Arwen writes: There are more ROTK video clips on the official website, www.lordoftherings.net. One of the clips “I’m On Your Side” with Frodo and Sam has been on the site for awhile. But there are new ones including “Ride With Us” (Aragorn & Eowyn), “It’s His Time” (Arwen & Elrond), “Something For The Road” (Pippin, Merry & Gandalf), and “Is There Any Hope” (Gandalf & Pippin). [More]

Ringer Spy Holly sends in a link to this interesting story detailing exactly what happens at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters on Oscar Nominee morning. [More]

LONDON Jan 27 (Reuters) – “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” is hot favorite to scoop the best picture Oscar, said British bookmakers Ladbrokes on Tuesday, after the fantasy epic was nominated in 11 categories for this year’s Academy Awards. [More]

Air New Zealand, capitalizing on the rousing success of “The Lord of the Rings” movies, which were shot in New Zealand, will become the first new foreign airline to serve the billion-dollar international terminal at San Francisco International Airport since it opened just more than three years ago. [More]

Bob writes: There is a site maintained by New Line called www.newlineawards.com. Today they added new clips, images, quotes and profiles of the crafts people nominated today for the Oscars. Among the clips now on line are ‘The end of all things’, ‘I know your face’ (Theoden Eowyn), ‘You bow to no one’ & Gandalf and Pippin discussing “death”. [newlineawards.com]