Thanks to ryanp for the scan!

Today’s new Entertainment Weekly has a short blurb about LOTR in the Books section.

ShowbizIreland is exclusively reporting that Cate Blanchett has been casted as the main role of murdered Irish journalist Veronica Guerin in the upcoming film Chasing the Dragon. Cate will be visiting Dublin in two weeks to check out the proposed sites of shooting, which will begin in February 2002. [More]

ShowbizIreland have joined the current trend of the media by reporting that there will no doubt be a battle between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. The article also mentions the brief spell of Irishman Stuart Townsend as Aragorn, who coincidentally has had his latest movie Queen of the Damned pushed back to 2002 due to the recent tragic death of Aaliyah. [More]

From: Gothmog and Wife

The October 2001 issue of the UK edition of Total Film Magazine has not only a four page article on the first part of the LOTR trilogy (including an interview with Peter Jackson) but a free double sided poster! One side is of the hobbits together, the other is of Arwen wielding her sword. The article is part of the mag’s preview special section for 2002. Lots of nice pics of the cast, including one at the council of Elrond I certainly haven’t seen. Fabulous stuff!

Anyone with a scanner, send the article along!

From: DonQuijote

Having lived in Berlin as an exchange student for a year, I like to keep up with my favorite Bundesliga team, Hertha BSC Berlin. Imagine my surprise when I discovered an article about the Greek defenseman Kostas Konstantinidis (today’s evidently his birthday) entitled “1379 Seiten Mittelerde (1379 Pages of Middle Earth)”. [More]