during shooting of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Michael McKenna reports in TV Scene.
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PBS to air Tolkien special
On Sunday, November 10th, PBS’s Sound and Spirit program will explore how “musicians, artists and writers have been inspired by Tolkien’s masterwork…and discover how Tolkien found his own inspiration in our world’s mythic traditions.”
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Scholar discusses the works of Tolkien
Thomas Shippey, prominent Tolkien scholar and author of “J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century”, discusses the works of Tolkien in this recent article.
