LOTR:FOTR has lost out on all awards at the Golden Globes this year. Losing out on the 'Best Drama' category to 'A Beautiful Mind'.

Want to talk about LOTR being snubbed at the Golden Globes? SOUND OFF!!

Robert Altman 'Gosford Park' has won the Golden Globe for best director, beating out Peter Jackson.

Enya and her song 'May It Be' has lost out to Sting and his theme song 'Until' from the 'Kate and Leopold' soundtrack.

In a re-take from the AFI awards, Canadian composer Howard Shore has lost out to Craig Armstrong, composer of 'Moulin Rouge!'

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) has lost out her Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actress (for Bandits) to Nicole Kidman.

Tonight (Sunday the 20th) is 'Golden Globes Night', where LOTR can win the pre-oscar awards it deserves! We're having a BIG online viewing party to celebrate!! Simply log into Barliman's Chatroom and slip into the room '#awardsparty' to join in on the fun!

We will be updating the latest events at the ceremony for everyone around the world who cannot view it for themselves. The Golden Globes will air tonight on NBC at 8PM EST. See you online!

What time is that around the wolrd where you live? Click on the following link to convert 8PM EST to your local timezone. [More]

Although some Eastern European countries saw a late release of FOTR, they're catching up and joining in the fun, as Galahad tells us. [More]

FB writes: FOTR has broken the first record here in Italy. Yesterday it grossed 1.032.000 euro, beating the previous record set by Hannibal. [More]

Mikko writes: Yes, it's official... Lord of the rings has gone past Potter in its 5th week here in Finland as in Sweden. Amazing. [More]

Lotho Sackville-Baggins writes: We went to the last day of the Pierre Vinet exhibit in Santa Monica today (Saturday 19th) & I just wanted to share with you how truly wonderful it was. [More]

Update The folks at Track 16 have posted an image of a few of the cast members with Vinet at the LA gallery. [More]

Finwe writes: I have found a LOTR cake. It is not just a picture on the cake, it can be eaten too. So I guess a company has the rights to do it, since it does look very "professional". So if your B-day is soon like me, you know what to ask for...[More]

From Tony Tellado of Sci Fi Talk: New Line Cinema supplied Sci-Fi Talk with the audio tapes from the Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring. I have produced several shows to honor this movie which is perhaps the best fantasy film ever made. [More]

Ringer Spy Hoon sends along these scans of an Orlando Bloom (Legolas) interview from 'Harper's Bazaar' Magazine. [More]

I was wrong when I said that there were no books on the Elvish language available. In fact you can get "The Languages of Middle Earth" and "an Introduction to Elvish" from Amazon.com. Both are apparently classic resources for learning Tolkien's languages. Thanks to Adam, Mole and Bill for the news.

Further Elvish studies are available online from Elvish.org

Former New Line Cinema PR chief (and good friend to Xoanon and TORN -Xo) Steve Elzer has joined Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group as a senior veepee of media relations. [More]

Fantasypewter.com, maker of fine Tolkien and other fantasy art pieces, has sent us some fine items for review! If you are shopping for a good Tolkien-type gift, then check it out! [More]

Eventhough FOTR did not come out on top this weekend, you still have a chance to enter the contest! Go see Fellowship of the Ring today and send me the scanned ticket stub at calisuri@theonering.net. Entries will be accepted through Monday with the winners being announced on Tuesday. [More]

Preceeding the Golden Globes this year were the Golden Satellite Awards, FOTR was nominated for 9, and managed to snag 3! The awards given to FOTR were Best Picture (Animated or mixed media), Sound, and Film Editing! Thanks to Robert for the tip! [More]

Time to lighten up and ponder how the world has changed since the events of 12/19.....[More]

Thanks to Ringer Alison for pointing us in the direction of another poll to swamp. This time, it is about Golden Globes and focusing on directing. I would suggest..just a suggestion now...that we vote for Peter Jackson! [More]

The 2nd part of the Dungeons and Dragons (Wizards of the Coast) 3-part history/review of the movie, this time finally dealing with the movie itself. [More]

Bill Amend has done it again, this time he has Jason making snow-Balrogs...what do they say when you mix ice and fire? [More]

When we came up with the idea that we would open an entire section for the fans to submit reviews, little did we know we would get over ten thousand of them! And we're still adding more! If you haven't yet, submit your own review!

Sunday night is 'Golden Globes Night', where LOTR can win the pre-oscar awards it deserves! We're having a BIG online viewing party to celebrate!! Simply log into Barliman's Chatroom and slip into the room '#awardsparty' to join in on the fun!

We will be updating the latest events at the ceremony for everyone around the world who cannot view it for themselves. The Golden Globes will air on NBC at 8PM EST. See you online!

Eyna was the musical guest on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on NBC last night (Jan 17th). Enya sang 'May It Be' from the LOTR:FOTR soundtrack. [More]

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) was a guest on the ABC show 'Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher' yesterday (Jan 17th). Take a look at the full transcript of the show, plus pics! [More]

Unless you've been living in a cave lately, you'd know that today marks to wide release of the new Orlando Bloom (Legolas) film 'Black Hawk Down'.

lovelylivtyler.com is reporting that Liv Tyler (Arwen) will appear in Robert Altman's new film "Voltage" which will begin shooting in a few months.

"Oh my God!" he exclaims when he learns that he's the most searched-for person or thing on Lycos.com associated with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, in which he plays the archer elf Legolas. This week, he's climbed to No. 22 on the Lycos top 50, up two spots from last week. [More]

Of all the features of Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, few have impressed the critics as much as the subtitled dialect in which Liv Tyler (Arwen) and Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) preface their smooch. [More]

Olly sends along this great bit of information he learned from the voice of Treebeard himself, John Rhys-Davies! [More]

The rest of the world may see box office smash "The Lord of the Rings" as a mythical tale of hobbits and goblins but some young members of Italy's far right hope to use the film to promote their political ideals. [More]

Ringer Spy undone sends us this great image from the latest issue of 'Entertainment Weekly'. It is a great show of PJ apparently setting up the scene where Gimli, Aragorn, and Legolas run into Eomer and his men. Take a look! [More]

The mysterious ShadowPhone writes: The release date for FOTR in the Dominican Republic is January 31. New Line doesn't have dristibuition deals with any company in the Dominican Republic, that's why New line films arrive really late. But after the huge succes of the films, some theater owners decided to fix this.

Check out the sadness over at IMDB as 'The Godfather' has replaced our LOTR on the number 1 spot on IMDB's 'top 250'! Heresy! [More]

Take a look at this lego version of the 'Flight at the Ford'! Funny stuff! [More]

Take a look at todays 'Frank & Ernest' for a good lession on what could happen to you if you ditch a dwarf for a hobbit! [More]

Ringer Spy milaya sends along this article from Singapore. [More]

From the folks at RevolutionSF: RevolutionSF proudly presents an exclusive preview of Broma House's novelization of the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings! See two chapter excerpts online now. [More]

It is the climax of the movie, and easily one of the most powerful scenes in the history of cinema. Luke Skywalker, facing Darth Vader at the end of "The Empire Strikes Back,". [More]

If you live in LA and you would like to cheer on 'FOTR' at the Golden Globes on sunday, come to the Cat'n'Fiddle in Hollywood to join the party! [More]

LA is the place to be this weekend for Tolkien fans. Not only do we have the Golden Globes party, you have two chances to meet Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf), as well as see a LOTR art exhibition! [More]

Don't forget. Go see Fellowship of the Ring this weekend and win great prizes for keeping it at the top of the box office. Get the details. [More]

The latest newsletter is set to go! Do you want to receive our weekly newsletter? Packed with tons of info to keep you up to date on the latest? Plus filled with exclusives from time to time! Join the crowd of more than 5600+ mailing list Ringers! Sign up now! [More]

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) can now be called the 'Marathon Man', fresh from his appearances on 'The Daily Show' and 'The Late Late Show' both Tuesday and Wednesday, he will be appearing on 'Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher' tonight at 12:05 AM on ABC.

neil sends us this interesting rumor about Tom and Goldberry possibly being on the LOTR DVD. Meanwhile our inside sources debunk the idea...sorta. [More]

No, there's a lot of other explanations for why GW are making Tom and Goldberry, which debunk the 'Bombadil's in the DVD' rumour [More]

Franka Potente (Run, Lola, Run), 27, is going to shoot a movie together with hobbit-acting Elijah Wood (Frodo). "I'm working with Franka in February, and I look forward to doing so," the actor recently told the "Berliner Kurier." [More]

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) was on 'The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn' last night (Jan 17). Check out the great review and a ton of pics! This one is not to be missed! [More]

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) was on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' Tuesday (Jan 15) on CBS. Check out this review with pics! [More]

Laila writes: I thought that any visitors of your website from Bahrain might be interested to know that the Fellowship of the Ring will be showing in cinemas here from February 6th onwards. Bahrain is such a tiny island nation, we have a population of roughly 700,000 people.

The emergence of New Line's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" as an Oscar contender couldn't have been more of a surprise to Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson's partner both on the trilogy and in the New Zealand house they share with their two young children. The clan's feeling the pressure of sudden fame, even so far removed from Hollywood, Variety reports. [More]

A few folks have been sending this great image, which is on mckellen.com, and shows PJ and Ian McKellen in his 'Gandalf the White' costume. Really cool! [More]

FB writes: FOTR premieres tomorrow here in Italy and it looks like it will be as huge as in any other country. [More]

The eagerly-awaited second installment in Decipher's The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (TCG) is going to press: Gamers and collectors who have made the new TCG a global phenomenon can begin their journey into the Mines of Moria in February! [More]

Acclaimed British actor Ian McKellen keeps his fans informed online. [More]

During a marriage, you learn things. Over the years, you discover whether your spouse is a morning person or a night person, whether they like their sandwiches cut in rectangles or triangles and whether they belong to a cult. [More]

Garfeimao sends us a report and pictures from her adventure at the Comic Convention in LA with John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), John spoke about LOTR, Peter Jackson and gave a whole LOT of info on Treebeard! [More]

Elvenstar writes: I thought you might be interested to know that the Jan. (2002) issue of the Singapore edition of Harper's Bazaar ran a 6-page article on everyone's favourite elven archer, Orlando Bloom (Legolas). Anyone with scans of the article send them along!

Sharpe'sfangirl writes: Here are the nominees for Chicago Film Critics Association, LOTR got Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography. [More]

Nona from 'The Compleat SB sends along this nice feature story about Sean Bean (Boromir) in the Feb 2002 issue of Xposé magazine. [More]

Ringer Spy Ed sends along an updated release list for the next round of action figures. [More]

Etched Chaos writes: A friend of mine whom works at a local cinema has told me that the Two Towers trailer attached to LOTR:FOTR will be released as the cinema on Feb 1st. That's a definite from him as he is on good terms with his boss and so gets definite dates for everything. I just thought I'd mention that as it might be the same for elsewhere...

DS sends us the list of winners and other nominees for the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards. Take a look! [More]

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) has updated his 'epost' section of his website. And be sure to check out their new and very cool contest! [More]

Radaster writes: The premiere in Macedonia will be shown on 24 th of January (City oF Skopje) and there is a lot of hype and madness around here. Everyone just waits to buy the tickets and have their passage to Middle-earth.

Jeff writes: I was watching the Critics' Choice Awards on Monday night, Sean Astin and Orlando Bloom were presenters of the Best Young Performer Award, which went to that little girl in "I Am Sam,". She was so tiny that she couldn't reach the podium, much less the microphone, so Orlando picked her up and held her up to the microphone for her acceptance speech, which was long and adorably precocious.

The goal: Keep Fellowship of the Ring at the top of the box office. How can we do it? Go see Fellowship of the Ring this week. Save your ticket stub. Win great prizes! It is that easy. [More]

Asarina reported that Enya will be performing "May it Be" from the Lord of the Rings Soundtrack - The Fellowship of the Ring on the Tonight Show (NBC) 1/17 (this Thursday.)

She will also be performing live on Larry King (CNN) next Tuesday, the 22nd.

The Sydney Morning Herald's 'Heckler' has a bit of sour grapes about LOTR's success? [More]

The folks at comingsoon.net have written in to tell us that the trailer for the new Sean Bean (Boromir) film 'Tom and Thomas' is now online. Take a look! [More]

Tehanu recently asked "Which country is the most Tolkienoholic?", well Valdi sent us some stats on the subject. So what country is it? England? New Zealand? USA? The answer may surprise you... [More]

Ringer Spy Adina sends us this scan from USA Today. Take a look! [More]

Scott sends us this scan of Orlando Bloom (Legolas) in the Sunday Times Style Magazine. [More]

Ringer Spy Misty sends along these great scans from Creative Screenwriting Magazine. [More]

Kálmán writes: Here is some info on the first weekend of FOTR in hungarian cinemas. FOTR broke the first weekend record with more than 160,000 viewers on the first 4 days (Thursday - Sunday). It beat the previous record breaker Harry Potter and Star Wars Ep 1.

Check out this wicked 6 foot tall Statue of a Ringwraith from LOTR amazing!! The bidding is already up to 7 thousand plus...very cool! [More]

We were all pleasantly surprised to see Fellowship of the Ring at the top of the domestic box office last week. With the release of Black Hawk Down this coming weekend, the first real threat of ousting FOTR from the No. 1 spot is upon us. Who among you will take the ring? Oh...I mean....Who among you will keep FOTR at the top of the box office? Here's the deal: Go to see Fellowship of the Ring this weekend, scan your ticket stub, and send it to calisuri@theonering.net. You will be entered to win prizes. (And you know with TheOneRing.net we're talking 'PRIZES' here) Start making the plans now, and we'll give you more details later today.

Thain of Westfarthing writes: This morning, NPR had a piece concerning independent film consisting mainly of interviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Among those interviewed was Mark Ordesky, who said that, despite its large budget, "Lord of the Rings" was an independent film. The piece focused on changes in the nature of independent film, mostly about the increasing commercialization of what used to be a chase for $50,000 movies made by directors who had maxed out their parents' credit cards. Listen in: RealPlayer needed [More]

Fresh from his appearance on 'The Daily Show' last night (pictures and a report coming soon) Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will be making an appearance on 'The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn' tonight at 12:35AM EST on CBS. Stay up late for that, you won't want to miss it.

UK Ringers can catch Orlando Bloom (Legolas) on 'The Johnny Vaughn Show' tonight at 11.40PM on BBC1.

I'm hardly the first to note that professor J.R.R. Tolkien's modern classic "Lord of the Rings" -- or the new and successful film now born thereof -- has a strong and unusual political subtext. [More]

Ian Mckellen is scheduled to be on the West Coast syndicated Mark and Brian Morning radio show this Thursday Jan. 17th at 8:30AM. The guests always seem to have a good time. The show is syndicated to quite a few western state cities. [More]

The ring of truth Richard Taylor is no mere backroom boy - he's the driving force behind the physicality of Middle-earth; the Hobbits are central to the story and its spirit; Hugo Weaving is Elrond, the elf lord who wanted the Ring destroyed; Barrie M. Osborne is the midwife producer: making The Lord of the Rings required more reality than fantasy and the making of Middle-Earth artefacts, not mere props, they tell Andrew L. Urban. [More]

What's with all the blokey bonding in LOTR? Neva Chonin talks about FOTR and fantasises a little. TORN's Quickbeam gets quoted, too. [More]

Thanks to Noel for this: "According to dvdreviewer the Region 2 DVD will be released on July 21st. They have no news on the Region 1 release date.....Obviously a tad too early to discuss features, but expect a 2-disc set at the very least." But no Bomadil apparently. [More]

Lee writes: Ms. Blanchett was interviewed for roughly half an hour, several minutes at the beginning of which were devoted to discussion of LOTR. [More]

Lynne writes: I Just listened to the Cate Blanchet interview on Fresh Air, she confirmed was a scene where Aragorn and Galadriel have a scene where they speak all Elvish, which she supposes will be on the DVD.

Dasno writes: FOTR will finaly open in Slovakia on Jan. 24. There is not only full page article with photos in our Newspaper, but also the cinemas tickes are gonig to sold out.

Ravel writes: According to several sources, 421 807 Finns have seen LOTR by now, and there are only 5 million people in Finland. LOTR is still the #1 movie in Finland. Btw, "only" 432 872 people have seen Harry Potter here, so LOTR will surpass it this week!

Book retailer Books-A-Million Inc. on Monday said it raised its fourth-quarter earnings estimates due to stronger-than-expected holiday sales, especially of ``Harry Potter'' and ``Lord of the Rings'' fiction titles. [More]

Are you a Tolkien fan? Do you live in Los Angeles? Are you watching the Golden Globes? Why not get together with a bunch of other fans Sunday night to celebrate, what we hope, will be a FOTR Best Picture win! [More]

The first Lord Of The Rings film is still the number one movie at the UK box office. Its latest weekend takings almost matched the rest of the top ten put together. [More]

If you rewound the new film The Lord of the Rings and if, once you arrived at the opening scene, you kept your thumb on the rewind button and were magically able to keep going and going and going, traveling back through 1990, 1980, 1970... [More]

Katwell writes: On today's "Fresh Air" show, Terry Gross will be interviewing our own Cate Blanchett (Galadriel). The show airs at noon in my town. To find out where you can listen to it check out www.npr.org for more info.

Jessica writes: The E! Channel with be rebroadcasting it's "Behind The Scenes: The Lord of the Rings" special January 18th! Although, viewers will need to check their local listings to see at what time of day it will be airing in their time zone.

Bungo writes: FOTR will finally open in Hong Kong on Jan. 31. There was a full page article with photos in the South China Sunday Morning Post, and there have been Chinese articles in the Hong Kong magazines that sound like rave reviews. So the build-up finally begins here.

Be sure to catch 'The Daily Show with John Stewart' tonight. Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will be a special guest. 'The Daily Show' airs on Comedy Central (The Comedy Network in Canada) at 11PM EST.

You can take a look at a few music videos from the upcoming Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron) film 'Queen of the Damned' here. [More]

Weekly Cast Watch

1/14/02, 10:53 pm EST - Xoanon

LOTR On Video: April 2002?

1/14/02, 10:12 pm EST - Xoanon

National Lampoon suggests Bin Laden has found the One Ring.

1/14/02, 9:34 pm EST - Tehanu

DVD petition.

1/14/02, 9:22 pm EST - Tehanu

TTT: Filming At Helms Deep

1/14/02, 6:59 pm EST - Xoanon

Barrie Osborne Talks 'Director's Cut' DVD

1/14/02, 6:53 pm EST - Xoanon

GAMING: Journey Through the Mines of Moria

1/14/02, 6:48 pm EST - Xoanon

DVD rumours, and a Bombadil rumour

1/14/02, 6:16 pm EST - Tehanu

'Rings' still golden at box office

1/14/02, 6:07 pm EST - Xoanon

Lampoon Names Its Lord

1/14/02, 6:03 pm EST - Xoanon

LOTR Statistics...

1/14/02, 5:33 pm EST - Tehanu

Media Watch: NY Review of Books.

1/14/02, 5:13 pm EST - Tehanu

Golden Fox Tours of film locations.

1/14/02, 4:41 pm EST - Tehanu

Media Watch: Wall St. Journal.

1/14/02, 4:27 pm EST - Tehanu

TV Watch: BFCA Awards On E!

1/14/02, 2:14 pm EST - Xoanon

Weekend Round-Up

1/14/02, 2:08 pm EST - Xoanon

SHOP: Weekly Ebay Items

1/14/02, 1:46 pm EST - Xoanon

Variety: 'Rings' by a nose, but 'Mind' impinges

1/14/02, 1:33 pm EST - Xoanon

Lawrence Makoare Interview

1/14/02, 8:45 am EST - Xoanon

Last Chance for the Holiday Contest

1/14/02, 3:38 am EST - Calisuri

TV Watch: Ian McKellen On 'Larry King'

1/14/02, 1:06 am EST - Xoanon

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