Category: General News

Today, September 21st, is David Wenham’s birthday. He was born in Australia in 1965 and is 41 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of David here and of David in the role of Faramir here. Happy birthday David!

Tomorrow, Monday 18th September at 8pm is to be the last showing (at least for the present) of The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King on Sky Movies Channel 1. There’s further information at Sky Movies.

Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EDT.

A housing complex in Bend, Oregon is based in part on Tolkien’s Middle-earth.One part of the development is referred to as ‘Middle-earth Village’, and based on a Bree street scene from the LotR movie, and the maintenance buildings are designed to resemble hobbit holes. There are further details at bendshire.com.

Howard Shore’s complete score for The Two Towers will be available on November 7th. The deluxe set will contain 3 CDs with over 180 minutes of music and a DVD-Audio of the score in 5.1 Surround Sound. There are further details at howardshore.com.

The producers of the stage version of the Lord of the Rings are looking for 20 actors to play to roles of hobbits. Auditions are being held on 18th September at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane. All candidates should be under 5ft 7ins, aged 16-35 and the producers say that, “hairy toes and feet are…

Ian Holm was born in Goodmayes, UK on 12th September 1931 and is 75 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery you can view pictures of Ian here and pictures of Ian in the role of Bilbo here. Happy birthday Ian.

Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EDT.

Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EDT.

Billy Boyd was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 28 August 1968 and is 38 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery you can view pictures of Billy here and Billy in the role of Pippin here. Many happy returns Billy.