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Thursday Nov 26 | Toledo Blade

10 things I'm thankful for, including no more 'Star Wars Holiday Specials'

Welcome to the Blade blog Culture Shock, a three-times-a-week riff by Pop Culture Editor Kirk Baird on pop culture news, events, and trends.

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Related Topix: Star Wars, Vocal, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Science / Technology, Apple, Day after Thanksgiving

Tue Nov 24, 2009

This Is London

GandalfA's got a bad hobbit...watching the X Factor, says McKellen

London, Gandalf's got a bad hobbit...watching the X Factor, says McKellen By Louise Jury and Alistair Foster, Evening Standard Last updated at 10:59am on 24.11.09 Sir Ian McKellen 's reprise of his most famous role as the wizard Gandalf in the forthcoming film version of The Hobbit has been eagerly awaited by millions.

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BBC

Tintin film 'already finished'

Stephen Spielberg's Tintin film is in the can, but it will take two years for the computer animation to be completed, producer Peter Jackson has said.

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Related Topix: The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, World News, Prince Charles, Vocal

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Examiner.com

College professor offers free classes on Tolkien, Hobbits and Middle-earth

Would you like to explore J.R.R. Tolkien's classic stories in greater depth, under the guidance of a dedicated college professor who loves Tolkien as much as you do? So begins Corey Olsen's introduction to his website TolkienProfessor.com. Professor Olsen teaches English at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Washington College, Chestertown, MD, Arts, Literature

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Lions Gate (and every other media company) says it would buy MGM at right price

So, tell us something we don't know. In other words, what media company wouldn't be interested in buying MGM -- whose 4,000-title movie library includes valuable rights to the James Bond franchise and J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit" -- at a bargain-basement discount? When asked at an investment conference today in New York whether Lions Gate ...

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Related Topix: Vocal, Media, Time Warner, Computers

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Examiner.com

The Hobbit Report: November 10, 2009

Photo via wikimedia . Much of the editorial focus of JRR Tolkien Examiner will be on the upcoming, two-part film version of The Hobbit , to be released at Christmas 2011 and 2012.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Game of the Week: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

As adventures go, the "Ratchet & Clank" series reminds me of the work of both J.R.R. Tolkien and George Lucas.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Sports, Entertainment

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Laudator Temporis Acti

Bregalad's Lament

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings , Part II , Book III, Chapter IV : 'There were rowan-trees in my home,' said Bregalad, softly and sadly, 'rowan-trees that took root when I was an Enting, many many years ago in the quiet of the world.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Life, Fruits, Food, Kentucky

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Ventura County Star

Calendar: Theater and stage

Before J. R. R. Tolkien wrote "The Lord of the Rings," he penned "The Hobbit," an engrossing children's fantasy that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Vocal, Thousand Oaks, CA, Ventura Metro, Ventura, CA, Events

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Neatorama

13 Examples of Literature in Song

It's no real surprise that Wikipedia has a thorough list of these , but it's interesting to parse through the many, and find a neat collection of songs and albums that were based on, or influenced by books.

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Related Topix: Arts, Literature, Vocal, Pop/Rock, The Alan Parsons Project, Hard-Rock, Allen, Isaac Asimov, Metal, Rivendell

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Examiner.com

The Hobbit Report: November, 2009

Photo via wikimedia . Much of the editorial focus of JRR Tolkien Examiner will be on the upcoming, two-part film version of The Hobbit , to be released at Christmas 2011 and 2012.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Sliders, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, John Rhys-Davies

Sat Oct 31, 2009

BIO

...continue reading

New Zealand director, perhaps best known for his film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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This Is Money

The biggest earning dead celebrities

Michael Jackson's untimely death has put him straight in at number three in Forbes Magazine's latest list of celebrities chalking up a fortune from beyond the grave.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, 9, Short, Music!, Oklahoma, Drama Movies, Jailhouse Rock, Musical Movies, Vocal

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Digital Spy

Rhys-Davies 'won't return for 'Hobbit'

John Rhys-Davies has ruled out appearing in The Hobbit films. Rhys-Davies, who portrayed dwarf Gimli in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, told Empire , that he has no desire to come back and play Gimli's father Gloin, who appears in author JRR Tolkien's novel on which the new films are based.

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Ricklibrarian

J.R.R.Tolkien and Agatha Christie

J.R.R. Tolkien and Agatha Christie were authors who kept to very different parts of England geographically, occupationally, and socially.

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Telegraph.co.uk

20 of the most shameless cultural franchises

If the actor dies, the singer quits or the writer can't work fast enough, that's no reason to stop churning out culture.

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Related Topix: Robin Antin, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Vocal

Thu Oct 29, 2009

IcWales

Tolkien festival to be held in Middle Wales

WALES will become a world centre for Tolkien fans next year when a landmark gathering of scholars and devotees takes place.

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Related Topix: Powys County, Wales, Gwynedd County, Wales, United Kingdom, Vocal

Chico Enterprise-Record

Theater preview: Giant puppets, special effects give 'Hobbit' new look

The tale of a hobbit-turned-hero will take on bigger proportions with the aid of giant puppets next week.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Chico, CA, Vocal, Cal State Chico, Entertainment

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Associated Content

Top Earning Dead Writers and Celebrities

Whoever said you can't take it with you forgot to say how much you can leave behind.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Dallas Morning News

Garland Good Kid: Emmanuel Achilike of Garland High School

School, grade and college plans: Garland High School, senior; attending the University of Texas to major in chemistry Community and school activities: Student Council, Garland High School Class of 2010 vice president, a cappella choir, football, track, church youth leader, National Honor Society My hobbies are: singing, playing sports and ...

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Related Topix: Garland, TX, Vocal, Dallas, TX

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