That's it for now - more soon!

Oscar countdown: Weta Digital’s artistry displayed in 6 videos

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ leads Saturn Awards with 9 nominations

Photos from The One Expected Party

Lord of the Rings Fans Hold Their Own Oscar Party, With Elves, Hobbits and Middle Earth Drinking Songs

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Soooo... finally making a start on all those Hobbit related TORn news items that I've had in my Tabs for ages. Starting in early February...

Own The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-ray Combo Pack 3/19. Available for early download in HD 3/12!

Threats fly over Hobbit document release

International research project seeks your views on The ( Read more... )

While I have some time, here are a few Hobbit related news items from TORn:

Letteri talks Weta Digital’s work on ‘The Hobbit’ (video)

‘Hobbit’ nominated for excellence in fantasy film by Costume Designers Guild

‘Hobbit’ up for 3 Golden Reel Awards

Collecting The Precious - Vanderstelt Studio The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Art Print On Sale ( Read more... )

And the Oscar nominations are...

‘The Hobbit’ Snags Three Oscar Nominations for 2013!

January 10, 2013 at 8:48 am by newsfrombree ( Read more... )

It's awards season!

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ receives 3 BAFTA nominations

‘Hobbit’ sounds pretty sweet to Cinema Audio Society

The announcement of the Oscar nominations is at 5:30 AM PST/8:30AM EST tomorrow, and TORn has some educated guesswork about How many Oscar nominations can ‘Hobbit’ hope for Thursday?If only they'd finally ( Read more... )

Before I hit the mattress, I thought I should finally post at least some of the Hobbit/LotR related links that I have in my tabs!

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FotR is on Swiss TV - thank goodness with original audio on the second channel - and Kristin Thompson has posted a nice little anecdote on her blog from the sound mixing of RotK, on occasion of Michael Semanick's Oscar nomination for "Achievement in Sound Mixing" not once, but twice: for WALL-E as well as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's been so long. o_O


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Pictures of Joaquin! OK so the first bunch I saw were all of his back (argh!) but thank goodness for dearjoaquin.com, where they have a few good ones from the ceremony, the Governor's Ball and the Vanity Fair party. And didn't he just look smashing in all black?! I mean, come on:


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Am currently still up and watching the Oscars, will commment in this post for as long as I can stay awake and watch. :)

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