I’ve been tramping through New Zealand’s north island for the past few days, but I have managed to write up a couple of things from the premiere. Here’s a report on the parade and red carpet stuff – expect a film rambl^H^H^H^H^Hreview in the next couple of days. [More]


Today, December 8th is Dominic Monaghan‘s (Merry) Birthday! Dom was born on December 8th, 1976 in Berlin, Germany. That makes him 27 today! Happy Birthday Dominic!

On Wednesday Dec 10th at Noon PST, tickets for The Return of the One Party will go on sale. These tickets will be sold through a webpage located on TheOneRing.net’s server and processed through the payment service PayPal. Please note that sending money to TheOneRing.net’s PayPal account will NOT secure tickets for the party. Tickets can only be purchased through the webpage url we will provide at Noon PST on Wednesday. Hope that answers a few questions! In the meantime, we will be posting the Party website tonight which will answer more of the most commonly asked questions.

Time magazine’s Movie section has a list of “Seven Holiday Treats” to be found in cinemas this season. Guess what’s #1? My favorite quote: “The second half of the film elevates all the story elements to Beethovenian crescendo. Here is an epic with literature’s depth and opera’s splendor — and one that could be achieved only in movies.” [More]

Lomara writes: I took some photos of the lobby displays at the Arclight Dome (a.k.a Cinerama Dome) theatre in Hollywood, CA tonight. There are two amazing full size SideshowWeta figures in there. [More]

Victoria sends along these scans from the February 2004 issue of Sci Fi Magazine. It features articles with Viggo Mortensen & Elijah Wood [More]