Jason writes: There is an Interview with Howard Shore from NPR’s “The Treatment”. I think this was originally aired on Fri. 3/1, I heard part of it on KCRW in LA on Tuesday night, and was waiting for it to be available online. He talks a lot about LOTR:FOTR (and TTT) in the interview. (RealPlayer needed) [More]

AMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” is a brainy and beautiful film that has received more Academy Award nominations than any other film this year. [More]

Chris writes: Weta Workshop will be giving a lecture at the annual design conference ‘AGIdeas’ in Melbourne Australia at the end of April. For students it costs AUS $225 and runs for three days though the talks usually go for one hour or so.

Bourget writes: Enclosed are scans of article on Orlando-Legolas’ rise to web fame from UK gossip tabloid “Now”. Apart from that, nothing new, Bloom still has an “olive complexion” and is still called “Orli” by his teenage fans. [More]

Bourget writes: Enclosed are scans of article on Orlando-Legolas’ rise to web fame from UK gossip tabloid “Now”. Apart from that, nothing new, Bloom still has an “olive complexion” and is still called “Orli” by his teenage fans.