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Christopher Nolan gives more details about The Dark Knight Rises. Relatively mild spoilers, since he reveals exactly how long after The Dark Knight this takes place, and a little about Bane.

Proton Charging is spotlighting some great Ghostbusters fan art.

NBC gives Grimm a full season order, as well as a move to Thursdays. whedonesque discusses it here.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows could have both The Hobbit and The Dark Knight Rises trailers attached to it.

Christopher Eccleston won an International Emmy for Best Actor.

10 More Delightfully Hammy Villain Performances. Pearl from MST3K makes the list, as does everyone who has ever played The Master on Doctor Who.

Gift Ideas For 10 Major Species of Science Fiction Fan.

I went back into my Yuletide sign-up a little while ago, and in the Bucket List tacked on Clue (1985). I debated whether or not to throw in Snow White And The Huntsman since we’ve only got a trailer and nothing else until 2012, before deciding to add it. As a reminder for anyone planning to sign-up, Yuletide sign-ups close Sunday, at 7 PM CST. I predict at least one more bout of editing for me before they close, since that’s how things go.

The trailer for the Christmas episode of Doctor Who was released—the title is The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe. Matt Smith appears as the Doctor on Children In Need, offers the clothes he’s wearing at that moment to charity.

In addition to the other comics previously mentioned, Marvel is also canceling Daken: Dark Wolverine.

Diablo Cody discusses the Evil Dead reboot.

A sneak peek of season 2 of Syfy’s Being Human.

December is Small Fandom Month at crack_van.

shan_3414 is hosting a multifandom gifting meme, called the 2011 Stocking Swap.

Joss Whedon talks about making the Avengers in an interview with Yahoo Movies. whedonesque discusses it here.

Deadpool pencil holder. Comes equipped with a ninja star embedded in his severed head.

What Culture lists 8 Actors Who Could Play The Doctor In A Film Reboot.

Mark Hall has passed away, at the age of 74, due to cancer. May he rest in peace. He was the co-creator of Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. His studio also produced Scream of the Shalka, and animated the missing first and fourth episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Invasion, for a DVD release.

Behold the list of eligible fandoms and characters for Yuletide. For those that want a document of the fandoms, you can go to this entry. Sign-ups will be opening soon. Uncategorized fandoms and notes on sign-ups.

The man who stole a collection of memorabilia from Superman fan Mike Meyer received a sentence of six years in prison.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Giganta.

From Tor: 6 Science Fiction Icons Who Hung Out With The Muppets.

The Halloween costume contest winner at GB Fans has been announced. That is an incredible Samhain costume.

First trailer for that other Snow White movie, called Mirror Mirror—the one starring Julia Roberts as the evil queen. The Charlize Theron version is looking better and better, even if I’d like to switch the actresses playing Snow White.

The Top 10 Moments In Once More, With Feeling. whedonesque discusses it here.

Chris Claremont is donating his archives to Columbia University’s Rare Book And Manuscript Library.

10 Great Fictional Bosses.

TARDIS Refrigerator. So long as Zuul or the Master don’t move in behind the leftovers, you’re good to go.

What would Bruce Wayne’s medical report look like?

Gateways to Geekery: Terry Pratchett novels.

80 foot Superman Thanksgiving Parade balloon from 1940.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Mary Jane Watson.

Jason Aaron, Kieron Gillen, Victor Gischler, Christos Gage and Nick Lowe discuss Kitty Pryde.

Bruce Campbell weighs in on the Evil Dead remake.

From Cracked: 5 Batman Villains Too Lame To Survive A Single Issue.

Svengoolie shows Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man tonight.

A sixth performer performer was injured during Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.

Fans of the late All My Children may not be getting a web series after all, as plans have been put on hold thanks to a lack of funding.

Russell Tovey is leaving Being Human.

The trailer for Snow White And The Huntsmen. If Kristen Stewart weren’t in this movie, I would actually want to watch. whedonesque discusses it here.

Yuletide nominations are open! The locked-in nominations. Someone else nominated Back to the Future, and two characters from Fright Night (1985). I nominated My Best Friend Is A Vampire, The Librarian movies, and Fright Night (1985), so I could include Peter Vincent and Charley Brewster. If anyone hasn’t nominated their fandoms yet, please consider adding Ghostbusters or either incarnation of Dark Shadows. (I was so close to going through with nominating Mr. Boogedy)

wish_list is open for business. I’ll try to come up with something later.

American Horror Story was renewed for a second season. whedonesque discusses it here.

10 Great Horror Comics, From the Golden Age To Now.

From Tor: 10 Reasons Why Ghostbusters Has Such An Enduring Legacy.

New pictures from the set of The Hobbit, along with a full set report.

A couple of people chose to celebrate their Halloween as Ghostbusters characters: Vinz Clortho the Keymaster, and Zuul the Gatekeeper. Very nice.

Top 31 Horror Comedies. I would add High Spirits, but that’s really more of a personal preference. Plus, Big Trouble In Little China, and Saturday the 14th.

Jezebel lists The Best Halloween Specials Ever. Including the Garfield Halloween Special, Halloween Is Grinch Night, Marc Summers’ Magical Mystery Tour, The Worst Witch, that episode of Salute Your Shorts with Zeke The Plumber, Buffy’s Fear Itself, and many others.

In the end, we had a grand total of 9 trick-or-treaters last night, with the final three popping in around 7:30 PM. They forgot to wear costumes. So the only costumes I spotted last night were a little boy that was Satan, and a little girl that was a Crayola crayon.

The Greatest Screen Fairy Tales. The Company of Wolves is included, as is Buffy’s Hush there at the end. Snow White: A Tale of Terror is not.

Warner Bros. is already hiring a writer for Sherlock Holmes 3.

A (hopefully) complete guide to Yuletide stuff beyond your assignment.

Joss Whedon secretly filmed an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing while working on The Avengers. Held off on mentioning it at first, believing it to be a joke. whedonesque discusses the press release here, and the press interviews of it here.

Found via Io9: Tim Curry sings Anything Can Happen On Halloween, in 1987’s The Worst Witch. So weird. Somehow, I managed to miss that one.

Watch the extended trailer for The History Channel’s Zombies: A Living History.

The Harry Potter films will be pulled from circulation by year’s end, save for digitally.

First look at the redesigned Berbils for the new Thundercats series.

Books-a-Million is following the lead of Barnes and Noble, and removing graphic novels from the shelves. Since they’re the only bookstore (no comic stores, aside from the short-lived one in a tattoo parlor, I do believe—and an old one that smells of smoke, mildew, and pot on all their merchandise) around here, I’m understandably not pleased. If I have to get something that they no longer carry, I’ll go to Amazon.

Syfy has renewed Haven for a third season.

Ringer gets a full season order. whedonesque discusses it here.

New posters for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

New York Comic Con preview for Saturday’s activities.

Complex has their list of The 50 Scariest TV Shows Of All Time. Buffy, Dark Shadows, Eerie Indiana, and Are You Afraid of the Dark are a few of the ones that made the list. Some I disagree with, some I’ve never heard of—like Dead At 21—but it’s interesting.

In other news, from now on when I go outside I’ll probably have to remember to change into long pants and long sleeves or a jacket, even if it’s warm. I’m a mosquito magnet, no matter what I try. Two days ago, I went to check Toby, and came back with two or three mosquito bites. I’m fine. Elsewhere—either this county or barely one over, however, same time I was out, a guy was mowing. Also bitten by a mosquito. Suddenly developed a fever, and a few other problems. End of the day, he’s dead of West Nile Virus. His is a rare case, since the cases that went around in 2009 didn't kill anyone. Still, I'm not taking any chances.

The producers of The Simpsons have agreed to pay cuts.

Marvel let go their Chief Operating Officer, James Sokolowski.

11 Alternate Nerdy Casting Decisions That Almost Happened.

Hey Dude is added to TeenNick’s 90’s line-up, beginning today.

NBC cancelled Free Agents. whedonesque discusses it here. Given the clips they’ve been showing during commercial breaks on BBC America, it wouldn’t have been my cup of tea.

From Newsarama: 10 Vampire Stories Worth Checking Out.

The latest to be featured at Dimestore Dames is Layla Miller.

The first theatrical trailer for The Avengers is coming this Tuesday.

New Batman: Year One clip.

New clip from Merlin: The Darkest Hour, Part 2.

Charles Napier passed away, at the age of 75. He collapsed in his home on Monday, after being plagued with health issues for several months. May he rest in peace.

Steve Jobs passed away as well, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. May he rest in peace. I wasn’t into any of the Apple gadgets. Courtesy of Blastr, read 17 Touching Steve Jobs Tributes from George Lucas, Neil Gaiman, and others.

Trailer for the final season of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Video Rental Memories, from James at Cinemassacre.

Bootleg copies of MST3K Volume XX are making the rounds. One major problem is that they contain the wrong episodes.

Amanda Waller is discussed on Dimestore Dames.

First look at the inflatable 8 foot tall Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in action.

The BBC reveals details about Doctor Who’s Christmas special.

New footage from The Avengers will be shown at New York Comic Con. whedonesque discusses it here.

Den of Geek has their own list of 10 great companion farewell scenes.

Clip from the animated Batman: Year One.

( And beneath the cut, I’m answering the five icons meme for idontlikegravy. )

Plus, here's another meme that’s been floating around my friends list lately.

So, basically, ask me anything. Anything you think you ought to know about my life but don't, anything you're curious about, anything you fancy. Silly or serious.

NBC has decided to pick up a tv adaptation of Romancing The Stone.

If Doctor Who was cast entirely by Muppets.

The Doctor Who cast sing the Confidential song.

From Cracked: 7 Comic Characters Who Outlasted The Trends That Made Them.

For a limited time, all DVD’s for the original Dark Shadows are getting a 50% discount at Amazon.

Tor looks fondly back at Big Trouble In Little China.

Io9 posts their list of 10 Actual Mistakes That Syfy Has Made Over The Years. whedonesque discusses it here. I would add canceling MST3K, and ceasing their daily blocks of airing old shows like Dark Shadows--and the original Doctor Who, going by this old promo from 1993. I didn’t get the channel until a couple years later, so I missed out on that one.

Vote for the greatest science fiction theme song of all time.

The network presentation for the unaired Buffy pilot. whedonesque discusses it here.

Why Space Cases deserves more love.

The Anon Or Not Love Meme.

The list of people joining Dancing With The Stars was announced last night. They are: Ron Artest, Kristen Cavallari, Chynna Phillips, David Arquette, Carson Kressley, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Elisabetta Canalis, Chaz Bono, Hope Solo, and J.R. Martinez. I cannot stand Nancy Grace or the Kardashians, so I doubt I’ll be watching this season.

Stan Lee guest starred on Eureka—here’s his brief scene.

The Nostalgia Critic reviewed the first five episodes of Duck Tales.

George Lucas lost his Supreme Court case against a man who designed Storm Trooper helmets.

Flightpath interviews Mike Nelson, discussing MST3K, Rifftrax, The Room, and—briefly—Rebecca Black’s Friday.

Frank Darabont is stepping down as showrunner of The Walking Dead.

Marvel is offering to send out free copies of Fear Itself to retailers, if they send them 50 ripped off covers of first printings of DC’s Flashpoint #1.

Wondercon is moving to Anaheim.

Nicholas Brendon surprised Anthony Stewart Head at Comic Con. Rather cute. whedonesque discusses it here. Anthony Stewart Head in an interview at Comic Con, which periodically veers off into silly.

Rifftrax celebrates five years with a Best Of Rifftrax reel, and simultaneously plugs the upcoming live show on August 17th.

Judge rules that Jack Kirby’s heirs have no claim to Marvel copyrights.

Karen Gillan on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.

Teaser for The Avengers.

The Comic Con panel for Merlin can be found here: 41 minutes, 53 seconds.

If LJ is down, you can always find me on Dreamwidth under this same username. Feel free to friend me. If both are down for some reason, I’ll be on Insanejournal under the same name. For those that would like one in case of another bit of downtime, I have 16 Dreamwidth invites. Just comment and let me know.

Lastly, a meme:

Comment here and I will tell you which celebrity/PB I associate most strongly with you.

At Comic Con, William Shatner dared fans in the audience to shout “KHAN!” for as long as they could: 30 seconds in duration.

You can watch the entirety of the Lost Girl panel here.

G4 interviewed Matt Smith and Karen Gillan during their coverage of Comic Con, and you can watch it through Blogtor Who. There are vague spoilers for upcoming things like a monster or two, but it's nothing huge. I haven’t located footage of their interviews with Nathan Fillion and John Barrowman, but I’ll keep an eye out for it for anyone that may have missed it.

Two clips from the new Thundercats cartoon.

According to the Marvel Television Presents panel, Hulk, Alias Jessica Jones, and Cloak and Dagger are due to be adapted for ABC. The last one would be on ABC Family, set in New Orleans, immediately after Hurricane Katrina.

At Comic Con, one person was spotted dressed as Boba Fett Wolverine.

You can watch the Joss Whedon panel here: 49 minutes long. whedonesque discusses it here.

A celebration of Tom Baker.

Joss Whedon’s long delayed The Cabin the Woods has a release date: April 13, 2012. whedonesque discusses it here.

The AV Club discusses the final episode of Dinosaurs.

Remember the person that stabbed someone in the eye at last year’s Comic Con? Charges were dropped.

3 clips from the Wonder Woman series that almost was.

Found via thisficklemob: The CDC’s guide to dealing with extreme heat. I’ve had heat stroke before, quite a few years back, so just wanted to pass the link on for others dealing with this massive heat wave.

10 science fiction cartoons that didn’t make it past one episode. An honorable mention went to Pryde of the X-Men.

Top 5 Joss Whedon Moments. whedonesque discusses the list here.

Another clip from Torchwood: Miracle Day, with Rhys, Gwen, and their child.

Falling Skies has been renewed for a second season.

A handful of Doctor Who stars before they were famous.

9 more episodes have been ordered for Lost Girl in advance of the season premiere.

Tickets are now on sale for the next Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer.