In its final days, “The Colbert Report” is getting creative with its guest bookings. The Grim Reaper, or “Grimmy,” is expected to be the final guest on Dec. 18, but on Thursday, Colbert played host to ...

Last year, to quell lingering suspicions that we simply “make-up” the net worth numbers for the Fictional 15, our annual ranking of the richest fictional characters, I decided to publish the ...

Only in the Northern Territory. This is Smaug. Smaug is a five-metre saltwater crocodile that weighs about 550 kilograms — more than half a tonne. Smaug is not very easily seen from above his ...

In that same interview, Cumberbatch mentioned how crucial movement was to hitting upon the right voice for Smaug. And the behind-the-scenes clip illustrates the way his physical and vocal performance ...

With the last episode of “The Colbert Report” imminent, host Stephen Colbert is using his last few installments to go out with a bang — or in this case, a blaze of dragon fire. Colbert, a noted ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Many people are keeping an eye on Smaug these days, and it's not because he's breathing fire like his Tolkien namesake. Smaug, the 16-year-old Komodo dragon at the Houston Zoo, is ...

Amidst trolls, orcs and sundry other dangers, one memorable antagonist stands out in The Hobbit: the giant, dwarf-eating, hobbit-scaring, treasure-hoarding dragon Smaug. Published on this day in 1937, ...

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The four-time Oscar winner describes creating a CG dragon that was "twice as big as a 747," saying Peter Jackson "wanted his physical size to dominate." By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor “He’s huge, ...