Gandalf is seen asleep with his eyes open before Pippin takes the Palantir. It's not a completely inaccurate detail, as in the books, his eyes are described as barely open when he's sleeping.

McKellen presented part of his Gandalf costume from the films, and gold coins, to honoree Alex Karp, who heads a tech company, Palantir, that fights terrorism.” ...

Pippin's curiosity was able to get the better of him a few times. When everyone was asleep, he took the Palantir from Gandalf, something he should not have done. Connecting with Sauron ...

There’s a prevailing fan theory out there that in The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf had a secret plan ... would have gone to Minas Tirith. Using the palintir of Denethor, Aragorn would have ...

His impulsiveness actually got him into the most dangerous and important quest of all time, and it feels like Gandalf and Elrond (Hugo Weaving) only allowed it because otherwise it would be too ...