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CoE News; Perrott’s Folly saved, Sir Ian to become Dr. Sir Ian, Hobbit catches 2 LOTR films, Lawsuit update.
Perrot’s folly, the Birmingham tower thought to have inspired Orthanc, has been purchased by a Charity group that hopes to turn it into a venue and exhibition center for young artists. For more information click here. Sir Ian Mckellan is about to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ulster. Details can be…
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Weekend Update; One Ring Timeline, Oldest Action Heroes, Middle-earth PSA’s, Oxford’s Tolkien Weekend, The Cast’s spare time activities, and ‘The Hobbit’ as a ‘Golden Book’.
To view Emil Johansson’s graphic timeline for the One Ring, click here. If you like to see which of the actor’s, from Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth films, made Total Film’s list of the 50 Oldest Action Heroes click here. Gamer Site ‘Dorkly’ has come up with eight humorous Middle-earth Public service announcements. They can be found…
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Second Edition of ‘In Elven Lands ,’ Music Inspired by the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Released
Oglio Records has just released a remastered Second Edition of the CD,’In Elven Lands’. The new release features a reworking of all of the music on the original release plus a great deal of previously unreleased material, all inspired by the myths and of poetry of J.R.R.Tolkien, composed and performed by the ‘The Fellowship’. The…
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News Update; Oscar and BAFTA nomiees announced; Tolkien Movie Actors on the Small Screen, The Hobbit meets the Office; and much much more.
Although ‘The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’ was shut out of the top categories for both the Oscars and the BAFTA awards, the film did receive three nominations from each group. To see the complete list of nominees click here for the Oscars and here for the BAFTAs. Click here to see the humorous parody; “The…
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Jan 4 Update; Tolkien Nerd’s Guide to The Hobbit, Celebrate a Hobbit Birthday and, 5 Facts about Tolkien
We start today’s news with two articles from Smithsonian.com; For ‘The Tolkien Nerd’s Guide to The Hobbit’ click here. For ‘How to Celebrate a Hobbit Birthday’ click here Next; For GeekSugar’s ‘5 Facts About the Man, the Myth, the Geek Legend’ click here
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Weekend News Summary; Box Office updates, Hottest Dwarf?, One Hour Spoiler Podcast, and Lots More
Click here and here for updates on the Box Office Stats for ‘The Hobbit;An Unexpected Journey’. (note that the ‘4’ in the total for ‘Rise of the Guardians’ should actaully be a ‘$’ sign) For a list of the thirteen Dwarves ranked by ‘hotness’ click here. For the second ‘Empire Online’ one-hour podcast click here.…
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Today’s news; Legolas Bow Sells At Auction; The Film that Almost Wasn’t, Phillipa Boyens on ‘The Silmarillion’. Revealing Part of Tolkien’s Past
Click here to see what the ‘Legolas’ Bow sold for at auction. Click here for an article about the tortuous unexpected journey that finally led to the production of ‘The Hobbit’ movies. Click here to read why Philippa Boyens won’t reread ‘The Silmarillion’. Click here to learn about Tolkien’s work as a literature examiner.
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Today’s Update; The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey Sets Box Office Records; Auctioning Legolas’ Bow; Who does Martin Freeman Resemble?; and lots more..
Even with not so hot reviews, click here and here to see how the Hobbit film brokedomestic and international records for a December opening. To read about where you can go to bid on the bow used by Orlando Bloom in the Lord of The Rings films click here For an article about how Martin…
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Dec. 16th News Roundup; a Suggested New Movie, Officially Licensed Replicas, Ian McKellen on continuing to be a Wizard, and Much More.
Click here for an article about some highly placed fans wanting another Tolkien work brought to the big screen. Click here for an article about the company chosen to make Officially Licensed Replicas for ‘The Hobbit’ movies. Click here for an article about Ian Mckellen’s Wizard problems Click here for SF Gate’s J.R.R. Tolkien quiz.…
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Today’s Hobbit news; A Pennsylvania Hobbit House, What Would Bag End be Worth?, and Lots More !
To see the incredible ‘Hobbit House’ built by a devout fan to house his collection, click here for a video look and click here for a detailed article with plenty of pictures. To get an idea of what Bag End would be worth today, click here. For a detailed review of the Movie, click here.…
