Hippoga writes:

Viggo Mortensen was mentioned on last night’s episode of “Six Feet Under” on HBO. Most of the action in the episode took place at an art gallery exhibition and one of the characters whispered to another “Is that Viggo Mortensen?”. I can’t remember the exact dialog but they definitely knew who he was and that his movie brought them to tears. It appears that Viggo’s artistic talents are becoming well known. The episode will be repeated Wednesday night at 9 pm on HBO.

The May 2nd issue of Entertainment Weekly discusses and has a screenshot from the ‘Return of the King’ video game. [More] [Gaming Havens]

Movie website FilmJerk has news on three cast projects from LOTR. First is Hugo Weaving’s (Elrond) ‘The Matrix Reloaded’, Orlando Bloom’s (Legolas) ‘Ned Kelly’, and Viggo Mortensen’s (Aragorn) ‘Hidalgo’. [More]

Diana writes: I was on holiday down in Cornwall, and I found out what Bilbo done when he reached the Undying lands. [More]

Jocelyn writes: UW-Milwaukee is offering “JRR Tolkien’s FIction” this fall for both undergrads and graduate students. The course is hidden in the fall catalog under course listings for the English Department. It is being taught by Dr. Xavier Baron, he specializes in Medieval literature, Chaucer, the Arthurian Tradition, Charles Dickens, contemporary London poetry, London in literature and art. [More]

Ringer Spy Taniwha dropped us a line to let us know that some construction has begun at Stone Street studios in Wellington. Looks like the re-shoots are well on the way. Check out these intriguing pictures! [More] Minor Spoilers!