James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. “If the images below are in fact the ones forming the basis of this Turkish lawsuit, we can ...
The Lord of the Rings has a tremendous array of characters who respond to the evil of the Ring and the great battle of their time in a broad spectrum of responses. They each have compelling ...
Jake Fillery is an Evergreen Editor for Game Rant who has been writing lists, guides, and reviews since 2022. With thousands of engaging articles and guides, Jake loves conversations surrounding all ...
A CGI character as complex as Gollum had never truly been done before, so many members of the cast and crew were unsure if it ...
The newly discovered species of arachnid has no eyes and a pale yellowish coloring. MSc. Rafael Fonseca-Ferreira In a deep, dank cave in Brazil, a pale, blind creature lurks, never venturing out to ...
Actor Andy Serkis stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote his newest film, War for the Planet of the Apes. But because Colbert is such a huge fan of Lord of the Rings, in which Serkis ...
Do you know your Gollum from your Smeagol? It’s a distinction that could save one Turkish man from jail. Dr. Bilgin Ciftci could face prison after sharing images on his Facebook page, comparing ...
Gollum wasn’t always a sick and twisted individual. As seen in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings novels and their cinematic adaptations, Gollum was once a Stoorish Hobbit named Sméagol. However, ...
Sméagol's name has some interesting origins. In Tolkien's invented language Westron, his name is Trahald, which literally means "burrowing". His name is also related to the great dragon Smaug, where ...
Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive ...
A little cat got the fright of his life this Halloween when he came face-to-face with his owner wearing a werewolf mask. A YouTube video shows Smeagol the bald Sphynx ...
Do you know your Gollum from your Smeagol? It’s a distinction that could save one Turkish man from jail. Dr. Bilgin Ciftci could face prison after sharing images on his Facebook page, comparing ...