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The scattershot news blast of 3D-crazy blog Marketsaw today brings us some rip-roaring Hobbit gossip, and I can’t help but dream it’s all true, every last word of it (except for the bit I don’t quite ‘get’, but more on that later). First of all, in a nutshell: Peter Jackson wants Guillermo del Toro’s two Hobbit films in 3D, he’s planning a third ‘bridge’ film that he’ll direct himself, Smaug is going to be a blend of CG and practical work and has been described as being “darker” than in the book. Now, in detail…

In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawaii's health director reiterated this afternoon that she has personally seen Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives.

An In Touch Weekly report that claimed the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star had proposed to his new 22-year-old girlfriend while the two vacationed over the weekend in the French Riviera is untrue, Us Weekly reported Wednesday.

Michael Jackson's songs and albums went to the top of the charts in the days and weeks following his death --and there may be plenty more hits to come, if his rumored plethora of unreleased songs find their way to the public.

After a string of real celebrity deaths last week, the Internet and online social networks killed a few more stars.

A publicist for Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze has condemned "reckless" internet rumours that the actor had died.