The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
Evie was introduced to Tolkien's work by her boyfriend, over a beer in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. She went home, read the books and, a while later, married her boyfriend. She has only recently discovered fandom, after years of eye-rolling by her husband and children, and is delighted to find it warm and welcoming and not-at-all weird. As well as tracking down bits of news and sharing them with others, she leads ponies for Riding for the Disabled and loves the cinema and theatre and her wildlife garden.
Dean O’Gorman’s first photographic exhibition is on at Page Blackie Gallery in Wellington next week. As previously reported, Dean, who plays the dwarf Fili in The Hobbit, has recreated scenes from the Vietnamese war. […]
The Hobbit will wrap by 7 July 2012. That’s the date that’s been set for the party, Billy Connolly told entertainment msn. Connolly, who has been in Australia promoting his animated film Brave, is back in […]
Well, we all knew it would be, but somehow it is quite a relief to hear that Warner Bros Pictures are almost certainly bringing The Hobbit to the San Diego Comic Con 2012. The official announcement has yet to […]
Actor Karl Urban is 40 today! Karl is known to Lord of the Rings fans as Éomer, nephew of Théoden King of Rohan. He stars in two films from the trilogy, The Two Towers and […]
News from Wellington is coming thick and fast just now. Yesterday we heard of the premiere date, today there’s news from the studio itself with Peter Jackson’s latest video blog from the set of The Hobbit. […]
Sir Peter Jackson has been recognised by the Queen in her Birthday Honours list. He has been given the honour of member to the Order of New Zealand in recognition of his services to the film […]
Dean O’Gorman is showing his serious side to listeners of Radio New Zealand National this week, when he joins The Arts on Sunday programme to talk about one of his great passions, photography. O’Gorman plays […]
As the charity auction to raise money for The Court Theatre in Christchurch enters it’s final day the bids are hotting up. The bidding stands at over $500 NZ for a Bronwyn Lange print signed by […]
Sir Ian McKellen is 73 today! This much-loved actor’s name is now synonymous with that of Gandalf, having played the wizard in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and again in the much anticipated […]
What’s the difference between Belgium and Argentina? About 20 days if you’re talking about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. For by the time many countries see the release of the film on 14 December, the […]
