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• The Hunt for Gollum

  
  What The Christ? — Authority: 153
  This is a short film based on The Lord of the Rings . It follows Aragorn’s hunt for Gollum prior to the Fellowship .
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• Why fantasy series drag on and why we keep buying them

  
  Her Ladyship's Quest — Authority: 113
  The fantasy genre thrives on multiple book series. Readers love getting into an exciting world of magic populated by great characters, and then having multiple novels with which to enjoy the experience. Publishers do a lot of printing to meet this need, but then readers often complain that promising series degenerate ...
  4 days ago

• The Ring of Words: From Winterfilth to Blotmath

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 568
  J.R.R. Tolkien’s first job was as an assistant on the staff of the OED , and he later said that he had ‘learned more in those two years than in any other equal period of [his] life.’ In The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary , three senior OED editors – Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, ...
  6 days ago

• Ian McKellen surrounded by evil mutants on The View

  
  The Hero Complex — Authority: 705
  I wish that, just for a moment, Ian McKellen actually possessed some of those nature-bending powers that he wielded in the " Lord of the Rings " and " X-Men " films because it would have been a delight to see him turn the set of " The View " into a charred crater. The esteemed 70-year-old thespian was a guest on ...
  6 days ago

• Signs of the Apocalypse Roundup – November 2009 – Week 1

  
  (Cool) Shite on the Tube - Film, TV, Comics, Games, Books, Genre Pop Culture. — Authority: 135
  VH1 orders new-daddy series Show will instruct unprepared men on how to be good fathers The network has ordered a new reality series from “The Biggest Loser” producer 3Ball Prods. tentatively titled “Dad Camp,” in which first-time fathers receive a crash course in grown-up responsibilities. “Dad Camp” ...
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• The League of Bearded Catholics

  
  Old World Swine — Authority: 418
  So many little indicators , lately, that its time to do this. Ive been sitting on it for a while, but the world should no longer have to go on without The League of Bearded Catholics . I started thinking about the need for such a thing years ago, as I began to notice that a lot of my favorite Catholics (like, ...
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• Hobbit update: Casting, monsters, costumes!

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 607
  The team is, “Already testing the animated models of several creatures and doing puppetry tests for others.”
  1 week ago

• Tolkien festival to be held in Wales

  
  FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog — Authority: 470
  The influence the Welsh language had on JRR Tolkien is to form part of a major new festival to honour the author. The Festival in the Shire will celebrate themes inspired by Tolkien, whose novels included The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and is the brainchild of local book dealer Mark Faith. "My [...]
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• Arise, Sir Saruman: Lord of the Rings actor Christopher Lee knighted

  
  FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog — Authority: 470
  Last week saw veteran actor Christopher Lee knighted by the Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. He was honoured for services to drama and to charity.Lee, originally best known for his performances opposite Peter Cushing in the Hammer Horror movies, has featured in 250 films over the course of a career ...
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• Top 25 Favorite Writers

  
  Celsius1414 — Authority: 128
  Much like for my favorite movies , here is a list of my Top 25 favorite writers. Vladimir Nabokov Ray Bradbury JRR Tolkien Kurt Vonnegut Douglas Adams Mark Twain The rest in alphabetical order by last name: Robert Benchley Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Albert Camus Raymond Chandler Umberto Eco ...
  2 weeks ago

• Johnathan Rhys-Davies Turns Down ‘The Hobbit’

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 598
  Johnathan Rhys-Davies doesn’t want to be in The Hobbit films, much to the dismay of Lord of the Rings fans everywhere.Of course his character from Lord of the Rings, Gimli, doesn’t appear since this movie is set before he was born. But most had hoped, even assumed, that he’d be brought in to play Gimli’s [...]
  2 weeks ago

• The Daily Habit: Business

  
  The 115- Fear and Loathing in America: Random Babble from the Red-Eyed Counterculture — Authority: 140
  Yves Saint Laurent Richest Dead Guy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_en_ot/us_forbes_richest_dead_celebs  
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• Teaching Tolkien — update!

  
  Lingw - Musings of a Fish — Authority: 107
  This past summer, I wrote about Marc Zender’s class at Harvard, “Tolkien as Translator”, as part of the broader topic of Tolkien in the classroom. Well, I’m pleased to pass along news that Marc will be teaching the class again, this time at the Harvard Extension School . While I’ve only seen the bulk of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tolkien festival planned for town

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 607
  The influence the Welsh language had on books by JRR Tolkien is to form part of a major new festival in Powys to honour the author. The Festival in the Shire will celebrate themes inspired by Tolkien, whose novels included Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Fans of the writer, leading academics and illustrators [...]
  2 weeks ago

• J.R.R. Tolkien Makes Forbes list of Top Earning Dead Celebreties

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 607
  J.R.R. Tolkien was the fifth top earning dead celebrity on Forbes’ list, earning $50 Million last year. From Forbes.com: The creator of hobbits and Middle Earth languages left a lasting legacy for his fans and family with The Lord of the Rings franchise. The Tolkien estate and publisher HarperCollins recently ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sorting by magic

  
  Celsius1414 — Authority: 128
  As seen in Google Reader, “Sort by magic.” I half expect the various Tolkien Elvishes to be available under “Translate into my language”. :)
  2 weeks ago

• Dwarves and spiders — another angle

  
  Lingw - Musings of a Fish — Authority: 107
  The response to my post on “ The Attercops of Mirkwood ” has exceeded all expectations. In fact, it is now, officially, the most heavily commented post I’ve published to date. For those keeping score, the nearest runner-up is my post on “ ‘Old entish swords’ in Beowulf and Tolkien ”. I’m not quite sure ...
  2 weeks ago

• BUSINESS: Check out Forbes 2009 Top-earning dead celebrities list

  
  FUCK YOUR BLOG!!! - THE3XGP.COM is all about MUSIC-FASHION-SPORTS-GOSSIP - Updated Daily — Authority: 151
  The money might be drying up in Hollywood, but there’s still plenty of cash being made in the graveyard. The 13 iconic figures on Forbes’ list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities grossed a collective $886 million in the past 12 months.
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• Tolkien fights evil again… this time with Don Quixote

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 607
  “The Shadow Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica),” released October 27, 2009, is the fourth installment of James Owen’s The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica. In this installment, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams, members of the Ancient Society of the Caretakers of the ...
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• Tolkien Art Exhibition Event: The Edge of the Wild, Moreton-in-Marsh

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 607
  Malcx sends this in: Now into its seventh year, our annual Art Exhibition is held at The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, a wonderful Victorian building both on the outside and inside, making it an ideal location with free parking too. This year’s theme is “The Edge of the Wild” with Ted Nasmith’s ...
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