Now YOU can play Sauron and make The One Ring on your very computer! Use Photoshop and follow these instructions, have fun! [More]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Expect deja vu all over again at the box office this New Year’s weekend. No new wide releases are out to challenge the status quo, so New Line Cinema’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” is fated to remain the most popular attraction. [More]

LOS ANGELES – Now that his long labor on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy is ending, you’d think Sean Astin would be ready for a break. Instead, he’s hoping for a new grind, more like the one that gripped “Rings” director Peter Jackson. [More]

A funny thing happened after Sean Astin wrapped his grueling two-year Lord of the Rings tour of duty: He lightened up — mentally and physically — for his role in the Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore’s comedy 50 First Dates. [More]

Jason writes: Last night on Conan O’Brian Ethan Hawke spent his entire time on the couch praising the Lord of the Rings films and how he is an avid reader of the books and an admirer of professor Tolkien. The interview was very funny, and although I like David Wenham, it did make me wonder how Ethan would have been in that role (rumors ran abound years ago that Ethan and his then-wife Uma Thurman would play Faramir and Eowyn).

Celevon writes: Entertainment Tonight was promoting an interview with Orlando Bloom for next Monday, January 5th. Fans should check local listings for air time in their area.