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Have you ever wondered when your favorite star 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 EST.

Ian McKellen’s website has updated with a new e-post, in which the actor answers questions about his experiences filming The Lord of the Rings and the cast’s Elvish tattoos, amongst other things.

Billy Boyd (Pippin) was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 28 August 1968 and is 36 years old today. You can read about Billy in CoE’s cast list here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Billy here and of Billy in the role of Pippin here. Many Happy Returns Billy!

In this audio clip at npr.org, Professor Jay Keyser, a student at Oxford University in the 1950’s, describes his experience of having a beer with JRR Tolkien.

Have you ever wondered when your favorite star 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 EST.

Yesterday, August 20th, was conceptual designer and Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee’s birthday, and today, August 21st, is the birthday of fellow artist and conceptual designer John Howe. Alan was born on August 20th, 1947 in London, England and John was born on August 21st, 1957 in Vancouver, Canada. That makes them 57 and 47 respectively.…

John Noble was born on 20th August 1948 in Port Pirie, Australia and is 56 today. You can see some pictures in CoE’s gallery of John in the role of Denethor here. Happy birthday John!

Reuters.com report that Saul Zaentz has sued New Line Cinema. Saul Zaentz, who purchased the rights to JRR Tolkien’s works in the 1970’s, claims that New Line owe him over $20 million in unpaid royalties from the LotR movies.

According to this article at playbill.com the Lord of the Rings musical is, “progressing towards an opening night in October 2005”. However, the production has yet to be cast and there are no details on where, in London’s West End, the musical will be staged.

Vnunet.com’s latest article on the greatest computer-generated movie sequences features the Battle for Minas Tirith (Battle of the Pelennor Fields) from Return of the King. You can read the full article and vote for which sequence you think is the greatest at vnunet.com. The other contenders are; Fight Club (opening sequence), Shrek 2 (whole film),…