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Conrad Bain has passed away at the age of 89. May he rest in peace. He was best known for his roles on Maude and Diff’rent Strokes, as well as The Edge of Night and four episodes of Dark Shadows.

New report shows Congress' favorite BitTorrent downloads

Archive of Our Own Scheduled Downtime Tomorrow: Firewall upgrade

How You Can Help Peter David Recover.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Katma Tui.

Death, Honor, And Swords: History of JLA’s Katana.

DC Histories: Jared Stevens (Fate)

Being Human’s Sam Witwer and Sam Huntington were on io9, and answering questions yesterday.

Stan Lee’s Rants: Babies on Airplanes.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Season 3, Episode 1: Sandeep Parikh and Tony Janning

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on The Lady From Shanghai.

Ron Perazza heads to Marvel.

Walking Dead Zombie Walk is coming back to Comic Con this year.

When Nolan Met Burton: Two 'Batman' Franchises, One Mash-Up.

Big Finish: January Releases.

New Dario Argento Book Takes an Analytical Look at the Master

Gift Guide: Twin Peaks Tarot Cards.

Celebrating The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Drop Dead Diva Cancelled.

Saving Lives in Serenity: Can a Fanboy and Physics Change a Movie?

Del Toro Takes Over The Ghost Hunters Twitter Account Tonight.

The Sandman Re-Read: Preludes and Nocturnes.

Lance Henriksen Joins Hannibal.

Faces of the Beast: The Changing Look of Hank McCoy.

DC Talent Including Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Guest on Syfy's Face-Off.

Wonder Woman Scythian Redesign.

Batwoman, Kevin Keller etc get GLAAD Award nominations.

Now Playing Podcast: The Detective (1968)

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #69: BJ Novak, Elaine Ko, and Kevin Shinick.

Cross The Streams Radio Show, Episode 29.

Comic Issues #101—King of the Nerds.

F This Movie Podcast: Battle Royale (2000).

Supervillain Origins: The Mandarin.

Movie Legends Revealed: Was Roger Moore Really Ian Fleming’s First Choice To Play James Bond?

Why do so many villains get caught on purpose?

Hayley Atwell Won’t Appear In Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Gerry Anderson’s greatest hits.

Carrie has been pushed back from March to October.

Revisiting Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Leela Maxi-Bust: Doctor Who Masterpiece Collection

Doctor Who Horse Mask Cosplay

Looking back at 2005’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

Images And Descriptions For January 5th DC Nation Premieres.

William Shatner Offers JJ Abrams Some Critical Star Trek Advice Plus More TNG Doc Details

Gingerbread Star Trek Communicator.

10 To Watch In 2012: Comic Book Movies.

The Ten Best Geek Shows of 2012.

Gatchaman CG Feature Film Lawsuit Settled

Bradley James not interested in Merlin spin-off.

Monster-Sized Collection of Munsters Fan Art.

Michael Rosenbaum Reads For Guardians of the Galaxy.

Neil Gaiman Sings Fireball XL5.

First Official Clip From Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Bizarro Back Issues: Batman’s Deadly New Year (1972).

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 7

Michael Graziadei Leaving The Young And The Restless.

Bookcase/steamer trunk.

Familiar Faces: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials.

Abandoned Love: The Punisher’s A Supernatural Killer Angel?

Twin Peaks To Be Reborn In Third Series? Producer Mark Frost Dismisses The Rumor.

What Did Fringe Stars Hope to Steal from the Set?

An Evil Dead Remake Trailer Is Just Around The Corner.

David Tennant in Spies of Warsaw

Hey Kids, Comics, Season 2, Episode 4: Knightfall, Part 2.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 280: 2012 Year In Review.

Mission Log #22: Episode 22: Space Seed.

8 Obscure Yet Great British Shows.

The 12 Greatest Moments From Justice League Unlimited. All the moments I could think of managed to make the list.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Daleks. While I’ve linked to this before, this is an edited version—there’s a different voice narrating and he sounds much more like the late Peter Jones.

From Cracked: 6 Insane True Stories Behind The Stage Names of Celebrities.

The Top 10 Doctor Who Cliffhangers. Utopia and Bad Wolf are, thankfully, mentioned.

David Tennant singing the Modern Major General.

Over at The Nerdy Bird, someone’s going to have a Back to the Future themed 30th birthday party. A stretch limo that looks like the DeLorean is part of this.

Weep for humanity--behold Tent City. I'm not interested in following Twilight, but I had to stop and stare when I saw this. Follow the link to the post at ohnotheydidnt for more pictures. I think the Twilight fans managed to beat all other fandoms for level of obsession. Mostly because I believe they were camped out far longer than people camped out for The Phantom Menace.

And if I understand right, this was only to see the stars of the movie walk by? And the signs. The horribly spelled signs. I’ve also seen the pictures of people under Twilight-themed blankets while waiting. Besides any other comment I could possibly make, isn’t it too hot outside? It’s hit 110 degrees this week where I am, but I don’t know about L.A.

I tried to post this yesterday, but apparently picked a time when LJ happened to be down. Yesterday was Towel Day. aeron_lanart describes it. And apparently, going by that post, the 25th was Geek/Nerd Pride Day, too.

In Australia, ninjas saved a student from muggers.

Another meme making the rounds: What is my theme song? My thread is here. You post your username, and people tell you what your theme song should be by posting links to the lyrics or a Youtube video, or whatever they wish.

Another remake is on the horizon: it’s Soapdish this time. Yes, they’re actually remaking Soapdish. I downloaded it at one point, and it was okay—I don’t like Sally Field or Robert Downey, Jr., so I guess I was mainly watching for Whoopi.

Here’s an interview with Jose Molina, where he discusses what it was like to write his two episodes of Firefly.

The Five Coolest And Five Strangest Batman Comic Crossovers.