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‘Lord of the Rings’ Let It Go Parody

So many “Let It Go” parodies that have been created  and even if you think you’ve had enough of them, you definitely want to watch this one from The Hillywood Show. The song is performed […]

[Video] How to Build a Fictional World

Educator Kate Messner explained how to build a fictional world in a TEDtalk video. If you are not familiar, TEDtalk videos feature the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators. The […]

New Battle of the Five Armies Interactive Infographic

Shirts.com have published a new interactive infographic battle map of the Battle of Five Armies. The map is based on the original description of events from The Hobbit, not on the film version of the […]

‘Home Sweet Hole’ Kindle Book FREE December 17, 2014 Only!

Are you ready to build your own Middle-earth themed abode? Author Lynn Dean has announced that the Kindle book of Home Sweet Hole: A Folio of “Feasible Fantasy” Floor Plans is FREE to download today […]

Interview with Chris-Rachael Oseland Author of ‘An Unexpected Cookbook’

Hobbits always seem to know how to do meals right, and in An Unexpected Cookbook: The Unofficial Book of Hobbit Cookery by Chris-Rachael Oseland, she has put together an entire book filled with delicious recipes […]

Happy Birthday, Bernard Hill!

Best known among the Tolkien community for his portrayal of Théoden, King of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings, Bernhard Hill enjoyed a long and exciting career on screen and on stage. Today, Hill […]

New Ticket Package and Show Added to Lincoln Center’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Concerts

It’s been a few months since we last reported on Lincoln Center’s The Lord of the Rings concerts that will be shown in April 2015, and since then both the Hobbit and VIP Gondor ticket packages […]

Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman On Saying Goodbye to Middle-earth

Last month IGN published two interviews with Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman, who talked, among other things, about their own experience saying goodbye to Middle-earth. This wasn’t the first goodbye for Ian McKellen, who thought […]

A New Warner Bros. Video: 17 Year Journey

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opened yesterday in the UK and Warner Bros. released a new video to look back over Peter Jackson’s 17 years of work in Middle-earth. So, grab yourself […]

Why just watch ‘The Hobbit’ when you can live it?

Bert Kreischer, thr host of Travel Channel’s Trip Flip, surprised two two J.R.R. Tolkien super fans with the ultimate Hobbit experience: A journey to New Zealand. On Sunday, December 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, Travel Channel […]