Each week, I scour Ebay looking for the hot Tolkien items up for sale. I post the most interesting here for you to bid on! [More]

Here's another chance to see your favorite LOTR stars on the small screen! [More]

``The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' grossed $23 million to remain the No. 1 movie for the third straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The movie pushed its total to $205.5 million in just 19 days, becoming a record sixth film released in 2001 to cross the $200 million mark. [More]

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continued its fantastic run at the box office, enjoying a three-peat atop the charts and becoming the sixth movie released in 2001 to soar past the $200 million mark. [More]

LOS ANGELES - The American Film Institute has named The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as best picture of the year - a good omen for the Oscars in March. [More]

GeneralSV writes: Just thought I'd drop in a few words about the LOTR fever in Slovenia. [More]

Ringer Spy Nona sends along this scan from 'Bella Magazine' featuring Sean Bean (Boromir). [More]

Eric sends along this picture of a LOTR:FOTR billboard right here in Montreal. Take a look! [More]

Parma Endorion: Essays on Middle-earth, 3rd edition, has been published as a free eBook by Michael Martinez. [More]

This was the week when the movie distributors had to throw the record books out the window. [More]

Even a year that's short on quality finds room for Oscar. The Academy Award nominations are specifically for the best of 2001. And "the best of 2001" is a relative phrase. [More]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The fantasy epic ``The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' won best-picture honors and two other prizes at the first American Film Institute Awards on Saturday. [More]

Well, the Mystery Contest has ended. What was the mystery? Check out the contest page for details. In the meantime, the winners will be announced on Friday. [More]

An AFI Awards report, with a whole slew of pics. Take a look, and share the joy! 3 out of 4 awards!! [More]

Barrie Osborne accepts the award on behalf of EVERYONE for LOTR:FOTR as the AFI BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!

Come back here soon for pics of the event!!

Howard Shore lost his chance for an AFI award for best score of the year to the composer of Moulin Rouge. Next year Howard, next year.

Grant Major has won the Production Designer of the Year award at the AFI Awards. Good show Grant!!!!

Jim Rygiel wins the Digital effects artist of the year!!!!! Way to go Jim!! JIM!!!

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) has lost out to Jennifer Connely for the Best Female Actress in a Motion Picture.

Be sure to catch the AFI Awards tonight. LOTR:FOTR is up for 4 awards: Movie of the year, Production designer of the year, Digital effects artist of the year, Composer of the year. Let's hope our guys win! Catch it tonight on CBS at 8PM EST. Elijah Wood is scheduled to be there to present an award.

Want to join in on the fun? Don't get CBS? Want to watch the awards show with other fans? Join our Online Viewing Party in Barliman's!

Simply log into our chatroom in Barliman's and type in '/join #awardsparty'. And join in on the fun!! Meet us there at 8 PM EST.

Here's a painted billboard at an intersection in Hat Yai advertising the December 28th, 2001 release of LOTR. On January 4, 2002, The Nation reported that the Thai-language version of The Fellowship of the Ring sold out at bookstores. [More]

Santa Monica, 13 December, 2001 - Track 16 Gallery is pleased to present "Viggo Mortensen: Signlanguage," an exhibition of recent paintings and photographs, and "Alan Rath: Stereo," a show of eight handmade stereos by the Oakland-based artist. [More]

a13x quite rightly pointed out that there is a slight LotR reference in the latest edition of the very cool and 'l33t' (what can I say, I'm a fan) online comic strip, MegaTokyo. Check out the entire story spanning 210 strips if you have an hour to spare. [More]

Grey Elf writes: I was watching an ESPN Golf Special yesterday on TV, (I was bored), when I heard the FOTR Soundtrack song, "Concerning Hobbits" being played as background music!

Hopefully this is just the beginning of television networks using the FotR soundtrack in their programs.

Pippin Skywalker writes: Cinescape has an LOTR related article on their main homepage called Three Rings Circuit.More]

Greg writes: In case this hasn't been sent in et, the Chicago Tribune's website is featuring reader reviews of Fellowship of the Ring. [More]

Bruce noticed a little tribute to Lord of the Rings in a recent ESPN comic strip, with basketball star Shaq taking the place of Gollum. [More]

MADISON, Wis.--David Salo is an expert in languages that exist only in the imaginary world of hobbits and elves. [More]

Bacarrat writes: Variety magazine is running their annual Oscar poll at their "Award Central 2002" Only subscribers to Variety may vote, but in support of good old-fashioned democratic traditions, anyone can sign up for a free 30-day trial WITH FULL VOTING PRIVELEGES! [More]

Maestro writes: Since LOTR was released in December, it will not be eligable for nomination in the Movie Score category until next year. [More]

Anders writes: When the film of my dreams finally loomed in the horizon, me and my buddy Nicolas Bjerre decided to build something great for the premiere in Denmark. [More]

Ringer Spy monkeu sends along a report and some nice pics of the Applause line of LOTR collectable figures. [More]

Just how bad a year was 2001 for movies? Well, for the first time in my six years of reviewing movies, I had to pad out my list of the year's 20 best movies and runners-up with a couple of re-released films. [More]

Relive the frightening battle between the defiant Gandalf the Grey and the monstrous entity, the Balrog. Will Gandalf save the Fellowship of the Ring from this demon and make it out of the Mines of Moria alive or will he find a fate worse than death in the taloned grip of the Balrog? [More]

There's a small hole in a cliff on New Zealand's West Coast where an underground stream comes back to the sunlight. [More]

The Mystery Contest ends today. I'll reveal the secret of the contest before midnight Pactific Standard Time. The winners will be annonced next Friday. [More]

Universal Interactive announced the details of its 2002 line-up of Tolkien games: The Fellowship of the Ring for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and The Lord of the Rings, Part 1 for Game Boy Advance. [More] [Gaming Havens]

Hammer's "Middle-earth Album" has become an indie hit on Amazon.com. With sales soaring, the five star fan rated album moved to the top 1% of Amazon's huge inventory. [More]

Jen sends us this image from the Teen People website. [More]

Actor Elijah Wood garnered the title of being one of the most talented actors of his generation with his extensive acting career, and he's only 20-years old. [More]

LOS ANGELES –– Talk about ringing in the New Year. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" easily held the top spot at the box office over the five-day New Year's holiday, earning nearly $56.9 million. [More]

NEW YORK –– British actor Sean Bean is known to American audiences for the villains he's played, so he says it's nice to be able to show his sympathetic side in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." [More]

Garth, my buddy at DarkHorizons is trying something new, he will be hosting a 'Talking Movies' segment once a week online. The first installment talks about LOTR. Find out what they're talking about here. [More]

Jorge Saralegui, the Producer of Bruce Spence's (Mouth of Sauron) Queen of the Damned has given an interview with QOTD Movie Cast Site. Thanks to DarkHorizons [More]

MonkeyPeaches.com (gotta love that site's name) has some exclusive images from the new John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) film 'Highbinders'. Unfortunately no pictures of our own John, but cool nonetheless. [More]

You can find some small but cool images of Christopher Lee (Saruman) as 'Count Dooku' in the next Star Wars installment at the following link. [More]

Megan writes: I thought you might want to let everyone know that Tom Shippey, author of J.R.R. TOLKIEN: AUTHOR OF THE CENTURY, will be teaching a course at the Learning Annex in New York City. [More]

LAS VEGAS (Variety), Jan. 2 — “Memento” earned four awards from the Las Vegas Film Critics society, including best picture, while “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” led the field of winners with six nods. [More]

It's official - the much-vaunted first instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy is "hotter than Potter", smashing Australian box office records in its opening week. [More]

BrokenG sends us some additional information on the AFI awards, and all the LOTR nominations! [More]

POCATELLO — Bonnie Johnson and Kelly Crane waited four and a half hours in cold and snowy weather Wednesday to get the best seats for Lord of the Rings. [More]

Private Ryan sent me the address for this fantastic section on the New York Times's website which features a variety of articles relating to J.R.R Tolkien over the years, including interviews, stories and his obituary on September 3 1973. [More]

As a follow up to my post a few days ago stating that the Beyond the Movie FOTR special would be on Saturday the 6th, a contradiction in terms. It is of course on this Saturday, the 5th at 7.30pm. [More]

'It's official: 2001 was a blockbuster year for Hollywood. American box offices rang up a record £5.8bn in ticket sales, thanks to hits like Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, Shrek and Lord of the Rings'. [More]

IGN is running a story claiming that the Fellowship of the Ring DVD, being released later this year, should have an extra thirty to forty minutes of footage on it of omitted scenes. [More]

Empire Online have just posted a new poll sure to interest Harry Potter, Star Wars and Harry Potter fans alike - 'Which of the following sequels will blow your mind in 2002?'. If you've got some spare time, pay a visit and cast your vote. [More]

If you live in the Old Pueblo and would like to meet some fellow Tolkien freaks, come find us at Borders in Park Place Mall at 5:30 for a birthday toast.

JJG alerts us to an online poll that hasn't heard from too many Ringers yet at Movieheadlines.net. [More]

Narsil sends in this update: I just checked the fiction bestseller list they compile and LOTR holds down the following spots: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 21, 22 & 23. Check out our Shop links here: [More]

Join me an a bazillion other Professor Tolkien officionados this evening in a toast to JRRT organized by The Tolkien Society! [More]

110 years ago today, the great Professor Tolkien was born. Our gratitude for the contributions of this noble spirit runs deeper than the Sundering Seas and further than the distance between Middle-earth and Valinor. Here's many a 1420 to toast his honor!

Rafe noticed that in Google's 2001 review, LotR is ranked #18 in the Top 20 Gaining Queries category and #2 in the Top 10 Movie Queries category. This is much the same at Yahoo!/Lycos, where LotR is #2 in the Movie section and #50 overall.

Asarina sent in this address for the BBC's upcoming rebroadcast of its 1981 radio dramatisation of Lord of the Rings on BBC Radio 4. For all UK&I, check out its first installment this Saturday! [More]

Erin writes: Hey, just wanted to let all the Aussie LOTR fans out there know about the national geographic documentary; "Beyond The Movie: Fellowship of the Ring", which screens on the ABC (Australian Broadcast Commission) on Saturday January 6th at 7:30 pm...set those VCR's!

Mainecoon sends word that the January 4 edition of Entertainment Weekly features a very amusing "Not-So-Geeky Guide to Lord of the Rings". Check it out!

Erin notes that the Boston Herald in a recent article claims that there is a connection between the growth in popularity of fantasy and the surge in sales of the bible. [More]

Doughboy writes: Google releases its timeline for 2001 searches... and guess who is within the top searches in December of this year? [More]

Warren writes: Just wanted to let you know that in E! Online's 2001 Replay, Year End Poll, under the category of "Hottest Fanatsy" The Lord of the Rings came in first with 33% of the votes compared to Harry Potter's 2nd place 26%. [More]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (January 2, 2002)-today announced that Weta Digital evoked the power of more than 230 SGI® IRIX® OS-based and SGI LinuxTM OS-based visual workstations, storage products and servers for production, postproduction and visual effects on the much anticipated live-action, CGI-laden The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. [More]

Access Hollywood was talking LOTR, they sat down with Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Ian spoke about the books appeal, and that the film has made over 350 million dollars worldwide. Ian also mentions that his website has gotten 8 million hits.

TFD writes: I thought you'd like to know that TV Guide Channel has ranked LOTR as the year's number one film. Number 2 was Ali; others on the top five (I missed the top ten) were Shrek, Ocean's Eleven, and Moulin Rouge.

Brother C notes that the Winter 2001 Pipes and Tobaccos magaze features a five page article on smoking and the creation of pipes in the movie.

Check out today's 'The Boondocks', they goof on the 3 hour running time, funny stuff. [More]

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- New Line's biggest gamble ever is paying off -- and how. Variety reports "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has returned a staggering $156 million after 12 days in 22 territories -- a whisker more than the picture's domestic total of $154.7 million. [More]

Sean Astin (Sam) will be on 'Live with Regis & Kelly' tomorrow morning. Set your VCR's and check your local listings! Check back here tomorrow for a full report and pics.

UPDATE

I made a few choice phone calls to confirm if indeed Sean Bean or Sean Astin were going to be on the show, due to some conflicting reports. The shows people informed me that Sean ASTIN will be on, and not Sean Bean as we previously reported. Sorry for the mix-up.

Peter Jackson's adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, only released last month, was rewarded with six nods, including best director. [More]

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) has updated his 'E-post' section of his site. Take a look! [More]

The traditional list of the year's "ins" and "outs" appeared in the Washington Post today. [More]

Jen sends along this AOL chat transcript, thanks! [More]

For years, beneath the cat-frayed reading chair in our farmhouse living room, J.R.R. Tolkien lay facedown. How The Fellowship of the Ring got there, and remained, for so long, I have no idea. [More]

Be sure to check out the official site for a new fellowship screensaver. [More]

NightBird writes: This cartoon was in my local paper, in the section normally dedicated to political cartoons. It was in the Peninsula Daily News of Port Angeles, WA. [More]

It is a myth almost as cherished as J.R.R. Tolkien's tales of Middle Earth: that nearing the end of his life, and under pressure from the tax men and a wolf pack of sharp Hollywood suits, the cloistered Oxford scholar signed away the rights to The Lord of the Rings for a mere £10,000. But like many good yarns that have grown in the telling, it is just that - a myth. [More]

Shanoncia writes: I have the link to Sympaticos's worst and best list for movies of the year 2001. LOTR:FOTR topped the list. [More]

Starworld 20 writes: We had a blast the evening of December 18th here in Tulsa, OK! [More]

From the entire TheOneRing.net staff, we would like to take this time to wish everyone around the world a very pleasant and peaceful Happy New Year!

Follow the link to vote for the Best Film of 2001. Need I say more? [More]

The 100 titles Amazon.com customers couldn't live without in the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. Guess what is Number 1? [More]

Green Books closes the cover on 2001 with a special edition: a complete set of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie reviews:

• I really love it: Quickbeam’s Out on a Limb.
• Turgon gives it a passing grade: Turgon’s Bookshelf.
• Anwyn is conflicted about it: Anwyn’s Counterpoint.
• Ostadan feels it’s like Reading It For The First Time : Ostadan’s Lore & Letters.
• Tookish applauds its brilliance: Tookish’s Review.
• And finally two new Special Guests bring us splendid insights: Kevin Black’s "Spiritual Lessons in LOTR" and Jody Bower’s "Archetypal Hero’s Journey."

January will have new Q & A and a huge update to the fan fiction of Moon Letters!

On behalf of all our hard-working Staff I say thank you all for your good faith and readership. We will continue to explore the WORDS and WORLDS of J.R.R. Tolkien if you but grace us with your mouse. May the New Year find you content, well-fed, and safe.

Much too hasty,
Quickbeam

For the last few weeks, our good friend Brandon Gray, from BoxOfficeMojo.com, has been sending us updates on the success of Fellowship of the Ring. Now he has outdown himself and made up a side by side comparsion between Fellowship of the Ring, Harry Potter, Star Wars Ep 1, and Titanic. This is one page you will want to bookmark! [More]

The fabled denizens of Middle Earth battled to the top of the box office heap again this weekend. [More]

TFD writes: I thought you'd like to know that TV Guide Channel has ranked LOTR as the year's #1 film. #2 was Ali; others on the top five were Shrek, Ocean's Eleven, and Moulin Rouge.

LOTR comes in at number one for the second weekend in a row according to the BO estimates, 'Ocean's Eleven' came in second, followed by 'Ali' [More]

Took the weekend off? On holiday? Computer broke down? No worries! Here's your weekend round-up! All the news from this past weekend! [More]