UPDATE!

Well it won’t be going to the UK Sunday Times I hope. I’m afraid I don’t think that latest article on Cate (see below) is totally wonderful. A few weeks I got a bit of flak for suggesting politely that I was surprised that there wasn’t more interest in the UK media about LOTR. Specifically, I noted that most of the big papers have done articles repeating each other, and without checking inaccuracies. Sure, we’re the pot calling the kettle black, but we’re amateurs, and you’re not shelling out any cash to buy our news.

The latest report of Cate in the UK Sunday Times, just down the page here, is exactly the kind of thing I’m talking about…[more]

There is an… interesting.. article in the UK Sunday Star Times about Cate Blanchett and her role as Galadriel. It’s a unique article with some very original (?) descriptions of Galadriel’s role in The Fellowship. [more]

Thanks to Bruce for the tip

Ian McKellen speaks a bit about his role as Gandalf in this x-men-the-movie.com online interview. (LOTR questions begin around the 11th question) [more]

The NZ Herald has yet another story about some more LOTR thefts of props and costumes. [more]

From: John Cook

Hi, Xoanan! Thought I’d let you know of a new Lord of the Rings cartoon caption contest I’m running this week. The comic strip features a falling Gandalf as he battles the Balrog (along with caricatures of most of the other 9 walkers too). Check it out and submit your own punchlines for Gandalf here.

John is featured in our LOTR Comics Section located as a subsection of Fan.TheOneRing.net. Check it out Today! [comics section]

Houghton Mifflin has some exciting news for you die hards! A new paperback release of The History of the Lord of the Rings (a subset of The History of Middle-earth) will be issued on August 3. More details [here].