Did you mess getting a glimpse of Stephen Colbert's much-talked about cameo in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? Well, now you have a better chance to check him out!

During a publicity interview for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the film's star Martin Freeman was asked a fun, fluffy question about what sort of Middle Earth race he'd be most DTF. And he answered with a pretty fucked up joke about elf rape. Goddamn it, Bilbo. I didn't think this kind of talk was tolerated in…

Welcome back to Jezebel's Advent Calendar of Crap. As a longtime Lord of the Rings fan, I very much regret the necessity of what I'm about to do. But there is no earthly reason for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Why, Peter Jackson? Why?

I'll never get sick of Mean Girls mashups. NEVER! I'll never stop trying to make precious happen.

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There was plenty to be annoyed with in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. That makes sense because, at 169 minutes, there's plenty of The Hobbit, which plays more like a filmed bestiary of Middle-earth creatures than a movie with any kind of narrative thrust. We get to see trolls, wizards dolloped with bird shit,…

Billy Boyd, right and Dominic Monaghan arrive on the red carpet at a Leicester Square cinema for the Royal Performance of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

You might remember from this morning that the set of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been deemed a "death trap" for animals by four wranglers working on the project—and the outrage has subsequently been picked up by PETA. Today, Peter Jackson and the film's producers released a statement in which they roundly…

So, this is the worst! Up to 27 animals died in their farm facility during the making of The Hobbit trilogy, which the wranglers involved in the production claim was "a death trap." Although the American Humane Association says no animals were harmed during the actual filming, they acknowledge that the wranglers'…

The entire population (hooray for gross generalizations!) of New Zealand is currently having nerd spasms over the the upcoming November 28 release of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. Not only is there a movement afoot to rename the country's capital of Wellington "The Middle of Middle Earth" for a three-week bracket before…

If you're wondering why every nerd you know is bleary-eyed and unfocused today, it's probably they were up late analyzing the new trailer for the first installment of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. In the clip, we learn that Martin Freeman looks great as Bilbo, Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett are back, and the…

• As we know, Oprah found her long-lost sister. They laughed, they cried, they went on teevee and held hands. But what we don't know is how Oprah's BFF Gayle King feels about all this.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are skipping the Oscars this year because Anne Hathaway's hosting. Like a humorless Wu Tang Clan for the next generation, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes ain't nothin' to fuck with.

A British woman of Pakistani heritage was told "we're looking for light-skinned people" at an extras casting for The Hobbit, and now, according to reports, "the crew member in question has been dismissed."

Naz Humphreys stood in a line for three hours in Hamilton, New Zealand, hoping to be in the new Hobbit movie. When she finally got to the casting director, he basically told her that her skin was the wrong color.

• Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz welcomed a baby boy into the world on Thursday and named him Egypt Daoud Dean. [Reuters]

• While out celebrating during his stag party, Russell Brand decided it might be fun to crash a wedding, much to the happy couple's dismay.

• As part of Operation Cheating Never Happened, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore spent their 5th anniversary in bed and Tweeted a snuggly photo. [NYDN, Twitter]