Andy Serkis will be visiting New York, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Los Angeles next week in support of his new book Gollum: A Behnid the Scenes Guide of the Making of Gollum’. (The Chicago event, originally scheduled for January 13, is off.) [More]

Andy Serkis will be visiting New York, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Los Angeles next week in support of his new book Gollum: A Behnid the Scenes Guide of the Making of Gollum’. (The Chicago event, originally scheduled for January 13, is off.)

January 12 @ 7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810

January 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Borders
50 S. Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84144
801-355-6899

January 15 @ 7:00 p.m.
University of Washington
Kane Hall, Room 110
Seattle, WA 98105
Sponsored by the University Bookstore
206-633-6443

January 16 @ 4:00 p.m.
Vroman’s
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-449-5320

Melonie of the Shire writes: Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan will be in some parades in New Orleans this Mardi Gras. Wood will be riding in the Krewe of Bacchus parade on Sunday night, and Monaghan will ride with the Krewe of Orpheus on Monday night. [More]

Interesting factoid of the day… rockergall writes: Being an avid fan of both the Lord of the Rings films and the band Metallica, I am happy to report that Kirk Hammet of Metallica is a fan of the films. In the most recent issue of the Metallica Club Magazine he lists his top ten favorite things of the year 2002. His number five favorite thing of the year is the The Two Towers EE!

Nominations for the Directors Guild of America Awards were just announced. Peter Jackson has landed his third nomination in a row!

Peter Jackson, ROTK
Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Peter Weir, Master and Commander
Gary Ross, Seabiscuit

LOS ANGELES — He once was a Goonie. But Sean Astin is no fool when it comes to the ways of Hollywood. You don’t get raised by showbiz troupers like TV-movie queen Patty Duke and Addams Family patriarch John Astin and not pick up a few pointers. [More]