Fanie writes: The magazine Safarir (Humor mag in Québec) have spoofed the LOTR in their latest issue. Check out their amazing cover of Gollum who’ve changed his interest of the Ring toward the little red-nose reinder. Run, Rudolph, Run! [More] And this is an Arwen and Aragorn comic, very funny! [More]

Sky News will be broadcasting a story throughout the day reporting on the impact that The Lord of the Rings Trilogy has had on New Zealand, both financially and geographically. The story includes a brief conversation with the author of ‘The Lord of the Rings Location Book’, Ian Brodie.

URUK HI THERE writes: I live in LA and work in the movie business, so I was able to go to the first Academy Awards screening of ROTK yesterday. Thanksgiving day, and they still filled a big theater – I think that says something about the enthusiasm of LOTR’s many fans in the film industry! !!!Spoilers!!! [More]

Kris writes” There is a 5 mins audio report on The World today: The last movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy has its world premiere on Monday in Wellington, New Zealand, home of director Peter Jackson. Jackson transformed his homeland into Tolkien’s Middle Earth for the big budget epic and its success has transformed the lives of many New Zealanders. Correspondent Colin Peacock reports. [More]

John Howe writes: “The Lord of the Rings: From Imagination to Image” will open at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris in two and a half weeks. The exhibition will run from December 14th 2003 to February 15th 2004, and is composed of 120 concept drawings and paintings by Alan Lee and I from the film trilogy. [More]

TheImagineTree writes: There is a short interview with Hugo Weaving in the December 2003 issue of Maxim magazine. [More]