Two bits of Orlando Bloom news, one of which will crush some hopes. According to TeenHollywood.com he’s dating Kate Bosworth. [More] There’s also news from from Wee Tanya, about how our Legolas got stuck in a deserted hotel. It’s on OrlandoBloomMultimedia

We already saw the geological formation ‘Mordor’ out in the desert. Now Stewart sends us this link to a proposed tower that looks somehow familiar. [More]

Something amusing that John saw on the “Cedco Daily” LOTR:FOTR Calendar: “Today, I noticed something strange on the picture for Thursday Nov.27th. It is of Aragorn at the Prancing Pony I presume. He is lighting his pipe or something. If you look closer you will see he is holding a Bic disposable lighter!!! Yes, It’s true. I guess we now know why Aragorn has superior ranger/survival skills – he wields magic fire!” [More]

Last December, NZ glossy magazine “Pavement” produced an outstanding collection of exclusive articles and photos about TTT, which flew off the newsstands. They’ve written in to say they’ve discovered a trove of unsold copies, though. [More]

Now there’s been some Sindarin lessons offered in our chatroom, Lisse writes to remind us: “Readers interested in learning Quenya rather than (or as well as) Sindarin might want to know that there is a complete multi-lesson course available for download here

Keith reminds us [and you may have missed them] of the funny “Photoshop Friday” images spoofing LOTR on Something Awful.com – scroll down and check out pages 5 to 10.