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Ernie Hudson has undergone emergency surgery, after suffering an abscess on his hip, and will be hospitalized for at least 7-10 days. Best wishes to him for a speedy recovery.

Lara Parker believes the new film respects the old series, and mentions how Jonathan Frid was the last time she saw him, as they filmed their cameo. A compilation of Dark Shadows colleagues paying tribute to the late actor—they include: Kathleen Cody (Hallie Stokes), Jerry Lacy (Reverend Trask), Lara Parker (Angelique), Chris Pennock (Jeb Hawkes), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie Evans), Sharon Smyth Lentz (Sarah Collins), James Storm (Gerard Stiles), Sy Tomashoff (scenic designer), and Marie Wallace (Eve/Jenny/Megan Todd).

Dimestore Dames spotlights Irene Adler (Destiny).

Supervillain Schemes That Ought To Have Worked.

Best Iron Man Cosplay Ever.

Mark Gatiss gives up some details of the first episode of Sherlock season 3. Spoilers for the final episode of season 2 , if you haven’t already seen that one.

Benedict Cumberbatch is “startlingly aware” of the Sherlock/John Watson slash fanfic that’s out there for the series because Martin Freeman showed him a few, and is flattered.

Supernatural Secured For Eighth Season, The Vampire Diaries Back For Fourth Season.

BBC Commissions New Zombie Show Called In The Flesh.

From Think Geek: Dragon Ear Wrap.

Here’s Lifetime’s new logo. I think it looks awful.

Samuel L. Jackson on his “master manipulator” Nick Fury.

Mondo’s final Avengers poster premieres.

Watch the brand new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man.

An interview with Marc Webb.

Jonathan Nolan on slow burns, full circles.

Four new pieces of Ghostbusters fan art worth checking out.

Slimer plushie.

The Physics of The Hulk’s Jump.

Neil Gaiman Shares His Reading Habits.

10 Free Comic Book Day Releases To Watch For.

New Banner Artwork and One-Sheet for Lionsgate’s The Possession.

Trailers From Hell: Eli Roth discusses the trailer for The Birds. David DeCoteau discusses the trailer for Demonoid: Messenger of Death. The trailer for the latter may not be entirely safe for work, due to a bit of nudity at the beginning.

The CW’s Green Arrow series considered a lock for pick up.

Jamie McKelvie’s Captain Marvel.

Doctor Who Void Stuff Vision Shirt.

From Ghostbusters to GCB, the many roles of Annie Potts.

Gateways To Geekery: The Avengers.

Lawsuit Breaks Out Over Evil Dead 4, Raimi Versus Award Pictures.

They finally made a real lightsaber.

Prepare for the Supermoon, the biggest, brightest full moon of the year.

When A Kickstarter Fails.

Now You’re Baking With Portals

Hot Toys Reveals Thor’s 1/6 Scale Figure.

Showtime has renewed The Borgias for a third season.

Dish Network drops all AMC networks—which also include IFC, Sundance, and WeTV.

A new promo for Snow White And The Huntsman, as Snow White’s lost in a dark forest.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #365.
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Found via [personal profile] meret: Pet Food Alerts And Recalls.

[personal profile] ephemere is hosting a Love Meme.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Kate Spencer/Manhunter VI.

Mozilla Slams CISPA.

Apple Is Rejecting Apps That Use Dropbox Functionality.

Pirate Bay Enjoys 12 Million Traffic Boost, Shares Unblocking Tips.

Virgin Media Starts Pirate Bay Blockade.

Sony Put Video Service On Hold Due To Comcast Data Caps.

From Cracked: 5 Ridiculous Origins of Famous Urban Legends.

An Optical Illusion That Explains The Origins of Imaginary Monsters.

Disneyland Paris is getting a Star Wars Land.

New tv spot for Snow White And The Huntsman.

You Don’t Know Poe: 10 Weird Thing About Edgar Allan Poe.

ComicsAlliance Guide To The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2012.

Reverse Parthenogenesis—a short film starring Amber Benson and Adam Busch—is now online.

New trailer for Tron: Uprising.

Bizarro Back Issues: Robin, Batgirl, and the Devil-Worshipping Ghost of Benedict Arnold.

Andy MacDonald’s X-Men Redesign.

Creepy Prometheus Viral Audio Reveals Scene.

Give your home a Brood infestation with DST’s latest wave of Minimates.

Handmade TARDIS Ipad Case.

From Pajiba: 10 Shows That Are Better When Viewed In One Long Lazy Marathon.

Inspector Spacetime T-Shirt.

Texting In Movies: What Life Might Be Like.

Gollum Lord of the Rings Cake.

Hungry for power? Make a Game of Thrones cake.

10 Insanely Awkward Superhero Romantic Subplots.

Superhero Finger Costumes.

New Dark Shadows Featurette Looks at a Strange Family.

In The Salem Branch, by Lara Parker, apparently you’ll get to read all about David and Barnabas eating pot brownies, and Angelique getting spanked (but not by those two).

The Hunger Games’ Gary Ross might make one of those half-dozen Houdini movies.

Make a comic book t-shirt with Neil Gaiman and Threadless.

Bruce Campbell chats about the Evil Dead remake and Burn Notice.

Behind the scenes photos from the Adam West Batman series.

When cancellation is the best thing that can happen to a tv series.

Top 10 Literary Works In The Comic Book Medium.

Three clips from Men In Black 3.

Two new images from Pixar’s Brave.

Ask Slashdot: Which Comic Books To Start My 3-Year Old With?

What’s the most underrated show of the 80’s? Vulture says it’s the 80’s version of The Twilight Zone.

Episode Guide: The MST3K Scrapbook.

New photos of The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man.

Doctor Who: Ace Adventures Exclusive Featurette.

Stan Lee on Marvel movie history, his favorite cameos, and Michael Jackson as Spider-Man.

Never-Before-Seen Concept Art From David Cronenberg’s Total Recall.

What The World Needs Now: A Little Shop Of Horrors Remake.

Gateways To Geekery: Exploring Steven Moffat’s work on Sherlock, Doctor Who, Coupling and beyond.

Snuffed Out: TV Series That Were Gone Too Soon. Good to know I’m not the only one that remembers The Five Mrs. Buchanans. I would also add Women of the House, starring Delta Burke, which almost nobody remembers.

Nerdist Writers Panel #37: Jane Espenson and Douglas Petrie.

According to a couple people Mom just checked with in our area, the Comcast issue isn’t just us. And it’s being done in such a way that everyone affected will believe it’s something wrong on their end, rather than Comcast’s. Another thing I plan to point out when (and if—they said if they don’t bother, we can get a $20 credit, which doesn’t help) they arrive on Saturday.
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House Passes CISPA. Obama Administration Issues Threat To Veto CISPA As-Is. From here, it goes to the Senate. Some of those in the House that voted against it only did so because they didn’t think it went far enough.

The Non-Geek’s Guide To CISPA.

FTC Hires Ace Prosecutor For Google Antitrust Case.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Snowbird.

New viral images of Spider-Man’s web-shooters from The Amazing Spider-Man.

Star Wars MST3K Reviews Firefly T-Shirt.

Avengers pre-sales numbers smash all other Marvel movies combined.

Chris Roberson, marketing, and the Silver Age.

MTV Sets Premiere Date For Teen Wolf Season 2.

Fringe has been renewed for a fifth, final season of 13 episodes. Whedonesque discusses the news here.

What fandom did for Doctor Who.

Director James McTeigue Talks The Raven.

10 Comic Book Characters That Didn’t Debut In Comic Books.

Explore Vampire History In A New Dark Shadows Featurette.

20 New Images From Dark Shadows Are Here.

The Wolverine To Shoot In Japan.

Is there really a New Mutants movie in the works? Will it be announced at Comic Con? While I doubt it, that would be wonderful to see. Even if everything with Illyana would take multiple movies to cover.

Joe Dante on The Haunted Palace.

The Ringu Ghost Throws A Mean Curve.

New international poster for The Amazing Spider-Man.

An Imperial CAT-AT, for Jedi kitties only.

The Japanese trailer for Snow White And The Huntsman.

New spot for Brave, due to air during the NFL Draft.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #364.

John Romita Jr. will try to draw for 50 hours straight for charity.

Polymer clay skull ring.

Ray Stantz Costume To Be On Display At Museum Of Natural History. The exhibit will also include the leather jacket worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, and the whip used in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the tunic and sash worn by William Shatner as Kirk in Mirror Mirror, and numerous other items.

Buffy vs. Aliens For Free Comic Book Day?

Film Sack Podcast: Cherry 2000.
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An explanation of the issues with LJ in the last couple of days. If you can't get to the post due to those issues, it's basically caused by "a technical failure of our Memcached system." Instead of the regular DDOS issue.

Copyright Lobby Hires Pro-ACTA Demonstrators.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Harley Quinn.

Writers hired to create something that can ostensibly be called a script for Stretch Armstrong and Ringling Bros. movies.

Judge Dredd will be getting an R rating.

Jonathan Frid tribute planned for upcoming Dark Shadows Festival.

New Dark Shadows trailer spotlights Elizabeth and Roger.

Jonah Hex Co-Creator Tony DeZuniga In Critical Condition. Neal Adams Talks About Tony DeZuniga.

Five Reasons To Watch Clive Barker’s Nightbreed.

From Think Geek: Victorian Rotating Triple Locket. RPG Class Scented Oils.

New promo art for The Dark Knight Rises.

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Wedding Invitations.

New tv spot: Who’s Who In Snow White And The Huntsman.

Marvel Comics Makes Agent Coulson Part Of The 616.

The creator’s position viewed through the lens of Alan Moore.

From Cracked: 5 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Media.

A new clip from The Avengers, featuring Agent Coulson and Captain America. An extended spot, featuring Iron Man.

What if the Avengers came out in 1978?

The Ark of the Covenant Cake.

Mysterious Rainbow River of Pills Appears In China.

Pixar Developing Dia de los Muertos Project.

Fox’s 25 worst shows of the past 25 years. I watched Stacked—because Christopher Lloyd was in it.

Tor Books goes completely DRM-free.

Lizzie Borden’s House For Sale.

Nominations are almost over for the Not Prime Time Ficathon.

Dalek Dress Documented.

We Hate Movies Podcast discusses Rocky IV.

Now Playing Podcast: Thor is this week’s topic.
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Here’s a round-up of Jonathan Frid focused items: Fangoria has a lovely write-up of his life. Big Finish offers their condolences. Johnny Depp says he was “elegant and magical.” A beautiful, classy open letter of love from David Selby. Lara Parker shares her memories of the man in her blog. Found this out via this ShadowGram post: Donations may be made in Jonathan Frid’s memory to “Hillfield-Strathall College, the school where he got his first taste of acting.”

And a couple more clips: Quentin helps Barnabas escape from Edward. Barnabas, back when he was trying to drive Julia insane (ignore the annotations, funny though they are).

FBI seizes server providing anonymous remailer service.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Jane Foster.

Bryan Fuller Says Hannibal Is Planned For Seven Seasons.

The Weekly Geek: Xena Was Real. Or, at least, female gladiators were.

An upcoming Batgirl bust.

The teaser for Beware The Batman.

The Batman Musical Is Here.

Centaur Anatomy Revealed: Two Hearts, Six Limbs, One Brain.

Dawson And Rourke In For Sin City 2.

How The Hunger Games Should Have Ended.

Theatre Converted To A Bookstore. Impressive.

Baltimore will host the next North American Discworld Convention in 2013.

Doctor Who: a celebration of the Cybermen.

Bram Stoker Centenary: Grimwood On Dracula.

Avengers Additional Shooting: Not A New Scene, But “One Little Change.”

Lionsgate Offers Catching Fire Directing Duties To Francis Lawrence.

Read an excerpt from Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron, by Kim Newman.

Worst Heroic Lead Characters.

Japanese Brave Poster Contains New Story Elements.

53 Reasons Why We Need A New Star Trek TV Series.

Luca Pizzai’s redesign of Banshee, Siryn, and Black Tom.

5 Reasons MST3K’s Joel Is Better Than Mike…and 5 Reasons Mike Is Better Than Joel.

This photo of a spider eating a 1.5 foot long snake will burn into your brain. Those with arachnophobia, steer clear.

Frank Miller’s 1994 speech on Jack Kirby and creators’ rights.

Incept yourself with lucid dreaming goggles.

Should you check your e-mail?

Calvin McFly and Doc Hobbes.

Marvel’s Avengers Come To Life At New Madame Tussauds New York Exhibit.

14 Freaky Sci-Fi And Fantasy Prisons.

Community: Subverting The Genre.

Lego Catwoman And Lego Wonder Woman.

Spock Through Time.

Lost In Space Robot Cake.
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Grant Tilly has passed away, at the age of 74, following a battle with kidney and prostate cancer. May he rest in peace. He played Toth in an episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Major networks suing to stop free streaming.

SOPA is Dead, says MPAA Boss. All that means is SOPA is shelved, CISPA isn’t, and there could always be another on the horizon.

Believe It Or Not: This Is What Four Feet Of Hail Looks Like. It hit Texas yesterday.

Livejournal added a new way to create LJ cuts with Release 91. There’s now an icon of a pair of scissors. [livejournal.com profile] xylodemon has an override code here.

When Rorschach Proposed To Deadpool. Seen at Anime Boston Con—he said yes, by the way.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Alison Blaire/Dazzler.

Carrie set for March 15, 2013 release.

The Best Meta Horror Movies Of All Time. Night of the Comet makes the list—having seen it at least ten times courtesy of it being played relentlessly on Logo, I’m glad for that. I’m also happy to see the original Fright Night (which I never saw until a couple years ago—finally found the sequel earlier in the year) make the cut.

Get up close and personal with the USCSS Prometheus.

Mad-X-Men

The 10 Best Comedic Science Fiction Films According to Ryan Britt. Ghostbusters is ranked #1, with Back to the Future a couple down.

A Star Wars Nursery.

Watch 20 minutes of behind the scenes footage of The Avengers. Another featurette is here. And you can find a scene between Thor and Captain America here.

Marvel’s The Avengers Red Carpet World Premiere, in its entirety.

Why you should be glad you’re not a Vulcan.

When Serious Actors Become Action Stars: A Guide.

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Is Moving Forward.

Paul Feig walks us through Freaks And Geeks (Part 5 of 5).

The world’s most isolated cave is home to 4 million year old “superbugs.”

Dark Horse to publish Spike, Willow spin-off projects.

Full trailer for Looper.

UK trailer for Dark Shadows.

New Dark Shadows photo.

Captain America’s movie shield fetches $20,100 at auction.

The reboot of The Flintstones has been put on hold due to Seth Macfarlane’s schedule.

The Simpsons is not located in Oregon after all—Matt Groening was misquoted.

The Hobbit needs extra elves.

From Cracked: The 5 Creepiest Disappearances That Nobody Can Explain.

IDW has announced another Jericho comic.

Watch Dr. Strange (1978).

[livejournal.com profile] yendi’s Friday the 13th movie reviews.

Behold, the 2001: A Space Odyssey Lego Sets That Never Existed.

Japan claims the most expensive one-bedroom on Earth.

IDW and DST bring back classic Battle Beasts.

The Avengers, the Argonauts, and the History of the Team-Up.

Ask Chris #101: The Riddler.

New Russian trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

The Lovecraft Anthology, Vol. 1: A Graphic Collection of H.P. Lovecraft’s Short Stories.

The AV Club interviews Drew Goddard about The Cabin In The Woods.

View the top ten lists of horror films chosen by the likes of Clive Barker and Emily Booth, over at Time Out.

DC Comics is passing the rights to distribute their books and graphic novels from Titan Books, over to Diamond.

The Monster Squad turns 25.

New pictures from WonderCon 2012.

Top Five Crazy Creepy Magicians.

Retroist Podcast Episode 107: He-Man And The Masters of the Universe.
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Why CISPA is a really bad bill.

Why Microsoft And Facebook Are Pro-CISPA But Anti-SOPA.

MPAA says embedding illegal video is copyright infringement.

Sony projects record losses of $6.4 billion.

David Tennant has been cast in BBC America’s miniseries The Spies of Warsaw.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Stephanie Brown.

In this still from Dark Shadows, we see that Barnabas sleeps in the linen closet.

Six new photos from Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.

Mary Syn as Gozer the Gozerian.

Cosplay of Tom Servo and Crow were spotted at SakuraCon in Seattle.

David Gordon Green’s Suspiria remake starts shooting in September.

Science fiction and fantasy tv shows that tried to reinvent themselves in their final season.

Bid on dinner with Joss Whedon, to benefit Equality Now—auction closes May 1st. For the fan with money to burn, since as of the last I checked it was over $1000. Someone needs to bid on breakfast with Tom Brokaw, since the poor guy is currently at $0. [livejournal.com profile] whedonesque discusses the auction here.

Joss Whedon answered questions over at Reddit.

Carrie stage play closes two weeks ahead of schedule.

With the head writers being replaced, there will also be some cast cutting on Days Of Our Lives—say goodbye to Christie Clark, Patrick Muldoon, Sarah Brown, and Matthew Ashford. I never liked Madison, and the others just didn’t really have a good storyline going.

Matt Groening finally reveals the location of Springfield. It may or may not be in Oregon.

Teaser for Tron: Uprising.

The trailer for A Fantastic Fear Of Everything.

Two more tv spots were released for The Avengers yesterday. Here’s the first. Here’s the second. Today, you get a third clip, and a featurette.

EPIX will premiere the documentary With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story.

Evil Dead 2—rotoscoped.

From Newsarama: 10 Creative Team Reunions We Want To See.

Castle appears to be having zombie troubles.

Paul Feig walks us through Freaks And Geeks (Part 3 of 5).

Gary Ross releases statement as to why he won’t be directing Catching Fire.

We’re On The Road To Comic Con: The Hero’s Journey Continues.

Interview with (the UK version) Being Human’s Kate Bracken. The interview contains spoilers for events that occurred at the end of season 4, as well as where the show goes from there.

Where Being Human (American version) went wrong this season. Spoilers for the entirety of the current season.

Man of Steel to be “edgy” like The Dark Knight, says Young Superman actor.

Collectible Canadian quarter will feature a glow-in-the-dark dinosaur skeleton.

The Amazing Spider-Man is just the first part of an origin story.

Two new giant images from Prometheus.

Here’s a new clip from The Cabin In The Woods. Exclusive TV Spot: The Cabin In The Woods Is Rated R For…

An exclusive first look at the new Furby. Those soulless eyes…same as ever.

A letter to Batman’s shark repellent Bat-Spray, from a lover spurned.

The Now Playing Podcast discusses The Incredible Hulk (2008).

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Rudy Ricci passed away on March 8th, following “a fall likely exacerbated by health problems.” He was 72 years old. May he rest in peace. He was the co-creator of Night of the Living Dead, and played a zombie in the film. He was also the lead motorcycle raider in the original Dawn of the Dead. He was a writer for Return of the Living Dead.

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) continues to gain support. It’s reportedly worse than SOPA.

Dropbox has doubled the amount of free space you get when you refer a friend.

My inner child was raised by werewolves.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Lana Lang.

How to tell when the superhero craze is finally over.

Allan Quatermain is also getting his own show.

If Doctor Who were a 16 bit RPG. Hysterical. However, if you haven’t watched season 6, there are massive spoilers.

Rediscovered episodes of Doctor Who to be screened in Cardiff.

The Twelfth Doctor Probably Won’t Be A Woman, But If She Was…

Lost Girl isn’t Buffy the Vampire Slayer—and that’s okay.

[livejournal.com profile] terror_scifi is discussing Blade Runner.

Over ten new images from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus.

What we’re looking for in Man of Steel.

Work begins on Detroit’s Robocop statue.

Watch the first full clip from The Avengers.

From Kotaku: Goodbye To The Comic Shops That Helped Shape Me.

Falling Skies: Season 2 Video Preview.

Six unique theater-going experiences to thrill jaded audiences.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at Total Recall.

Carrie remake director digs this fan poster featuring a bloody Chloe Moretz.

Geoff Johns talks about the new version of Billy Batson that he and artist Gray Frank are developing.

Return of the 1990’s: The 20 Year Nostalgia Cycle Is About To Turn Over.

The most evil books known to nerdkind.

Mark Gatiss defends the unaired Sherlock pilot.

The 9 Most Baffling Monuments To Great People.

Snap-Together Voltron Chess Set.

An exclusive clip from The Moth Diaries.

In an exclusive interview with Blog Of Dark Shadows, Seth Grahame-Smith discusses the tone of the new film.

Listen to Danny Elfman’s score for Dark Shadows.

Terror Transmission gives a very detailed look (a nearly three hour look) at Dawn of the Dead (1978).

The Now Playing Podcast looks at Iron Man.

The Horror Etc Podcast: Episode 239, Cursed Films. Poltergeist, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Crow, Superman, and numerous others that have had issues during the course of their production and beyond are up for discussion.
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Going by the latest at [livejournal.com profile] theljstaff, it seems that the Writer’s Block is not going away after all. It is only being removed from the homepage.

Megaupload Shutdown Inflicts Pleasure And Pain On Other Trackers.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Monica Rambeau (Captain Marvel/Photon/Pulsar).

Michael Lumsford’s redesign of the original five X-Men.

The new official logo for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel.

Star Trek Cake: The Enterprise vs. The Borg Cube.

Ghostbusters by Shaun Lynch.

Find a Ghostbusters slot machine near you. Just for the novelty factor.

Every Bat-Climb Window Cameo From Batman ’66 In One 13 Minute Video.

A clip from Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope.

Why are fantasy world accents British?

What happened to comic book ads?

A sequel to Twins—called Triplets—is in development, with the third in the trio to be played by Eddie Murphy. April Fool’s Day isn’t for another two days—so I don’t know if this is an early one or not.

Joss Whedon answers fan questions in an interview about The Cabin In the Woods.

Snow White’s Strange Cinematic History. I will always love Snow White: A Tale of Terror.

Twenty Must Read Retold Tales: An Introduction To The Genre.

The Best Movies Loosely Based On Fairy Tales You Probably Haven’t Seen. The Company Of Wolves is one that’s on my list to see someday, as well as Little Otik and Hanna.

Doctor Who Minimalist Posters

Whooligans—a Doctor Who documentary made by fans, for fans.

Firefly ‘Serenity Sake’ Shirt.

Banner revealed for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.

Atlanta photographer reimagines DC heroes and villains in new exhibit.

How many explosions, how much duct tape and how many myths have the Mythbusters busted so far?

The ships of Battlestar Galactica, immortalized in thousands of Lego bricks.

Stan Lee gives Ultimate Spider-Man his seal of approval.

The shortlist of directors for Captain American 2 is narrowing.

A piece of Big Trouble In Little China fan art.

The latest Junk Food Dinner podcast focuses on UHF, Chopping Mall, and Big Trouble In Little China.

The Film Sack podcast discusses Starcrash.
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Rapidshare was declared legal in court in Germany, and told that they must monitor external sites that link to copyrighted material they host, and ensure those files become inaccessible. They plan to take the case to the Supreme Court.

The next Rifftrax Live has officially been announced: on August 16th, Manos: The Hands of Fate will be riffed, and simulcast nationwide via Fathom Events. That’s the day before my birthday. If I’m able, and the local theater participates, I’ll likely be there.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Scandal Savage.

Insanejournal is having a Tax Time Sale—from now until April 17th, permanent accounts are 20% off.

The Dark Knight Rises will not have a panel at Comic Con 2012.

Rare Dracula poster discovered, sold for $143,400.

From Next Movie: Our 15 Favorite Lady Villains In Movies.

Four movies from Elvira’s Movie Macabre will be coming to DVD on May 8th.

Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Set, in limited edition coffin packaging is delayed again—it will now be released on July 10th.

Featurette: Eureka: A Look Back.

Major highlights in the history of space opera.

How to build a robotic squirrel-squirting water sentry-gun. Why did I see this, and think of Squirrel Girl?

What makes a good book-to-film adaptation?

A unique interview (since the one interviewing is 12 years old) with Mark Sheppard, while he was attending the Doctor Who convention last weekend.

Watch a clip and behind the scenes interview for The Wicker Tree, the sequel to (the Christopher Lee version, not the Nicholas Cage remake) The Wicker Man.

Justin Lin is attached to direct an adaptation of Lone Wolf And Cub.

Dan Didio: The Crisis Years.

Jamie McKelvie talks to Newsarama about his Carol Danvers redesign.

The 10 Most Awesome Moments From Game of Thrones’ First Season.

From Cracked: The 7 Biggest Jerk Moves In The History Of Superheroes.

This latest tv spot for Snow White And The Huntsman shows more footage. Io9 interviews the director, Rupert Sanders.

Joss Whedon carefully selects which Avenger he’ll doom forever in these adorable behind-the-scenes pics.

Emma Stone and Marc Webb discuss the character of Gwey Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man.

Emily Andras will be the new show runner for season 3 of Lost Girl.

Michael Bay, take a cue from these Ninja Turtles designs.

Hunger Games Cake.

Todd Spence’s fantastic Back to the Future painting.

David Tennant on his role as Charles Darwin in The Pirates: An Adventure With Scientists.

Now Playing Podcast discusses The Hulk—the one directed by Ang Lee. In the late 90’s, they wanted Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler to be the Hulk. Also, it would have been a comedy. I never knew that. So...it could have been so much worse.
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Megaupload Data May Soon Be Destroyed.

Google Strikes Back After MPAA Objects to Hotfile Intervention.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Meggan (aka Meggan Puceanu, Meggan Braddock, or Gloriana). I once managed to locate an icon of that moment where Meggan delivers cocoa to Kurt in the tub. Amusingly, hit the random icon button on Dreamwidth, and got that one first for this entry.

Patricio Oliver’s New Mutants redesign.

[livejournal.com profile] crack_van is in need of drivers.

Stephen Fry and Ian McKellen pay licensing fees to save Hobbit pub.

An excerpt from Dark Shadows: Angelique’s Descent, by Lara Parker.

We Wish You A Turtle Christmas, and other proof that Michael Bay’s not the first to screw up the Ninja Turtles. The good news for me is I managed to miss each and every one of these during my interest in Ninja Turtles. I do remember the promos that featured Venus on Fox, though.

The trailer for season 2 of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

The first clip from Wrath of the Titans.

Remembering Are You Afraid Of The Dark.

Stained Glass TARDIS.

New IMAX promo for The Avengers.

New promo art for The Amazing Spider-Man reveals The Lizard.

Found via [livejournal.com profile] noscans_daily: Courtesy of MAD TV and Cartoon Network, a spoof/musical number with the JLA. The JLI make a cameo in the middle of the insanity.

75 words every sci-fi fan should know.

8 Forgotten 80’s Live Action Children’s Sci-Fi Series. From that list, I watched Small Wonder and Out Of This World.

Director Rupert Sanders discusses making Snow White And The Huntsman.

Julie Taymor’s original ending for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.

New clip from The Cabin In The Woods.

Veronica Mars will begin airing on SoapNet on Saturday, April 7th.

ETA: Disney Junior launches today; Soapnet to continue on some carriers. So in light of that tidbit, it all depends on where you live, whether or not you get to watch Veronica Mars.
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Criminals Target Megaupload Users With Fake Settlement Demands.

This is the actress who will be the Doctor’s next companion—since some might feel the name of the actress is a spoiler, try not to hover over the links if you wish to avoid that. Also, there are a few vague spoilers involving Amy and Rory’s fate in several of the links, so be aware. Is it just me, or does she vaguely resemble Lucy Hale? (Kept writing Sarah Vale, so thank you [livejournal.com profile] x_project and [livejournal.com profile] canadiandiamond!)

Nine Dark Shadows movie character posters. The cover of Fangoria features Barnabas.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows has grossed $529 million internationally.

Eddie Izzard is in final negotiations to play Grandpa in the Munsters reboot.

First look at Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren in The Girl.

The Twilight Zone Mystic Seer Replica.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Nightshade.

The newest title from Rifftrax is Frankenstein Island.

Trailer for Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome.

A featurette showing the behind the scenes creation of the Chimera for Wrath of the Titans.

Anthony Stewart Head has joined the cast of Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, in the role of the centaur Chiron. He replaces Pierce Brosnan. [livejournal.com profile] whedonesque discusses it here.

From Cracked: 6 Psychotic Punishments Doled Out By Famous Superheroes.

8 Times Comics Creators Became Comic Characters.

Steven Moffat denies those rumors about Benedict Cumberbatch as the Master.

First images of Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Holmes and Watson on the set of Elementary.

Gene Wolfe and Neil Gaiman on a merry-go-round. No, really.

Cover and details for Star Trek: TNG/Doctor Who #2.

How Juan Carlos Fresnadillo will de-cheese his Highlander reboot.

Now Playing Podcast discusses The Death of the Incredible Hulk.
calliopes_pen: (kathyh CSI Camelot Arthur Chicken)
Livejournal is doing a few new things—they’re adding special tags (a good thing) for spoiler cuts, discontinuing games like Sim Hospital, and will be removing Writer’s Block questions. I haven't found out if this will retroactively mess with anyone who answered questions, by breaking coding in the aforementioned entries. They’ve also changed the way that tokens work. I don’t know if this other bit in the FAQ regarding tokens was ever mentioned in their news posts, but I just stumbled across it when I was checking for more information on the change for tokens. I’m sticking the code for that into my post, to see if it actually shows up.

Watch the full trailer for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. Four different Youtube links this time, so if one vanishes, you might be able to catch one of the others. Dread Central also hosts it here, while io9 has it here.

You can buy your own Hobbit hole.

Watch a new trailer for The Ultimate Spider-Man.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Karen Page.

The due date for stories written for [livejournal.com profile] dark_fest is March 30th.

The WWE and Lionsgate are teaming up to remake Leprechaun.

Jurassic Park will get a 3D re-release for it’s 20th anniversary in 2013.

Whedonesque rounds up all the interviews from SXSW that relate to The Cabin In The Woods.

Listen to Darth Vader wheezing for ten hours straight.

28 Things We Learned From ‘The Last Starfighter’ Commentary.

calliopes_pen: (lady_t_220 Sherlock in shock)
Davy Jones, one of the Monkees, died of a heart attack this morning at his home in Florida. He was 66 years old. May he rest in peace. Mom loved him.

Steve Kordek has passed away at the age of 100. May he rest in peace. He was the inventor of the Pinball machine.

Nathan Fillion, Tim Daly, and Michael Rosenbaum in The Daly Superheroes.

Nathan Fillion discusses playing Green Lantern in Justice League: Doom.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Cir-El.

Matt Smith, being interviewed by Daybreak.

If Ghostbusters 3 ever does get made, looks like Bill Murray is officially out.

From Cracked: 5 Amazing Performances From Actors Who Weren’t Acting.

Here’s the latest trailer for The Avengers.

Send good thoughts for everyone in the area—looks like round two for tornadoes is expected for Friday. Given the temperature is expected to hit 80 degrees at that point, I’m really not surprised. I’ve also discovered that while there were 60 mph winds where I am, a chunk of McCracken County (a few miles away from my street) was unlucky enough to have 100 mph winds.
calliopes_pen: (iconsbycurtana Egyptology Evie)
Jeff Rice, a Veteran Amazing Race producer, died in Uganda after being poisoned. May he rest in peace. A second was poisoned and seems to have survived, but his name wasn’t mentioned in the article I read. Best wishes to him on a speedy recovery. While I haven’t watched in a couple seasons, I loved that show.

[personal profile] havocthecat has news on the SOPA/PIPA front, with it going further in tracking internet activity this time around.

Kim Dotcom has been released on bail, but banned from using the internet or straying too far from home.

Some 80’s centered Marvel Comics solicitations for May. New Mutants Classic Volume 7 will be released, collecting issue #’s 48-54 and Annual #3.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Yrra Cynril (Fatality/Star Sapphire).

A new clip involving Alfred telling off Batman sarcastically, in Justice League: Doom.

The trailer for the documentary Wonder Women: The Untold Story Of American Superheroines.

Anthony Stewart Head will present Buffy: The Greatest Episodes on Syfy UK. [livejournal.com profile] whedonesque discusses it here.

Eternal Law has been cancelled.

Community will return on March 15th. I avoid that show, since I don't like Chevy Chase or Joel McHale, but I know there are fans on my friends list.

Tobias Kwan’s drawing of Batman.

The first publicity photo has been released for Doctor Who, season 7, along with some casting news.

New image from The Avengers. [livejournal.com profile] whedonesque discusses it here.

Collin Donnell has been cast as Merlyn the Archer in the Green Arrow pilot.

[livejournal.com profile] snickfic is hosting a Multi-Fandom Het Mpreg Ficathon.

Over at [livejournal.com profile] terror_scifi, [livejournal.com profile] lonewytch wrote some great meta: Labyrinth And The Heroic Journey.

The international trailer for Battleship.

Two new tv spots for The Hunger Games.

Stephen King reads from his sequel to The Shining, Dr. Sleep.

Some impressive looking cosplay involving medieval Batman armor.
calliopes_pen: (eumelkeks Doctor J'accuse)
Robert Hegyes has passed away, at the age of 60, following a heart attack. May he rest in peace. He was most well-known for playing the role of Juan Epstein, in Welcome Back, Kotter.

Symantec finally figured out they were hacked back in 2006. Dad has it on his laptop, so he’s removing it now—I’ve never liked them, so I don’t have it on this computer. Comcast kept trying to get me to use it.

Pirate Parties International is assembling a list of users that lost data with Megaupload’s shutdown, so that they can form a lawsuit against the FBI. That’s not the best name ever.

Doctor Who Insider ceases publication—issue #9, dated December 2011, was the final one. You should be able to receive a refund, or transfer your subscription to another Doctor Who magazine.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Tabitha Smith.

Five official images from The Avengers.

New international trailer for Mirror Mirror.

The Most Ridiculous Science Fiction Plots From Actual Soap Operas. Marlena’s possession (which is when I started watching) on Days of Our Lives makes the list—as does Stefano’s satellite mind control plot, using a chip in Hope’s brain. And every single episode of Passions, ever.

From Cracked: 5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should’ve Quit.

A cargo ship crashed into a bridge last night and took it down—as of now, it’s made Fox News. Nobody was hurt, as from the sound of it, the people just barely made it off before it finally crashed into the water. It’s not the bridge I take to Eddyville, but it looks like it is the bridge I used to take when my family went to Nashville for clothes when I was little. And Dad pointed out that it’s also the bridge he takes as he goes the long road to Louisiana for funerals. So he’s looking through his atlas for other routes, just in case he needs it.

ETA: They're having a press conference on the noon news. It's a 300 foot chunk of bridge that is just gone, and I think they said the military only has enough to stretch across 250 feet for a temporary one. Now that it's not the middle of the night, they can see the extent of the damage and get the inspectors out there. They're trying to assess everything, asking traffic to redirect. And that the people who came to see it for themselves and gawk, please go home.

An AT&T fiber optic cable was attached, and when that portion of bridge was hit and then fell, it knocked out internet for anyone that had it through that portion.
calliopes_pen: (eumelkeks Doctor J'accuse)
Robert Hegyes has passed away, at the age of 60, following a heart attack. May he rest in peace. He was most well-known for playing the role of Juan Epstein, in Welcome Back, Kotter.

Symantec finally figured out they were hacked back in 2006. Dad has it on his laptop, so he’s removing it now—I’ve never liked them, so I don’t have it on this computer. Comcast kept trying to get me to use it.

Pirate Parties International is assembling a list of users that lost data with Megaupload’s shutdown, so that they can form a lawsuit against the FBI. That’s not the best name ever.

Doctor Who Insider ceases publication—issue #9, dated December 2011, was the final one. You should be able to receive a refund, or transfer your subscription to another Doctor Who magazine.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Tabitha Smith.

Five official images from The Avengers.

New international trailer for Mirror Mirror.

The Most Ridiculous Science Fiction Plots From Actual Soap Operas. Marlena’s possession (which is when I started watching) on Days of Our Lives makes the list—as does Stefano’s satellite mind control plot, using a chip in Hope’s brain. And every single episode of Passions, ever.

From Cracked: 5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should’ve Quit.

A cargo ship crashed into a bridge last night and took it down—as of now, it’s made Fox News. Nobody was hurt, as from the sound of it, the people just barely made it off before it finally crashed into the water. It’s not the bridge I take to Eddyville, but it looks like it is the bridge I used to take when my family went to Nashville for clothes when I was little. And Dad pointed out that it’s also the bridge he takes as he goes the long road to Louisiana for funerals. So he’s looking through his atlas for other routes, just in case he needs it.

ETA: They're having a press conference on the noon news. It's a 300 foot chunk of bridge that is just gone, and I think they said the military only has enough to stretch across 250 feet for a temporary one. Now that it's not the middle of the night, they can see the extent of the damage and get the inspectors out there. They're trying to assess everything, asking traffic to redirect. And that the people who came to see it for themselves and gawk, please go home.

An AT&T fiber optic cable was attached, and when that portion of bridge was hit and then fell, it knocked out internet for anyone that had it through that portion.
calliopes_pen: (sirius_nst Jeremy Brett Holmes research)
Nicol Williamson passed away on December 16th, at the age of 75, following a two-year struggle with esophageal cancer. May he rest in peace. Sherlock Holmes fans will remember him in the lead role from The Seven Per-Cent Solution. He was also the Nome King/Dr. Worley in Return to Oz, Merlin in 1981’s Excalibur, Cogliostro in Spawn, and Father Morning in The Exorcist III. Despite Return to Oz scarring me when I was little, I catch it whenever it’s on Flix. The Seven Per-Cent Solution is one of my favorite Holmes movies.

Official White House petition to veto SOPA First link goes to the article, second to the actual petition—over 51,000 signatures as of the last time I checked. There’s also a petition to end ACTA.

6 Made Up Words That Made It To Common Usage, and 8 That Should.

Layman and McCrea relaunch Mars Attacks.

10 Most Undignified Deaths In Science Fiction And Fantasy.

Lily Collins will not be in the remake in the remake of The Evil Dead after all, due to a scheduling conflict.

Prompt submissions are open, over at [livejournal.com profile] dark_fest. Banners for spreading the word are located here.

New poster for The Raven. It almost looks like Edgar Allan Poe just became the new host for the Phoenix Force.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Sylvia Danvers.

An official synopsis for The Amazing Spider-Man.

ABC ordered a Beauty and the Beast pilot. Not to be confused with the one the CW just picked up.

The strange or ill-advised movie sequels that never were. Check out the insanity the Gladiator sequel would have been.

Adapting Sherlock: Series 2. This is a lovely article on the canon of the season, so if you haven’t watched the season yet, beware the spoilers.

Stan Lee reflects on 70 years in comics.

Another notification of a journal purging came through. This time, for [livejournal.com profile] kinross_shewolf. I only used that one briefly for a game that died, but I never posted in the journal. So I’m fine with that one being swallowed by Frank the Goat. (The username originated for me on Greatestjournal for a different game, before I moved stuff over to Insanejournal—just happened to use it once more here on LJ.)
calliopes_pen: (sirius_nst Jeremy Brett Holmes research)
Nicol Williamson passed away on December 16th, at the age of 75, following a two-year struggle with esophageal cancer. May he rest in peace. Sherlock Holmes fans will remember him in the lead role from The Seven Per-Cent Solution. He was also the Nome King/Dr. Worley in Return to Oz, Merlin in 1981’s Excalibur, Cogliostro in Spawn, and Father Morning in The Exorcist III. Despite Return to Oz scarring me when I was little, I catch it whenever it’s on Flix. The Seven Per-Cent Solution is one of my favorite Holmes movies.

Official White House petition to veto SOPA First link goes to the article, second to the actual petition—over 51,000 signatures as of the last time I checked. There’s also a petition to end ACTA.

6 Made Up Words That Made It To Common Usage, and 8 That Should.

Layman and McCrea relaunch Mars Attacks.

10 Most Undignified Deaths In Science Fiction And Fantasy.

Lily Collins will not be in the remake in the remake of The Evil Dead after all, due to a scheduling conflict.

Prompt submissions are open, over at [livejournal.com profile] dark_fest. Banners for spreading the word are located here.

New poster for The Raven. It almost looks like Edgar Allan Poe just became the new host for the Phoenix Force.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Sylvia Danvers.

An official synopsis for The Amazing Spider-Man.

ABC ordered a Beauty and the Beast pilot. Not to be confused with the one the CW just picked up.

The strange or ill-advised movie sequels that never were. Check out the insanity the Gladiator sequel would have been.

Adapting Sherlock: Series 2. This is a lovely article on the canon of the season, so if you haven’t watched the season yet, beware the spoilers.

Stan Lee reflects on 70 years in comics.

Another notification of a journal purging came through. This time, for [livejournal.com profile] kinross_shewolf. I only used that one briefly for a game that died, but I never posted in the journal. So I’m fine with that one being swallowed by Frank the Goat. (The username originated for me on Greatestjournal for a different game, before I moved stuff over to Insanejournal—just happened to use it once more here on LJ.)

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