In just over two weeks on 11 December, The Return Of The King will have its UK premiere in London. If that wasn’t reason enough to grab your camping gear and Calor gas stove and head for Leicester Square right this minute, then the fact that it’s the 300th film premiere to be held at the Odeon should swing the deal for you. [More]

Irascian writes: I thought you’d appreciate these two pictures for those fans who’ve “purchased” seats through the Embassy Theatre Trust. One shows the typical name tag, but with a name many might recognise – half the fun of the naming is the way famous names are intermingled with those of ordinary fans. I’ve also attached a copy of the Roll of honour which appears twice – wrapped around each of two columns in the upstairs entrance area. Verdict on the refurbishment: fantastic job making this a fantastic cinema – I wish my local was like this. The seats are the most comfortable I’ve sat in, the sound system is awesome and the screen, apparently specified by PJ himself, is huge and clear. [More]

JovialNazgul sends along these scans from Seventeen Magazine. It features an article on Liv Tyler (Arwen), and also touches on the recent clash she had with producers who consider the tall former-model too ‘fat’. You gotta love this quote “Just because I don’t starve myself and I’m not a size four at 5’10” doesn’t mean I have a weight problem.” You tell ’em Liv. [More]

Bruce Hopkins smiles for the camera

Today, November 25th is Bruce Hopkins’ (Gamling) Birthday! Bruce was born on November 25th, 1955 in Invercargill, New Zealand. That makes him 48 today! Happy Birthday Bruce!

Eighteen cast members of the Lord of the Rings films rebelled against studio New Line over bonus payments, it has been reported. The unidentified actors complained that bonus payments for the second film were smaller than the first, magazine Newsweek said, but have secured a deal. [More]

Becca writes: The Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK is running a competition that began today and ends on Thursday to win tickets to the world premiere of ROTK in NZ. Also, the Jo Whiley Show next week will be offering tickets to the UK premiere and ALSO the week after that I think they’re having competitions to win signed merchandise etc.