Each year “Weekend Edition Sunday,” National Public Radio’s Sunday morning news/feature program, spends time on each of the Oscar-nominated scores. On Sunday, March 17, NPR movie music critic Andy Trudeau will discuss the scores for “Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Lord of the Rings.” For more information, or to find a station near you, go here. [More]

Katy writes: Lotr is in full steam over here in Japan!! I went and saw it on the 9th of March, a week after it had opened and the theatre was PACKED!! The line went for miles and me and my friends got there 30mins before it started!! Ended up in the 2nd row with a sore neck. [More]

Ringer Spy Deagol (via Barliman’s) sent along this link to oscarwatch.com’s images from the latest issue of Variety magazine. [More]

The new Star Wars: Attack of the Clones trailer has appeared online and on TV tonight. There is a great shot and some dialog from our very own Chrisother Lee (Saruman) who plays an evil Jedi knight.

As the first installment of New Line Cinema’s highly anticipated epic, live-action trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, hits the big screen – Frodo, Gandalf, Strider, and Ringwraiths will also hit your monitor screen – in a series of CD Rom Cardz. [More]

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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring was nominated in one additional SAG (Screen Actors Guild) category tonight for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. However, the winner was Gosford Park. Haven’t seen that one, so can’t really rip into it….yet. LOL. Just kidding. Thanks to the folks in Barlimans for helping us keep on top of the winners tonight, and congratulations to Ian McKellen for his win!

OBMarie, from barlimans sends us this: If you missed it today, the red carpet for the SAG awards will be on tomarrow at 7 am and again at 9 am central time on E! It includes a brief interview with Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd.