February 14, 2002
AOL E! Online

Tongues are waggin' about the cozy gang from the Oscar-nom-anointed Lord of the Rings. It seems Orlando Bloom (one of our Sizzlin' dudes, natch), Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and Sean Astin are quite chummy with one another.

Perhaps you noted that friendly smackaroo S.A. and E.W. shared at the Golden Globes? Well, that's just the tip of the shire. Apparently, things have been getting pretty wild with this ring o' rowdy types.

Just recently, they all gathered at the Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica to celebrate Viggo's art opening. And though the artiste himself showed up fairly late in the evening, V.M. still found time to swap a little fun in high Hobbit style.

You know the delightful drill by now, I'm sure. How does it go? "Famous boys will be infamous boys," or something to that effect? (Because these dudes are surely having a special effect, mark my gossipy words.)