With The Return of the King just around the corner the LOTR castmembers are once again all over the small screen doing interviews on chatshows and entertainment news shows all over the dial. Here is a rundown on who, what, where and when you can catch them all. [More]

With The Return of the King just around the corner the LOTR castmembers are once again all over the small screen doing interviews on chatshows and entertainment news shows all over the dial. Here is a rundown on who, what, where and when you can catch them all.

December 1st:

Viggo Mortensen is set to be interviewed in a segment on Entertainment Tonight. ET airs at different times all across North America, check your local listings. [ETonline.com]

December 3rd:

Elijah Wood is scheduled to be a special guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM ET. [NBC.com]

December 4th:

PrimeTime Thursday on ABC will air a ‘Making of ROTK’ special at 10:00 PM on ABC. [More]

December 5th:

Orlando Bloom is scheduled to be a special guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM ET. [NBC.com]

December 6th:

Elijah Wood will be one of the guest stars in the Germany’s most popular saturday evening show “Wetten dass…”. [More]

December 13th:

Elijah Wood will be the special host on Saturday Night Live. SNL airs on NBC at 11:30 PM. [NBC.com]

December 14th:

Several LOTR related shows will air Bravo: Inside the Actors Studio – Sir Ian McKellen, Profiles – Cate Blanchett & Page to Screen – Lord of The Rings. [bravotv.com]

Wellington, New Zealand, and the world have waited a year for this day. But Peter Jackson, the man at the centre of it all, finished The Return of the King only one week ago. [More]

The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is suffering opening night nerves ahead of the star-studded world premiere of The Return of the King Monday night. Jackson and the film’s stars are in Wellington for the premiere of the final instalment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which is already being hailed as a sure contender for best picture at the Academy Awards. Jackson admitted to feeling “a degree of stress” about the hometown premiere. “For me it’s going to be very stressful,” he said. [More]

So often, by this time of year, an elite group of films has emerged as the chief awards-season contenders, which essentially means they have the goods to potentially win an Oscar. Typically, they’re weighty meditations on life and death, elaborate character studies frought with drama and despair (Oscar might be a man, but he likes a good cry) — and that’s precisely why the Golden Globe Awards can be so utterly refreshing. [More]

The Lord of the Rings stars are in Wellington for The Return of the King premiere tomorrow. CATHY ARONSON talks to Sean Astin, the actor who plays hobbit Samwise Gamgee, loyal friend of the ring bearer Frodo. [More]