LONDON – Tomorrow morning, The Lord of the Rings, the biggest production in Canadian theatrical history, starts full rehearsals at a downtown Toronto warehouse. But if you don’t hear any noise from the 55 cast members, it’s probably because they’ll be holding their collective breaths in anticipation. And it’s also likely that the most anxious one of all will be the relatively unknown 26-year-old actor who’ll be playing the wide-eyed hobbit, Frodo. [More]

Alan Lee has updated his travel blog! Take a look at his latest entry here! Breakfasted with Megan Wilson from Houghton Mifflin – the organizer of this two week tour of the US – and John Tedeschi of theonering.net. It was a pleasure seeing them both again, and renewing my aquaintance with a good American breakfast – ham and eggs (over easy) – before heading off to Houghton Mifflin’s New York office to sign copies of the Sketchbook… [More]

Bruce writes: Just a quick note that Richard Taylors talk from Friday Preview Night at Supanova is now out. [More]