Nate from 21stcenturyradio.com writes: The radio program: 21st Century Radio will be streaming and archiving interviews with Tolkien scholar and author of “The Philosophical Etymology of Hobbit” Professor Stan McDaniel on November 23rd. [More]

Fanie writes: Cyberpresse.ca is having a LOTR contest for Québec and Ontario residents. (Must be 18 and over) to attend the Premiere of “Return of the King” in Montréal, which will be held December, 15th. So unless you’ve got tickets for the other locations in the world, this one is a pretty good alternative to it! [More]

Sam writes: I was lucky enough to attend the Royal Film Performance of Master and Commander on Monday in London with 2 Lord of the Rings fans. We went through the security check and walked passed the crowds to the entrance of the Odeon Leicester Square. Billy Boyd was a little distance behind us and even though it was a very wet evening he stopped for some time to talk to fans in the crowd… [More]

Viggo Mortensen will answer questions about his photography, painting and poetry before the opening of his two photographic exhibitions Mò Te Upoko-O-Te-Ika / For Wellington at Massey University and the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, and a poetry reading fundraiser for Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters. [More]

Susan Thea Posnock writes: I know it has been a tough few weeks without a column. I apologize for all those sleepless nights, that constant gnawing at your minds wondering when WHEN will the fiendish hobbit groupie return and bring some light to my pathetic, dark existence. Well, I’m back! Lots to cover, much news—good and bad—since I last wrote. (Watch the language here kiddies) [More]

Yusuf writes: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will officially hit the movie theaters in Turkey on the 19th of December with 156 copies. 71 of them will be Turkish dubbed and the rest 85 will be Turkish subtitled versions of the film. [More]