According to PerezHilton.com, Scottish actor James McAvoy has won the leading roll as a younger Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming prequel, The Hobbit, to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

From the article:

Said to take the lead role of hobbit Bilbo Baggins is Scottish actor James McAvoy.

The J.R.R. Tolkien novel is hoping to be the next blockbuster big hit and will be directed by Guillermo del Toro.

The film is scheduled to begin filming later this year in New Zealand. (more…)

These days good humor is hard to find. Everything is watered down because people are afraid that a joke will offend someone of another race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or meal preference. However, there is one thing that will always put a smile on people’s faces: midgets!

Midgets always equal fun, no matter what. Take for example midget wrestling. Does anybody remember when the WWE used to have a midget division? It was great! They even had a midget version of Randy Savage called the “Macho Midgetâ€? who would drop the big elbow off the top rope. And who can forget Doink the Clown’s little companion, Dink.

Midgets have also given us some of the most memorable movie characters of all time. Who can forget Warwick Davis as Willow? And the Austin Powers‘ sequels would’ve been nothing without Verne Troyer as Mini-Me. And of course there was the Lord of the Rings trilogy where the main heroes are hobbits and dwarves. Famous actors portrayed the characters but if you look closely, whenever Frodo and his buddies are standing next to humans there body doubles are midgets! Gone are the days when the midget portrayed only a troll or fairy. (more…)