Sean Astin at South Texas Comic Con
South Texas Comic Con (STXCC) took place in McAllen, Texas, on May 9-10, 2015. STXCC is a young con – 2015 is only its second year – but it’s spending its youth well, bringing in […]
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Happy Birthday, Cate Blanchett!
Happy birthday to the incomparable and magical Cate Blanchett! The multi-award-winning Australian actress turns 46 today. Cate was born in 1969 in Melbourne, Australia, the middle of three children of June and Robert DeWitt Blanchett. […]
EXCLUSIVE Interview: Jed Brophy, Part 3
Middle-earth News reporters Amanda Capley and Valdis Longbeard had the honor of interviewing fan favorite Jed Brophy during Dragon Con 2014. We shared the first two parts of that interview over the last two weeks […]
Celebrating Friendship for Tolkien Reading Day
Today is Tolkien Reading Day! The Tolkien Society started the tradition of Tolkien Reading Day in 2003, encouraging fans to celebrate Tolkien’s life and work by reading their favorite passages from Tolkien’s books. The date […]
Roads Go Ever On: Middle-earth News in the Next Age
A full season has already passed – winter or summer, depending on your hemisphere of residence – since The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opened for most of the world. In that time, […]
EXCLUSIVE Interview: Jed Brophy, Part 2
Last week, we shared the first part of our exclusive interview with actor Jed Brophy (Nori) during Dragon Con 2014. Here is the second part of the conversation with Jed and reporters Amanda Capley and […]
EXCLUSIVE Interview: Jed Brophy, Part 1
Middle-earth News reporters Amanda Capley and Valdis Longbeard had the opportunity to sit down with Jed Brophy during Dragon Con 2014. We’ve been saving the interview for a rainy day, so to speak. To tide […]
TheOneRing.net Throws ‘One Last Party’
Tolkien and Peter Jackson fans from all over the world gathered in Hollywood, California on February 21, 2015, for a gala celebration of all six Peter Jackson Middle-earth films. Our good friends at TheOneRIng.net organized […]
Harper Collins Presents ‘The Lord of the Rings’ 60th Anniversary Edition
In March 2014, Harper Collins announced that a new edition of The Lord of the Rings was to be released in June 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of the book’s publication. Now, Harper Collins […]
Sir Peter Jackson Named On Forbes Celebrities List
New Zealand movie maker, Peter Jackson, has cracked Forbes’ list of the “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities” for the first time. Jackson, 51, and “father” of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, is now in […]
