A good interview with one of the guys responsible for visual effects in LOTR. [More] Thanks to Matt O. for the tip!

At midnight PST, all entries for the ‘Keep FOTR on Top’ contest must be in my email (calisuri@theonering.net). So if you saw FOTR this weekend, and you have yet to send me your ticket stub, make sure you do that now! The winners will be announced tomorrow!

Brandon writes: There was a pretty humorous sketch on NPR’s “Rewind” this weekend in which The One Ring is brought into the Antiques Roadshow. The segment starts at the 15:29 mark. (RealPlayer needed) [More]

Jodi sends along these amazing pictures from a LOTR themed Ice Sculpture competition recently. Take a look at the Moria gate…amazing! [More]

Clark sends along this picture of something very odd…what’s this? The Dark Lord Sauron welcoming George Bush? Hrm…something is amiss my friends!!! [More]

HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) The four-week box office reign of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” has come to an end. “Black Hawk Down” rose from its limited three-week Oscar-qualifying run to an ultra-wide national release, emerging victorious over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend in the process, while “Snow Dogs” surprisingly had something to bark about in second place. [More]