We were kept amused with a carving of a direwolf ice sculpture, as well as a concert performance of music from the television series: Jason Yang, who received over four million YouTube views of his one-man, thirteen-violin version of the theme song, led a nine-piece orchestra, who performed admirably despite the cold and passing traffic.

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At the height of the Cold War, Karl had built his own secret satellite dish so he could watch the Eurovision Song Contest on Finnish TV.

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Jackson made the fine decision to use a song during the final credits (composed by Neil Finn), called Song of the Misty Mountains based on the original Tolkien poem, Over The Misty Mountains Cold.

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No one involved in the creation of "Love Me Do" or "Dr. No" would have expected that either would be anything more than quick money spinners -- a throwaway two-minute pop song and a low-budget adaptation of a cheap paperback attempting to cash in on the Cold War appetite for espionage thrillers.

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