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The Rings of Power Season 2 Will Bring In Tom Bombadil

Image: Amazon via Vanity Fair

After generations of adaptations skirted around him, Tom Bombadil is dancing a merry jig into the spotlight: when Amazon’s Lord of Rings show returns this August, it’s bringing the bizarre, mystically powerful forest-folk with it. – James Whitbrook Read More

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