Ian McKellen (Gandalf) can now be called the ‘Marathon Man’, fresh from his appearances on ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Late Late Show’ both Tuesday and Wednesday, he will be appearing on ‘Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher’ tonight at 12:05 AM on ABC.

neil sends us this interesting rumor about Tom and Goldberry possibly being on the LOTR DVD. Meanwhile our inside sources debunk the idea…sorta. [More]

No, there’s a lot of other explanations for why GW are making Tom and Goldberry, which debunk the ‘Bombadil’s in the DVD’ rumour [More]

From: neil

I have just returned from a visit to my local games workshop store where I had a very interesting conversation with the manager about the rumor that they are going to be making the figures of Tom bombadil and goldberry.

He confirmed that this was true these miniatures will be produced some time this year. When I asked if it was true if the license that the Games Workshop had with New Line stated that they could only produce the figures that are in the films, he said this was correct.

He said in his own words that there is so much he is not allowed to tell anyone about, this guy is area manager for my region. So will we be seeing Tom and goldberry in the DVD, he would not say but he added we are making the miniatures you figure it out.

It is interesting to note, however, that our insider souces say that the chances of seeing old Tom and his lady on the DVD are very ‘doubtful’.

Franka Potente (Run, Lola, Run), 27, is going to shoot a movie together with hobbit-acting Elijah Wood (Frodo). “I’m working with Franka in February, and I look forward to doing so,” the actor recently told the “Berliner Kurier.” [More]

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) was on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn’ last night (Jan 17). Check out the great review and a ton of pics! This one is not to be missed! [More]

Ian McKellen was on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn’ last night (Jan 17). Here’s a great review by Shana detailing all the hilarity from the interview.

I just had the pleasure of watching Ian McKellan make a clean sweep of Craig Kilborne’s “Five Questions.”

After settling the issue of how Craig should address him (“Ian”) and describing his knighting, Sir Ian correctly identified a Californian town (“Big Sur”), revealed what puts the Irish in Irish coffee (Irish whiskey), and named his favorite Steven Segal film beside Fire Down Below (he named the cancelled CBS series Wolf Lake).

For his fourth challenge, he had to give a dramatic reading of a series of instructions for changing a flat tire. Never has the phrase “Loosen the lug nuts” been said with more passion and conviction. He brought the audience to its feet, and Craig elected to waive the fifth question and grant Sir Ian a perfect score!

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