WeeTanya writes: Peter Jackson donated the most money to help Ray Harryhausen get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: “Tom Hanks, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg were among the 100 Hollywood luminaries Kunert persuaded to write letters of recommendation or donate money. Hanks and director Peter Jackson (“Lord of the Rings”) donated the most.” [More]

My personal favorite movie series of all time, Indiana Jones, is heading towards DVD this winter. And now Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for the DVD set!

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) stars in both the first and third movies as Indy’s ever-singing faithful companion Sallah. Head on over and place your order today! [Amazon.com]

John writes: TTT is running in a theater in Raleigh, NC and for only $1.50! Go see it again before it’s gone! [More]

Jesse writes: The latest e-mail update for the Aussie LOTR Convention contained this message from special guest Bruce Hopkins: “Gidday, just a quick note to point out that Gamling is also in The return Of The King. I have just done some filming for the pick ups and have a couple more days to go over the next month. Cheers, looking forward to it Bruce.”

Lucinda writes: I thought you all might be interested in a particularly scalding review of The Two Towers that is featured in the current issue of Renaissance Magazine out on the newsstands right now.

Anyone with scans, send them along!

The Flying Gribble writes: Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz) has been confirmed as a guest for CollectorMania 4 in Milton Keynes, UK. [More]