[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (30/04/2005)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

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TORN #267

April 30th, 2005 (Happy Birthday Mom!)

Here is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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Ringers Wins at the Newport Beach Film Fest!
Garfeimao writes: On Friday, April 29, the awards ceremony for the Newport
Beach Film Festival was held. Ringers: Lord of the Fans took home one of the
awards, for Best Documentary: Feature Length, early on in the evening. The
Festival website should be updated in the next day or so to reflect all the
awards, because there were many!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1114872164

Exclusive Orlando Bloom Webcast Monday
>From MTV: On Monday 2 May, Hollywood hunk Orlando Bloom could be answering
your questions! The strapping star of Ridley Scott’s Crusades epic ‘Kingdom
Of Heaven’ will be in London to attend the European premiere, and take part
in an exclusive video webcast with all his MTV fans. Twentieth Century Fox
and MTV will be there to cover all the action, hosted and promoted by
RealNetworks.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1114725714

LOTR DVD big winner at 2005 Canadian entertainment awards
TORONTO (CP) - Just when we thought it was safe to go back to the shire, the
Lord of the Rings has galloped forth to snatch up one last handful of
awards. The Universal/Alliance Atlantis release of the special extended
edition DVD of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King swept five
categories at the second annual Canadian Entertainment Network Awards. The
wins included best major studio and best boxed-set release, best special
edition DVD, best sound/audio and the reader's choice award.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1114652628

Hobbit stage show canned
The $10 million stage production of The Hobbit has been cancelled after just
10 shows. Poor reviews and ticket sales have forced the show's Auckland
season to be cancelled just five days before its scheduled opening night.
The show was a joint venture between New Zealand and Australia producers
operating under the name Hobbit Productions. Promoters spared no expense
flying journalists from Australia and Auckland to Wellington for the opening
night performance.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1114553160

Games Workshop UK Announces WOTR Campaign!
‘The War of the Ring’ Web Campaign for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle
Game to Launch Summer 2005. This summer, Games Workshop Hobbyists in the UK
will get the chance to take part in “The War of The Ring” web campaign. The
campaign gives hobbyists the chance to decide the fate of Middle-earth!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1114452886

Ringers West Coast Premiere Review & Images
Garfeimao writes: The Line Party was a blast. Some people showed up at 6am,
and by the time I got there around 1:30pm, there must have already been
about 30 people in line, or more. We had some 18 entrants in our Costume
contest, and all entrants got a Ringers shirt, with the winners getting
Ringers Steins, and the Best in Show got a LOTR board game. We had a trivia
competition, and everyone was given raffle tickets, until we could get the
shirts to pass out to them. We must have handed out an additional 50 Ringers
shirts to the crowd. There was a basket of assorted candy, which went over
quite well as I passed it around. The theater staff and festival staff
seemed rather amused and bemused by us, but I think they had a lot of fun
too.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1114358866

Elf Fantasy Fair 2005 Images
Ringer Spies Almarë-Sárë, Sytske & Glarawen send along these great images
from the Elf Fantasy Fair in the Netherlands. Take a look at some great
photos of John Noble, Lawrence Makoare & Alan Lee.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1114357659

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Palantir Visions (Things seen from beyond the front page)
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Coming Soon:

May 4th: Orlando Bloom on David Letterman
May 5th: John Rhys-Davies Birthday
May 5th: Orlando Bloom on Conan O'Brien
May 6th: Marton Csokas' & Orlando Bloom's 'Kingdom of Heaven' released

Join us at the 'Hall of Fire'

Hall Of Fire This Weekend - Your Fan Experience!

Are you a convention fan? Been to a Lord of the Rings convention or taken
part in a lining-up party? If you are, join us this weekend and share your
LoTR fan experience. Maybe you got to meet and talk to some of the cast or
crew. Maybe you're an autograph hunter. Perhaps you prefer have a more
scholarly bent. Or maybe, for you it's all about the fun of catching up with
fellow fans and enjoying the atmosphere.

Times:
Saturday Chat:
5:30pm ET (17:30)
[also 11:30pm (23:30) CET and 9:30am Sunday (09:30) AET]

Sunday Chat:
7:00 pm (19:00) CET
[also 2:00pm (14:00) ET and 5:00am (05:00) Monday morning AET]

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CET = Central European Time, Central Europe
AET = Australian East Coast

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More People's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien

Following last year's successful The People's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien, this
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The Tolkien Fan's Medieval Reader, edited by Turgon

Over the years Tolkien's fondness for and indebtedness to medieval
literature has often been mentioned. His special devotion to older Germanic
literature, including Beowulf and the Eddas, has long been known, for as a
professor he taught these works in addition to teaching the languages in
which they were written. This anthology has been compiled in the hope of
sharing the pleasures of these -- and other -- classics of medieval
literature that were part of Tolkien's professional life and inspirations to
him in his creative work.
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Ongoing EXCLUSIVES from “Ringers: Lord of the Fans”

Get breaking news on TORn! As the “Ringers” team completes work on this
exciting project, you can follow post-production and get EXCLUSIVE
announcements of who is starring in the film! Ringers: Lord of the Fans is a
feature-length documentary that reveals the ongoing cultural phenomenon
created by The Lord of the Rings. Very funny and often moving, Ringers shows
the hidden power behind Tolkien’s books -- and how after 50 years a single
literary work continues to spark the minds and hearts of millions.
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