Talk about fast! Ringer fan Toni H. quickly downloaded the Sunday Star Times cast/crew image and attempted to place names with faces. From what he has come up with, it looks pretty accurate. Let me emphasis, that we don’t know if all the labelling is correct…But if you happen to KNOW (hint, hint, wink, wink ) who is who, feel free to drop me a line! (calisuri@theonering.net) [more]

The NZ’s Sunday Star Times was one of the few media sources that were invited to Peter Jackson’s first ever Press Conference since filming began.

NZ fans may want to watch TVOne News tonight as well

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The New York Times has the article and imagery of Rohan online. [more]

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I’ve been getting reports that there is no LOTR trailer with ‘Little Nicky’. There are, however, ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ trailers with the Adam Sandler comedy in some theatres. You may want to check that out πŸ™‚

It’s not too late! Everybody drag out your Gandalf beards and hobbit feet and get in on the fun! Click here to check it out!

From time to time people find and mention to us places on the Net where you can hear recordings of Tolkien’s work. Now Salon.com has a bit of one that’s a personal favourite of mine: Tolkien reading his own work. Robert B has kindly forwarded a Net source for this:

“There is a “Top 20 Spoken Word Recordings” on Salon.com. Tolkien reading from LOTR is #14. There is also a link through that link of him reading an Elven poem in Elvish.”