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Karl Urban Tells of Peter Jackson And The Snow

Karl Urban has been delighting fans at Supanova in Sydney this weekend. Karl, who played Eomer, Rider of Rohan, in The Two Towers and The Return of the King, held a Q&A session at Supanova and, according to Capsule […]

This Week in Middle-earth

June, 2941 [The Hobbit] The Company was hosted by Elrond at his home Rivendell His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking […]

Meet Martin Freeman At The Roxy

New Zealanders have the chance to meet Martin Freeman at a  one-off screening of  The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in July. Martin, who plays Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy, will be giving a Q […]

Hear J R R Tolkien’s childhood in a Birmingham audio walk

J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination was fired by a difficult childhood spent mostly in Birmingham. “Light From the Shadows” is a Birmingham Repertory Theatre Neighbourhood REP project in collaboration with Hall Green Library, created by writers Charlotte […]

Elijah Wood Answers Questions From Fans

Actor Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, left a message on his Facebook page yesterday inviting his fans to ask him questions on the website Reddit. […]

Orlando Bloom To Get A Star On Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame

Orlando Bloom is to be honoured with a star on the pavement of the Walk of Fame along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in 2014. Orlando exploded onto our screens as Legolas in The Lord of the […]

Magical Books – From The Middle Ages To Middle-Earth

Magical Books – From the Middle Ages to Middle-earth is the rather wonderful title of the latest exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The exhibition is of the texts and drawings that the Bodleian holds […]

Aidan Turner Turns Thirty

Happy Birthday Aidan Turner! Aidan, known to millions as the dwarf Kili, brother of Fili and nephew of Thorin Oakenshield, is thirty today. When he was first cast in The Hobbit Peter Jackson said,“Aidan is […]

Previously Unknown Tolkien Poem Discovered

Husband and wife team Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull have found reference to an earlier version of Tolkien’s poem The Shadow Bride in the Annual of Our Lady’s School (1936). This earlier version, titled […]

Vanderbilt University Offers Online Gaming Course

Are you a fan of online gaming – particularly Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online? Ever wished you could turn your passion into college experience? This September, Vanderbilt University is offering an exciting seven-week […]