Keith from McKellen.com writes: Perhaps some ringers would like to see an advance screening of Ian McKellen’s new film, EMILE, at METHOD FEST in Burbank, California. It screens at 5:45 pm on Saturday April 3, then again at 7pm on Sunday April 4. Details available at McKellen.com or methodfest.com

David sends in the latest comic from Userfriendly.org. Apparently Illead’s latest plotline is about learning Quenya and creating an Elven Linux distro (an Elvish version of the Linux Operating System to non geeks -Xo). [More]

Melody’s Song writes: With ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn’ coming up on its 5th anniversary, they’re having a Big 5 contest. This contest has the fans voting for the best 5 Questions question ever. Go and vote for Sir Ian McKellen; he’s certainly the best! [More]

It’s all go for fans of West Ham United. Last weekend they rioted during a derby match at Millwall; this Saturday, they will entertain none other than Elijah Wood. [More]

David writes: ROTK:EE has been rated by MPAA! It’s PG-13, just like all the others. “Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images.” Go to www.filmratings.com and search for “rings”. [More]

Message Board admin Altaira reminds us that today, March 25, is “Tolkien Reading Day.” According to The Tolkien Society, the event is “aimed at encouraging the use of Tolkien’s works in education and to get schoolteachers and library staff to participate in reading Tolkien to their classes and in their libraries.” And, as Altaira says, “Crack open those Tolkien books, and share them with a child if you can.” And really, why limit it to children? [More]