Legolas Greenleaf releases debut album
Greanleaf Greanleaf
Tracks include 'Ooops... I Killed an Orc Again', 'I'm Too Sexy for My Bow', 'I'm not an Elfboy, Not Yet an Elfman' and the hit single 'Elf It Be'.

Befuddled, You Are? A guide to the villains of “Clones”
Newsweek
If you found the plot of “Attack of the Clones” tough to follow, it’s because you’re past puberty. Only kids get this stuff. A Tip Sheet guide

Jedi count Christopher Lee an elegant villain
CNN
From Count Dracula to Count Dooku, Christopher Lee still counts. Two generations after he played the Transylvanian terror in the classic Hammer horror films, Lee remains one of the most imposing heavies on the big screen.

IBM workstations for Lord of the Rings effects
The Times of India
International Business Machines on Wednesday said it had sold 150 workstations to Oscar-winning New Zealand-based Weta Digital for work on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Weta Digital Develops 'Lord Of The Rings' Visual Effects On IBM Linux Intellistations
Internet Wire
Wellington-based digital effects facility Weta Digital, Ltd. will move a significant proportion of production work related to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy onto IBM Intellistations running Linux.

Saruman back to New Zealand
Christopher Lee web
Mr Lee is on his way to New Zealand to work on "The Two Towers". Armed with a copy of the petition released by members from The Official Lord of the Rings Fan Club , he will try and make the producers and Peter Jackson reconsider Saruman's ending. Mr Lee himself does not like it, he considers it to be a big mistake.

Orlando's Gap ad gets a cheer
posted by Stacie
From the June 1 TV Guide:
Cheers to the most charming 30 seconds on TV: Gap's Denim Invasion ad, in which a couple -- that's Kate Beckinsale and Orlando Bloom, by the way -- joyfully walks, then runs down a street as a growing crowd follows. And music by the Troggs! Gap ads haven't been this good since the "Swing" era.