Pirate DVDs of the new Lord of the Rings film have been copied from a disc sent to Oscar judges. More than 10,000 illegal copies of The Two Towers have been seized in Britain according to the Federation Against Copyright Theft. [More]

Keely writes: I thought some of you might be interested in the Cake that my little friend bought for me on my b-day I was 42, he is only in the 2nd grade but loves the LOTR as much as I do. He saved his allowance and had his mom (one of my best friends) buy this for me. It is a hobbit house with Sam and Frodo standing beside it and Gandalf standing beside the path further down. [More]

A little late for the SuperBowl I admit, but this is a great article from San Francisco Chronicle. Can you tell the difference between Middle-earth’s nastiest and a typical Raiders’ fan? [More]

Saruman the White (or should that be The Milky Yellow?) has been carved out of lard! Chef Gary Schofield spent three days carving the 60cm high statue as part of his entry in the Culinary World Cup, held in Luxembourg. [More]

Ingve writes: Of Norway’s 4,5 million people, have 830 305 people watched TTT so far. That is almost 20% of the entire population and it had only been running for 6 weeks. And it have been number one for 6 weeks as well.

Cimorene writes: On Saturday, (January 25th) my daughter ran into my room yelling, “Mom, Mom guess who will be at the ArcLight tonight? Andy Serkis, can we go, can we go?” After a few minutes of sorting details with my husband, he hopped on the computer and we were fortunate to get front row – almost exactly center tickets! [More]