ProLiteracy Worldwide is auctioning off a pair of the SOLD OUT Wizards Circle tickets to the One Ring Celebration in Pasadena, CA Jan 14-16. These tickets include a two nights stay at the Sheraton Pasadena Hotel, as well as full access to ORC with in person autographs with ELijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Bruce Hopkins and more! though your transportation there is not covered. [More] [The Auction]

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TORN Goddess Tehanu sends this along from one of her sources in New Zealand. It deals mainly with King Kong however there is a very interesting tidbit on PJ’s next film. I’ll give you one hint, it DOES NOT involve little furry footed people and dragons..sadly. (MAJOR SPOILERS!!!) [More]

The newest addition to the One Ring Celebration, Dominic Monaghan, will be appearing on the ‘Ringers’ panel at the convention! Also set to join them are X-Men & X2 producer and all around geek Tom DeSanto. Tickets are still available, but are going fast!!


Meanwhile, ‘Ringers’ director Carlene Cordova is currently in Hawaii with Dominic recording the narration for the film! [ORC Website] [Ringers Website]

LONDON (Reuters) – Gollum, the creepy character in “Lord of the Rings” with the dual personality and eerie voice, suffered from a schizoid personality disorder, according to a group of medical students. Thirty students at University College London were asked to explain the odd behaviour the character displayed in the films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy. The students noted his solitary habits, spiteful behaviour, odd interests, difficulty in forming friendships, emotional changeability, nervousness and paranoia. [More]

From IMDB: Lord Of The Rings beauty Liv Tyler has announced the name of her newborn baby boy – Milo William Langdon. Tyler and her husband, Royston Langdon, welcomed Milo in the early hours of Tuesday morning at a New York hospital. The baby weighed in at 8 pounds. This is the first child for Tyler, 27, and her English rocker husband, 32. Tyler and Langdon married on 25 March 2003, in Barbados after a two-year engagement.