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George R.R. Martin on the brilliance of The Lord of the Rings: "As I read Return of the King, I didn’t want it to be over. That last book blew my mind, particularly the scouring of the Shire. I didn’t like that when I was in high school. The story’s over, and they destroyed the ring — but he didn’t write 'and now they lived happily ever after.' Instead, they went home and home was all [expletive] up. The evil guys had burned down some of the woods; a fascist-like tyranny had taken over. That seemed anticlimactic to me. Frodo didn’t live happily ever after or marry a nice girl hobbit. He was permanently wounded; he was damaged. As a 13 year old, I couldn’t grasp that. Now, every time I re-read The Lord of the Rings — which I do, every few years — I appreciate the brilliance of the scouring of the Shire. That’s part of what lifts the book from all its imitators. There was a real cost to Tolkien’s world. There’s a tremendous sadness at the end of Lord of the Rings, and it has a power. I think that’s partly why people are still reading and re-reading these books." Was it a mistake to not include the scouring in Peter Jackson's films?

Antonio Banderas came to Hollywood and "they said, ‘You are here, like the Blacks and the Hispanics, to play the bad guys.'" "The problem was a few years later I had a mask, hat, sword and cape as Zorro and the bad guy was Captain Love, who was blond and had blue eyes.“

🇧🇷 Ronaldinho is coming to the Stadium of Light. The Brazilian icon will be on Wearside on Monday 25 May, leading his Ronaldinho & Friends side against Jermain Defoe’s UK Icons team. Secure your tickets below 👇

The monopolisation of football brands has been bad for the game. Umbro, Admiral, Mizuno, Diadora, Kappa, Fila etc all need to make a come back. Everyone having a Nike or Adidas deal is boring

"I don't want you to leave. I want you to dig" 🎬🍿

GG EA, you have well and truly made this game unplayable, genuinely a chore.