Events


May 15, 2013

TheOneRing.net is going to Phoenix Comicon over Memorial Day weekend

The kind folks at Phoenix Comicon have invited TheOneRing.net to host a panel on The Hobbit, with...
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May 13, 2013

3rd Conference on Middle-earth gets a Part 2, calls for papers

Sometimes TheOneRing is viewed as a movie-only website and that just isn’t true. While we...
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May 10, 2013

Seattle plays host to a new Fantasy exhibit at the EMP Museum

The EMP Museum in Seattle is just about the coolest museum ever, playing host to exhibits on Jimi...
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May 8, 2013

Casting Call for More Hobbit Extras

From the Dominion Post: With more scenes being shoot for The Hobbit’s final two films, Three...
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May 5, 2013

Happy Birthday John Rhys-Davies!

John Rhys-Davies turns 69 today. Born May 5, 1944, John is a very well known English-born...
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April 29, 2013

Australians can watch ‘The Hobbit,’ meet Richard Armitage

Viewers in Australia had to wait a good bit longer than many parts of the world to own “The...
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April 27, 2013

Tolkien’s Hobbit to be first book on library shelf

Birmingham bookworms are getting into good hobbits – after choosing Bilbo Baggins to open the...
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April 26, 2013

Welcome to TORn Founders Day – 2013!

When TheOneRing.net marked its 10th anniversary in 2009, we celebrated in style. In fact, we had...
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April 23, 2013

TORn TUESDAY Live Webcast Discusses New Geek Reality Shows!

What’s with all these new Reality Shows based on geeks, geekdom, and the passion of uber-geek...
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April 23, 2013

TV show hoping to put Tolkienites on reality show Quest

The creative forces behind television’s “The Amazing Race” wants to put...
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April 16, 2013

When Fandom Comes Together: How #VoteBilbo Rallied The Ringers

There once was a little hashtag looking for a cause. Over the past eleven days,  #VoteBilbo...
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April 16, 2013

When Fandom Comes Together: How #VoteBilbo Rallied The Ringers

There once was a little hashtag looking for a cause. Over the past eleven days,  #VoteBilbo...
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April 12, 2013

Even Bella Swan would #votebilbo

Readers will already know about the hashtag war going on out there, from Rasputin the Evil...
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April 9, 2013

Sorry No TORn TUESDAY Webcast Today, But You Can Still #VoteBilbo!

With sincere apologies to our local and international online audience: there will not be a TORn...
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April 9, 2013

Help Bilbo win the MTV Movie Award for Best Hero of 2012: #votebilbo

Our TORn community all know he’s the bravest little hobbit of them all, but the world needs...
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April 9, 2013

And the 2013 Middle-earth March Madness Champion is…

Louisville may have won the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament last night, but the only...
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April 4, 2013

Orlando Bloom to make Broadway debut in ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Orlando Bloom will make his Broadway debut this fall in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and...
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April 3, 2013

Ancient gold ring which may have inspired Tolkien

There is a buzz in Tolkiendom right now about a gold ring dating from Roman times, which may have...
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April 2, 2013

PJ posts Sneak Peek Excerpt on YouTube

If you missed the Live Sneak Peek at The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on March 24, and you can...
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March 31, 2013

Our Special Desolation of Smaug Panel TODAY at WonderCon in Anaheim!

HAPPY EASTER and welcome to WonderCon! Join us today as we bring amazing Hobbity goodness to all...
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March 28, 2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Sneak Peek Archive Now Available!

If you missed the Peter Jackson hosted first look at The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, or...
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March 28, 2013

Wondercon is coming to Anaheim this weekend

Beginning this Friday, March 29 through Sunday, March 31 will be Wondercon, in Anaheim for a second...
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March 28, 2013

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Bombur Statue Review

The final of the six statues that Weta Workshop had displayed at Comic-Con 2012 has arrived to many...
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March 26, 2013

Exciting *Live* Analysis of the DoS Preview on TORn TUESDAY Webcast!

On today’s very exciting *live* webcast TORn TUESDAY at 5:00pm PDT — all Ringer fandom...
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March 26, 2013

Middle-earth March Madness 2013 – Round 3 – Vote Now!

The Round of 32 is over and we have the Sweet Sixteen line-up for Middle-earth March Madness 2013!...
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