Our very own Elijah Wood (Frodo) has been listed as one of the ‘Sizzlin’ 16 of 2001′ on E! Online. We can all sleep much better now. [More]

In today’s Globe and Mail is a long story on Cate Blanchett (Galadriel):

“…Making The Gift was, by comparison with what came next, a mere toe-in-the-water step toward the cinematic supernatural. Blanchett plunged in deep to play J.R.R. Tolkien’s elf queen, Lady Galadriel, in director Peter Jackson’s ambitious adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. All three books of the trilogy are being filmed in a single, extended production effort in New Zealand, with New Line Cinema hoping that the anticipation for the first feature, due to be released in December, will make investing in the pair of sequels a wise bet…” [More]

Thanks to Steve K for the heads up.

It’s worth going over to Daily Radar for the picture alone, but she also talks a little about LOTR and speaking Elvish

Thanks to Darth Caesar for spotting this one!

From: IggyFrom January’s DIRECTV television guide. A short article on Ian McKellen (Gandalf), mostly X-Men stuff with a blurb on Ian Holm (Bilbo) and Lord of the Rings.

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) has taken pen to paper (well, keyboard to screen) and updated his Grey Book section of Mckellen.com!

Principal photography on The Lord of the Rings ended in a rush the Friday before Christmas. Any financial penalties and rewards have been avoided and earned. I am enroute for home in the UK. [More]

Garth over at DarkHorizons has an interview from an Aussie journalist with Cate Blanchett (Galadriel). Check it out here! [More]