At midnight PST, all entries for the ‘Keep FOTR on Top’ contest must be in my email (calisuri@theonering.net). So if you saw FOTR this weekend, and you have yet to send me your ticket stub, make sure you do that now! The winners will be announced tomorrow!

Brandon writes: There was a pretty humorous sketch on NPR’s “Rewind” this weekend in which The One Ring is brought into the Antiques Roadshow. The segment starts at the 15:29 mark. (RealPlayer needed) [More]

Jodi sends along these amazing pictures from a LOTR themed Ice Sculpture competition recently. Take a look at the Moria gate…amazing! [More]

Clark sends along this picture of something very odd…what’s this? The Dark Lord Sauron welcoming George Bush? Hrm…something is amiss my friends!!! [More]

HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) The four-week box office reign of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” has come to an end. “Black Hawk Down” rose from its limited three-week Oscar-qualifying run to an ultra-wide national release, emerging victorious over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend in the process, while “Snow Dogs” surprisingly had something to bark about in second place. [More]

Calindy writes: Our office gets live broadcasts of horse racing and today there is coverage of a race meeting in New Zealand. I just looked up at the screen 5 minutes ago to see several Ringwraiths parading around in the enclosure. The horses were mostly dark bay or dark brown, and their riders had pretty authentic looking costumes. The horses’ armour looked like it came straight out of the film!