[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (30/08/01)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

WETA/SIDESHOWTOYS CONTEST ALMOST OVER!!! SEE BELOW!!!

TORN #95

Thursday August 30, 2001

Here it is, the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)

Will the REAL Sarah Mcleod please stand up...
For months now we've been searching for a complete cast list to fill our
archives (someone out there, send one along!), the best we could do is use
the small scraps we've been thrown from time to time. It was a long time ago
that the name Sarah Mcleod crossed my desk, and ever since then we've been
scrambling to find a REAL image of good old Rosie Cotton herself, and now we
have one. Follow the link to see just how lucky Sam Gamgee really is, and we
aren't talking Mayoral races here...
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/999149927]

New Poster Finally Arrives!
Head on over to moviefone.com for a new contest where you can win the NEW
LOTR: FOTR poster!!! We brought you this poster a while back, you can now
win your own!!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/999104182]

Viggo Mortensen talks LOTR
A BIG thanks to Sangarunya for this great translation and transcription of
this long article, thanks!  We find each other in TreePeople Park in Beverly
Hills, exchanges courtesies - in Danish - and sit down on the dust-dry
ground beneath the eucalyptus trees. Once in a while a couple of joggers
passes by. Some of them turn and jog past us again, and a woman whispers to
her co-runner: "My God - it's Viggo Mortensen."
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998935135]

Cannes Footage Screened in LA?!
Ringer Spy Bombur sends in the following letter he received. unfortunately,
this screening is only for Hollywood-types...sorry folks! I want to go as
bad as you do! Many of you have asked to see The Lord of the Rings footage
that New Line previewed in Cannes a few months ago.
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998683918]

SHOP: WETA/Sideshowtoys Series III
The cool folks at WETA/Sideshowtoys have updated their site with series III
of the LOTR set!
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/998629762]

Scouring of the Site (Breakdown of our various sections)

Barlimans is more than a place to get your mead! There is the Fun Section,
Regulars Map and Photo Gallery, and of course the gateway to our ever famous
MIRC Chatroom!
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Gaming Havens is keeping all you gamers up to date on the latest
RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. Check it out daily for gaming news.
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The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) The Lord of the Rings Director's
very own fanclub! Stop on by to learn more about the man, the myth, the
bastard. If you are a Peter Jackson fan, then 'The Bastards Have Landed' is
the place for you!
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You know the old adage: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait. Check out the
huge August additions to Green Books: Turgon's Bookshelf has a great guide
to "Tolkien Publications Roundup-Fall 2001 and Beyond."  Anwyn's
Counterpoint blows the heralding trumpet, "Tolkien Geeks, Unite!"  Our
Special Guest takes on the ever-burning issue, "Every Time a Bell Rings a
Balrog Gets Its Wings?" I go Out on a Limb to assess the damage of the
recent "San Diego Comic-Con Wrap & Review." More Tributes from the fantastic
Terry Pratchett and Douglas A. Anderson from Meditations on Middle-earth.
Tookish's Ticklers keeps rolling with comics, jokes, and parodies. Yowza! A
rich bounty of 23 new Q&A,  Great Fan Fiction in Moon Letters Green Books
continues to be the most diverse and dynamic online Tolkien magazine on the
web. Come explore the WORDS and WORLDS of Tolkien!
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The Tolkien community never looked so good! Come and check out our listing
of 11 subsites hosted by TheOneRing.net! We've got everything from Rolozo
Tolkien, with almost EVERY Middle-earth image ever created, to our FX
section, devoted to the magic of motion picture special effects. As well as
a host of foreign language sites!
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Our Tolkien Fan section is just for you! From the site design to all the
stories and text is designed by you the fans of Tolkien and TheOneRing.net!
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Shop.theonering.net is THE place to find all your Tolkien items available
online! From Tolkien cards to weekly ebay items, you should keep clicking on
over to our shop section for all your Tolkien needs!
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Palantir Visions (Things seen from beyond the front page)

!!WETA/SIDESHOW TOYS CONTEST - Almost over!!!

Why did the Balrog Cross the Road?  How many Hobbits does it take to screw
in a light bulb? Have you ever thought of a joke like this? A funny joke
with a Tolkien twist! That's what we're looking for in this Tolkien
Joke-O-Rama!

[http://www.theonering.net/theonering/contests/0801_humorhunt.html]

To obtain information on an international distributor located closest to you
please contact Sideshow sales at sales@sideshowtoy.com

TORN DIGITAL IS HERE!

THEONERING.NET® IN CONJUNCTION WITH ORPHMEDIA® PRESENT 'TORN DIGITAL'
(Middle-earth, August 27, 2001) TheOneRing.net®, the premiere Lord of the
rings website, adds another dimension to providing news and information from
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We Like to Party!!!

Talking of premieres and celebrations, TORN would like to see Tolkien fans
have their own 'Fellowship' bash on the 19th, right here in New Zealand. It
should be a big glamour event, given that we've got a chance to have the
first public screenings in the world (it's the dateline thing acting in our
favour!) Ideas, suggestions, and expressions of interest to
tehanu@theonering.net. We need to get an idea of numbers. Meanwhile, watch
this space.

That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in those
letters! We love to hear from you!

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