No word on who will play the female warrior nor why Uma turned down the role (or why the role was turned down for her).

TheOneRing.net will place a call with Uma's agent tomorrow to confirm this news. More to come!

No, it's not what you think. It's the latest addition to our Ecards section! Why not send your loved one a great Ecard for St. Valentines Day! Simply choose the Beren and Luthien card and fill out the form!

I for one know that someone has sent a few to Kirsten Dunst...is 200 to many?

I thought I'd drop you a line with a blurb from an article I read yesterday. In the recent Spin Magazine (with Fiona Apple on the cover) there is an article about the Langston brothers who form the group Spacehog. Royston Langston is dating Liv Tyler (Arwen) right now and in the article he mentions the fact that she is currently in New Zealand filming The Lord of the Rings and joked about seeing if she could get him a role as a hobbit in a band.

Just as long as he takes the earrings out first :)

Just thought I would offer some news from over in the UK. In Liverpool Empire Theatre, there is a stageplay of The Hobbit, and it is running from 27th February to 4th March 2000.

If anyone is planning on going drop me a line!

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All in all things are coming together, we've got 14 more months to go, and I bet things are only going to get more amazing and exciting right up until they dim those lights and we read 'New Line Cinema Proudly Presents...'

Xoanon

There is a large article on Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) in this mornings Sydney Morning Herald. The bit about LOTR says;

"Of course, you have to wake up and say, 'I'm here now in a position where maybe I can set things in motion.' If someone had, a year ago, said, 'You'll be in Lord of The Rings,' I would have said, 'What?' But then Peter Jackson gets involved and you think 'How wonderful!'"