Midnight on Oscar Sunday, and having packed up my laptop and taken leave of the backstage press room, which has been the often surreal scene of my Academy Awards experience (of which, more later), it’s time to find a cab. [More]


Today, April 4th is Hugo Weaving’s (Elrond) birthday! Hugo was born Hugo Wallace Weaving on 4 April 1960 in Nigeria. That makes him 42 today! Happy birthday Hugo!

411Toys recently recieved the third assortment of Toy Biz’s figures from Lord of the Rings. The cases they received included the following figures. [More]

HOLLYDAZE: BBC Teletext in Britain has the prices for the British DVD set as £24.99 for the 2 DVD, August release and £44.99 for the 4 DVD, November Release.

Ian writes: Official UK XBox magazine gives “World Exclusive” 2-page “First Looks” at LOTR: FOTR game due in December.Notice that the article says the authors decided to go with the book version of events not the film. [More] [Gaming Havens]

Ian writes: Official UK XBox magazine gives “World Exclusive” 2-page “First Looks” at LOTR: FOTR game due in December.Notice that the article says the authors decided to go with the book version of events not the film.