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British actor Ryan Gage makes us smile and squirm as Alfrid Lickspittle, the Master of Lake-town’s councillor, in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Alfrid himself is not the most likeable character, but Ryan plays him […]
Apparently not! Dragons have a “minimal impact on the carbon emissions of Middle-earth,” say scientists at the University of Cape Town, and they can prove it too! The scientists from the Climate System Analysis Group modelled Smaug […]
Benedict Cumberbatch will be the first guest on a new series of “In Conversation” interviews from British Academy of Film and Television Arts New York in partnership with The Standard. Benedict who provides the motion […]
Seeing The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and having a hobbit house in his garden are two of the dreams on the wish list of seriously ill schoolboy, Reece Puddington. 11 year old Reece was diagnosed with […]
Cate Blanchett, who plays Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies says Peter Jackson has, ‘… a refined sense of ugly. He’s so feral and childlike as a filmmaker and up on […]
When Kili the dwarf falls for Tauriel the elf in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, he knows things will not be easy. As Aidan Turner, the actor who plays Kili joked, ‘I guess he […]
If you’ve ever dreamed of having a scene from The Hobbit on the walls of your home or office, you’re going to love this! Wallsauce have been licensed by Warner Brothers to produce wall murals […]
Vote for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in the Jameson Empire Awards 2014! The annual Jameson Empire Awards are voted for solely by the public, from films released in the period January 31, 2013 – […]
Just when you think you’ve seen and read all there is about the Berlin premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, a peach of a video like this turns up. In the most charming […]
The 25 January is Burns Night in the UK and there will be many a Burns Supper held to celebrate the birth of Scotsman Robert Burns, his life and his poetry. Sylvester McCoy, who plays […]
