The One Ring Celebration is to be held on 14th-16th January, in Pasadena, Ca, USA. Confirmed guest celebrities include; Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Bruce Hopkins, John Rhys-Davies and Royd Tolkien. There are further details at the event website here.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine has posted his list of this year’s top DVDs and the extended edition of Return of the King is at number 2.
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To celebrate the Red Sox victory in the 2004 baseball world championships, Alan B. Cohen and Brandon Cohen have written, “Lords of the Ring, a modern parable for Red Sox Nation”.
Go to Metro West Daily News to read the story of how Frodo sets out from his home in the Shire of Boston on a quest to, “return the One True Ring to its rightful place in Minas Fenway”.
On 14th and 15th May the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra will be performing the Lord of the Rings symphony by Howard Shore.
The performances will be conducted by Howard Shore and will feature the Iowa Youth Chorus, Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir and the Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus. There are further details here.
To honor the time that Tolkien spent in the town of Harrogate in 1917, the Civic Society and town council have, this week, unveiled a commemorate plaque at 95 Valley Drive. You can read the full story at Harrogate Today.
The official site has updated with a video of Peter Jackson talking about the RotK Extended Edition, and a new trailer of ‘The Third Age’.
On 7th and 8th December the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be performing the Lord of the Rings symphony by Howard Shore. The performances will be conducted by John Mauceri and will feature the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Maryland State Boychoir and Susan Egan, vocalist. There are further details here.
Nominations for the 31st Annual People’s Choice Awards have been announced and Viggo Mortensen has been nominated in the “Favorite Male Action Movie Star” category. You can cast your vote at pcvote.com.
The award ceremony will air on CBS on 9th January at 9pm ET.