Post Tagged with: "The Lord of the Rings"

One Man Version of The Lord of the Rings on Stage

One man will do something that appears to be impossible, Charles Ross will perform every character of The Lord of the Rings in his one-man stage adaptation. There will be no make-up, no props, and […]

Happy Birthday to Orlando Bloom!

Happy Birthday to Orlando Bloom, who is 37 today! Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England in 1977. He has an older sister named Samantha, and his father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary political […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Tumblr user CaracalFeathers is responsible for this amazing edible creation. She described her dish: “Marzipan Smaug atop a treasure of golden sprinkles and rich chocolate souffle.  As fun to eat as he was to make!” […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings January 8 The company reaches Hollin January 11, 12 Snow on Caradhras ‘Caradhras was called the Cruel, and had an ill name, said Gimli, ‘long years ago, […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 2941 – The Hobbit December Gandalf and Bilbo spend the Yuletide season with Beorn Year 3018 – The Lord of the Rings December 25 The Ring Goes South At the Ford of Bruinen they […]

Producer Saul Zaentz dies at 92

On Friday, the producer Saul Zaentz, best known for One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest or The English Patient, died at 92. Among the Tolkien community, he is known for acquiring the rights to The […]

Middle-earth News Toasts J.R.R. Tolkien – To The Professor!

On January 3, 1892, the John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to Arthur and Mabel Tolkien. Known to fans the world over for his novels The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien created the […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 2941 – The Hobbit December Gandalf and Bilbo spend the Yuletide season with Beorn Year 3018 – The Lord of the Rings December 25 The Company of the Ring leaves Rivendell at dusk Good… […]

Six Degrees of Sauron–Kevin Bacon not Included

We’ve been fans of the LOTR Project for a while (some of us even have his Periodic Table of Middle-earth hanging on our walls). The latest project to come from our favorite Tolkien-research-inducing website is […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3018 – The Lord of the Rings December 18 (approximately) While the newborn Fellowship of the Ring prepares for departure, Narsil is reforged and named Aduril The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by […]