Tolkien fandom

American comedian, broadcaster and political commentator Stephen Colbert has commented that the disappearance of the Princess of Wales from the public eye is due to the third person in her marriage

Streaming giant Amazon has defended the racially diverse casting of its big budget series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," which some fans say distorts the world of J.R.R. Tolkien.

The deal also includes “matching rights” in other Middle-earth-related literary works authorized by the Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins

Amazon today announced it has acquired the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season commitment. The upcoming Amazon Prime Original will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

A first edition of ?The Hobbit? accompanied by a handwritten note in Elvish by British author J.R.R. Tolkien was sold by Sotheby?s at auction on June 4 for 187,000 euros.

The book was a gift from the author and is dedicated to Miss Katherine (?Kitty?) Kilbride, one of his first students at Leeds University in the 1920s.