9 Bafta nominations for TTT
BBC News
The Two Towers has been nominated for 9 Bafta Awards including Best Film and Best Director for Peter Jackson. This year's Bafta Awards will be held at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in London on 23 February.

Vote for Orlando to be repeated
posted by Stacie
You can vote for which episodes of the So Graham Norton show will be repeated on BBC America in February. Orlando's episode with Cybil Shepherd is included.

Rohan forges first Malibu shield
Tolkien Online
Legolas Greenleaf's shield surfing success at the battle of Helm's Deep has swelled to a craze in Rohan, prompting a wave of enthusiasm and a new official sport.

Karl Urban's Price of Milk trailer
NZ Film
Karl Urban as you've never seen him before! More info on the movie here

The Sexiest Tail Out Of Canterbury
posted by LHanchor
Here's the article from the Star magazine. Please note that this is a gossip magazine, don't take it seriously :-)

Oscar FYC ads
Oscar Watch
Here's a look at all the Oscar's For Your Consideration ads so far.

Bafta award battle to begin
BBC News
Stars from the UK and Hollywood will find out who has been nominated for the biggest awards in British film, the Baftas, on Monday.

Magazine Watch
posted by Stacie
The February issue of GQ has a photo spread with a picture of Chris Andrews, who is Orlando and Sir Ian McKellen's agent at ICM. Only Sir Ian is mentioned though. The February 4 issue of Star magazine has Orlando as Star Hottie, the "sexiest tail out of Canterbury." (wink, wink. Get it? :-) I'll have a scan soon.

Zoe Ball on Film Transcript
TheOBFiles
TheOBFiles has a transcript of The Calcium Kid clip shown on Zoe Ball on Film that was aired on Saturday on Sky Movies Premiere (UK). Sarah is hoping to get a video clip as well as screencaps soon. In the meantime she has posted more photos from Orlando's costume test for LOTR.

Sean Astin at the Sundance Festival
Wireimage
Wireimage pictures of Sean Astin at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah.

Exclusive Interview with Toy Biz - Part 2
Figures.com
The creation of "Lord of the Rings" action figures has required the involvement of many individuals on several continents. Toy Biz Product Manager Jesse Falcon traveled to the "Lord of the Rings" movie set and the offices of the Weta special effects studio in New Zealand during the development of the line. From his office in Manhattan, he explains, "We went down there to laser-scan the entire cast.

New Matrix Reloaded picture
Matrixfans.net
Lord Elrond and Neo ready to fight

Where credit is due
posted by Stacie
Devin Gordon on the most overrated and underrated movies, TV and music of the last year. Underrated: Sir Ian McKellen Now this is a British knight. As great as the first “Lord of the Rings” was in its own right, McKellen was the glue.