After months of writing about it, the partnership between Middle-Earth and Riot-E has finally created what they wanted for the fans. Welcome to Wireless Middle-Earth, bringing Lord of the Rings to your mobile.
“Wireless Middle-Earth is a living and growing world within your mobile phone. Prepare to meet hobbits, elves and dwarfs – or walk on the dark side with orcs, Ringwraiths or Balrog. Access to this world is at your fingertips! Wander through Middle-Earth with mobile games, quizzes, polls and infotainment, or communicate in script or rune.”
Summer Gal dropped a line to say that all Canadians will be able to read a two page article on Cate Blanchett in this month’s ‘Famous’ magazine. She says that she joined the cast “so that I could have the ears.”
Sharing a birthday with the Queen of TORN Tehanu is a good friend of mine Hannah Wood, sister to our very own Elijah Wood (Frodo). Hannah, the self proclaimed ‘saucy little vixen’ was born Hannah Blessing Wood on 7 October 1983 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wish them all the best and lets hope Hannah gets over her cold!
IGN Movies is reporting that the Matrix folks are looking for 75 to 150 Hugo Weaving (Elrond) body doubles for the new Matrix films. That’s a whole lotta Hugo… [
Ringer Spy Timothy chimes in to tell us that the latest issue of Starlog Magazine has a great 
“Newsday” the 6th largest paper in the USA, printed an article on Ian McKellen (Gandalf) today. It is part of our Sunday paper, Oct 7th. The article ran in our Fanfare section (entertainment).