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Director Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" ruled the Academy Awards. Jackson won for best director; his movie won best picture and every other award for which it was nominated.

Peter Jackson may have had enough of filming hobbits and elves as he completes the final Lord of the Rings instalment but, like any good Kiwi dad, he's happy to pick up a handycam to film his son playing rugby.

"The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is attracting tourists to New Zealand and pumping millions into the economy... The Wellington Dominion Post reported Monday that a survey found the movies brought more than 7 percent of the tourists to New Zealand..." To read...

The makers of the new Lord Of The Rings movie are campaigning for an Oscar for one of their stars - even though he's completely computer generated. The Two Towers producer, Barrie Osborne, and director, Peter Jackson, were so impressed with their animated character Gollum that they believe he deserves recognition in next year's Academy Awards. However, the filmmakers really know that actor Andy Serkis - who voices the skeletal figure - is the one who deserves the credit for making the computer generated role come to life on the big screen. Osborne says, "The performance is really driven by Andy. He deserves a nomination for a Supporting Actor Oscar and we are going to campaign for him to get one." Jackson adds, "Andy create the character. He says the dialogue, he plays the scenes and the computer captures his movement and translates that to the digital version of Gollum."

Finnish translation by Petri Tikkka of 'May it Be' by Enya - 'Olkoon Niin'

"Oh, I expect it to take home a good number of awards -- its 11 nominations are the most of any film this year. I just don't think it deserves to. Why? Because 'Return of the King' committed three crimes: It was boring, it was predictable and it was redundant..."

"...The new DVD also has what every self-respecting, credit-card-carrying consumer needs: something called "an inside look" at the upcoming "platinum series" extended "Fellowship" edition."

"Just when one thought it had become safe to go to the movies without hearing about Hobbits, elves or Middle-earth, the sweeping of the 76th Academy Awards by "The Return of the King" again ignited the imaginations of the critics..."

The fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" led the Oscar field Tuesday with 13 nominations, best picture, director and supporting actor among them.

"Unfortunately, only a die-hard fan of the 'Lord of the Rings' film trilogy would have fully appreciated Mr. Shore's re-casting of his movie score as a full-length concert work..."

'"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" landed five top prizes on Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards and now the epic fantasy has its sights firmly set on next month's Hollywood Oscars.'

"A tourism boom around the time of The Lord of the Rings -- The Return of the King premier helped boost New Zealand tourism earnings by 201 million New Zealand dollars (130 million US dollars) in the December quarter, according to official figures released Thursday..."

The Two Towers has snatched 6 award nominations in the 7th annual DVD Awards with Leonard Maltin. It's nominations are: Blockbuster Theatrical, Authoring Design, Menu Design, Video Presentation, Audio Presentation, and PC Support. For a complete list of nominees,...

"Over the last three years I've found that if I really want to incur the wrath of a great many people I know I merely have to mention the fact that I have not seen any of the movies in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. These people then derogatorily refer to me as an 'intellectual,' a wellspring term, it would seem, for other apparently like-minded words, such as 'elitist,' 'pretentious,' 'snob,' and 'condescending.'"

"This sensitive adaptation of Tolkien's epic fantasy classic skilfully maintains the spirit of the book while adding the energy, pace and atmosphere of cinema."

As more and more LOTR articles are written in the mainstream press, be prepared for the mangling of Tolkien's words and themes -- such as in this Ottawa Citizen article about Liv Tyler (Arwen).

"For the first time in six years you can enjoy a seriously professional Lord of the Rings inspired feature film – and not only that, you can watch it for free!"

Orlando Bloom, appearing on Channel 4's Big Breakfast on 21 November, revealed he had taken Sean to a New York tattoo parlour to have his LOTR tattoo done. The special tattoo, which says "Nine" in Elvish, is shared by the actors who played the Fellowship in The Fellowship of the Ring. (Sean's tattoo is on his right shoulder, complementing the 100% Blade tattoo that appears on his left shoulder.)