Fossils Suggest 'Hobbits' Once Walked the Earth
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In case the first one wasn't long enough for you, the second installment of Peter Jackson's unnecessarily stretched-out Hobbit trilogy is due out in December, and the trailer for The Desolation of Smaug is out today.
Discovered: Scientists dig up Frodo fossils; autistic people hear music better; babies' brains foretell adult diseases; Deepwater Horizon cleanup could hurt coral all over again.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where this should be known as the week before everyone sees and opines endlessly about Zero Dark Thirty.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're acknowledging that we have failed to stop Peter Jackson from taking over the world.
Today in show business news: HBO's hit series is the Internet's most downloaded show, The Hobbit is halfway to a billion dollars, and catch the first four minutes of a zombie love story.
Because nothing says Christmas more than tuberculosis, revolution, and singing, the movie musical Les Misérables took the Christmas Day box office with a surprisingly high Tuesday total.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where the semantics of Jack Reacher's height will be debated with much fervor.
Today in show business news: The Hobbit has more gold than Smaug, The Voice is bigger than ever, and the new Michael Bay movie sure looks terrific.
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Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're so happy Peter Jackson's plot was foiled by you meddling kids. Thank the skies for meddling kids.
Gone is the magic of the Lord of the Rings series; in comes an overworked use of technology that forces you to spend much of this long movie distracted by how dreadful everything looks. And Peter Jackson doesn't tell the story well enough to save this wan, distracted effort, for kids or adults.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
You might be going to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey this coming weekend, but you won't be going to see Age of the Hobbits. Wait, what?
Early reviews are out for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first installment of Peter Jackson's troubled return to Middle Earth, and the critics are saying exactly what everyone expected: this children's book is being stretched thin.
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While by all accounts Wednesday's premiere was full of merriment, the journey of An Unexpected Journey has not been without its perils, many of which seem to be self-inflicted.
Today in showbiz news: An ornery old man will stop playing an ornery old man on TV, the Discovery Channel cancels one of its most iconic shows, and The Hobbit gets supercut.
Peter Jackson's filming of the rest of his Hobbit trilogy drew interest from A-list New Zealand professionals like Nellie, the miniature Galloway cow, and Rainbow, a miniature pony. It also killed 27 of them.
This is the best news we've heard about the Hobbit trilogy yet: comedian Stephen Colbert is going to appear in either the second or third movie.
ABC has announced a new himbo for everyone to ogle and eventually hate, so get excited. Elsewhere in show business news today: NBC and USA renew some shows that a few of you will be excited about, Tina Fey inks a new deal, and don't get your hopes up for a Hobbit Xbox game.
Today we get another glimpse at the first half of Peter Jackson's foray back into Middle Earth with an official trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The bad idea that was rumored last week has now been confirmed: Peter Jackson's movie adaptation of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien's first story in the Middle Earth universe, will be split into three films.
There's a rumor afoot that Peter Jackson and New Line are considering turning the upcoming The Hobbit films, originally planned as two installments, into a trilogy.
Peter Jackson wants to make three Hobbit movies because he is a modern super-villain that should be stopped; Marvel gives away the plot of the new Captain America movie; Jamie Foxx and Zack Snyder are separately bad at their respective jobs.
Today: Shooting has completed in Middle Earth, J.Lo has a new show about lesbians, and we're heading back to Sweet Valley.
Peter Jackson debuted ten minutes of new Hobbit footage earlier this week, and a new presentation technique the director is using caused some to compare the look of the new material to a made-for-TV movie.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
An early trailer for The Hobbit has dropped and we're not sure we like the looks of it.
Plus: Megan Ellison's bright young producing career hits a Schwarzenegger bump
Bret McKenzie to play elf who once heard Bilbo Baggins read poetry
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