~mallorn~ writes: Today while at work I was reading through industry trade magazines and came across this fantastic little article giving some publicity to one of our own TORNados and her Tolkien cookbook! [More]

Lady_Greenleaf writes: I just got a copy of Disney Adventures magazine in the mail this afternoon and there’s an interview with Elijah Wood and Sean Astin about The Two Towers. [More]

Lady_Greenleaf writes: I just got a copy of Disney Adventures magazine in the mail this afternoon (they just mail it to me, I assure you I do NOT subscribe) and there’s an interview with Elijah Wood and Sean Astin about The Two Towers. I sent along some scans of both pages of the interview.

The Emmy nominated episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosted by our very own Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will be re-aired on E! tonight at 7. Don’t have E!? Then simply follow our link to the original coverage of the show from March 17th, 2002 with a TON of screencaps!. [More]

In what seems years ago now, we posted a story breaking the news that native Kiwi Nathaniel Lees will play Ugluk the orc. We later then dismissed the casting as we heard nothing about him anywhere, but now with Decipher’s Ugluk card making the rounds, I decided to call in some old favours and find out who the man behind the mask really is…and it turns out it is indeed Lees…so that’s solved! [Nathaniel Lees] [Ugluk the Orc]

Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) talks to Bill about playing Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, being a gay activist, and quitting smoking. 2 pm on (2:30 NT) on CBC Radio One on the show “Richardson’s Roundup”. [More]