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Elijah Wood talks to a Star Wars fan at the premiere of Attack of the Clones. A fairly good picture, too, at ABC News . Here is the caption for the picture, in case you get hung up reading the article: “In costume, Mariko Yasu, left, greets actor Elijah Wood, right, with Ibuki Ito, 7,…

You love his books, and you love the movies (even if you haven’t seen all of them yet!) based on his books. But do you know what kind of an impact J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy has had on literature, politics, and culture in general? At Tap: The American Prospect we find an article written by Chris…

Glory in the undefined brilliance of Gollum, the man, the myth…the hobbit! You say you never thought of Gollum as a hero or even a main character? Well here’s a site to prove you wrong and that ain’t no mistake! Gollum Online

Here is an interesting and rather in-depth interview of Cate Blanchett at The Age

Richard Taylor, the Director of Weta Workshop Limited (Lord of the Rings special effects) is part of a taskforce that will join forces with that county’s government to develop New Zealand’s innovative film and television industry. Scoop Media has the story.

Independantly filmed Ash Wednesday, directed by Edward Burns and staring Elijah Wood, was shown at a special screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, on Saturday. Click on the festival schedule to read about the movie plot.

At Premiere magazine we find that Peter Jackson is ranked 41 out the top 100 most powerful people in the entertainment industry for 2002.

They are filming extra scenes in New Zealand. From the article at Stuff: The Evening Post understands the Rings production company Three Foot Six has been filming extra scenes or “pick-up shots” for the next film, The Two Towers, on Wellington’s waterfront in a secure area of the Centreport complex. Filming at the port is…

Hobbits work their magic for BBC radio Tolkien classic boosts Radio 4 ratings as a million tune in…(Read More)