From Shmadyle (and many others!): You might already have heard about this, but Dorktower has a LOTR and Oscars related cartoon up, about the danger of playing drinking games during the awards. [More]

From hobbitgirl and Falred: Lordoftherings.net has several new updates. They now list Return of the King as “Winner of 11 Academy Awards”, and have a link to the Oscars site. Best of all, though, they now have a link up for the “Trilogy Trailer” which has highlights from all three movies. [Trilogy Trailer] [More]

Beruthiel writes: Here’s a link to another torn party article. “…The Oscars party hosted by website theonering.net. part-founded by New Zealander Erica Challis, was the loudest and most joyous in Los Angeles.” [More]

Curi writes: I know everyone there is still recovering from the Party to end all parties, but here’s an interesting speculation on how RotK may have affected the Oscars ratings. [More]

Cast Watch: Many of you have written to let us know that Sean Astin will be on NBC’s Las Vegas tonight. Thanks, all! [More]

Today’s New York Times has a column entitled “Post-Oscar Reflections, Before We Forget “. Notable is this quotation: “The director Peter Jackson and his collaborators, among the most unassuming and unpretentious people in the room, though at this point they had every right to be the opposite, accepted their coronation at the Kodak Theater graciously.” [More]