The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
Evie was introduced to Tolkien's work by her boyfriend, over a beer in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. She went home, read the books and, a while later, married her boyfriend. She has only recently discovered fandom, after years of eye-rolling by her husband and children, and is delighted to find it warm and welcoming and not-at-all weird. As well as tracking down bits of news and sharing them with others, she leads ponies for Riding for the Disabled and loves the cinema and theatre and her wildlife garden.
Congratulations! The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been nominated for five Visual Effects Society awards. The nominations for the 12th annual VES Awards were announced in Los Angeles yesterday. The awards recognise ‘outstanding visual effects artistry and […]
Benedict Cumberbatch’s talent for singing has been praised by his co-star in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Luke Evans. Luke, who plays Bard the Bowman, told the Daily Mail, ‘I’ve always known he [Benedict] was a […]
Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for receiving two nominations in the EE British Academy Film Awards announced today! The nominations are for special visual effects and make up and hair. Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, […]
Flora Moody, hair and makeup artist for The Hobbit trilogy, has just released some new behind the scenes shots from the films. Here are some of her pictures but you can view more from The Hobbit and […]
Games Workshop, the battle strategy group, have just added four new figures to their collection The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug. The new characters are the Master of Lake-town, Alfrid the Councilor, Bard the Bowman and Gandalf the Grey. In […]
Teenager, Jaynaa, dreamt of meeting The Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood and now, thanks to Kids Wish Network, her dream has come true. Elijah met Jaynna, who suffers from Rasmussen’s Encephalitis, when Kids Wish […]
While we were enjoying the live streaming of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug world premiere the analysts, Wavemetrix, were busy watching us watch it. And just what did they discover? Well, that live streaming is great […]
Scientists at Landcare Research in Auckland, New Zealand, have given some newly discovered species of wasps, the names of hobbits from Tolkien’s books. Dr Darren Ward and his colleagues have named the wasps S. bilboi, S. […]
Just over a year ago we found out that, on the last day of filming The Hobbit, the cast were given their own LEGO figures. The Hobbit facebook page showed pictures of the actors with […]
Last night it was the turn of Zurich to hold a European premiere for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Cast members Aidan Turner (Kili), Dean O’Gorman (Fili), Sylvester McCoy (Radagast the Brown) were guests […]
