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Official Site Updated

The Official Lord of the Rings Site has been updated, with an interview with Peter Jackson regarding the TTT trailer, some photos, and a new screensaver.

A Little Piece Of Middle Earth

New Line Cinema is auctioning off exclusive collectible memorabelia from the production and advertising of Lord Of The Rings including a production slate and Nan Hithoel outtakes.

Coming to a VCR/DVD player near you

From Yahoo & AP News Wire Lord Of Rings: Fellowship of the Ring VHS/DVD scheduled for August and November releases…

Pippin Appears

Billy Boyd (Peregrin “Pippin” Took) will be at Icon 21 A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Convention held in Stony Brook New York (Long Isalnd) April 19-21, 2002.

Are you hungry for more Howard Shore?

Here are some great pictures and DVD news courtesy of soundtrack.net. Reporter Dan Goldwasser chatted with Shore at the Society of Composers and Lyricists Oscar-nominee reception. Expanded music for expanded DVD scenes! Recording music for scenes left out of FOTR! Adapting score for Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performance, this August! Be sure to sign the on-line petition to help get the expanded score released BEFORE 2004!

No big Oscars but LOTR is still loved…

Did you know that even though Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring didn’t win the big 5 at the Oscars it has won major awards from other sources?…

New Images Added

Just wanted to let you know that some new images have been added to the gallery, including some great new pictures from The Two Towers. And hey, if you have some great LotR images hanging around on your hard drive, why not upload them?

Also, I want to remind you that you can upload your own avatar, if you so choose. Click on My Account to see how.

Two Towers Trailer Report

Some lucky fellow at Ain’t-It-Cool-News has seen the Two Towers Trailer. If you want to learn about what the trailer will contain, read his report, but be warned! It has spoilers. Also, Harry has seen it as well, so you can read his report of it as well.

New Chat Time

No, the Saturday chat is still going on, we’re just setting up another new one. It’s Mondays at 5pt, 6mt, 7ct, 8et, 1am Greenwich time, 10:30am New South Wales time, and 11am Eastern Australia time. Hope that’s enough times for all you folks. I’ll be the host of tonight’s session, and I will be taking over the Monday night chats. See you there tonight!

Oscars as They Come

Best Achievement in Makeup Design – Peter Owen and Richard Taylor – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Achievement in Cinematography – Andrew Lesnie – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Achievement in Visual Effects – Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Music (Score) – Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring