James writes: Just a quick email to say that Ian McKellen was on current affairs, comedy quiz show ‘Have I Got News for You!’ on BBC1 last night. For those who missed it, it is repeated on BBC2 tonight at 2230 English time.

There were a few LOTR references including funny comparisons of English politicians and LOTR characters, McKellen reproducing his Gandalf voice for a double act performance with his team captain who did a hobbit voice, while most interestingly, McKellen says that there are gnomes in ROTK but “you can not see them because they are very small and there are too many to be able to count” and adds that 5 gnomes riding on squirrels kill an orc! (I think he was joking)

Ferrethobbit sends along two great images from ROTK! Take a look at Merry, and Pippin with Gandalf! There is a lot more to these images…but those would be considered !!!Big Spoilers!!! [Image 1] [Image 2]

From SunSpot.net: Allan Mayer is an expert spinmeister on showbiz scandal and disaster. So what’s he doing working as an Oscar consultant for New Line Cinema’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”? [More]

Our friends over at Caltanet.it currently have a huge interview up that they did with WETA Workshop guru Gino Acevedo. It’s an impressive read, covering both Two Towers and Return of the King – and has a few snippets about King Kong. Pop over and have a look! [More]

Bill Hunt of The Digital Bits reviews the Two Towers Extended Edition DVD. If you haven’t been keeping up with the news lately, and want to discover what the fuss is about, read this one. [More]

If you’re a believer in Top 10s, you may enjoy this look at “the” top 10 trilogies over on MSN. Thanks to Ringer Carey from Pondunkville for the link. There’s also a link to an “exclusive” Pelennor Fields, video, but you can watch this and others over at the Official Site here. [More]