Could any news possibly be more delightful than this tidbit: Barry Humphries, who is far better known as his very very fabulous alter ego Dame Edna, has been cast as the Goblin King in Peter Jackson’s ...

Barry Humphries has joined the cast of The Hobbit. The Australian actor and comedian, who is best known as the man behind character Dame Edna Everage, has accepted the role of the Goblin King in the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Let's be honest for a moment. As great as Bilbo Baggins may be, the real stars of The Hobbit are the 13 dwarves that help Bilbo on his journey through ...

The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the ...

Bret McKenzie is now best known as one half of Flight Of The Conchords , as well as being an Oscar-winner (thanks to his role as music supervisor on The Muppets ). But, at the turn of the millennium, ...

Anyone’s who’s watched a few episodes of The Colbert Report knows Stephen Colbert is pretty into the fantasy s–t. The Dungeons & Dragons and Tolkien references come pretty thick and heavy on the show.

The opening Erebor scene seemed too long (as was the later Cave Troll scene), the Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm)/Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood)’ moments were plain, and the dwarf introductions were far too ...

During the 2004 Oscar season, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King pulled off a rare clean sweep of every Academy Award it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director for ...

Tolkien is one of those quintessentially English writers, who loved to reflect many elements of traditional English culture within his writing. From the Ents and the trees in the stories being based ...