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4th January 2003, 02:52 AM
Fans of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien will observe the late writer's 111th birthday this Jan. 3—the same "eleventy-first" birthday celebrated by Bilbo Baggins at the beginning of Tolkien's epic work. In Hollywood and all over the world, fans will commemorate the day, Variety reported.
That will include a "Toast to the Professor" endorsed by the Tolkien Society in the United Kingdom and administered by fan volunteers all over the world, like Tolkien Forever founder Kristi Fojtik and "J.R.R. Tolkien's 111th Birthday DVD Project" producer Josh Rubinstein of Los Angeles, the trade paper reported. Fans will gather at the Cat and Fiddle Pub in Hollywood to raise a glass at exactly 9 p.m. and utter the words "The Professor." Rubinstein is coordinating DVD coverage of the parties around the world for a half-hour documentary on the event.
Fojtik, founder of the L.A. chapter of the official LOTR Fan Club, meanwhile, is planning a Hall of Fire event on Jan. 3 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., the trade paper reported.
Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81. The film version of The Two Towers is now playing in theaters.
That will include a "Toast to the Professor" endorsed by the Tolkien Society in the United Kingdom and administered by fan volunteers all over the world, like Tolkien Forever founder Kristi Fojtik and "J.R.R. Tolkien's 111th Birthday DVD Project" producer Josh Rubinstein of Los Angeles, the trade paper reported. Fans will gather at the Cat and Fiddle Pub in Hollywood to raise a glass at exactly 9 p.m. and utter the words "The Professor." Rubinstein is coordinating DVD coverage of the parties around the world for a half-hour documentary on the event.
Fojtik, founder of the L.A. chapter of the official LOTR Fan Club, meanwhile, is planning a Hall of Fire event on Jan. 3 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., the trade paper reported.
Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81. The film version of The Two Towers is now playing in theaters.