Silmarien Patricia writes: I’d like to pass on some information regarding Trilogy Tuesday in Portugal:

The Extended Versions of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers will be shown from today (December 4th) until December 11th exclusively at the Millenium Alvalaxia cinemas in Lisbon. December 16 there will be a marathon of all three films and Return of the King will show at 11.00 pm.

Alternatively, the Portuguese Return of the King premiere will take place December 10th at the Sao Jorge cinema in Lisbon. This is a charity event and tickets cost 20 Euro: the proceedings shall go to association ACREDITAR which helps children with cancer.

MrCere here with some good news! We have some great partners helping us this year with our LP3 – The Return Of The Line efforts. One of these, Sideshow Games is shipping out a figure produced just for some select LP3 lines. Read on for details

If seeing the highly anticipated “Return Of The King,” with adoring fans isn’t a great enough reason to be part of a line party, Sabertooth Games has sweetened the pot.

In a deal exclusive with TheOneRing.net and for its fans, Sabertooth has created a Frodo miniature to be handed out exclusively at LP3 events for fans. Only 5,000 of the exclusive figures have been produced and they are sure to be highly collectable and a great asset for gamers as well.

Line party leaders in select cities will have the figures shipped to them in lines around North America. (Due to shipping chargers, TORn and Sabertooth opted to stay on the continent.) Line leaders will then distribute the figures, leaving a lot of lucky fans happy to not only see a movie but to be able to take something home as well.

“We’re very excited to be able to bring this opportunity to the TORn community,” said T. Carl Kwoh, project coordinator at Sabertooth Games.

“It’s a great figure and I think that being able to take away something extra from these line parties will make the core fans of the movies very happy.”

Twenty or more line party events will be equipped with the figures including cities on both coasts and dotted around the middle as well.

Sabertooth recently launched its line of The Lord Of The Rings™ Tradable Miniatures Game which are available for viewing at the Sabertooth website (Sabertoothgames.com) which also includes a locator to helps fans find a retail location to buy merchandise and play games.

A few cities may yet be added to the list. The announced cities are, in no particular order:

Tempe
Harkins Arizona Mills 24
5000 Arizona Mills Circle
Tempe , United States: Arizona

Los Angeles
The Vista
4473 Sunset Dr.
Los Angeles

New Port Beach
300 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach

New York City
Loews 34th Street Theater
312 West 34th Street
New York, NY

Dallas-Ft. Worth
Cinemark Legacy 24 in Plano Texas

Salt Lake
Ritz 15 Hollywood Connection
3217 South Decker Lake Drive,
West Valley City, UT

Kenosha,
Cinemark Tinseltown 14 – Kenosha
7101 70th Court
Kenosha , United States: Wisconsin

Fresno
Edwards Fresno Regal Cinemas Stadium 21
7750 N. Blackstone Ave
Fresno, California

Chicago
AMC River East 21
322 Illinois Street
Chicago , United States: Illinois

Seattle
Cinerama
2100 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121

Boston
Loews Cineplex (formerly GC Fenway)
175 Tremont St
Boston , United States: Massachusetts

Louisville
Showcase Cinemas Stoneybrook
2745 Hurstborne Parkway
Louisville , United States: Kentucky

Austin
Regal Gateway 16
9700 Stonelake Blvd
Austin

St. Louis
AMC West Olive Theater
12657 Olive Street
St. Louis , United States: Missouri

Tulsa
Cinemark IMAX Theater
Hwy 69 and 71st Street
Tulsa, OK 74133

Portland
Lloyd Cinemas
1510 Ne Multnomah Blvd
Portland , United States: Oregon

Pittsburg
Loews Waterfront Theatre
300 West Waterfront Drive
Homestead PA, 15120

Indianapolis
Kerasotes Showplace 12
Glendale Shopping Center
Indianapolis , United States: Indiana

San Jose
Century Theaters Oakridge 20
925 Blossom Hill Rd
San Jose, CA 95123

San Francisco
The Coronet Theater
3575 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94118

Westminster (Denver) Co.
AMC Westminster Promenade 24
10655 Westminster Parkway
Westminster, CO 80020

Columbus, OH
AMC Lennox Town Center 24
777 Kinear Road
Columbus

MrCere here again. The number of figures sent depended, in most cases, on numbers reported by line leaders. Signing up at these lines now will probably not get you a figure. This was intended as a reward for already participating LP3 TORnados. Thanks again to Sabertooth games!

Roger writes: In one of the more intriguing offers to see Return of the King, the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL team are offering a package where for $25, you can see Return of the King and a hockey game (not on the same night). Someone who likes hockey and LOTR and lives in Columbus, Ohio might be interested. ($25 for just an NHL game is good deal). [More]

Orlando Bloom (Legolas) is making a rare American TV chat show appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM.

Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will be chatting on SciFi.com today (December 5th). [More]

Susan Thea Posnock writes: I was in for a treat when I decided to watch the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with my sister Ilene. Now, just to give some background: Ilene is an amazing person, one of the kindest, warmest, funniest people I know. But, when it comes to watching a movie, she’s the type of viewer who asks things like “who’s that?” “what are they doing?” and “what’s going to happen?” with disturbing frequency. [More]