llyn sends in this mail received from the Moviefone mailing list: The nominees are out, and Lord of the Rings rules with a shot at 13 Oscar statuettes. Check out photos, clips and juicy gossip on all the top nominees, but don’t leave the voting to the “experts”! Think Harry Potter got snubbed by the Academy? Real moviegoers picked it as a finalist in the American Moviegoer Awards. Now’s your chance to vote on your favorite movies and performances of 2001. [More]

Podo Loamsdown writes: They were interviewing Bruce Willis and asking him who he was pulling for in the upcoming Oscars… He said, and I quote: “I’ve been a long time fan of Lord of the Rings, and I think Peter Jackson did a wonderful job with the movie.”

A lot (and I do mean a lot) of people have been mailing in complaining that the numbers for FotR candidates in Chicago Sun-Times Oscar poll have been changed over the last two days losing roughly 6000 votes in places. I e-mailed one of the webmasters who wrote ‘I’ve been checking the poll daily, and I haven’t noticed the raw numbers going down, although the percentages have changed’. Still, a lot of people are complaining about the loss of thousands of votes..

Does the idea of a 14″ Treebeard figure with light up eyes and five action phrases wet your figure-collecting appetite? How about a Gil Galad & Elendil double pack? Well then check out IGN‘s report from the Toy Fair 2002. [More]

The IGN FilmForce staff have made their picks for the Oscars and while they aren’t in total agreement, Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor may be coming New Line’s way. [More]

Want to earn a spot on your national team for The Lord of the Rings TCG? Now is the time, and now is your chance! Decipher announces a new tournament program this year, the World Cup of Lord of the Rings TCG! [More]