Ringer Spy The Pouik sends along these scans from the french Cine Live magazine.

Sideshow/Weta collectibles is running a free gift promotion from now until December 23rd. If you spend over $100 at their store, you’ll get a free Orc Hide Helm. [More]

According to the Loiusville Cardinal, it’s The Two Towers. Nothing new here, but you can read a general overview (with both book and film spoilers) of TTT and what’s expected. [More]

Apparently, three of our hobbit heroes from LoTR will be spending New Year in an English country house and using their time to explore England and Scotland. [More]

Attention Macusers: MacLorem generates random filler text for artists, graphic designers, typesetters and others who need to generate mock-ups for clients, publishers or employers. The Tolkien link? Maclorem does Quenya text greeking! Thanks to Remo for the link. [More] NB: Mac only!

People in the UK and Ireland who never got the MTV Council of Elrond spoof Easter Egg on their Extended Edition DVD might enjoy this. (Size = 2.5MB. Requires Windows Media Player) [More] WARNING: Mature content and sexual references. If you’re easily offended, or have kiddies lurking around, this is very likely not for you!