Nikki Nalani & britestcrayon write: Billy Boyd is in a commercial for a new reality show by Bravo, called Blow Out. It appears that he is a customer in the salon where the LA show takes place. [More]

Gnostic writes: Thought you might want to post this chat coming up with Professor Drout regarding the future of Tolkien scholarship. As most Ringers might know there is a new journal founded: Tolkien Studies, and Drout is one of the founding scholars. Chat starts Thursday, June 3, Noon ET. [More]

Sherlock sent us this link about Cate Blanchett reprising her role in Elizabeth: ” IT was the film that made Hollywood pay attention to Cate Blanchett and now, six years later, director Shekhar Kapur is working on a sequel to his hit Elizabeth.” [More]

Cubit13 writes: Tickets are already available for the Lord of the Rings Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl (with John Mauceri conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra). [More]

Delyth writes: Hi, I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but it looks like the Embassy Theater is showing ALL THREE FILMS on Sunday 6 June, starting 2pm. Yay! Looks like it’s the TE’s. [More]

From Cold Spring Press: Dragons of Fantasy by Anne Petty. Tolkien scholar Anne Petty (Tolkien in the Land of Heroes and One Ring to Bind Them All) returns with her analytical expertise focused on one of fantasy literature’s most enduring creatures – dragons. Petty takes readers on an adventurous ride over the hills and far away into realms populated by the likes of Smaug, Ramoth, Norbert, and Orm Embar, just to name a few… [More] [Order]