Jason writes: I don’t know if you’ve reported this but Andy Serkis appeared as Gollum at Wellington’s Tenacious D concert last night (Monday 27th). He and Jack Black sang “You’re the one that I want” from Grease. It featured a nice lil bit of Scat between Serkis & Black.

SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) – Internet retailer Amazon.com reported record holiday sales, coaxed by hot demand for electronic consumer goods such as the Apple iPod music player…Among the highlights for the holiday period: DVD sales in the week ending December 12 set a one-week record. “Lord of the Rings, Return of the King Extended Edition” made a single-title, one-day record of 13,000 orders on December 14. [More]

Roberto Robert over at Bad Taste, the Italian LOTR site,has seen the Extended Edition – the Italian distributor sent him a copy. He’s not that enthusiastic about all of the additional material. His full description, with lots of SPOILERS, is HERE This is going to heat things up, now! I’m sure everyone’s going to have an opinion about this. !!! MAJOR SPOILERS !!! [More]

Elen writes: I want to tell you guys about a great charity auction going on right now that includes items from Orlando Bloom and Sir Ian Mckellen. It’s called Blue Jeans for Genes, and it benefits the National Hemophilia Foundation. Hemophilia is a debilitating and incurable blood disorder where the patient’s blood doesn’t clot. It’s treatable, but sometimes very hard to live with. Check it out! [More]