HOLLYWOOD – Hollywood stars Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth have sparked rumors they have become engaged to be married, after perusing London’s top jewelers this weekend. The Kingdom of Heaven actor, 28, has enjoyed an on/off relationship with the 22-year-old beauty since January 2003, after they met filming an advertisement for clothing giant Gap. An onlooker tells British newspaper The Sun, “They were picking out engagement rings and she was trying them on. They popped into lots of flash jewelers on New Bond Street. But they were in Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels for the longest period. [More]

The voting booth is open, and a good number of ballots have already been returned! Make sure not to miss your chance to vote for the best of 2005’s Lord of the Rings creative and scholarly writing, and acting. Winners will be announced at the official One Ring Award Ceremony, taking place during the ORC weekend of January 20th-22nd 2006 from The One Ring Celebration in Pasadena CA. Don’t delay, award those people that have made a difference in the world of Tolkien this past year! [VOTE]

TheOneRing.net and the Hall of Fire was delighted to host Cliff Broadway and Carlene Cordova for a live Q&A session about their documentary Ringers: Lord of the Fans earlier today. Here’s the chat log. Thanks to everyone who attended — HoF will now take a break and resume in early January. [More]

PS. The link should work now. Sorry about that! — Dem.

Fanie from Project Monaghan writes: We’re announcing our latest auction: A beautiful Air New Zealand Middle Earth Poster signed by Dominic Monaghan and Bruce Hopkins. All of the proceeds from the auction will go to TreePeople, an environmental care non-profit organization that Dominic Monaghan supports. Huge thanks to Dom and Bruce for their autographs, and to Elisa for the photograph. To view the auction, just visit this link. [More]

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Today is Bernard Hill’s Birthday! Bernard was born on December 17th, 1944 in Manchester, England. That makes him 61 years old today! Happy Birthday Bernard!