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In this audio clip at npr.org, Professor Jay Keyser, a student at Oxford University in the 1950’s, describes his experience of having a beer with JRR Tolkien.

The nominations for The World Soundtrack awards have been announced. There are no nominations for either RotK or Howard Shore in the Best Original Soundtrack of the Year or Soundtrack Composer of the Year categories. However, Into the West has been nominated in the Best Original Song Written for Film category.

You can see a full list of all the nominations here. Click on the link at the bottom of this page to cast your vote for the Public Choice award.

Voting for the Public Choice award closes on 15th September. The award winners will be announced on 9th October.

Collectormania 6 is being held from Friday 1st October to Sunday 3rd October 2004 in Milton Keynes, England. Admission to the event is free. It has been confirmed that Karl Urban, Billy Boyd, Royd Tolkien, Thomas Robins, and Nathaniel Lees will be attending. There’s further information at Collectormania.com and billyboyd.net.

A survey about The Return of the King carried out by the University of Wales in Aberystwyth has become the biggest piece of social research of its kind ever, with over 25,000 people responding. The University says that some analysis could be completed by December. More information about the survey can be found at Stuff.co.nz.

Comingsoon.net has The Return of the King: Special Extended DVD Edition, listed for release on December 14th.

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.

In a recent poll 1000 adults were asked to name their favourite children’s book when they were growing up. The top spot went to the Famous Five adventure stories by Enid Blyton. Lord of the Rings was placed sixth with The Hobbit in eighth place. You can read the full story at tvnz.co.nz.

Guests at the Supanova 2004 convention, which is being held in Brisbane, Australia on 18th and 19th September, include; John Noble, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies and some of the Weta Workshop crew. For further details go to supanova.com.au

Sean Astin will now be attending the Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo in Wellington, NZ on 25th-26th September. Other LotR guests include; John-Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis and Jed Brophy (whose roles included Snaga and Sharku). For further details go to: pulpexpo.com .

Gamespot.com has released the new, There and Back Again, “From Silence to Cinematics” video clip. The video tells us about the in-game sound for The Third Age, and how they make it work with specific characters.