Jedi Loomis writes: Just wanted to let you know that a buddy of mine works for a hotel chain, and he said that LOTR will be availabe in the next couple of weeks on some pay-per-view hotel/motel networks. Just to prove it, he gave me a dubbed copy of LOTR on VHS, taped from a pay-per-view channel that his hotel will be showing later this month!

Here’s something new. A website called The Art of the Rings looks at some of the images in FOTR and interprets them in the light of mythic symbolism and art criticism. You may not agree with the conclusions on the page, but there is a lot to think about on this beautifully-presented page. [More]

Matt LaSorsa, senior vice president of marketing for New Line Home Entertainment, answered a few questions about the upcoming LOTR:FOTR dvd’s and the strategy behind it. [More]

Scifi.com has a small article up in which Orlando Bloom and Richard Taylor talk for a bit about LOTR:TTT, it’s short but still quite interesting. [More]

Thanks to CP for that!

Ringer Spy Pippin Skywalker writes: IMDB has a list of the top five soundtracks and at # 4 is Fellowship of the Ring. It is also worthy of note that a few days ago it was #5. That Academy Award gave it a real booster.

Adrahil writes: Miranda Otto is appearing in the PBS Masterpiece Theater minisieries “The Way We Live Now” starting this week for 4 weekly episodes. She plays the character Mrs. Hurtle.