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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Director Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc said on Tuesday they have agreed to make two movies based on the book "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien, ending months of legal wrangling.

Montreal's Theatre Sans Fil, a puppet company inspired by the Japanese tradition of Bunraku theater, will present J.R.R. Tolkien's popular fantasy "The Hobbit" with life-size puppets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

LOTR Chapter 0, done for $5000 Talk about your indie productions meeting extreme fanfic! This bunch of folks put together a 40 minute film that fleshes out a completely missing part of old J.R.R. Tolkien's epic tale.

Literary manuscripts from Marquette University's renowned J.R.R. Tolkien Collection will be exhibited this fall at Fordham's Gerald M. Quinn Library at Lincoln Center.

MGM has announced today that despite looming debts and rumors that the studio is closing, that they have the money to proceed with The Hobbit , the long-awaited, two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's prequel to The Lord of the Rings saga.

Less than two months after hiring restructuring guru Stephen Cooper as a top executive, debt-laden Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.