Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and the core cast of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy are understandably protective of the beloved fantasy property. But they won't tolerate racism or hatred ...

Círdan the Shipwright is a familiar figure to those invested in The Lord of the Rings lore and the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. But those who are more casually acquainted with the franchise ...

The departure of the Elves from Middle-earth haunted Tolkien's imagination, but it has also fascinated many other writers before and since. After Kipling and Tolkien, the twin pivots in recent ...

Don’t let The Lord of the Rings’ Gimli discover you’re reading this list, or he’ll take it personally. He’s still mad that the Woodland elf, Legolas, took down a whole oliphaunt alone in The Battle of ...

LONDON — When the casting was announced for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” the reaction was divisive, to say the least. Longtime fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work were divided because the ...

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about Wizards and Valar, but as soon as you hear the word "immortal," one race comes to mind before all others: the pointy-eared, long-haired, light-footed First Born children of ...

Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

Galadriel and I are both wrestling with the way of Middle-earth. In The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the hero is torn between returning to the West with the rest of her company and living ...

This week’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power delves into the deepest of Tolkien lore and the far-flung dawn of sentient life on Middle-earth to touch on a question not even the professor ...

Ismael Cruz Córdova plays a Silvan Elf new to J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology and Morfydd Clark is Galadriel all over in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power." It wasn't just baby Sauron who wasn't ...