Kathleen Culliton is Raw Story's assistant managing editor. She's been covering local and national news for more than a decade for outlets that include the New York Post, Al Jazeera, DNAinfo New York, ...

Portman and Hemsworth as people with stupid names. You can’t explain the plot of Thor: The Dark World without getting trapped in a Tolkien-ish morass of ridiculous-sounding words. See, thousands of ...

In The Lord of the Rings and most other fantasy stories that followed Elves and Dwarves are portrayed as opposites. In terms of appearance, Elves are usually tall, thin, and clean-shaven, while ...