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Former Uploaded.to Admin Fined $188,000 For Copyright Infringement

Dreamworks Will Layoff 350 Employees

March 30th is International Tabletop Day

The weirdest stories about objects that came shooting out of the sky

Notes on a Fandom: Last Exit.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Zombies.

Giant-Sized X-Position: The All-New Brian Michael Bendis Interview, Part 2.

Seth Grahame-Smith has been hired to ‘polish’ the Fantastic Four reboot.

Chris Cooper has been cast as Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Gimmick or Good? – Spider-Man #1

Why You Should Read Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars.

DC Histories: Damian Wayne (Robin V).

DC Comics Puts ‘WTF Certified’ On Hold And It’s Probably For The Best

Image of the Day: Awkward 1950′s and 1960′s Batman Moments #3

One Comics Fan’s Cosmic Quest to Collect All of Jack Kirby’s Covers

The Sandman Re-Read: Brief Lives.

Doctor Who Is For Everyone.

BBC Showcase Marks 50 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ with Symphonic Spectacular

Pushing Daisies' Lee Pace to Headline AMC Period Drama Halt & Catch Fire

Lost Girl Prompt Meme.

Juliette Binoche is in talks to join Jareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot.

Teen Wolf Returns To MTV This June.

What if Real Genius was an M. Night Shyamalan thriller?

Ridley Scott Writing Prometheus 2 Script.

The Walking Dead names new showrunner: Scott M. Gimple.

'Evil Dead' Fans - Cook Yourself a Killer Pizzanomicon

Looking back at Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

The 2012 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot

Doctor Gash's Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies Ever #2 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Trailers From Hell: Mick Garris on Twice Told Tales

Don’t Touch That Dial: Midseason Thrillers and Historical Dramas

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gets Renewed for a Third Season

11 Reasons David Bowie Is A Sci-Fi Icon

No, Ghostbusters 3 Will Not Be Animated. I doubt it will happen either way.

Giant Lego Hogwarts.

The Flatliners Remake Appears To Have A Director.

Horror Etc, Episode 288: The Blind Dead Series.

Now Playing Podcast: Tank Girl (1995)

Comic Issues #107—Like A Ross.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 129: New York Toy Fair 2013—Part 2.

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 59 – The End: An Introduction

Bloodbaths And Broomsticks Podcast, Episode 50: Spookies (1986) Commentary

Out of the Blue: Episode 1: Doug Jones

Nestle recalls Nesquik chocolate mix because of salmonella risk

Sony Entertainment Head Steps Down

5 Dracula Spoofs To Celebrate Bram Stoker’s Birthday.

Here’s the official trailer for World War Z.

The international trailer for Hitchcock.

Trailers From Hell: John Landis on Panic In The Streets.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: Cosmic comedy with Excalibur, but the Phoenix mini-series didn't make it to print, Colossus didn't make the team, and Nightcrawler's Captains Courageous team wasn't assembled.

Best Art Ever (This Week): November 9th.

Tokypop: Cosplay Friday #4. My favorite is the person dressed as Adam West Batman, complete with bomb.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange—Aunt May…Herald of Galactus?!

Every fan needs a copy of Making Ghostbusters.

10 Classic Logos Re-Imagined For The Zombie Apocalypse.

The zombie version of the Mile High Comics Woodchuck logo.

25 Things We Learned From The Rocky Horror Picture Show Commentary.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #392.

Beauty and the Beast gets full season.

Syfy Renews Haven For Season 4.

Spielberg, Tarantino And Zack Snyder All Say No To Star Wars.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 273: Twin Peaks.

Movie Issues Podcast: Sixteen Candles (1984)

Retroist Podcast—Episode 123: Too Close For Comfort.

On the Yuletide front, I’ve been writing chunks of the fanfic I was assigned. I’m going to get started on piecing things together, starting this weekend. From there, I’ll see if it’s long enough and work on that. The series I’m writing for is completely and utterly insane, which helps.

Talkin’ Rifftrax: The Boy In The Plastic Bubble.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Elevators.

The trailer for Vamps.

The Vampire Diaries: Candice Accola Interview.

Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan—Matt Smith and cast interview.

Dawn of the Doctor T-Shirt.

Superhero Origins: Doctor Strange.

How It Should Have Ended: The Amazing Spider-Man (With Stan Lee)

Why Time Travel Stories Should Be Messy.

The promo for this October’s Cinemassacre Monster Madness.

Writer Stan Berkowitz Looks Back On The Adventures of Superboy.

Awesome Batman and Catwoman Cosplay.

Scott Lobdell Introduces Oracle To The New 52 In Superman #0.

The Parents Of The New 52--Warning, Major Tim Drake Spoilers.

Dynamic Differences: The 10 Best Alternate Takes On Batman.

Exclusive Look At Harley Quinn From Batman Live.

Star Trek TNG Cast Reflects On How They Got The Part.

As You Wish: Little-Known Facts About The Princess Bride On Its 25th Anniversary.

5 Things You Might Not Know About The Princess Bride On Its 25th Anniversary.

Where Do These Characters Fit In The Marvel Now Future?

Does Anyone Actually Want A Ghostbusters 3?

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #172: Talk about a character created before 1970.

Marvel Honors Bendis With Plaque For Eight Years of Avengers.

Annabeth Gish joins the cast of Once Upon A Time.

Twin Peaks, Where Soap Operas Go To Dream.

Optimus Prime Transforms Between A Birthday Cake And A Groom’s Cake.

The AV Club interviews Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

7 Ways To Save The X-Men Franchise From Itself.

Warner Archive Releases A Forgotten Classic—Confessions of an Opium Eater, starring Vincent Price.

Now Playing Podcast: For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Comic Issues Podcast #85: Cartoon Scars.

I came up with two Yuletide prompts for what I want to request when sign-ups officially start--so far, though, nobody has nominated either The Superdictionary or Ghostbusters. So I’ll think of something else when the time comes, if that remains the case.

Dad’s Yahoo account was seemingly hacked earlier, and from what I can tell by looking it over with him, it was used to send out a large amount of spam and potential viruses to everyone he knows. The end result of this was a morning fielding several phone calls from relatives who were baffled and concerned by the wording of some of the gibberish, and wanting to know if he was okay. Mentally. Because the spelling was worse than usual.

Michael Hossack has passed away, following a battle with cancer, at the age of 65. May he rest in peace. People may remember him as one of the Doobie Brothers.

Josie DeCarlo passed away in her sleep, at the age of 82. May she rest in peace. She was the widow of Dan DeCarlo, and the model for Josie, of Josie And The Pussycats fame.

AIM: The Reports Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated.

Net Neutrality’s Death Rattle Starts July 12th.

Court orders Rapidshare to filter user uploads.

In light of the death of a third horse on the set of Luck, HBO has chosen to halt production of the second season, canceling the series.

Get your first look at DC Nation’s Super Best Friends Forever.

Lessons In Character Development: The Real Ghostbusters.

There’s new footage for The Avengers in this Japanese trailer.

Art from the Soviet version of The Hobbit, back in 1976.

Updates on The Hobbit pub issue, as Sir Ian McKellen adds his support.

6 Comic Stories In Which Normally Cheerful Heroes Turned Dark.

Joe Shuster’s artwork for the 1942 novel The Adventures of Superman.

First footage from Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake.

Luke Skywalker and the Doctor, playing with a lightsaber.

Bebop and Rocksteady cosplay.

David Lynch’s anti-litter ad from 1991.

Gateways To Geekery: Old-Time Radio.

21 Fresh Images From Dark Shadows.

First trailer for Superman Vs. The Elite.

From Tor: Six Weird Things We Probably Won’t See In The Amazing Spider-Man.

The Guardian interviews Mark Gatiss. If you haven’t watched season 2 of Sherlock, there are spoilers for that, along with this season of Being Human.

Nathan Fillion will play Hermes in Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters. whedonesque discusses it here.

The Film Sack podcast discusses The Crow.

Terror Transmission’s latest podcast focuses on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).

Once the Dark Shadows trailer pops up after airing on Ellen, I'll edit it in.

Edit: Here's the trailer for Dark Shadows. While it does seem funny, it...really doesn't feel like Dark Shadows, does it?