This could be good news for those Orli fans out there – Ringer spy Tim reports: “It would seem that the Bloom/Ricci story is false–apparently Ricci had a magazine interview shortly after involving her live-in boyfriend, who is not Bloom! So most likely not true!” [that Bloom is dating Ricci.] Anyhow, that Orli/Ricci report talked about him ‘whispering sweet nothings in her ear’ while she was being sick. Yeah, right! We just know Orlando would have a better sense of timing than that.

Colleen sends in word that our very own Elijah Wood (Frodo) is listed in the ‘Power’ list in Premiere Magazine this month. [More]

From: Colleen

Have you seen the latest Premiere magazine? There’s an article (page 64) on the 25 power people under 35, and our Elijah Wood is in it. Interesting to note that Kirsten Dunst is on this list, but Tobey Maguire is not, Natalie Portman is in, but not Hayden Christensen:

Elijah Wood Age: 21

Avalon’s tot is now at the center of the multi-billion-dollar ‘Lord of the Rings’ phenomenon, from which he can either Harrison-Ford-it to super-stardom or Mark-Hammill himself into oblivion. We suspect the former.

Next up: ‘Try Seventeen’, an indie comedy (his first).

Ringer Spy theRealTombombadil sends along this scan from ‘The Wall Street Journal’, check it out! [More]

Be sure to check out the online version of this article here. [More]

As we reported this on May the 7th ‘The NZ Evening Post’ confirms our story about the extra filming being done at Centreport in Wellington.

Further filming for the next instalment of Peter Jackson’s $650 million The Lord Of The Rings trilogy is under way in Wellington. [More]

The Quintessential LOTR

TheOneRing.net is honored to welcome a new Community Member! Give a round of applause for The Quintessential Lord of the Rings Website. Yes, this site lives up to the name! Check out the scene by scene visual journey through the book, as well as extremely well organized visual guide to the Decipher Trading Card Game. But that’s not all! You’ll have to discover the rest for yourself. [More]