News Archive

Lord of the Rings is nominated in several categories in the Teen Choice Awards. You can cast your votes at teenpeople.com.

Have you ever wondered when your favorite star from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EST.

Due to a scheduling conflict, Howard Shore is no longer available to conduct the Philadelphia performance of the LotR symphony on 13th July. His place will be taken by John Mauceri, principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. There are further details here.

For a chance to win a trilogy box set (containing the theatrical versions of all 3 movies) enter the competitions at; moremagazine.co.uk,virginmegastores.co.uk and radiotimes.com.

On June 18, Howard Shore will at Borders in Sydney to sign copies of the LotR CDs. More information on the event can be found here.

A film called “Frodo Is Great… Who Is That?!!” will be part of the New Zealand Film Festival in both Auckland and Wellington. The description of the film in the festival’s website can be found here.

The Official Site has updated with a sneak preview of EA’s The Battle for Middle-earth. There, you can view a demo and read more information on the upcoming game.

The list of semi-finalists in the Mithril Awards for Tolkien fanfiction is now available, and voting has opened in the Voters’ Choice categories. Visit the online voting form at the awards site to vote for your choices from all the stories, poems & research articles that have reached the semi-final stage. Voting will remain open until Sunday 27 June 2004.

Return of the King won the 2004 MTV Movie awards for best movie and best action sequence. The award show will air today, 10th June, at 9pm ET. For further information go to mtv.com.

Updates to John Howe’s official site include some new art galleries which include some designs and images from the LotR movies. You can view the galleries here. In the latest update to the news section, which you can view here, John talks about inspiration.