From ZLenc:

This Sunday morning on “The Today Show” there was a preview of fall movies with someone from Entertainment Weekly. They mentioned LotR: FotR, and showed parts of the trailer without sound. He said it was in competition with Harry Potter, but recognized that FotR will be more for adults than Harry Potter.

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (AP) – R&B singer and actress Aaliyah died when a small plane that was to carry her and eight others back to the United States crashed after takeoff in the Bahamas, authorities said. [More]

Aaliyah’s last few films are ‘Matrix: Reloaded’, with Hugo Weaving (Elrond) and ‘Queen of the Damned’ with Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron). I post this news here not just because of her connections with our 2 LOTR stars, but I also thought this young songstress had some great acting ability and was a rising star, she will be missed.

One of the InQuest bigwigs dropped us a note about their next issue, which will feature Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and lots of good juicy gaming and film tidbits: There’s all kinds of hobbit-brand fun in the upcoming issues of InQuest Gamer… [More]

From Thranduil: Just thought I’d drop you a line to let you know that LOTR is once again featured on AOL’s welcome screen. It’s got links to the official site and they mention the “new” screensavers and wallpaper we’ve seen for a while…

IGN have posted up an article linking Liv Tyler (Arwen) with the main role in the upcoming biopic of 50’s pinup queen Betty Page. [More]

Jimcalagon the Red has a cunning plan to cure you of that….[More]