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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cartoon Caption Contest Finished
Last week's LOTR cartoon caption contest is finished with the winning punchline voted on by readers. The cartoon caricatures the ROTK teaser scene...
Miranda Otto Q&A
Check out the new Q&A feature on The Lord of the Rings star Miranda Otto as she discusses the challenges of battle scenes and unrequited love...
Discounts on New Book Releases
Just released in summer 2003, Cold Spring Press is pleased to announce "The People's Guide to JRR Tolkien" by the staff of TheOneRing.net...
Vote for Lord of the Rings
This is not breaking news or anything but I thought I would bring it to your attention anyway. The new Australian film review site FilmView...
Exhibiting Middle Earth
http://www.warofthering.net/specialnewspages/science.shtml
I could hardly contain my excitement. I had barely had time to inspect the contents of my new Legolas pencil case and stationery set when...
Reports From the Baggins Birthday Bash
We had a blast at our Baggins Birthday bash here in New York, hosted by the New York Tolkien Society and Marymount Manhattan College...
The Ads Are Gone!
Well, as promised, the top banner ads and pop-ups have been removed from TolkienMovies.com for good...
RotK Trailer Debuts Worldwide This Friday
New Line Cinema will debut the new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in theaters around the world...
Short and Sweet RotK TV Ad 
http://www.warofthering.net/downloadmanager/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=17
It's at the bottom of the list and is titled "The Return of the King Ad." It's a matter of seconds long, but gives some intriguing glimpses...
E-news RotK Trailer
http://www.warofthering.net
Another small trailer, this time from E-News. It's on the home page of the War of the Ring site, along with links to some screen caps...
'Ring' Exhibition Breaks Records
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/09/24/rings.exhibition/
The "Lord of the Rings" movies are well known for smashing box office records at the cinema -- now it is breaking records at a new...
New Tolkien E-mail Service
http://www.shiremail.com
Planet-Tolkien.com has released it's new email service called shiremail.com which is targeted at Tolkien fans from around the globe! It comes with anti-virus, anti-spam and lots more. Well worth checking out...
New Return of the King Trailer
http://www.theonering.net
TORN has the 9MB AOL version of the new Return of the King trailer available for download from their home page.
Trailers for RotK at Fantasy Forum
http://www.thefantasyforum.com/downloads.php#trailers
Having trouble downloading the new RotK trailers from TORN? Fantasy Forum also has the trailers available for download with a speedy average transfer rate of 300k.
Rings Fever Heats Up in Wellington
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2666083a2202,00.html
"No admittance except on party business" – said the sign at the entrance to Bilbo Baggins' "eleventy-first" birthday party. Now Wellington is about to hang out the same sign.
First Peek at the Final Rings Film
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2672322a2202,00.html
Fans of The Lord of the Rings will get a taste of what is to come in the third instalment in the trilogy, The Return of the King, when the trailer hits cinemas next week.
Mirrors for Downloading the RotK Trailer
This is a basic list of mirrors for downloading the new RotK trailer. We'll be continuing to add to this list as more sources for the trailer are submitted.
New 'Lord of the Rings' Trailer to Debut
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030924/ap_on_en_mo/film_rings_trailer_1
The coming-of-age film "Secondhand Lions" is getting a firsthand box-office boost from the final "Lord of the Rings" movie.
RotK Trailer Live on Official Site
The first and only theatrical trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is now LIVE on the official website!
Walking Directions From Hobbiton to Mordor
http://www.ooblick.com/text/tomordor/
Ever wondered how one would get from Hobbiton to Mordor? Here are step-by-step directions a la Yahoo! Maps that will get you going on your way! Spookily accurate.
Rush for Final Rings Movie
http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,225333-1-7,00.html
The world premiere of the final movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy is just two months away, but as Wellington prepares to host the world premiere filming is still underway.
Sev's Caption Contest for October
http://contests.sev.com.au/index.php?contestid=2
This week's cartoon features Gandalf riding his fireworks laden cart into Hobbiton. The reader gets to write an appropriately wizardly bumper sticker on the back of his cart. The contest ends Wed 8 October so come check it out!
Latest News From the Gathering and Heren Istarion
A new article about the origins of the Gathering, biographies of the academic guests of Heren Istarion, a review of Brian Sibley and John Howe's new book of maps, a chance to win tickets to the Gathering of the Fellowship event, and much more!
Marathon Screenings at a Theater Near You!
http://www.lordoftherings.net/index_trilogy.html
Click on the link above to find the theater nearest you that will be featuring The Lord of the Rings trilogy and marathon screenings. Ticketing begins online at October 9th - so be sure to reserve your place...
Rampant Mouse Introduces New Medieval Weaponry
Rampant Mouse, a web-based importer and distributor which started operations in July of 2002, offers for the first time in North America latex weaponry mass-produced through a new injected molded foam process.
Bid on a Lithograph Signed by the Hildebrandts
http://www.herenistarion.org/Herenauction.html
In order to help cover the expenses of the Gathering of the Fellowship, Heren Istarion: The New York Tolkien Society is putting up a signed Hildebrandt lithograph and an autographed copy of Glass Hammer's Middle-earth album for auction. The starting bid i...
Secret Hobbit Says Farewell to The Shire
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2679597a2202,00.html
Kiran Shah stands just 1.2 metres high, but he is big in the movie industry. Shah, 47, has worked on some of the world's most popular movies including The Lord of the Rings, Titanic and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
'Lord of the Rings' Fight Designer Visits 'U'
http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=19614
Say goodbye to gory, slash-'em-up flicks and hello to finely choreographed fight scenes. Tony Wolf, fighting styles designer and combat instructor for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, visited Fairchild Theatre on Wednesday to teach theater students...
Fox Previews 20 mins of Footage from RotK!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98986,00.html
Early last evening I got to see about 20 minutes of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Peter Jackson's third and final installment in his epic rendering of the Tolkien books.
Extended Edition and Marathon Tickets for Sale
Ticketing for our special Extended Edition Screenings for The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers is now live on the offiicial site. Fans can also purchase tickets for our 'Trilogy Tuesday' marathon screening event- which is limited to 99 theaters...
Shore to Conduct Lord of the Rings Symphony
http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/article.asp?ID=152
Composer Howard Shore will conduct a series of concerts around the world of his epic six movement The Lord Of The Rings Symphony. The first confirmed date is Friday 16th April 2004, in Antwerp, Belgium.
Gathering of the Fellowship Writing Contest
It is our pleasure to announce the official Gathering of the Fellowship writing Contests, hosted by the Gathering of the Fellowship, Lady Coralie and...
Reviews of New Tolkien Music Titles From Caprice
For Tolkien, a defining characteristic of the realm of Faerie is its arresting strangeness, an alterity which for mortals is at once perilous and intensely attractive.
Terri Schiavo's Starvation Begins
I certainly hope many of you have heard of this case. Terri Schiavo, a 39-year-old brain-disabled woman in Florida, was disconnected from her feeding tube today by order of Judge...
Hobbit Trilogy 'Rings' Up Massive Sales
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031016/en_nm/film_rings_dc_1
Echoing Gollum's covetous cries of "My precious!" fans of "The Lord of the Rings" are competing with one another over the precious few tickets to New Line Cinema's special marathon showing of the "Rings" trilogy, scheduled for Dec. 16.
Sev's Latest Caption Contest: Shelob's Size
Hi, John Cook from sev.com.au here. This week's cartoon caption contest features Sam and Frodo pursued by Shelob the spider. Sam (the Tolkien purist) is disappointed at Shelob's size.
NL 'Rings' Up Massive Sales for Marathon
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2003940
Echoing Gollum's covetous cries of "My precious!" fans of "The Lord of the Rings" are competing with one another over the precious few tickets to New Line Cinema's special marathon showing of the "Rings" trilogy, scheduled for Dec. 16.
Theatrical Spot for EA's New RotK Game
http://www.warofthering.net/
OK folks this one is hot off the press from EA. This trailer will be going out in cinemas and on a TV campaign.
BBC Unveils Britain's Top 21 Novels
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031019/ap_en_ot/britain_top_novels_2
Britons' favorite novels range from works by Charles Dickens to J.R.R. Tolkien, though many hold a nostalgic affection for the books read during childhood, according to a BBC list unveiled Saturday.
'Lord of the Rings' May Be Stage Musical
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031021/ap_en_mu/lord_of_the_rings_musical_1
Indian composer A.R. Rahman and a Finnish folk troupe have been commissioned to write songs for a musical stage version of "The Lord of the Rings," the show's producer announced Tuesday.
RotK Joins ALA's Teen Read Week Initiative
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is proud to announce its continued association with New Line Cinema as a sponsor of 2003 Teen Read Week...
Return of the King Pics at TORN
http://www.theonering.net
Everyone keeps telling me that there are big spoiler pics from Return of the King at TheOneRing.net, so if you're into that sort of thing, knock yourself out!
'Rings' Cast Lord of the Trees in New Zealand
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031027/en_nm/film_rings_dc_1
They may be the fellowship of the ring, but offscreen they are pretty much the lords of the forest. Or they will be soon. The boys of New Line Cinema's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy are taking their tight-knit friendship and putting it to work...
Return of the King Sword Raffle
http://www.elvishinspirations.com/raffle.html
This is your chance to win a great LOTR movie replica sword and help out a good cause!
New 'Gathering' Promo Video
It is my pleasure to announce to you all the release of The Gathering of the Fellowship's Promo Video.
Otto Boards Flight on 'Phoenix' Redo
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031028/en_nm/film_otto_dc_2
"Lord of the Rings" veteran Miranda Otto is in negotiations to star opposite Dennis Quaid in a remake of "The Flight of the Phoenix." Otto will play a geologist...
New Zealand Sets 3rd 'Rings' Promotion
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031028/film_nm/film_rings_dc_3
The New Zealand government has announced a NZ$4 million ($2.4 million) package to promote "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." The world premiere will take place in Wellington -- home town of the trilogy's director, Peter Jackson...
Explore Pelennor Fields!
The vast plains of Pelennor Fields are now revealed for you with an exclusive interview with The Lord of the Rings star David Wenham...
Annie Lennox to Sing 'Rings' Theme Song
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031029/ap_en_mu/music_annie_lennox_1
Annie Lennox is taking a trip to Middle-earth. The former Eurythmics singer will perform the theme song for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the final chapter in the mammoth screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy...
N.Z. Tourism Looks to 'Samurai' for Boost
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031029/film_nm/film_newzealand_dc_1
When the Tom Cruise movie "The Last Samurai" hits theaters Dec. 5, executives at Warner Bros. won't be the only ones hoping the historical epic captures the attention of moviegoers around the globe.
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