ed writes: Saw your news item “FOTR available on PPV within 2 weeks” from April 3. I’m just back from Lake Tahoe where FOTR *was* available as a PPV movie. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency in Incline Village (North Lake Tahoe).

‘J.R.R. Tolkien was clearly a fashion editor manqué—after all, the man did construct an epic trilogy around an extremely powerful accessory. And with the success of last year’s movie adaptation of Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” it’s no surprise designers presented collections rife with references to a Middle Earth populated by blonde supermodel elves and sexy, sweaty warriors.’ [More]

Thanks to Quinn for the link.

Barlimans regular and talented artist KT Shy sends in the proposed mural for a wall in her school library based on a library scene with various characters and objects from famous literature that she has enjoyed. [More]

Nona from ‘The Compleat Sean Bean’ sends us official word that Sean Bean (Boromir) is indeed returning to New Zealand to do a few more re-shoots for The Two Towers and possibly The Return of the King.

Ringer Spy Ed comes through again with some great pics of the LOTR:FOTR two figure sets, featuring Sam and Frodo with an Elven boat, and Gimli with an Orc warrior to hack at with his axe. [More]

I can’t stand it. The pleading emails….the desperate frustration of the people who can’t see the TTT trailer on the big screen, and those who find that the other sites we’ve given have crashed. Here’s another list of mirror sites for the TTT trailer, thanks to GyrFalcon.

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Kurik)
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zip file2 (thanks to JWeavis)
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