Not exactly applicable to many of our regulars, I’m sure. However, anyone who feels they need a refresher on LoTR’s major characters might like to head here. [More]

From TreeBeard:

I happened to be watching Headline News and unexpectedly saw a short interview with Andy Serkis. He mentioned how he took on the role of a heroin addict to get into his character who we all know is Gollum.

He was asked to give the viewers a teaser of Gollum, and Andy proceeded to do “the voice”!!! It was a nice little surprise. The transcript of the interview might pop-up on HN’s website later.

Here’s a shot of the screen that Treebeard took:



The Scotsman reports that an academic has decided to drag out the tired old “the epic is racist” argument. (Insert rant here). [More]

A lot of LoTR TV programming is happening right now. Most of it seems to be in the USA, but there’s some bits and bobs happening elsewhere as well. To help everyone out, here’s a an extensive programming guide for the next week. Thanks to all who contributed for this report! [More]