Jacob Schroeder, young Scholastic News interviewer: When you were our age, what did you like to read?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: When I was your age, I think I was getting into The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and stuff like that. I confess that I did read comic books as well. Spider-Man was one of my favorites.

ONE OF US.

He also liked To Kill A ( Read more... )

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*does the dance of FINALLY having the first pics*

NO CUT FOR YOU


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Peter Jackson confirms Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug


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I really, really hope this is true and not just naughty Sir Ian playing with us.

Gandalf confirms Benedict Cumberbatch is joining the cast of The Hobbit. It's a lovely blog entry, in which he reminisces about working with Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, and now getting to work with their boy, too...or possibly not, as the case may be. After all ( Read more... )

I love how silly Hobbit fans are. Especially when they're the ones making the movie. :)

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(Fandom tease Costumes revealed at around 4:18)

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Stunning. Words just don't do it justice.

As if Gandalf couldn't get any cooler...


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While we're on the subject of The Hobbit (which, yeah, we probably will be for at least the next two years)...

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I love this clip. For the grumpy!Freeman, yes, but mostly because of what he says about 3D movies. Because, yeah...that's not going to be awkward AT ALL when the 3D Hobbit films come out ( Read more... )

First, he's travelling to schools in the UK telling kids that gay people matter. Because, sadly, this is a message that many of them still need to hear. I really, REALLY wish someone would do this in the US, but unfortunately the places that need to hear the message the most probably never will.

In much happier news, though, he's updated his ( Read more... )

A few interesting links from Peter Jackson's blog...

Screenwriters: think your job's finished once production starts? Think again.

Rob Kazinsky (Fili) is leaving the cast. I hope he's okay, and the "personal issues" mentioned aren't health-related for him or his loved ones. But it does kind of remind me of the whole thing where they recast ( Read more... )