The second installment of the trilogy stars Orlando Bloom as Legolas and Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 12:52 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The director fielded questions from super-fan Stephen Colbert and "The Lord of the Rings" actor Billy Boyd VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Monday, Apr 1, 2013 6:09 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, The Hobbit, Peter Jackson
"Veronica Mars" fans invest in a movie that Warner Bros. stands to profit from — and that's just fine
Willa Paskin Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 8:27 PM UTC
Business Veronica Mars, TV, Kickstarter
Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence hosts the first "SNL" of 2013 — arguably one of the worst episodes of the season VIDEO
Kera Bolonik Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 1:05 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, TV, Television, SNL
And they have tiny wrist bones that distinguish them from Homo sapiens
Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:03 PM UTC
Life Weird news
Peter Jackson's ridiculous CGI has stripped "The Hobbit" of its poetry. Maybe some images are better left unseen
Ilana Teitelbaum, LA Review of Books Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Entertainment LA Review of Books, The Hobbit
Hollywood puts its big Hobbit foot down to quash a straight-to-Internet-and-DVD send-up of Middle-earth
Deena Shanker Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 4:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
Peter Jackson's "LOTR" prequel drifts far from Tolkien in a slow, self-indulgent and fake-looking opening chapter
Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Movies, J.R.R. Tolkien
Behold the onslaught of Hobbit action figures. Hobbit Legos. Hobbit meals. If only they did this to "Anna Karenina"
Robert Rodi Saturday, Dec 8, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
Entertainment J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Peter Jackson's big gamble on "The Hobbit's" ultra-vivid, high-frame-rate 3-D could undermine his cinematic legacy
Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 6:38 PM UTC
Technology J.R.R. Tolkien
Warner Bros. has released six clips and 20 minutes of behind the scenes footage of the movie VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 7:11 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo boasts homely virtues like wit and wisdom. Bestowing him with irony is a betrayal to Tolkien VIDEO
Robert Rodi Sunday, Dec 2, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
The American Humane Association holds the production company responsible for the deaths of the animals
Prachi Gupta Monday, Nov 19, 2012 4:17 PM UTC
Life animal welfare, Animal rights
On the surface, Tolkien's world appears chaste — until your Freudian eyes look down and see those big, hairy feet!
Robert Rodi Saturday, Nov 17, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Sex, J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien's poem, first published in 1966, has been reissued this fall
J. R. R. Tolkien Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
Life Poetry, J.R.R. Tolkien
The soundtrack is available online, a month before the movie's premiere
Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 10:21 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Music, The Hobbit, Film
The 20th century bard invented a magical world that succeeded in distilling the pure essence of Englishness
Robert Rodi Sunday, Nov 4, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
Entertainment geeks, fanboys, Gormenghast
The Comedy Central host has been cast in "The Hobbit" trilogy, but as who? We play casting director
Mark Guarino Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 4:18 PM UTC
Entertainment The Lord of the Rings
A source told The Hollywood Reporter that Colbert will have a cameo in at least one of the upcoming films VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Monday, Oct 22, 2012 9:06 PM UTC
Entertainment The Lord of the Rings
Rob Inglis' delightfully avuncular unabridged reading of Tolkien's classic is finally available in the U.S.
Laura Miller Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 2:53 PM UTC
Entertainment The Listener, Fantasy, The Hobbit