Orlando pic from Moviestar
posted by Naoko
Thanks to Naoko for this picture of Orlando in July issue of Japanese magazine, Moviestar

New Two Towers pic
posted by Angel
Elves warriors at Helms Deep, thanks to Angel for the link

FOTR DVD launched in Sydney
Dark Horizons
The Lord of the Rings: FOTR (DVD): At a DVD launch last night in Sydney, it was confirmed that the 4-Disc edition (whose details have yet to be announced) will NOT include any of the same extras as those on the 2-Disc August version. Approximately 250,000 copies of the 'limited edition' leather bound versions of the 4-Disc set will be released in Oz in November. Meanwhile DVD Alliance reports that the upcoming French version of the 4-Disc set will include two DTS tracks - French 5.1 and English 6.1 ES, the 2-disc set in August won't have DTS. Thanks to 'Popal'

Hobbits dance at MTV award
The New Zealand Herald
The irreverent MTV movie awards was the one ceremony Peter Jackson didn't have to dress up for - but despite The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring winning best film, the director wasn't in attendance. Instead, Jackson danced with his hobbit-costumed cast in a videotaped acceptance speech.

Transcript of Elijah Wood and Franka Potente on Radiosonic
Transcribed by BrightEyes
Elijah and Franka was on Radiosonic last Saturday, here's the transcript from the show.

LOTR Special Effects at OSCON
O'Reilly Open Source Convention
To meet the challenges of producing high quality visual effects for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it was decided that Linux was going to be the platform of choice to produce the effects. This in itself was a challenge to integrate and make Linux a viable platform for visual effects production, a platform for not only rendering visual effects, but also creating visual effects. From these challenges, we can see opportunities to give something in return to the Open Source community.

Kia Partners With 'The Lord of the Rings'
PR Newswire
Kia, one of America's fastest-growing automotive brands, joined in partnership with New Line Home Entertainment to be the exclusive automotive partner in the much-anticipated home video and DVD release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." The promotion will be one of the cornerstones of the marketing efforts surrounding the launch of Kia's all-new Sorento SUV, which will go on sale this summer at more than 600 Kia retailers nationwide.

Short blurb on Elijah from 'Veronica'
posted by Angel
From Dutch magazine, Veronica: Lord of The Rings-actor Elijah Wood has contuined his romance with his co-star Franka Potente outside the set. The two are totally in love and have been seen a lott of times together. Potente is 27 years old and plays Matt Damon's darling in the to be released thriller The Bourne Identity.