Category: General News

Entertainment Weekly is doing a special reunion edition featuring the casts of many blockbusters from the past. Screencrave has released some video of the LotR cast reunion that took place for the Entertainment Weekly photo shoot and interviews.

We would like to remind our friends that the Silver Leaves Issue 4 Submissions Call deadline is October 15th. Please see our guidelines for specific information on submissions.here. If time beyond the deadline is needed, feel free to contact the SL journal team on FB or write to Silver.Leaves.Journal@gmail.com.

The Lonely Mountain Band, made up from members of the Celtic band Fathom, has just released ‘Beyond the Western Seas’, an album of Tolkien inspired songs. You can find further information at the band’s website here.

The June issue of our long running Realmer’s Digest magazine has finally hit the stands. Featuring an exclusive peak inside Weta Workshop, huge 60 page special on Gondor, improved graphics and much more. Be sure to download your copy here.

Karl Urban was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 7th June 1972 and today Karl is celebrating his 38th birthday. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Karl here and of Karl in the role of Éomer here. Happy birthday Karl!

When asked to design a toy as part of a college course, Tolkien fan Maddie Chambers created a miniature of Bag End. You can read the full story and see pictures of her wonderful model here.

Ian McKellen has revealed that whilst he is a huge fan of his character Gandalf he becomes frustrated when he is mistaken for Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies. You can read the full article here.

Christopher Lee was born in London, UK on 27th May 1922 and today is his 88th birthday. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Christopher here and of Christopher in the role of Saruman here. Happy birthday Christopher!

Ian McKellen was born on 25th May 1939 in Burnley, UK and today is his 71st birthday. You can read about Ian in the cast list. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Ian here and pictures of Ian in the role of Gandalf here. Happy birthday Ian!

May 14th is Cate Blanchett’s birthday. She was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1969 and is 41 years old today. You can read Cate’s CoE bio here. There are pictures of Cate here and of Cate in the role of Galadriel here. Many happy returns Cate.