samwise the fat writes: Billy Boyd (Pippin) is going to be on a British TV programme next Friday 5th September called ‘You Call the Shots’ at 5pm.

Uh-oh. “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (**** out of four stars, rated PG-13 for epic battle sequences and scary images) is now out on DVD, but we’re still not finished with the 24 hours of extras on the extended-edition DVD of the first film, “The Fellowship of the Ring.” (We were slowed a little by the gaffer’s audio commentary and by the short film “Behind the Scenes of ‘The Making of “The Making of ‘The Fellowship of the Ring.’ ” ‘ “) [More]

Lady Elira Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) is in this month’s Reader’s Digest UK (September 2003). The article begins “She’s made a career of merticulously transforming herself. So what’s she like when she’s not acting?”. Her latest is film is discussed but there’s only a mention of LoTR and a picture of her as Galadriel.

Anyone with scans, send them along!

Andy Serkis’ (Gollum) official site announces that a play will open Sept. 29 in London. Andy Serkis is directing it, and it’s called “The Double Bass”. [More]

Little did I know that when I asked fans to send in images of themselves with their DVD that the idea would take on a life of its own! Fans from around the world sent in images, videos, and stories about their TTT DVD, how they got it, if they took my advice, or simply how excited they were! Now you can take a look at the archive of images featuring some hard-core fans and their very own precious! [More]

On behalf of the entire TheOneRing.net staff, Welcome to DragonCon 2003 LIVE from Atlanta GA. Throughout the next few days, we’ll have a LIVE webcam broadcasting on our DragonCon page, as well as image galleries and reports from the convention floor. Stay tuned for more! [More]