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dbgreenriver sends us news that LOTR:FOTR will be shown to certain key groups for Oscar consideration, good luck LOTR!! [More]

From: dbgreenriver

You may know this already but I saw today’s Daily Variety (New York 11/26) and there was a listing of several films scheduled for small screening rooms specifically for members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (the Oscars). LOTR was one of them. I don’t have scannin capabilities and should have thought to try to find an online link before posting this. I only have a minute before I have to go out but I will e-mail you tomorrow from work with the list of times. The cities were NYC, LA, London and San Francisco and there were four separate dates in NYC.

Stacey sends us news on an MTV focus on LOTR, including an interview with Elijah Wood (Frodo). [More]