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André Cassagnes, creator of the Etch-A-Sketch, has passed away at the age of 86. May he rest in peace.

Remembering The Crew Of Space Shuttle Columbia.

Demonoid Breaks Record With 6 Month Downtime.

Twitter detects and shuts down password data hack in progress.

San Diego Comic Con Badge Registration Is February 16th.

The 10 Worst X-Men Villains Of All Time.

Shelf-destroying Wolverine: The Adamantium Collection will crush you.

5 Actors Who Should Play The Next Batman. I think Matt Bomer works better for Nightwing. Richard Armitage (who I’ve only seen in an few episodes of the BBC’s Robin Hood) could work, though.

The Superman Homepage interviews Bruce Timm at the premiere of The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Abandoned Love: Booster Gold’s New Threads

Buy the house from A Nightmare On Elm Street for $2.1 million.

Fandom Manifesto: Sapphire And Steel.

Awesome Art Picks: Wolverine, The Walking Dead, Spider-Man, and More.

Weekend Discussion Thread: It’s A Smug-Off.

Enlist As A Red Shirt T-Shirt.

Gremlins Laplander Hat.

International Jack The Giant Slayer Poster.

Labyrinth painting.

The Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Big Trouble In Little China (1986)

Schlock Treatment #111: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984)

The Batman Universe Podcast: The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Commentary.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 77: Dredd (2012)

Sofa Dogs Podcast #271: Cellular (2004)

Macmillan will sell e-books to libraries in pilot program at $25 per title

How Was SFSketchFest/Best of RiffTrax? I managed to go to the Manos screening. Due to an awful movie (one of the Wayans brothers spoofing the Paranormal Activity franchise—I walked in during what seemed to be the guy being jealous as he watched someone loudly having sex with a ghost; not being interested in watching this moment with Dad, we turned and left, opting to stay in the hall until it finished) running too long, Rifftrax wouldn’t have had time for the trivia/joke cards at the start. So the manager let everyone vote—we decided even if it went overly long, we wanted it. Things were fine, until midway through one of the shorts—the power in the whole theater went out. 5-10 minutes later, it came back, and we started where we left off. Someone that had been there for the previous showing (and its interruption by tornado and power outage) said it had happened at that same point, too. The manager (who also personally went in and cleaned up after the previous viewing of that movie) came in and apologized.

Unfortunately, the heat didn’t come back on. Instead, about 20 minutes before the end, the air conditioning was going full blast—so I had my coat on. Got out around 9:45 PM, and made it home shortly before the sleet (which the Weather Channel has dubbed Winter Storm Khan—feel free to insert your own Kirk scream here) started. Outside of all of that, I have to say it was great.

J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars: Episode VII.

Who Would You Like To Direct The Next Star Wars?

Star Trek Character Names And Roles Chart.

If only one past Doctor could appear in Doctor Who’s anniversary special, which would you prefer?

Matt Smith Singing in the Rain - Behind the Scenes Exclusive On Top Gear.

An interview with David Tennant.

Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard Smith on Pirates Of Blood River

We’re Ready To Believe You T-Shirt.

Ghostbusters Fan Art: 55 Central Park West.

One Page Preview Of New Ghostbusters #1.

An interview with Joel Hodgson.

New Oz: The Great And Powerful Poster Spotlights Rachel Weisz. More character posters can be found here.

The Very Last Thing Broadcast On G4’s Attack of the Show Before The Lights Went Out.

Being Human (UK Version) Series 5 Trailer

Being Human (American Version): Meaghan Rath Talks Being Undead, Roommate Romance, Craving Brains, and More

Top 10 Movie Apocalypses.

Top 10 Fairy Tale and Fantasy Movie Adaptation With A Twist.

Supervillain Origins: Deadshot.

Kevin Smith - With Great Power Extended Interview

10 Ways Buckaroo Banzai Has Infiltrated Pop Culture.

10 TV Shows That Deserve A Second Life. They list MST3K, which does have a second life in Rifftrax. I agree with the inclusion of Pushing Daisies.

Impressive Robocop Cake.

Army of Muppet Zombies vs. Bruce Campbell.

Best Art Ever (This Week): January 25th.

The Best Batman Planter You’ve Ever Seen (Hopefully).

Comic Book Legends Revealed #403.

Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen Heading to Broadway in Waiting For Godot

Both The Avengers and The Cabin in the Woods win Golden Tomato Awards.

Alternate Avengers concept art released.

About Those Phantasm II Bonus Features…

All My Children and One Life To Live Set To Premiere Digitally On Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.

Tales From The Code: The Near Extinction Of Sheena

Keith Giffen Leaves Legion Of Superheroes After Two Issues?

Movie Issues Podcast: The Covenant (2006)

Mission Log #25—Episode 25: The Devil In The Dark.

Junk Food Dinner #144: Society (1989), No Retreat, No Surrender (1986), and Vampire’s Kiss (1989)

Smodcast On Batman #23: Kevin Smith and Kyle Higgins on Dick Grayson, Part 2.

The Batman Universe Podcast—Bat-Books For Beginners Episode 96: Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies (Birds of Prey #1-6)

Retroist Podcast—Episode 129: Dungeons And Dragons The Animated Series.

David R. Ellis has passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 60. He had been at work on his next film, Kite. May he rest in peace. He was a director who worked on Snakes On A Plane, Final Destination 2, and many others. He was also stunt coordinator for The Addams Family, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Ghost Dad, Warlock (1989), Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge, The Beastmaster, and many other tv shows and movies.

Fandom Stockings are live. And another thank you to those that left well wishes, fanfic, or fanfic IOU’s.

Happy 66th Birthday, David Bowie.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been cast in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

Josh Brolin joins Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

10 Awesome Female Engineers From Science Fiction.

Fan Art: Ghostbusters 3 poster starring Andrew Garfield.

Amy Pond, The Girl Who Waited Under A Van Gogh Sky T-Shirt.

Guillermo del Toro Confirms DC Comics Project Dark Universe

100 Quotations Every Geek Should Know.

Comics You Should Own—Sandman.

Television Critics Association Winter Tour Part 1: 'Hannibal,' 'Bates Motel,' 'Mockingbird Lane', ‘Dracula.’

Honest Trailers: Inception.

Rachel Weisz Reveals Oz: The Great And Powerful Character Details.

The Ultimate Guide To 2013’s Science Fiction And Fantasy TV.

Bones Renewed For Ninth Season.

Adapt And Die: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1988)

Mark Romanek’s live action Cinderella movie is too dark for Disney.

Watch out: Someone is trying to scam science fiction authors.

An interview with Steven Moffat, conducted by his son Josh.

An interview with Tobe Hooper.

More DC Writer Changes To Come - Was Gail Simone Just The Beginning?

Zombie attack sheet set.

James Mangold Explains The Wolverine's Placement in the X-Men Film Universe

Trailer for Syfy’s Defiance.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 92: The Raven (2012).

Now Playing Podcast: Texas Chainsaw 3D (2012)

As a passing note as to how cluttered Nellie’s house was? Her daughter hired a cleaning crew. They’ve brought the back of a semi truck to cart things off, with extra dumpsters. They’ve been working almost non-stop (they took a break on Sunday afternoon) since Friday. They’ve hauled that thing away six times to the dump and back, and they’ve only made it into the living room. They get here at 7 AM every morning, and they don’t stop until 6 PM.