Kristin Thompson & Rick Porras Booksigning TOMORROW Kristin Thompson, author of The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood, writes: I am going to be doing a signing event for The Frodo Franchise in New York on September 27. It starts at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street (MAP), tel. 212.362.8835. It should be an exciting evening, since Lord of the Rings co-producer Rick Porras will be joining me for a conversation before the signing! We’ll talk for perhaps half an hour and field questions for fifteen minutes or so.

‘The Frodo Franchise’ Booksigning in NY

Mountain featured in ‘Lord of the Rings’ erupts WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand’s Mount Ruapehu erupted, spewing out ash and rock that injured one climber and forced around 50 people to be evacuated off the mountain, local media reported on Wednesday. The 10-minute eruption started at about 8.20 p.m. on Tuesday and sent a cloud of ash and dust to a height of 15,000 feet, Geological and Nuclear Sciences said.

Mountain featured in ‘Lord of the Rings’ erupts

Entertainment Weekly on 'Eastern Promises' Roheryn writes: The latest Entertainment Weekly article hails Viggo Mortensen’s infamous bathhouse brawl in the buff as the harbinger of a new age of naked fight scenes. Huzzah!

Buff and Tumble

It makes sense to pay attention NEW YORK (AP) — Viggo Mortensen is looking out the window. Across the street from his Manhattan hotel, he notices a man on a balcony and wonders aloud what the man is doing, what his life is. The moment makes him ponder, “What does that mean?” “Basically, I think life is relatively short,” Mortensen concludes. “We’re not here that long and I think we’re lucky to be here. “And it makes sense to pay attention.”

‘It makes sense to pay attention’