Are you all enjoying Mystery Picture? Well if you are, check out the new picture! I am quite happy, last week’s Mystery Pic was proven to be tons easier than the one before that with loads of people guessing correctly. Congratulations to Ringhilwen, Vulkhan, ~GrimaAragornLegolas~, Elf-lover and msheather for being the first five to correctly guess the picture! Also, be sure to check the the Crosswords section because we have a new Weaponry crossword compliments of MsGreenleaf2!
The New Zealand Tourism bureau says that tourism has doubled to $2.9 million, and the success of New Line’s ”The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” and ”The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” has helped.
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Andy Serkis, the actor who plays Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was recently in the Hot Seat, ready and willing to answer the questions of his fans.
Hobbits in their holes could hardly have been cozier than Robert Wilhelm’s students, who gathered before a flickering fireplace to swap the stories behind the story of “The Lord of the Rings,” reports CNN.
Parmadur’s Note: This article is about the Christian references in the trilogy. If you don’t like reading about religion, it probably isn’t for you.
The rush is on to get films out in time for the February 29 date for the 2004 Oscars. “If New Line Cinema is therefore unable to screen its third ‘Lord of the Rings’ film several weeks before its planned Dec. 17 debut, the film could miss out on early awards attention and suffer from the stampede of Christmas films. Last year’s second ‘Lord of the Rings’ installment, ‘The Two Towers,’ was shown to critics and other awards voters starting the first week of December. The studio is now planning to show the third film beginning in mid-November,” says New Line marketing chief Russell Schwartz.
Read more at the LA Times.
Isabel Bayrakdarian, whose ethereal vocals were featured in the Evenstar track, has held spellbound crowds in music halls all over the world but she’s never had an audience as big as the one that heard her sing in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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The official site for The Lord of the Rings is hosting a contest to win the following collectible items: Two Towers CD Cardz, plush Frodo replica, ToyBiz’s Lurtz figure, a Fellowship leaf pin, or a Two Towers poster.
Fill out the entry form!
At the official Oscar site, you can read the acceptance speeches for Sound Editing and Visual Effects, the categories that TTT won.
Fellowship of the Ring wins German Video Prize DIVA in the category International Film.
Herr der Ringe has the LotR videos that were shown at the Oscars available for download. It even includes the Mickey Mouse bit!
