From: Bonnie

Hi – I read your scanned newsclipping about the lecture series (here), and found out that more information is available from the University that’s hosting them, here. I’m off to book my tickets before the free publicity fills them up!

All interested people, we’re getting right down to the wire here! The absolute deadline is fast approaching, so, if you’d like to match up nicks with faces, or perhaps give your favorite @Op a gentle boot in the rear… [More]

The United Airlines official in-flight magazine Hemispheres have posted an interview between themselves and John Howe, Tolkien artist extraordinaire. Also if you’re interested in this, you might want to check out this interview conducted by TORn and Lordoftherings.nl staffer Leo a couple of months ago. [More]

From ringer spy PH sends along this article from The Evening Post.

British actor Andy Serkis will be appearing in one of the biggest movies of the year – but his isn’t the type of role that will get him pestered on the street. Serkis is playing the animated hobbit Gollum in The Lord of the Rings series, and CGI will ensure he’s completely unrecognisable on screen. [More]

I just surfed to the ‘new’ New Line Lord of the Rings store, and what do I see? A 48″ by 72″ Lord of the Rings Bus Shelter Poster! An Exclusive Limited-Edition Lord of the Rings International Sales Brochure! A Frodo Lives Baseball Cap! Oh my gosh could it be any cooler! The really cool stuff is quite expensive however, so be prepared to shell out a few bucks. Of course, i’m poor as heck, and donations to the Calisuri collection are more then welcome! [More]