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A Little Gollum In Us All…

Is there religious symbolism in the relationship between Frodo and Gollum? An article on GoErie.com explores the possibility.

Parmadur’s Note: This article contains a lot of Christian references. If you are not comfortable with religion, then you may not want to read it.

Lord of the Rings Towers Over Effects Awards

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers towered over the competition Wednesday night to win eight of the nine Visual Effects Society awards for which the movie was nominated.

Lord of the Rings actor buys his own forest

Lord of the Rings actor Dominic Monaghan, who plays hobbit Merry Brandybuck, has bought a small forest in Bangalore.

Viggo wins a Hollywood.com poll

Hollywood.com has announced its 3rd Annual Sexy Stars Poll Winners — and Viggo Mortenson is the sexiest with 79.7% of the vote!

Sean Astin’s Autograph

If you want to get Sean Astin’s autograph, check out this link. You can choose from 4 pictures and 10 comments. It costs $30. The proceeds go to Sean’s two favourite charities.

LotR make-up not wholly overlooked

“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” was honored by the Hollywood Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Monday (Feb. 17) night and received three awards for best makeup in a feature film.

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New Game!

Can you guess a picture based on just a piece of it? Then Mystery Picture, the newest addition to the Games section, located here, could be just the game for you! The first five members to guess the picture correctly will win a prize!

Cranky Jackson turns on ISP

Peter Jackson was accused on Thursday of heavying an internet service provider to expose a disgruntled employee who pilloried the famous director in an internal email.

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Bitsy Awards

The Fellowship of the Ring extended edition DVD swept the competition in the Fourth Annual Bitsy Awards over at Digital Bits, conquering such categories as Best DVD – Overall, Best DVD – Special Edition, and more!

Jackson a “geek’s geek”

One day Peter Jackson may join Hitchcock, Kurosawa and Scorsese in the category of “director’s director,” but for now, he’s more of a “geek’s geek.”