Exclusive preview of Orlando on ARENA cover
from Mason Young, product manager, Arena magazine
Here's a sneak peak at the Orlando on the cover of the January 2003 issue of ARENA magazine (UK). Huge thanks to ARENA.

Christmas comes early for 'The Lord of the Rings' fans
PR Newswire
To keep pace with the mounting anticipation of the December 18, 2002, release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," the central film in Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien classic, New Line Cinema has forged an unprecedented agreement with exhibitors to begin advance ticket sales on November 22, four weeks ahead of release. The announcement was made today by David Tuckerman, New Line's president, domestic theatrical distribution.

LOTR Movie Marathon in Holland
posted by Lenny
Attention Holland fans: Dutch cinemas will be showing the Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers back to back in an LOTR marathon on December 17. FOTR will be shown at 8 pm followed by TTT at midnight. Tickets for this marathon are 10 Euro per person. Tickets only available for both films. This special movie marathon has also been organized in cities such as Zwolle, Amsterdam and Utrecht. Thanks to Lenny from Bloomania for the translation.

Treebeard towers over his hobbits
USA Today
The wizards, the elves and even those irksome orcs return to theaters Dec. 18 for The Two Towers, the second episode in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. But what Frodo fanatics crave most is seeing what's new, especially more of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastic creations brought to eye-popping life by filmmaker Peter Jackson's effects team.

News in pictures: Elijah Wood
Getty Images
Actor Elijah Wood signs autographs November 20, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California: Pic 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

Lord of the Cha-Ching
E! Online
Boys that shop together stay together. And you thought only gaggles of giggling girls set out on myriad shopping sprees. Well, those hippity-happy ring-bearing dudes are dissing that sexist notion. This past weekend, head Hobbit Elijah Wood and his friendly fellas Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd hit Urban Outfitters on la trendy Melrose Avenue. Hell-Ay, natch. The browsing boys were looking California cazh in flip-flops and tees as they ambled through the store in search of rugged threads to buy. While their shopping venture at Rock 'n' Ralphs reeked of a more festive occasion, this par-tick day was a tad more butch, less ecstatic. Amused customers tittered a bit at seeing the barely whiskered trio hunting through the clothing and housewares cluttering the hip shop, but the buds barely noticed. Too busy on the homey hunt. Quietly, 'course.

Free music says Wood
posted by Stacie
"Lord of the Rings" star Elijah Wood disagrees with musicians campaigning against the use of MP3s. A number of leading musicians, including Nelly and Britney Spears, are furiously fighting against the free use of music on the internet. But Wood - who is planning to launch his own music career in the future - is convinced the world wide web is the way forward for music, because it's often only way unknown musicians get the chance to showcase their work. Elijah says, "The whole anti-MP3 thing p****s me off and especially Lars Ulrich. People had the opportunity to listen to bands they'd never heard before. It was doing more good than harm but people with greed for money were trying to stop a revolution. I don't like his attitude. "

News in pictures: Billy Boyd
Rex Features
Billy at the Die another Day premiere in Edinburgh.

The Tooth is out there
posted by Stacie
An interview with John Rhys-Davies in this month's Scifi magazine, about his new movie Sabretooth.

Video clips from SE DVD now online
posted by Monika
For those who haven't gotten a copy of the DVD yet, IFilm has posted clips from the special extended DVD at their site.

Orlando poster in December issue of Teens
posted by Amethyst4855
Update: Replaced pic with bigger, better and full scan. Attention Singapore Ringers, there's a big poster of Orlando in the December issue of Teens magazine. And there's also a pin-up in this months issue of Teen Beat (US).

'Two Towers' ticket sales begin
Yahoo News
Ticket sales began two weeks in advance for last year's release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." That picture broke presale records, with online sales ultimately representing more than 8% of the film's domestic opening weekend. The film grossed $860 million worldwide.

TTT game scan from Premiere magazine
posted by Sara
TTT game's ad and review from Premiere magazine

TTT Toronto exhibit extended
Canada Newswire
Due to a steady flow of interest in everything Tolkien, Alliance Atlantis' Motion Picture Distribution Group announced today the extension of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Exhibit. The experiential exhibition containing artefacts from New Line Cinema's theatrical production of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers currently showing at the Royal Ontario Museum's former McLaughlin Planetarium was originally set to close December 1, 2002, but because of the high interest, Alliance Atlantis extended the date to December 8, 2002. Toronto is the only city in the world where this exhibit will be presented.

Interview with Miranda Otto
The Daily Digest
The Daily Digest has scans of Miranda Otto interview and new pictures.

UK's Sunday Express LOTR Special
TheOneRing.net
In this week edition there are interviews with Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Liv Tyler. Check out the scans at TORN

The Two Towers tickets go on sale in UK
Ananova
Odeon cinemas have announced tickets to the new Lord of The Rings film have gone on sale. Fans can get their hands on tickets for The Two Towers by either ringing up or going to their local cinema. Tickets will go on sale online on December 6. Odeon is dedicating over 200 of its screens to the film which opens in the UK on December 18.

One-on-One interview with Karl Urban
PR Newswire
Karl Urban chats about his native New Zealand and filming 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' in One-On-One exclusive interview

Thousands scream to be part of 'LOTR' sound
Zap2it
The slurpy sloshy sounds of the Dead Marshes in "The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers"are as authentic as they could get while taping in Wellington, New Zealand, according to Ethan Van Der Ryan, Supervising Sound Editor/Co-Sound Designer on the film.

Hobbit's New Year
Teen Hollywood
Frodo Baggins, 'Pippin' Took and 'Merry' Brandybuck will be staying in a country house in England for New Year. The actors who play the "Lord of the Rings" hobbits, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, are spending New Year together in Cumbria, England, though Wood would also like to take in the sights of Scotland while visiting the UK. The 21-year-old actor says, "I'm going to be spending the New Year in England at a farmhouse in Penrith. Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghue will be there. It is going to be a very hobbity New Year. It is only an hour from Scotland and I want to go there too."

TTT is this year's most anticipated flick and hottest ticket
Louisville Cardnal
Almost a year after the release of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, after the Oscars and various awards shows, the DVD release, the release of the extended edition of the film, we remember that there are two movies still to come. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is set for holiday box-office domination and is sure to capture audience imagination, whether they be hardcore Tolkien fans or just curious moviegoers. The film hits the big screen on December 18, a date that is marked on many a calendar.

LOTR video for the American troops
PR Newswire
Blockbuster Inc. is donating movies, video games and game systems to the USO to provide entertainment and boost morale for thousands of American troops who will spend this holiday season away from home. The movies include popular titles such as "Lord of the Rings," "Shallow Hal," "The Royal Tenenbaums, "The Matrix," "The Fast and the Furious," "Jurassic Park III" and "Legally Blonde."

Geoffrey Rush finds the pirate within
Sydney Morning Herald
Rush is playing the pirate captain Barbossa alongside Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom in what he calls a sprawling and adventurous movie from director Gore Verbinski, who has also made Mousehunt, The Mexican and The Ring.