You’ve already nominated Return of the King, but now it’s time to cast your final votes for the winners at the AOL Moviegoer Awards. RotK is nominated in six categories, including best picture and best actor (Viggo and Elijah). You can place your votes here.
ROTK won three awards (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score) at the 16th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards.
Andy Serkis, the man and voice behind Gollum, has a book out describing his work during filming of the LOTR movies. Read the full article from CNN.
The latest charts at Box Office Mojo show that Return of the King has moved up from number 14 to number 9 with worldwide gross box office takings of $825.7 million!. RotK has overtaken Spider Man, ET and Star Wars and is now less than $7 million behind Finding Nemo.
The official site has a great new interview with Howard Shore, the composer of the score for Lord of the Rings.
A really great interview with Sean, this article at Rolling Stone talks about his childhood, the importance of family, and of course, his role in Lord of the Rings!
Sean Astin – Sam to the millions of LOTR-o-philes – could be eyeing a much-coveted precious: an Academy Award nomination and possible Oscar win, according to CNN!
Council of Elrond is pleased to announce a new feature: Member Websites. Within this new area of the site, you can make your own small personal site devoted to whatever you want. Check it out, and if you have any questions or problems, please check out this forum thread. Have fun!
The Golden Globe awards are less than one week away. They will be airing next Sunday. Return of the King is up for four awards; best motion picture drama, best original score, best original song, and best director. For further details go to NBC.