LOTR: TTT has recently surpassed Harry Potter and the Chamer of Secrets in Worldwide Box Office. TTT has reached $861.9M in total, squeaking past Potter at $858.1M. [More]

In the next week and a half we will be spot-lighting the sponsors that make the ‘Two Towers – One Party‘ celebration possible. Today we look at one of the Premiere Sponsors: EA Games. Please support our sponsor.

EA Games

Electronic Arts (EA) is the world’s leading independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for personal computers and advanced entertainment systems. Since its inception, EA has garnered more than 700 awards for outstanding software in the U.S. and Europe. EA markets its products worldwide under four brand logos and has over 33 product franchises that have reached more than a million unit sales worldwide. [Visit EA Games]

For you scholars out there, we’ve got Elostrion back for lesson #5 in our series, “How to write a Sindarin sentence”. This week’s lesson will cover the mutations, starting with Soft Mutation, also known as Lenition (softening). This lesson is very simple once you memorize the mutations that take place. We’ll go over how we mutate a consonant, and when to do so. Meet us in #thehalloffire this evening (Wednesday March 12) at 7pm ET (midnight GMT) to participate. We’ll post the log later for folks who cannot make it!

In just three weeks, leagues upon leagues of fans of the Lord of the Rings Tabletop Battle Game will converge into the Games Workshop UK Headquarters in Nottingham for the first ever Lord of the Rings Grand Tournament! The Grand Tournament will take place the weekend of April 5/6th and is open to everyone! [More]

BigSushi writes: FOTR and TTT are going to be shown in the IMAX screen in London on the 11th and 12th of April respectively. [More]

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — Oscar organizers are hoping the movie awards ceremony doesn’t get lost in a U.S.-led war with Iraq. The United States, Britain and Spain proposed a March 17 deadline for Iraq to prove it has disarmed — which means a military strike could be dominating the news by the time Hollywood kicks off its annual awards extravaganza on March 23. [More]