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Time Magazine has included the Lord of the Rings trilogy in their list of the greatest ‘100 Movies of All Time’.

Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars 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.

Volume 2 of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review is now available for purchase. Articles include; Parallel Lives: The Sons of Denethor and the Sons of Telamon by Miryam Libran-Moreno and Tolkien’s Imaginary Nature: An Analysis of the Structure of Middle-earth by Michael J. Brisbois. There are further details at wvupress.com.

JAMDAT’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy, a cell phone game, is due for release later this year. You can read a preview of the game at IGN.

Two hobbit motel rooms have been built at Woodlyn Park, Waitomo, New Zealand. Built into the hillside the rooms can accommodate up to 10 people. You can read the full article at Stuff.co.nz.

If you’re a fan of riddles, then the newest section of the Council Courier might be of interest to you! It’s called Riddles in the Dark and every month it features a new and challenging riddle related to Tolkien’s works. If you have participated in May’s riddle game, then be sure to check out the answer.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is due to launch in 2006. IGN has a report of a demo of the initial game experiences which include rescuing an imprisoned hobbit named Celadine Brandybuck and a trip to the Mad Badger Tavern.

IcBirmingham report that plans to put up a 25ft statue of an Ent on the village green in Moseley, UK have resulted in a split in the local community. Local business and resident groups have backed the proposal but heritage campaigners object to the statue’s size.

The proposal for the statue was designed by Tim Tolkien, JRR Tolkien’s great nephew. It is proposed that the cost of the statue (£30,000) will be raised via internet sales of metallic leaves which will be engraved with the name of the purchaser and placed at the feet of the Ent.

When it was originally published in 2002, author Ian Brodie expected to sell about 10,000 copies of the Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook. However, sales have now reached 275,000 copies. You can read more about the book and its sequels at Stuff.co.nz.

Tickets for the stage version of the Lord of the Rings went on sale on Sunday and Playbill News report that about 40,000 tickets have been sold to date netting nearly $4 million with about $1 million being generated from online sales. Executive producer Kevin Wallace commented that he was, “…absolutely thrilled. It’s a fantastic response and an affirmation of the worldwide interest in this production.”