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Robert Sherman has passed away at the age of 86. May he rest in peace. He and his brother were responsible for writing “more than 200 songs for 27 films and two dozen television productions.”

The enduring legacy of Age of Apocalypse.

Fox has cancelled Terra Nova.

Dr. Doom cosplay.

Dread Central has part one of a two part interview with John Carpenter.

Kristen Bell will play the lead in Disney’s Snow Queen adaptation Frozen.

Charles Rouse-Rodriguez redesigns the Teen Titans.

The We Hate Movies podcast discusses Off Beat.

The Horror Etc podcast discusses Video Nasties.

Joss Whedon: Heroes And Inspirations. whedonesque discusses it here.

Spider-Man meat buns can be found in Japan.

The full line-up for Disney XD’s Marvel Universe block.

Kristen Stewart discusses Snow White And The Hunstman—most of the interview is in the latest issue of SFX.

10 new images from Men In Black 3.

Another still from Dark Shadows—this time, it’s Helena Bonham Carter as Julia Hoffman.

10 widely seen and wildly underrated horror performances.

Spoof trailer for Where’s Waldo: The Movie.

Brian K. Vaughan is hosting an Ask Me Anything at Reddit.

And now, a meme, taken from hradzka:

I was thinking you should tell me about stories you think I should write. I mean, if you could sit me down for a day or whatever and say, "I want you to write this story for me," what would that story be?

I'm not actually promising to *write* any of these, mind you, but it's fun anyway. And who knows if I'll be inspired!

I'm getting a "status: 12002" message when I try to cross-post this particular entry via Dreamwidth--so, like last time with that glitch, I'll just post it in each place and then go over and add a link in both places. I'm not sure which part of the html is causing the error, since there isn't anything in common with the previous occurrance.

Cross-posted to Dreamwidth here.

Jan Berenstain—half of the couple that wrote The Berenstain Bears—passed away over the weekend, at the age of 88, after suffering a stroke. May she rest in peace. I enjoyed those books when I was little.

Marion Mathie passed away on January 20th at the age of 86. May she rest in peace.

If you’re nervous about Google tracking you: How to delete your web history in Google, before the new policy goes into action.

CBS has their Watson for Elementary—it’s Lucy Liu! Seeing as I’ve never really been a fan of hers, and I don’t like Jonny Lee Miller, there’s a high probability that I will be sitting this one out. Some sites were saying this was the first time Watson’s been a woman—it isn’t. There were two tv movies. The Return of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes Returns: 1994 Baker Street. Both of which had Holmes needing to be defrosted in the present day. And, maybe, They Might Be Giants could count, even if it was just a coincidence that her last name was Watson.

Eight new images from Wrath of the Titans. Plus, two new tv spots.

In the pilot for Green Arrow, Cat Grant will be played by Keri Lynn Pratt.

A special announcement from Rifftrax.

A collection of Deadpool Corps busts

New tv trailer for Brave.

SFX interviews Being Human’s Craig Roberts. There are minor spoilers.

Dark Shadows cover art for the latest Famous Monsters of Filmland and Horrorhound.

Amber Benson has joined an upcoming Big Finish Dark Shadows release. She will be the voice of Judith Collins.

Remembering Dan Curtis’ version of Dracula.

oldschoolfic is taking sign-ups until tomorrow. Eligible fandoms include: Highlander, Stargate, Angel, Buffy, Charmed, Firefly, Farscape, Xena, Forever Knight, and several others.

Nate Bellegarde’s redesign of the original five X-Men.

Tales From Development Hell: Darren Aronofsky’s Batman: Year One, starring Clint Eastwood.

The latest TV Guide has the cast of this season’s Dancing With The Stars. They include: Melissa Gilbert, Jack Wagner, Gavin DeGraw, Donald Driver, Roshon Fegan, Katherine Jenkins, William Levy, Maria Menounos, Martina Navratilova, Sherri Sheperd, and Jaleel White. And, according to this, Gladys Knight. I almost want to watch, just to see how Katherine Jenkins or Jaleel White manage. But since Sherri’s involved, I’ll avoid at all costs.

Watch the Green Goblin kidnap Anderson Cooper on New Year’s Eve

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has broken Broadway box office records.

Steampunk Greek Goddesses

The Batman Ceiling Fan.

Sideshow Collectibles’ latest Comiquette? Illyana Rasputin/Magik. They’ve done a fantastic job on that one.

The comic book episode of Moffat and Gatiss’ Sherlock we never got to see.

The BBC trailer for the next episode of Sherlock—The Hounds of Baskerville.

The trailer for Alcatraz.

Watch John Barrowman perform the theme songs to the 70’s Wonder Woman and the Spider-Man cartoon.

Fright Night (remake) bloopers.

Emma Caulfield as a blind witch in Once Upon A Time. whedonesque discusses it here.

Dimestore Dames discusses Mia Dearden.

10 Great Love/Hate Relationships From Science Fiction And Fantasy. The Doctor and the Master made the list.

A new tv spot for The Woman In Black.

Promo for the upcoming season of Being Human—the US version.

Gateways To Geekery: Mystery Science Theater 3000.

To celebrate the release of Star Wars on Blu-ray, George Lucas sent Jawas (and a Stormtrooper) to take over Times Square.

Sign-ups for the hlh_shortcuts 2011 fic exchange are now open.

A new print of Horror of Dracula has been unearthed—the longer, more explicit version reportedly only seen in Japan until now.

Bruce Campbell discusses the Evil Dead remake.

The CW is remaking the 80’s Beauty and the Beast tv series.

The Nine Lives of Chloe King has been cancelled.

Promo for the next episode of Lost Girl

Fox is supposedly considering creating a channel that would air nothing but The Simpsons.

Atomic Comics is closing.

Tiki Dalek.

Doctor Who: Celebrating Paul McGann.

Brent Spiner’s Patrick Stewart impression.

These Batwoman variant covers by Amy Reeder may never be published by DC.

Blogtor Who has two clips for the next Doctor Who Confidential.

Teaser for episode 8 of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

The Ghost Hunters are going to investigate Seaview Terrace, the mansion used for the exterior shots of Collinwood in Dark Shadows. May Angelique mess with their heads.

You can watch a deleted scene from X-Men: First Class here.

Den of Geek looks back at the Muppet movies. Most of which I’ve never seen, save for a few minutes of the one with Michael Caine. Recently, watched a few minutes of Muppet Treasure Island, because of Tim Curry.

Wolverine 2 is being put on hold for 6 months, at the very least.

A Wolverine style hand claw dagger. I predict many accidental (or not) wounds caused with those things.

The trailer for Locke And Key, which wasn’t picked up.

Best wishes to anyone that is currently in the path of Hurricane Irene.

A trailer for Mystique’s character has been released for X-Men: First Class.

Two clips for this week’s episode of Doctor Who.

20 Insanely Creative Bookshelves.

Meredith Viera will be guest starring in an episode of Doctor Who—but first, she interviewed Alex Kingston and Matt Smith for The Today Show the other day. You can watch that here.

From Cracked: 10 Famous Unsolved Mysteries Easily Explained By Science.

Den of Geek interviews Neil Gaiman. While his episode of Doctor Who is discussed, he doesn’t spoil anything.

Fox has cancelled Lie To Me, Human Target, and The Chicago Code. That last one was another show from Tim Minear. whedonesque discusses it here.

Amazon is holding another half-price sale, and the prices on all Dark Shadows DVD sets have been reduced, for those interested.