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Richard Briers has passed away at the age of 79, following a long struggle with a lung condition. May he rest in peace. For Doctor Who fans, he appeared in the Seventh Doctor story Paradise Towers, playing the Chief Caretaker. He also played the role of Henry Parker, in the Torchwood episode A Day In The Death. I also remember that he played Smee in the 2003 version (which I think I saw on Encore once) of Peter Pan, and had a role in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).

CISPA is back: worst Internet law since SOPA needs you to fight it

Hyperlinking Is Not Copyright Infringement, Scholars Say

SDCC Hotel Reservations Tuesday, February 26 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET

Comic-Con 2013 Badge Registration Recap: The Highs and The Lows

Barefoot Gen Manga's Unfinished Sequel Draft Found

Reece Shearsmith has been cast as Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time

The 10 Best Moments in The 24 Hours of Gallifrey One

Interview: The Odyssey of Neal Adams.

Grace Randolph’s Between The Pages: Death of the Family—Batman #17.

Image of the Day: Best BTAS Screenshots #1.

Preview: Nightwing #17.

Ain’t It Cool News talks with Dustin Nguyen about L’il Gotham.

Comics You Should Own – Sandman Mystery Theatre

Superman on TV: February 18th-24th.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange – That Time Superman Gained the Ability to Shoot a Mini-Superman Out of His Hands

Comic Book Casting: Madman Live-Action Movie.

Mark Waid on reinventing comics for the digital era.

New Lego Marvel Super Heroes Concept Art Arrives Online.

Atop The Fourth Wall: Night of Atop The Fourth Wall Live.

First clip from Oz the Great and Powerful shows the wicked temper of Oz's witches

Benedict Cumberbatch Narrates The New Star Trek Into Darkness Motion Poster

Introducing the movie neighbors from hell.

Slimer Deluxe Wall Relief Now Available On eBay.

Restored Back to the Future Hero DeLorean Time Machine now on display at Universal Studios

5 Horror Sequels We’d Love To See.

From Cracked: 5 Grimms’ Fairy Tales Way Too Dark To Read To Kids.

Revenge, Italian Style: 5 Spaghetti Westerns Worth Your Time

Crowning the Better Holmes & Watson

The Best Hardee’s Premium Offer Ever? Gremlins’ Albums and Storybooks. I think I had those when I was 3 or 4.

Watch a clip from the 2004 unaired pilot of Dark Shadows

Joss Whedon Talks of 'Hopeful' S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot, Plans for Maria Hill and Other Marvel Characters

Silly Hobbitssess and Goofy Giants: When Did Fantasy Movies Get Taken Over by Comic Relief?

The Top 5: Cartoon Characters That’d Make Memorable Presidents

Trailers From Hell: Max Landis on Love Exposure

Tom Hanks vs. the Fonz: 35-plus Oscar nominees in weird TV guest spots

Comics Alliance Reviews 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret Of The Ooze' (1991), Part One

Fandom Manifesto: Dollhouse.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): February 18th.

The Downey Files, Episode 10: Mermen. Chris Downey talks with David Fury.

Film Sack Podcast #150: The Warriors (1979)

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast: The One With Mark Altman

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 80: Guyver: Mutronics (1991)

Steven Utley has passed away, at the age of 64, after slipping into a coma. May he rest in peace. The author had been battling “Type 4 cancer in his intestines, liver, and lungs, and a lesion on his brain.”

The next movie for Svengoolie is Cult of the Cobra.

The Past Was Close Behind: Magneto and Cyclops Have An Intriguing Conversation.

Elementary to get more serialized as Moriarty enters.

Every Batman Actor’s Face Morphed into One Perfect Bruce Wayne

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: Perchance To Dream and The Cape And Cowl Conspiracy.

Star Trek: Catching Up With Diana Muldaur, Part 2.

Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles Starts Shooting In April

Statements Following WB's Win in Superman Copyright Battle

Neal Adams Cover For London Super Comic Con Programme

Obscurus Lupa Presents: Witchcraft.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

House To Astonish Podcast, Episode 98.

End of Year Feedback Meme.

50+ Glorious Opening Voiceovers From Science Fiction Movies.

From Think Geek: Victorian Retro Phone Handset.

11 must-read sci-fi novels that would make perfect gifts.

New trailer for Doctor Who: The Snowmen.

Doctor Who To Return April 2013.

Matt Smith On Future: ‘All Good Things Come To An End.’

TARDIS Desktop PC: Harness the raw computing power of the Time Vortex.

Holiday Gift Guide: Neal Adams Sketch Of Batman Riding A Unicorn.

Interview: Kyle Higgins Goes For The Jugular In Nightwing #15. Newsarama interviews him here.

DC Histories: Edward Nigma (The Riddler).

Stan Lee’s Rants: For Women’s Rights.

Sophia Myles Toplines Supernatural Thriller Blackwood.

On Arrow, Roy Harper will be played by Colton Haynes.

A new clip from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, as they sing the Misty Mountains song. I might not be a fan, but I have to say that bit is wonderfully done.

33 Hobbit and Lord of the Rings T-Shirts.

Terence Stamp Talks Destiny, Vanity and His Thoughts On Michael Shannon Playing General Zod In Man of Steel.

Syfy’s 20th Anniversary Special…Some Thoughts.

Off-Duty: Hanie Mohd’s Captain Marvel In Formal Wear

X-Men: First Class Concept Art Featuring Alternate Costumes For Havok and Mystique.

10 More Episodes That Every Sci-Fi Show Must Have.

Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Kills Weird Desk?

Beautiful Vintage Firefly Necklaces And Lockets.

Top 10 Cartoons of the 1980s.

Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Rainn Wilson Are Ghostbusters…For Jason Reitman’s Live Read. Terrible, terrible casting even if it isn’t actually a new movie.

10 episodes that show how Buffy the Vampire Slayer blew up genre TV.

Now Playing Podcast: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out (1989)

The Forgotten Flix Podcast: Caveman (1981)

Nerdist Writer’s Panel #67: 2012 In Review, Part 1.

Comic Issues #96—Who Likes The Holidays.

Had a trip to the doctor earlier, for my regular appointment. For those interested, Hemoglobin was 14.7, and Hematocrit was 44.3 So everything’s fine there. (For those that might be new to my friends list and wonder, I almost died 9 1/2 years ago when the hemoglobin was 2.0, in addition to double pneumonia. So I keep tabs on it.)

Steven Franken has passed away, at the age of 80, as a result of cancer. May he rest in peace. If he’s who I’m thinking of, he played a warlock who was henpecked by his mother, and had a crush on Samantha on Bewitched. Where he also played five other characters. He was also in an episode of the Adam West version of Batman as a valet, and was the voice of someone in Batman: The Animated Series. His best remembered role would be as the rich and snobby Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and for MST3K fans he ended up in Stranded In Space.

In Praise Of The Doomsday Machine (and William Windom).

U.S. Returns Seized Domains To Streaming Links Site (After 18 Months).

Own e-books? Publishers to pay back millions over price fixing charges.

Oracle knew about currently exploited Java vulnerabilities for months, researcher says.

How It Should Have Ended: The Dark Knight Rises—Bane Bonus.

Read a preview of Detective Comics #0.

Talking Rifftrax: Ghosthouse.

Pond Life: Part 4.

Doctor Who Episode Posters Released.

8 Female Candidates Who Could Theoretically Play The 12th Doctor In Doctor Who.

Jorge Garcia guest stars in Once Upon A Time.

The Evil Cat’s Out Of The Bag In This Grimm Clip.

The Many Kisses of Superman and Wonder Woman.

The Justice League/Transformers Comic That Never Was.

Warner Bros. must be kicking themselves that they let Joss Whedon get away.

Michael Keaton Replaces Hugh Laurie In Robocop.

The Line It Is Drawn #104—Superheroes Get New Jobs.

More of the Hero Complex interview with Neal Adams.

New Diamond Select Trek Toys On The Way.

Geek Gear: Monty Python/Dark Knight Rises ‘The Black Knight Rises’ Shirt.

Marvel Tease The Return Of Dark Phoenix.

Stan Lee’s Bloggerin’ Time.

The Weekly Geek: Dragon Con.

Make your own Barnabas Collins costume.

Has Dark Shadows outgrown Victoria Winters?

310 TV Series And Movie Marathons And Events For Labor Day Weekend 2012. Logo will be having a Buffy marathon, BBC America will have a Doctor Who marathon, and Encore will have a Superheroes Labor Day marathon which includes Darkman, Spawn, The Shadow, Flash Gordon, Hulk, The Green Hornet, Superman 1-4, and Batman Returns. Those that have Chiller TV have a Buffy marathon there, too.

Dr. Horrible sequel to hopefully be in production ‘within the next year.’

Neil Gaiman on a trampoline.

The Law Office of Lando Calrissian.

The secret allure of the spoiler.

The 5 Coolest (And 5 Strangest) Marvel Comics Foodstuffs.

Psylocke Redesign By Bryan Lee O’Malley.

The inspiration for Comic Sans gives his verdict on this ‘awful’ font.

From Cracked: 6 Ironic Coincidences Behind the Scenes of Famous Movies.

Premiere Date For Red Dwarf X.

P:R Regulars: Yasmin Liang’s Art.

Sherlock Re-Imagined in New Paradigm’s Watson and Sherlock.

Comics Aren’t Just For Eyes Anymore.

Burger King Stormtrooper.

Watch a fake ad for the Back to the Future Hoverboard.

Grand Theft Auto: Hill Valley, Back To The Future Version.

10 Things We Know About The Psycho Prequel TV Pilot Bates Motel.

Katie Longua Imagines Superheroes As Pokemon Trainers.

Fringe Season 5 Promo #2.

Not The Droids You’re Look For T-Shirt. Crossing over with MST3K.

Watch The Avengers In Theaters This Labor Day Weekend. Whedonesque discusses the news here.

Comic Book Club Podcast: J.K. Woodward.

Hey Kids Comics Podcast, Season 1 Episode 7: Transmetropolitan.

Mission Log Podcast #4, Episode 4: Where No Man Has Gone Before.

And now, a meme, taken from a few on my friends list:

Name a fictional character and I'll tell you three reasons I wouldn't want to date them.