When Chris Whited of Bainbridge Island, Wash. started building a cottage of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement among Hobbit fans. Whited, 59, standing 6 feet 1 inch, towers above ...

That%27s DOUBLE the amount spent on %27The Lord of the Rings%27 trilogy Warner Bros. director Peter Jackson considers it well spent%2C though %27The Hobbit%3A The Desolation of Smaug%27 is due out in ...

First came the original trilogy, a popular success and critically acclaimed. Then, some years later, a second trilogy began, a prequel to the original, and the first installment of this second trilogy ...

A hobbit-size species of ancient human that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until about 50,000 years ago baffles scientists in several ways. First unearthed in a startling discovery nearly 21 ...

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