Serena writes: “Hello! I just saw a commercial on E! for Sir Ian’s episode of Saturday Night Live from last season, and it will be showing tonight at 10PM Eastern on E!.”

With less than a month away until the worldwide release of The Two Towers, many Ringers look forward to the date of December 18 with great anticipation. However not all countries will be lucky enough to receive Peter Jackson’s second part of the trilogy on that special day, some countries having to wait a week, two weeks, and in some cases into late January before seeing The Two Towers released. Therefore, we at TheOneRing.net have updated our International Release Dates page for the release of The Two Towers and invite you all to check to see when the movie is officially released in your country. [More]

Indûr Dawndeath writes to say that Howard Shore’s Two Towers soundtrack is now available in many stores in Holland. Considering the way the DVD release date was adhered to, there’s a fair chance that people everywhere will be able to find the CD early as well.

From the Scotsman: Liv Tyler arrives in the piazza of a New York hotel wearing blue jeans and a white Marc Jacobs blouse, with a Hermes bag slung over one shoulder. I received a tip there’s a Billy Boyd article somewhere on the site as well, but I can’t seem to locate it. [More]

Dave_Smoketoomuch writes: BBC’s Film 2002 is running a Film of the Year poll (it runs from December 2001 to December 14th 2002, so FOTR is elligible). UK residents only, however. [More]

The UK paper, The Guardian, says more classic titles such as Lawrence of Arabia will be hitting IMAX screens as well as two major titles next year, the third Harry Potter and LoTR films. These films will not be cut down in time like Star Wars was, but instead will have an intermission as the reels will have to be changed. They will appear on IMAX screens on the same release date as they will hit regular theatres! [More]