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News for Mar. 10, 2002

Radio Free Decipher Talks To Richard Taylor

3/10/02, 10:55 pm EST - Xoanon

BAFTA award winner and Oscar nominee Richard Taylor joins the show to chat about his involvement with The Lord of the Rings films, the Weta Workshop team that worked so hard in bringing Middle-earth to life, and some background that you may not know about himself and The Lord of the Rings films. [More]

LOTR Wins C.A.S. Award

3/10/02, 10:50 pm EST - Xoanon

The winners of the Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing, announced last night, March 9th, in a sealed envelope ceremony at the annual C.A.S. Awards Banquet are as follows. [More]

LOTR soundtrack to be discussed on Weekend Edition Sunday

3/10/02, 10:43 pm EST - Xoanon

Each year "Weekend Edition Sunday," National Public Radio's Sunday morning news/feature program, spends time on each of the Oscar-nominated scores. On Sunday, March 17, NPR movie music critic Andy Trudeau will discuss the scores for "Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone" and "Lord of the Rings." For more information, or to find a station near you, go here. [More]

LOTR Premiere: Japan

3/10/02, 10:34 pm EST - Xoanon

Katy writes: Lotr is in full steam over here in Japan!! I went and saw it on the 9th of March, a week after it had opened and the theatre was PACKED!! The line went for miles and me and my friends got there 30mins before it started!! Ended up in the 2nd row with a sore neck. [More]

Variety Ads For LOTR

3/10/02, 10:27 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Deagol (via Barliman's) sent along this link to oscarwatch.com's images from the latest issue of Variety magazine. [More]

Star Wars Trailer: Chris Lee Spotted

3/10/02, 10:20 pm EST - Xoanon

The new Star Wars: Attack of the Clones trailer has appeared online and on TV tonight. There is a great shot and some dialog from our very own Chrisother Lee (Saruman) who plays an evil Jedi knight.

Lord Of The Rings CD Cardz

3/10/02, 10:13 pm EST - Xoanon

As the first installment of New Line Cinema's highly anticipated epic, live-action trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, hits the big screen - Frodo, Gandalf, Strider, and Ringwraiths will also hit your monitor screen - in a series of CD Rom Cardz. [More]

SAG Awards: Gosford Park wins Best Cast

3/10/02, 9:59 pm EST - Calisuri

Click for the SAG Website

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring was nominated in one additional SAG (Screen Actors Guild) category tonight for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. However, the winner was Gosford Park. Haven't seen that one, so can't really rip into it....yet. LOL. Just kidding. Thanks to the folks in Barlimans for helping us keep on top of the winners tonight, and congratulations to Ian McKellen for his win!

OBMarie, from barlimans sends us this: If you missed it today, the red carpet for the SAG awards will be on tomarrow at 7 am and again at 9 am central time on E! It includes a brief interview with Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd.

McKellen Wins Best Supporting Actor!

3/10/02, 8:10 pm EST - Calisuri

Click for the SAG Website

Ringers Scorpio and Susie are standing by in our Barlimans Chatroom with updates from this year's SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards ceremony. They report Ian McKellen (Gandalf) has won the award for 'Best Supporting Actor!' Woo IAN!!!!! Congratulations from all of us here at TORn and fans worldwide! Next nomiation for Fellowship is Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Lord of the Rings "FoTR" TRIVIA

3/10/02, 8:08 pm EST - Xoanon

Harper Collins Canada Ltd - in association with Dúnedain Multimedia, Toronto.com, Trivia Engine, and Virgin Music Canada - is launching a three-week "FoTR" trivia quest on March 11th, 12:01 am (EST). The game will be accessible via the Toronto.com web site until March 31st, 2002. [More]

Media Watch: In Style Magazine (Australia)

3/10/02, 8:02 pm EST - Xoanon

Julia writes: Here is a copy of some LOTR article and pics that were in this months Australian In Style. [More]

There and back again – a journey to middle earth Part X

3/10/02, 7:36 pm EST - Xoanon

Frodo's Girl sends us part 10 her trip to New Zealand! Today we hooked up with a local guide, Mike (you may have seen an article on TORN a bit ago about him, he was an Uruk-Hai). [More]

TV Watch: Ian McKellen On '60 Minutes II' & 'SNL'

3/10/02, 7:15 pm EST - Xoanon

Nathan writes: Next Wednesday's "60 Minutes II" (CBS at 10:00pm EST) has a segment scheduled about Ian McKellen and "The Lord of the Rings." And, as previously reported, Ian McKellen will also be hosting Satruday Night Live (NBC at 11:30pm EST) on March 16th.

Adventures roll on for 'Star Wars,' 'Harry' and 'Rings'

3/10/02, 7:09 pm EST - Xoanon

The episodic format popularized by sometimes cheesy genre films like "The Lone Ranger," "The Perils of Pauline" or "Flash Gordon" has become the feature film flavor of the year. [More]

Jackson's Locks Get In The Way

3/10/02, 7:04 pm EST - Xoanon

Ataahua writes: I saw the story you had about PJ and Fran receiving their New Year's honours, but the article itself missed out on some giggles that were provided during this very serious ceremony, as the Governor General had a close encounter with PJ's unruly hair. [More]

Lord of the Rings in Lego.

3/10/02, 3:55 pm EST - Tehanu

I dare you to come up with anything sillier. Well, there's Lord of the Rings played out entirely by Barbie dolls, but let's not go there. This is what you get a university education for. (Hey, I love this.)

Fran Walsh, Christopher Lee on NY Observer

3/10/02, 3:19 pm EST - Tehanu

Recently I posted a link to this great interview with Fran Walsh and Christopher Lee who were at a press thing in New York where Fran mentioned checking out the TORN opinion polls. Embarrassingly enough, the story was moved off the URL we had so nobody could find it. Here's the story again. [More] The 'Observer' trots out those tired old stereotypes and calls Tolkien fans 'Pale-skinned.'

Name Confusion Riles Rings Writer

3/10/02, 3:15 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Ataahua sends us this clipping from the Daily News in NZ. [More]

Sir Ian McKellen to host Saturday Night Live

3/10/02, 2:55 pm EST - Tehanu

News has come in from several Ringers watching TV who say that Sir Ian McKellen will host Saturday Night Live next week, March 16th.

The Two Towers Photo Archive

3/10/02, 2:50 pm EST - Tehanu

Spanish-language site Rumores de Cine has done a nice job compiling 'great moments from the Two Towers' images. Some of them you've seen on TORN or other media before, but it's handy having these in one spot like this. [More] Thanks to Cathia for the link.

'Mind' Wins DGA Award

3/10/02, 1:51 am EST - Xoanon

The Directors Guild Of America have given their award to 'A Beautiful Mind' director Ron Howard. Some people think this may be a precursor to the Oscars in 2 weeks, only time will tell. (see you in LA PJ! -Xo)

The DGA Winner is...

3/10/02, 1:50 am EST - Calisuri

Ringer staffer Asfaloth is LIVE at the DGA(Directors Guild Award) Ceremony here in Hollywood, and she just phoned in with the results. Guess who won? I shouldn't grumble, but it was Ron Howard. Yeah yeah, Beautiful Mind is a great movie..yadda, yadda, yadda...Opie is talented...bla bla bla...We'll get them next year PJ!

News for Mar. 09, 2002

Hall Of Fire Chats For March 9th & 10th

3/09/02, 4:52 pm EST - Strider

While the release of The Two Towers is December 18th, months and months away, preparation in anticipation for the next installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy begins already in the Hall of Fire as we begin our already succesfull chapter by chapter discussions on The Two Towers and its first chapter: The Departure Of Boromir. [More]

GAMING: Screenshots

3/09/02, 3:01 pm EST - DarthCaeser

Universal sent along some screenshots from their LOTR games. There are six from Fellowship of the Ring for Xbox, and six from The Lord of the Rings Part One for Gameboy Advance! [More]

News for Mar. 08, 2002

One Party to Rule Them All - The Details

3/08/02, 3:12 pm EST - Calisuri

One Party to Rule them All

TheOneRing.net with Sideshow/Weta Collectibles are proud to announce "One Party to Rule them All!" [More]

Enya Wins Best Selling Female At World Music Awards

3/08/02, 2:04 pm EST - Strider

It seems like Enya is one of the hottest properties in the music industry today and capped off one heck of a year by beating off competition from Britney Spears and Dido to pick up the world's best-selling female award at the World Music Awards in Monaco on Wednesday. [More]

Toy Biz Figures Feature On MTV UK

3/08/02, 2:01 pm EST - Strider

MTV UK were showing a report originally conducted by MTV in the States from Toy Fair 2002, in which the reporter visited the merchandise booths of Lord of the Rings, Men In Black II, Spider-Man and Star Wars: AotC. The reporter spent about 20 seconds talking about the diorama scene from the Mines of Moria, featuring the new Gandalf figure and the amazing Balrog figure.

TORN Digital Chapter III: Concerning Wizards

3/08/02, 10:50 am EST - Xoanon

TORN Digital is back with Chapter III: Concerning Wizards, Ingrid Dellalian and the crew bring you an exclusive interview with Ian McKellen (Gandalf) on one of his most recent trips to New York city. Stay tuned for that soon! Meanwhile you can check out chapters I and II featuring a great interview with John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) [More]

Hobbits, Elves and Satellite Dishes

3/08/02, 10:40 am EST - Xoanon

Peter Jackson's ambitious goal to bring alive The Lord of the Rings onscreen would have remained just a director's dream, if it hadn't been for IT. [More]

Peter Jackson's 'Salome' At Cannes 2002 -UPDATE-

3/08/02, 10:34 am EST - Xoanon

Sony Mouse writes: I just read at aint-it-cool-news that Peter Jackson has a new movie coming out at the Cannes Film festival called Salome. It's a silent movie and features lots of cameos from the 'lesser' known cast members of the movie (this seems to include Orlando Bloom).

UPDATE: The AICN boys wrote us to inform us that 'Salome' is an inside joke and that th film screened was in actuality PJ's 'Forgotten Silver'.

Foxtrot Talks LOTR Oscars

3/08/02, 10:14 am EST - Xoanon

Bill Amend is at it again, this time he's got Jason chosing the Oscar winners...I like how he does it! [More]

Ian McKellen In San Jose Part 2

3/08/02, 10:06 am EST - Xoanon

hobbit_in_a_hole sends us part 2 of her report from Ian McKellen's (Gandalf) apperance in San Jose. [More]

Enya to Make Debut Oscar® Performance at 74th Academy Awards®

3/08/02, 1:39 am EST - Xoanon

Beverly Hills, CA - Singer-songwriter Enya will perform for the first time at the 74th Academy Awards, producer Laura Ziskin announced today. Enya will sing “May It Be” from “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” which is nominated for Best Original Song. Enya, whose total album sales to date have reached 60 million, has become an international success. Her latest album, “A Day Without Rain,” has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States and won a Grammy Award in 2002.

Thanks to Nicholas for the tip!

News for Mar. 07, 2002

Mother Goose & Grimm Do LOTR

3/07/02, 10:12 pm EST - Xoanon

Check out the Lord of the Bathtub Rings! [More]

Howard Shore Interview

3/07/02, 9:54 pm EST - Xoanon

Jason writes: There is an Interview with Howard Shore from NPR's "The Treatment". I think this was originally aired on Fri. 3/1, I heard part of it on KCRW in LA on Tuesday night, and was waiting for it to be available online. He talks a lot about LOTR:FOTR (and TTT) in the interview. (RealPlayer needed) [More]

Lord of the Hackers

3/07/02, 9:41 pm EST - Xoanon

AMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is a brainy and beautiful film that has received more Academy Award nominations than any other film this year. [More]

Live In Melbourne? Want To Meet Some WETA Folks?

3/07/02, 9:35 pm EST - Xoanon

Chris writes: Weta Workshop will be giving a lecture at the annual design conference 'AGIdeas' in Melbourne Australia at the end of April. For students it costs AUS $225 and runs for three days though the talks usually go for one hour or so.

Orlando Bloom Online

3/07/02, 9:26 pm EST - Xoanon

Bourget writes: Enclosed are scans of article on Orlando-Legolas' rise to web fame from UK gossip tabloid "Now". Apart from that, nothing new, Bloom still has an "olive complexion" and is still called "Orli" by his teenage fans. [More]

There and back again – a journey to middle earth Part IX

3/07/02, 8:56 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Frodo's Girl gives us part 9 on her adventures in New Zealand! [More]

Media Watch: Trading Card World Magazine

3/07/02, 8:24 pm EST - Xoanon

lee sends along these scans from Trading Card World Magazine. Take a look! [More]

TTT Logo?

3/07/02, 11:10 am EST - Xoanon

Are we looking at the TTT Logo? Serathorn seems to think so:

On the Official Turkish Lord of the Rings Web Site,they post the official logo of TTT. In Turkey,the movie will be back in April 5 with long TTT trailer.

Just WHO Are YOU?

3/07/02, 10:58 am EST - Xoanon

Nona writes: The following scan was done by "Winter" from the LOTR Info group. It's an enlargement of one of the pictures from the Variety booklet. As you can see - Boromir is clearly not Sean Bean! [More]

TTT: Action Figure News

3/07/02, 10:44 am EST - Xoanon

The saga continues as Toy Biz introduces an all new action-packed line-up of products inspired by this year's most anticipated movie sequel- New Line Cinema's The Two Towers. (sigh...I'm still waiting for my Xoanon action figure! -Xo) [More]

LOTR On Ice

3/07/02, 10:40 am EST - Xoanon

Mr Will writes: Just thought you might want to know that Todd Eldredge has joined the cast of Stars on Ice for the rest of the season (through April) and is performing a variation on the free program using LOTR:FOTR music that he competed with at the Olympics.

Arwen Pendant Pre-Order

3/07/02, 10:38 am EST - Xoanon

Aisling writes: NewLine Cinema is offering a Sterling Silver Arwen Evenstar Pendant on their Web site. It is a pre-order item and will ship on or about March 11th. The piece, based on Arwen's pendant in 'LOTR' film, is made in sterling silver. Measures 2 1/2 inches in length and comes complete with a sterling silver chain. The cost is $75 dollars.

FOTR: #1 In Czech Republic

3/07/02, 10:34 am EST - Xoanon

Belcarnen gives us all the info on all things rings from the Czech Republic. [More]

American Cinematographer Talks LOTR

3/07/02, 10:28 am EST - Xoanon

Check out these very interesting articles from American Cinematographer's website, focusing on Grant Major, Jim Rygiel (hi Jim!) and Andrew Lesnie! [More]

FOTR Box Office: Sweden

3/07/02, 10:24 am EST - Xoanon

Gustav writes: Sweden's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet reports that 1735403 Swedes have seen FOTR in theaters so far, and that the film is still in 3rd place in the weekend list after 11 weeks on release. This means that it only has to lure 400 000 visitors into theaters to beat Titanic's 2.1 million all-time audience record.

FOTR: Turkey Re-Release

3/07/02, 10:23 am EST - Xoanon

Yusuf writes: FOTR will be re-released on April 5th here in Turkey and Umut Sanat (the distributor of the films ) told that the TTT trailer will be attached to the film. And also on its 11th week 19.460 more people wathced LOTR making its way at #6 on the Box Office. Now 1.648.800 people watched the film in total.

News for Mar. 06, 2002

Media Watch: Russian Premiere Magazine

3/06/02, 2:26 pm EST - Xoanon

Rynger Spy Albertine sends along these scans from Premiere's Russian magazine (didn't even know they made it in Russian -Xo). Take a look! [More]

There and back again – a journey to middle earth Part VIII

3/06/02, 12:48 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Frodo's Girl sends part 8 of her trip to New Zealand. Check out her photos from the Southern Alps! [More]

Media Watch: Dolly Magazine

3/06/02, 12:37 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Kim sends along this 'in-depth' (rolls eyes -Xo) profile on our Elijah Wood (Frodo). It amazes me how shallow these articles can be..the research for this article must have lasted all of 4 minutes. [More]

TTT: Total Movies Talks TTT

3/06/02, 12:24 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Beryl sends along these scans from the latest issue of 'Total Film' Magazine. [More]

FOTR: Not Too Shabby In Belgium

3/06/02, 10:55 am EST - Xoanon

Sara SamFan writes: FOTR is still in 6th place in the movie top 10 in Belgium. In the Belgian books top 10 you can find FOTR in 2nd place (John Grisham only took over the first place from FOTR this week), The Two Towers in 3rd place, The Hobbit in 8th place (new entry) and The Return of the King in 9th place! So The Lord of the Rings is still doing extremely well in Belgium!

FOTR: Still #1 In The Netherlands

3/06/02, 10:53 am EST - Xoanon

Mirjam writes: Just a quick word from the Netherlands, thought I'd let you know that Lord of The Rings is still number 1 over here. According to the cinema here in Arnhem almost 1.5 mln people went to see it, not bad for a country with 16 mln inhabitants, is it?

Legolas Caption Contest

3/06/02, 10:50 am EST - Xoanon

From: John Cook I've published a new Lord of the Rings cartoon punchline contest with Frodo and Co. struggling through the snowy pass of Caradhras. Readers can submit Legolas' answer and the funniest punchline will be chosen by readers in a week's time. [More]

LOTR Props At Virgin Megastore

3/06/02, 10:47 am EST - Xoanon

From The folks at McKellen.com: I have posted a couple of photos of the display at Virgin Megastore in Hollywood, it features genuine props from the Bag End set, Ian McKellen will be making a special appearance there this Saturday afternoon at 2pm. [More]

Ebert & Roeper Talk LOTR

3/06/02, 10:41 am EST - Xoanon

From tvguide.com: The annual “If We Picked the Winners” special, in which the critics discuss this year's Academy Awards. Included: scenes from “A Beautiful Mind,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “Training Day.” Check your local listings.

"Lord of Rings" producer ousted from Oscars nominations

3/06/02, 10:33 am EST - Xoanon

Oscars organizers have named three producers of "The Lord of the Rings" as the official nominees for the fantasy flick's best film nod, dropping one film maker from the list, they said. [More]

Richard Taylor Talks At Innovate NZ

3/06/02, 10:30 am EST - Xoanon

Will writes: They just showed a section of Richard Taylor's talk at Innovate NZ workshop today. [More]

Running "Rings" around the rest

3/06/02, 9:41 am EST - Xoanon

Making Lord of the Rings was a labor of love for its cast that will no doubt end with lots of kisses on Oscar night, Chris Betros reports. [More]

"Lord of the Rings" has strong opening in Japan

3/06/02, 9:39 am EST - Xoanon

TOKYO — Japanese moviegoers were spoiled for heavyweight choice this past weekend with the release of "Monsters, Inc" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Variety magazine reported Monday. [More]

Ian McKellen In San Jose

3/06/02, 9:36 am EST - Xoanon

hobbit_in_a_hole sends along this report and an article from Ian Mckellen's (Gandalf) visit to San Jose. [More]

FOTR #1 Of All Time In Russia

3/06/02, 12:42 am EST - Xoanon

Natalya writes: Yes, FotR did it in Russia and toppled That Ship over! FotR has just beaten Titanic to be the Number 1 of Russian total Box Office of all times! And only on its 4th week of release! The figures are (Feb.7th-Mar.3rd): $ 5 268 354 total gross, 1 617 490 tickets sold. Titanic took 5.2 mln $ for all time of its running in Russia.

Linux Snatches Rings Prize

3/06/02, 12:38 am EST - Xoanon

arien writes: Thought you might be interested in this recent article from the Australian Financial Review about the OS(s) used for handling the animation in LOTR. [More]

Best American Film

3/06/02, 12:30 am EST - Xoanon

Original TBHL member no. 90 writes: The Danish film industry gave held their annual award show. LOTR:FOTR was named Best American Film.

So Fran Walsh DOES read TORN.

3/06/02, 12:29 am EST - Tehanu

How often do we beat our own drum? We couldn't resist this one: Proof that the film makers consult the TORN polls too. [More] Thanks to Julie for the link.

News for Mar. 05, 2002

PJ receives 'Order of Merit.'

3/05/02, 11:28 pm EST - Tehanu

NZMoose sends this link that shows director Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh being honoured in their own country with the Order of Merit. [More] Cute picture!

Two Towers Preview previewed!

3/05/02, 10:25 pm EST - Tehanu

Big news over at AICN - a report from somebody who saw the TTT preview/trailer in the making. [More]

The Shire in England

3/05/02, 10:00 pm EST - Tehanu

Melbourne paper The Age has a fascinating article about a little-known corner of England that seems to have a far better claim for inspiring Tolkien's Shire than the worn-out surroundings of Birmingham [More] Thanks to Cat for the link.

More theatres to show LOTR with trailer release.

3/05/02, 9:54 pm EST - Tehanu

Word from New Line quoted on Coming Attractions is that they'll try and get LOTR back in more cinemas when the TTT preview reel is released: "...we're going to switch out the last reel for Friday, March 29. On March 22 we're going to do a big push to get back into the theaters. I hope to get back to 2,000 [screens]."

Thanks to Lord JubJub for the news.



Power, Politics and the Ring.

3/05/02, 9:32 pm EST - Tehanu

Here's a great article if you want to ponder the meaning of power in LOTR. Thanks to Sufi for the link to the Mises Institute website.

Collector's Society Discount

3/05/02, 8:13 pm EST - Calisuri

Sideshow/Weta Collectibles has updated there Collector's Society page to include Series 4 & 5 of their statues and busts. The collector's society gives customers a 15% discount on a purchase of an entire series. If you are attempting to get all of the statues, busts and helms, this is the way to go, and definitely the cheapest. [More]

LOTR Box Office: Japan

3/05/02, 5:56 pm EST - Xoanon

Edwin writes: It *appears* that LOTR took in excess of 900,000,000 yen on opening day in Japan ($6.75+ million). [More]

Hutt News Cartoon

3/05/02, 5:22 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Silmarien sends along this cartoon from the Hutt Newspaper! Take a look and see how LOTR is bigger than cricket these days! [More]

Crowe Talks FOTR

3/05/02, 2:27 pm EST - Xoanon

Silmarien writes: I saw this interview on TVOne last night. At the end Russell Crowe talks about LOTR and PJ. (Holmes' question about "openers" refers to opening batsmen in the NZ cricket team. Russell's cousins Jeff and Martin Crowe both played for NZ). [More]

TV Watch: Ian McKellen 'Politically Incorrect' Transcript

3/05/02, 2:25 pm EST - Xoanon

Rimrunner writes: Just letting you know that the transcript for last Friday's "Politically Incorrect" with Ian McKellen is up and can be found here. [More] Click on 03/01/02 to get the right one.

Media Watch: Variety Booklet

3/05/02, 2:22 pm EST - Xoanon

Valerie writes: I just got this weeks double issue of Variety and it comes with a great booklet on the making of LOTR that I just had to scan right away and send along. [More]

Special Oscar show to run at Embassy

3/05/02, 1:55 pm EST - Xoanon

From Altariel: Wellingtonians are being invited to share in some of the expected oscar night succes for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. [More]

Rings Tours Plan Changes

3/05/02, 1:40 pm EST - Xoanon

Ringer Spy Ataahua sends along this magazine article about Red Carpet tours plans on changing it's tactics. [More]

News for Mar. 04, 2002

There and back again – a journey to middle earth Part VII

3/04/02, 9:21 pm EST - Xoanon

Frodo's Girl sends along part 7 of her journey into New Zealand. Take a look! [More]

Moviefone falls for LOTR Sarcasm Page?

3/04/02, 7:28 pm EST - Tehanu

According to Paul, if you call 444-film for LOTR on AOL Moviephone you get this synopsis which claims that Frodo sets out on a quest to protect the legendary Ring from the evil forces of Gandalf the Grey!

Media Watch: TV Guide.

3/04/02, 6:42 pm EST - Tehanu

A link from Capotica has a nice little interview with Sean Astin. [More]

Balrog vs Gandalf

3/04/02, 4:16 pm EST - Tehanu

Thanks to Jason, we have a link to the Franklin Mint's contribution to the world of LOTR collectibles [More]

FOTR: Number 3 In Sweden

3/04/02, 2:11 pm EST - Xoanon

Gabriel writes: Just wanted to tell you that LOTR:FOTR is number 3 at the Swedish boxoffice after 11 weeks. Another thing; a few days ago, a magazine listed the top ten most sold books in Sweden right now. FOTR was no. 3, TTT no. 4, ROTK no. 5 and The Hobbit was no. 10.

First Stage's dwarves, trolls are getting into 'The Hobbit'

3/04/02, 2:08 pm EST - Xoanon

Here's a dilemma that would tax the talents of any theatrical director: Your production's cast members are too big for the small roles and too small for the big roles. And your star is required to have "wings like an immeasurable bat," a jewel-encrusted belly and scales. Oh, yes, and to also breathe fire. [More]

LOTR Opens Well In Japan.

3/04/02, 11:38 am EST - Tehanu

It's too early to tell yet whether it'll reach the same cult status as it has in the West, but Bruce is able to tell us about how LOTR fared in the first week of opening in Japan. [More] (Now my curiosity turns to India and China....is LOTR going to win over hearts and minds there? Write in if you think you know.... -Tehanu)

TORn Oscar Party Tix Information

3/04/02, 11:07 am EST - Calisuri

In one week, on Monday, March 11th at 12 noon PST, tickets for "The One Party to Rule them All" will go on sale. While the details for the party cannot be released until later this week, you will not want to miss this event! Tolkien fans from all over the world will be celebrating 13 Oscar nominations on the very eve of Sauron's destruction!

March 24th, 3019: Frodo and Sam begin the final leg of their quest at the base of Orodruin.

March 24th, 2002 CE: Fellowship of the Ring begins the final leg of its quest for Oscar gold.

To keep up to date on the latest news concerning this event, please sign up for our LA Oscar Party newsletter. [Sign-up]

There is still an opportunity to help sponsor the event. Email asfaloth@theonering.net for more information. And if you are a member of the press and want to arrange coverage for this truly unique party, also email asfaloth@theonering.net.

Fellowship of the reel forced to split

3/04/02, 9:56 am EST - Xoanon

In what could prove to be a more momentous disappearing act - certainly for the film makers - than Bilbo's party farewell in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the four credited producers of the film have agreed to let arbitrators decide which one of the four will not get to step up on stage next month should the film be named Best Picture at the Academy Awards. [More]

FOTR: Number 6 In Oz

3/04/02, 9:51 am EST - Xoanon

Laurelee writes: After 11 weeks, Fellowship of the Ring is still popular in Australia at number 6. [More]

(Aussie) PM likened to 'miserable' Rings character

3/04/02, 9:48 am EST - Xoanon

AAP BRISBANE: A prominent Labor politician has compared John Howard's election tactics to a "miserable, enslaved and obsessed" character from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. [More]

Townsend Talks Aragorn

3/04/02, 9:45 am EST - Xoanon

wizardlex writes: Here's a link to an interview with Stuart Townsend, in which he mentions his short stint as Aragorn on LOTR. [More]

Media Watch: InStyle.com

3/04/02, 9:42 am EST - Xoanon

jen sends us this link from the 'In Stle' website, talking about the LOTR:FOTR premieres in London and New York, hrm...better late than never I guess. [More]

Weekend Round Up

3/04/02, 12:14 am EST - Xoanon

Missed all the news this weekend? Watching the first F1 race of the season? Or perhaps you wasted your time watching 'Queen of the Damned' like I did? Well fear not! TORN keeps you covered with all the news you may have missed in our weekend round up! [More]

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