NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tired of Wall Street’s poor performance this year? It might be time to get some stars into that investment portfolio. The Hollywood Stock Exchange offers participants the chance to play at being movie moguls by investing in the careers of the Tom Hankses and Drew Barrymores of the entertainment world. [More]

From: Asarina

The American Library Association’s Library Journal has a bibliography for us in the October issue. It lists books by and books about JRR Tolkien plus a great writeup about the enthusiasm already seen for the upcoming movies and a suggestion to stock up on the books as the first movie’s release date gets closer. And, a big round of applause as TheOneRing.net is touted as “the best web page hands down” for movie information by Library Journal’s Senior Editor Michael Rogers.

From: Kyle Brandybuck

Here’s a scan of the brand new Gandalf poster and bookmark available from the American Library Association catalog.

Streyeder sent me an address in the mail of an online poll to determine how much of a Geek you are. Why? Because on of the thirty questions is ‘Have you read Lord of the Rings more than once? [More]

Lars sends us some info from Norway:

Presale begins Monday, November 5th. Sunday night “Nova Kinosenter” will open the doors for the fans, that way they get them in from the cold outside. There will be sale of food, and there may also be some entertainment through the night. Me and some friends are planning to start the line Friday night. In Trondheim, LotR: FotR will have premier 1 minute over midnight, probably because of the world-premier… Wow, this is really going to be big, Trondheim Cinema says this might be the biggest opening of a film ever, and are saying that we shouldn’t be surprised if we see Orcs, Ringwraiths and Wizards around soon…

From Ozark:

Do you yearn to live on the Withywindle? Or maybe Hobbiton Hill? The link below is to a map of a town in Essex, England right out of LOTR. [More]