“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” raked in $73.6 million in its first weekend and put up a five-day haul of $125.1 million since debuting Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday. [More]

Forget the battle for Middle Earth, the most hotly debated subject of “Lord of the Rings” viewers — at least the female ones — is who’s hotter: Viggo Mortensen or Orlando Bloom? [More]

Downfallen West writes: There is a weekly radio show here in the US called “The Savvy Traveler”. The first half of this week’s show features traveling to NZ, of course mentioning LotR. Here’s their webbie, including a RealAudio link for anyone interested in hearing it. [More]

Ian McKellen is crossing the pond in a big way. He’s slated to be a guest on the following shows December 22nd and 23rd. [More]

Ian McKellen is crossing the pond in a big way. He’s slated to be a guest on the following shows December 22nd and 23rd.

December 22nd, 2003:

Good Morning America, ABC 8am
The View, ABC
CNN with Paula Zahn, CNN
Late Night with Conan O’Brien, NBC

December 23rd, 2003:

CBS Early Show, CBS
The Charlie Rose Show, PBS