Empire talks about stuff we’ve mostly heard, and has a nice pic. of Frodo and a good description of the ‘salivating throng’ in the audience for the screenings. [More}

The BBC has a bit more from their arts correspondent, which is quite nice. You can tell that Sir Ian Mckellen wears great scarves (Like the real Gandalf?) and that Liv Tyler looks cute even when caught yawning. [More]

Thanks to Strider for the alert.

Not surprisingly, E!Online HAD to update ‘The Latest Word’ to get in on the Cannes buzz and as usual they have some good tid-bits. [More]

Thanks to Matt for that

Ringer Spy Geb sends along these great pics of those LOTR toys you all want to play with so badly! [More]

From: The Dominion

Wellington has missed out on holding the world premiere of the first film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy The Lord of the Rings, but will have its own celebrity-packed New Zealand showing on the film’s international release date, December 26. [More]

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From: national post online

The enormous scope of New Line’s $270-million film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is perhaps matched only by the project’s promotional campaign. [More]

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Well, no not really, but you can catch over 2 mins of RealVideo footage at Filmfestivals.com, more pics coming as well! [More]