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Tolkien's oldest story to hit stores

For fans of J R R Tolkien (1892-1973), April will be the nicest month.It sees the worldwide release in eight languages, on April 17, of The Children of Hurin, a previously unpublished tale that was......

The Lord of the Rings rooted in racism: Academic

An American academic, who teaches at the Warwick University in the United Kingdom, has described J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy as an 'epic rooted in racism'.Dr Stephen Shapiro, an......

NRI boy wins BBC's Junior Mastermind

A 10-year-old Indian boy has emerged as the youngest champion in the history of a BBC quiz show, Junior Mastermind.David Verghese, who made it to the BBC1 show finals sailing through the heats, had......

Sahara makes $2-billion bid for MGM

Sahara India Pariwar has made a $2-billion bid to buy the debt of struggling Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Inc. Agency reports said the new offer came a day after MGM said it had got......

Get high on multimedia games this summer

Not interested in catching the latest Bollywood release or Oscar nominated movie screening at a multiplex this summer? How about racing cars? Warming up to the FIFA 2006 frenzy? Getting transported......

Top-earning dead celebrities

They're famous across the globe. Their work is treasured by millions. And they're rolling in cash--they just can't spend any of it. The 13 members of our annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list......

LOTR heirs demand share of profits

Here's a classic case of being left out in the cold.The heirs of J R R Tolkien, the creator of The Lords Of The Rings are demanding their share of the profits made from the series' success......

Rahman's Lord of the Rings opens!

The world's biggest musical is now open.The epic musical adaptation of J R R Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings saga opened in Canada on Thursday night, and this is one really massive production. Costing......

Big Fish outsmarts the King

After reigning for three weeks, the third instalment in the J R R Tolkien saga seems to have been finally swallowed by Big Fish, a quirky film about a dying man with fabulous imagination and his......

Review: Potter gets real in Half-Blood Prince

I've said it before, and I say it again: The core of the Harry Potter books is closer to P G Wodehouse's school stories than to J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The real magic of J K Rowling's......

Now, The Hobbit on the big screen

There is good news and there is bad news.First of all, fans of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy on-screen, the bad news is that Peter Jackson will not be directing The Hobbit.The good news is that......

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Lots of boats come and go in New York Harbor each day, but one catamaran in particular is attracting some stares from passersby, thanks to the... ...

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Of sandy shores, deep blue sea and literary masterpieces

Be it travelling on a bus or stuck alone in a place devoid of any technology, books will always keep you company. We recommend five books you can... ...

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The Desolation of Smaug trailer released

This film is the second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit: The... ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-trailer/1/279855.html

Hobbits and elves drawing tourists to NZ

Hobbits, elves and dragons appear to be luring tourists to New Zealand as fans await their first glimpse of the second movie in "The Hobbit"... ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hobbits-and-elves-drawing-tourists-to-new-zealand/1/279858.html

Mainak Dhar, author, Heroes R Us, Vimana

The Lord of the Rings JRR TolkienIt is an epic high fantasy novel written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor JRR Tolkien.... ...

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