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Google Reader Is Being Retired.

Poll Technica: Where should we go when Google Reader is put out to pasture? 8 Google Reader Alternatives That Will Ease Your RSS Pain.

Manga Reading Site JManga to End Service in May

Twinkies Returning To The US By Summer.

‘Hey, Let’s Fandom!’ Multi-Fandom Friending Meme.

A celebration of Louis Jourdan

Mini-Comics Day 2013 Coming March 24th.

Caroline Skinner steps down as Executive Producer of Doctor Who.

The Veronica Mars Movie Kickstarter Project hit its goal of $2 million. As of the last time I looked, it was at $2,589,961, with 29 days to go. It went to $1 million in less than 5 hours.

11 Cult TV Shows Besides Veronica Mars that Deserve Kickstarter-Funded Movies

Warner Bros. claims Tolkien Estate breached Hobbit contract

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 16, A Thief In The Night

Dimestore Dames spotlights Dr. Serling ‘Doc Rocket’ Roquette

DC Histories: Captain Carrot.

Starfire: Where Do I Start?

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Top Ten Supporting Characters

IDW to reprint Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman comic strips

Alan Cumming Is Not In X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Will Sliney Profiles The Fearless Defenders: Dani Moonstar

An Interview With Kieron Gillen On Kid Loki and Journey Into Mystery: "Trust Your Instincts" (Part 1 of 2)

Gimmick or Good? – Superman #75

New Man of Steel Still.

The lesson of the comiXology blackout

Top 10 Worst Superhero Movie Costumes

Producer Brandon Vietti Discusses The End Of Young Justice, Looks Back At Series In New Interview

Image of the Day: Favorite Images from Knightfall #2

Image of the Day: Favorite Images from Knightfall #3

How did the Being Human ending compare to past finales?

Xfinity On Demand Comcast Subscribers Can Check In to Bates Motel Early

Five Things to Look For in the Upcoming 'Bates Motel'

DIY: Hellraiser Rubik’s Cube Puzzle Box

The 10 Best Uses Of Canes In Science Fiction.

Look Inside Upcoming ‘How To Speak Klingon’ Audio Phrasebook

Colorado Neurological Institute raffling Back to the Future items to benefit Parkinson's patients

Hot Wheels Heritage 1:18 Scale Ecto-1 Announced

Sigourney Weaver Fighting an Alien and Slimer With a Proton Pack Art Raffle.

Here’s the Theatrical Poster For ‘Birdemic 2: The Resurrection’

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on Captain's Courageous

Screen Media Acquires VOD Rights to ‘Coffin Joe’ Films

10 episodes that show why MacGyver was more than a punchline

Neverwhere Clips.

SOAPnet's 50-Hour General Hospital Marathon Kicks Off With Very First Episode

Geekfest Rants, Episode 131: Superman: The Movie (1978)

Comic Issues #109—Shamrocking.

Now Playing Podcast: Jonah Hex (2010)

Comcast’s Six Strikes Email With Infringement Details Surfaces

The Pirate Bay Moves to North Korea, Gets Virtual Asylum

ECCC: Williams Handles Epic Heroes In Fairest And Artful Daggers

ECCC: Cosplay Gallery.

ECCC ’13 Liveblogging ‘Marvel: The Next Big Thing’

ECCC ’13: Liveblogging ‘The Amazing, Awesome IDW Panel’

ECCC Exclusive: Joe Harris Explores IDW's X-Files: Season 10

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): March 4th

So you want to read X-Men?

Chris Claremont’s X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie Musings.

X-Men: The Last Stand Deleted Scene—Cyclops Catches A Peeping Wolverine.

Worlds’ Finest to See Creative Changes as First Year Closes

Yet Another New Iron Man 3 Poster.

Superman on TV: March 4th-10th.

Superman legal battle isn’t over yet: Siegels try a new strategy

Rumour: Christian Bale To Play Batman In Justice League, Directed By Zack Snyder, Produced By Christopher Nolan. This will more than likely not be happening.

Great Pages: Justice League of America #21.

How Catwoman Almost Looked in New 52 and What Got Covered Up in Catwoman #2

Atop The Fourth Wall: March of the Titans—Team History.

From Cracked: 3 Comic Book Moments That Prove Batman Is Bad At Hiring.

Ghostbusters Typography Art.

Trailers From Hell: Mark Goldblatt on Tenebre

‘Hobbit’ passes the $1 billion mark at the box office

Sam Raimi Clarifies His Evil Dead 4 Comments. That’s pretty much what I expected, actually.

Animation preview - The Ice Warriors - Doctor Who

David Tennant and Arthur Darvill in new pictures and trailer from ITV's Broadchurch

David Tennant Signs More Cards To Boost Charity

New Fathom Trailer For Best Of Both Worlds

1987’s Devil Dynamite has it all: vampires, ninjas, and vampire ninjas

The Dibbuk Box Will Be Opened Again With The Possession 2

Comics Alliance Reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Part One.

Pulp Nightmare, Episode 65. Hysterical.

Here’s what an actual Six Strikes copyright alert looks like. Comcast Punishes BitTorrent Pirates With Browser Hijack.

Are Cable Companies Hoping Usage-Based Internet Access Will Help Thwart Netflix?

Time Warner Cable says there's no consumer demand for gigabit internet

High Court Orders UK ISPs to Block Kat.ph, H33T and Fenopy

San Diego Comic Con hotels sold out in about 2 minutes.

New Short From Rifftrax: Ten Long Minutes

For the curious, the Rifftrax Kickstarter page has reached $174,410, with 26 days to go. Here’s their recent video with their plea.

Showcase Renews Lost Girl For Season 4; Syfy will air it, too.

Off My Mind: Consequences of Batman Incorporated #8.

Help Wanted: 10 Applicants For The New Robin.

A poster for The Dark Knight, drawn by Daniel Nash

Image of the Day: Awkward 1950′s and 1960′s Batman Moments #4

Deadman: Where Do I Start?

Top 10 Things That Make Stan Lee Awesome.

Stunning Glow-In-The Dark Steampunk Iron Man Cake

Great Moments in Comics History: What If? #19

Image Relaunches Joe’s Comics Imprint With Help From Straczynski, Templesmith, and Sienkiewicz

11 Most Controversial Comic Books.

Defining the Doctor: The Tomb of the Cybermen

Weeping Angel Doll

Cult moves to Fridays on the CW.

Doctor Gash's Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies Ever #1 - The Exorcist

Movie Legends Revealed: Was There Really an Octopus in The Goonies?

Star Wars X-Wing Bed.

Snow Yoda.

What Movies Look Like Before Special Effects.

Sherlock’s E-Card.

Oz: The Great And Powerful cover for Entertainment Weekly.

8 Great Mythological Creatures That Desperately Need to Be in More Movies

Ninja Turtles Moves to June 2014

21 Surprising Facts About Your Favorite Childhood TV Shows.

The BBC’s Zombie PSA – Keep Calm And Avoid The Undead

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 14, Fire and Water.

CBS Announces Start Of Production On Under the Dome

You can watch the two-minute international trailer for the first season of Hannibal here.

Titanium ring conceals saw and handcuff opener

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #166—Live Stream.

Saturday B Movie Reel #100: End of the World.

Film Bin Super-List Special: ‘Cartoon Villains’, Part 1

Film Bin Super-List Special: ‘Cartoon Villains’, Part 2

Mission Log #30—Episode 30—Amok Time.

Spider rain wasn’t so strange. Those with a massive fear of spiders probably shouldn’t watch the video. I’d say being stuck there at that particular moment in time would be my own nightmare.

Kentucky Experiences Real-Life ‘Birds’ Terror As Millions Flock To Small City. Instead of spiders, a city a short distance from here is getting this.

Saturn Award Nominees. Whedonesque reacts to The Avengers and The Cabin In The Woods being nominated here.

CCI Issues Statement Regarding Registration Technical Issues

X-Men Sequel Days of Future Past Teased for SDCC 2013

How one man’s lies almost destroyed the comics industry

Stan Lee’s Rants: Pennies.

CBR News interviews Brian Michael Bendis

DC Announces Venditti, Fialkov, Jordan and Giffen on Green Lantern Titles

DC Histories: Vibe.

Kyle Higgins Talks Nightwing’s Big Move Out Of Gotham

Image of the Day: Best BTAS Screenshots #3

Top 10 Most Terrifying Toy Commercials Of The 80’s—Part 2.

Rachelle Lefevre Joins Under The Dome

Kirk Ward joins the Zombieland series as Tallahassee

An Adventure in Space and Time: TARDIS designer cast

Bruce Campbell Wants To Buy You An Evil Dead Tattoo

Proton Pack To Be Given Away At Retro Con 2013.

The Sandman Re-Read: Fables and Reflections.

Eileen Davidson Returning To Young And The Restless.

Random Roles: Jeffrey Combs on Re-Animator’s endurance, playing H.P. Lovecraft, and more.

Oz The Great and Powerful—Behind the Scenes

Oz The Great and Powerful Extended Sneak Peek

Horror Etc, Episode 287: Long Live The New Flesh

Now Playing Podcast: A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)

Comic Issues #106—Spoiler Alert.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 128: New York Toy Fair 2013—Part 1

Film Bin Podcast: Outland (1981)

DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd & Major Private BitTorrent Trackers

Large Hadron Collider shuts down for two years of upgrades

svmadelyn made this Valentine Love Meme. You may want to check to see if you happen to be listed. Whoever it was that tossed my name out there, thank you so much—that was unexpected, but definitely a welcome surprise.

Nathan Fillion Is Taking Valentine Requests

The 12 Most Horrifically Bad Dates in All of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Stan Lee’s Rants: How It Should Have Ended. It’s a crossover with How It Should Have Ended, for the Star Wars movies, Inception, and Batman.

San Diego Comic Con badges go on sale on February 16th—here’s your video guide.

ComicsPRO and CBLDF Team-Up for Second Annual Live Auction

Tales From The Code: You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.

Canada Has Bipartisan Agreement Opposing Zombies

The Line It Is Drawn #126: Valentine’s Day With The Superheroes.

Peter Dinklage joins the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past. While they don’t say which character he’ll play, my best guess is Puck.

Alternate The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Web-Shooter Designs Arrive Online.

Hayley Atwell Will Return (Briefly) In Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

New Iron Man 3 Poster.

The Night Gwen Stacy Died Cover Art Expected To Go For Over Two Hundred Thousand

Rocket Raccoon: Where Do I Start?

Interview: Scott Snyder On Death Of The Family.

10 Things Geoff Johns Added To The Green Lantern Mythos.

Rumored New Writers For The Green Lantern Books.

Claire Holt joins the spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals.

A Jurassic Park 3D Poster.

Ultimate Back To The Future Collectible: Biff’s Manure Car.

Griff’s Hoverboard For Sale On eBay.

One Trek Mind #63: 10 Best Trek Romances

The Evolution of Star Trek.

The Darth Vader Knife That’s Made To Go With a Kilt

The Hobbit Re-Read, Chapter 12: Inside Information.

Transformation and Death: The Witches.

Amazingly realistic David Bowie dolls

Night Of The Living Dead (1968): 3 different prints at Archive.org

Evil Dead Fest Announced.

Top 10 Superhero Movie Costumes.

Hey Kids, Comics Vol 2 07 Happy Birthday, Superman Part 2.

Pulp Nightmare Pulp Commentary: Judge Dredd

Comic Book Club Podcast: New Paradigm Studios.

Death’s Door Prods Podcast—Let’s Watch: Young Frankenstein (1974) Commentary

Death’s Door Prods Podcast—Let’s Watch: Spaceballs (1987)

Seven vulnerabilities found through Mega’s security bounty program

Peter David is home and recovering.

Goodbye G4 TV, hello Esquire Network

The CW renews Arrow, Vampire Diaries, Supernatural.

Clancy Brown Joins Lego Batman Premiere

Image of the Day: The Early History of Dick and Babs #1

Comic Book Casting: The Dark Knight Returns Movie

The AV Club looks back at the Batman: The Animated Series episode ‘Over The Edge.’

Editorial: Why World’s Finest Should Be The Next DC Comics Movie

Bryan Singer breaks his silence on Man of Steel.

Geoff Johns Leaving Green Lantern With Issue #20.

New Spider-Man Sideshow Classics Statue.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange – The X-Men and the Case of the Exploding Communion Wafers

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Nightcrawler was a Priest?

Jack the Giant Slayer - Official Trailer #2

Atop The Fourth Wall: Youngblood #5 and Star Wars 3D #1.

David Morrissey interview: The Walking Dead, the Governor, Doctor Who and more.

Moffat: Matt Smith is ‘not going.’

Alternate History of Doctor Who: Female Cast As The Doctor.

Rumored Doctor Who Monster Return Confirmed.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Will Be In 3D.

New Information On Mattel’s Ecto Goggles Prop Replica.

100 Episodes: DuckTales invented a new animated wonderland—that quickly disappeared.

10 Amazing Horror Comedies.

Toy Fair 2013: More Pics of Pacific Rim Collectibles

Toy Fair 2013: A Look At NECA’s Carrie Figures.

Toy Fair 2013: Mattel Reveals Castle Grayskull

Hasbro Star Trek Line Unveiled At Toy Fair—Possibly Revealing Some Into Darkness Clues.

Toy Fair 2013: Playmates Reveal New Bebop & Rocksteady Figures

Elizabeth Olsen Hints at Godzilla's Somber Tone

‘Hobbit’ earns first Oscars with science, tech

Under The Dome Will Hit Amazon, NOT Netflix or Hulu.

Superman on TV: February 11th-17th.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on The Heartbreak Kid

Comics Alliance Reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Part Two.

Birdemic II: The Resurrection Spreads Its Wings In June. And I can only hope Rifftrax mocks it mercilessly soon after.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): February 11th.

All My Children And One Life To Live To Begin Production On February 25th.

Bonnie and Clyde Cast: Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger

Tysto Commentaries: The Thing (2011)

Star Trek Monthly Monday #48: The Original Series: Devil In The Dark.

Dutch Court Refuses To Try Self-Confessed Pirate Bay Uploader.

Colin Morgan won the National Television Award for Best Drama Performance for Merlin.

Christian Bale calls a young leukemia patient just to talk about Batman.

Peter Weller on voicing Batman in The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Stan Lee cancels appearance at Amazing Arizona Comic Con

Doctor Who Perpetual Calendar Is A Work Of Art.

Doctor Who: Silver Coins For The Golden Anniversary.

Alison Sweeney lists five favorite episodes of Days Of Our Lives.

Mondo unveils their two newest Lord of the Rings posters.

Hermione Granger: The Brightest Witch Of Her Age T-Shirt.

The 36 Greatest Supervillain Musical Numbers Of All Time.

Doc Brown Cola T-Shirt.

New TV trailer for Jack The Giant Slayer.

A Stop At Twilight Zone 4.0?

Mind Meld: How SFF Influences Your Life.

Top 10 TV Shows Based On Indie Comics, Pre-Walking Dead.

The 15 Most Nightmare-Inducing Muppets.

Princess Bride T-Shirt Terrifies Qantas Passengers.

The New Leprechaun Movie Will Be More Serious, Like We All Wanted.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Pet Sematary.

Long Lost Script Pages For Deleted The Shining Finale.

David Gordon Green’s Suspiria remake Caught Up In Legal Woes.

Banner For CW’s Forthcoming Series Cult.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 10, A Warm Welcome.

No Emma Frost In X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie?

The Line It Is Drawn #123—Post-Apocalyptic Comic Book Characters.

To Boldly Go Crazy: The Weird Fan Art Adventures of the Starship Enterprise.

Pop My Culture #105: Stephen Tobolowsky

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 284.

The Ice Cream Headache Podcast interviews Kevin Murphy.

Hey Kids Comics Podcast, Volume 2, Episode 4: Farewell, Hellblazer

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 75: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

Saturday B Movie Reel #96: Super Cyclone.

Canadian Court Refuses To Ship Megaupload Servers To The US.

New Images, Cast Interviews for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Could Damian Wayne Kill The Joker?

Possible New Wonder Woman Has Experience At Torchwood, As A Misfit And Of Being Human.

Justice League Exclusive, Part 3: Making The Animated Series.

Your Living Room Needs These Justice League Prints.

Director Roman Coppola almost made a Doctor Strange movie back in 1992

Alphas cancelled by Syfy.

Syfy Finalizing A Straight-to-Series Deal for Ron Moore's Helix

Horror Poster Redux: Mondo Does Jaws…

Two New Images from Frankenstein's Army

Warner Bros. Planning Gremlins Reboot. Again.

Gremlins 3? Only If There’s a CGI-Limitation Clause In The Contract, Please

10 Marvel Heroes That Should Meet With Their Past Selves.

British Shows On DVD and Blu-Ray For January.

11 Heart-Melting Doctor Who Moments.

Revisiting Torchwood: what is its legacy?

Stephen King Reveals Shining Sequel Details.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Christine.

Geeky Nesting Dolls.

How It Should Have Ended: The Hobbit. Worth a watch, especially for their version of Misty Mountains at the very end.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 9, Barrels Out of Bond.

Gateways To Geekery: Kathryn Bigelow.

Marvel Characters Typography.

Sam Raimi’s Horror Short That Inspired The Evil Dead—Within The Woods.

From Cracked: 6 Deleted Backstories That Totally Change Classic Movies.

Patrick Lussier, Laeta Kalogridis To Pen New Terminator Film.

Deadpool Shot First: A Collection of Ridiculous Deadpool Crossover Art.

Sherlock series 3: what do we know so far – and what can we deduce?

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 283: Alfred Hitchcock Director Spotlight (Part 3).

Saturday B Movie Reel #95—Starcrash.

Mission Log #24—Episode 24—This Side of Paradise.

Game of Thrones star Wilco Johnson has terminal pancreatic cancer.

Buffy vs. Edward remix unfairly removed by Lionsgate.

It’s official: 2012 was the hottest year ever in the U.S.

New Year, New You? 10 Extreme Superhero Makeovers.

What TV shows should others resolve to add in 2013?

All The Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming In 2013

The Dark Knight Trilogy In 3 Minutes.

Justice League Exclusive: Making The Animated Series, Part 1.

Every Significant Superman Logo Infographic.

Warner Bros. wins huge legal decison in Superman case—Updated

Stan Lee's Real Life Radioactive Ooze

Son of Atop The Fourth Wall Live.

A House Shaped Like a Flying Saucer, Perched Atop a Volcano

Revisiting Torchwood: James Moran interview.

Starfleet Academy Class Ring (2009)

Texas Chainsaw 3D Sequel Talk Premature, No Movement Yet

New Line Announces Y: The Last Man Director

Prometheus, ParaNorman, Frankenweenie, Hitchcock Take Oscar Nominations.

Skyfall, The Hobbit and The Avengers Nominated For Academy Awards. The latter one is for Visual Effects, and Whedonesque reacts to the news here.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: Different Seasons.

Carrie - Official Teaser (Revised Release Date)

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 8, Flies and Spiders.

Aaron Johnson has been offered the human lead in Godzilla.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 282: The Horror Hall of Fame

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: Knightfall, Part 3.

Saturday B Movie Reel #94—The Monster of Phantom Lake.

Mission Log #23—Episode 23—A Taste of Armageddon.

Sean Pultz Commentaries: Ghostbusters (1984) Commentary.

We’re up to Dumpster #11 for Nellie’s house. One of the workers has just been hauling everything daily, even as the others are rotated in and out in shifts...as of today, between pulling things out, he’s just staggering through the rain, looking done in. Which isn’t a surprise, since it’s looking like she had more stuff in there than could possibly fit, and the workers are still not done.

Leader of BitTorrent piracy ring sentenced to five years in prison.

$7,000 Damages for Sharing a ‘For Dummies’ Book on BitTorrent

Peter David is in need of financial assistance after his stroke—here is how you can help. Whedonesque discusses this here. Likely due to the fact that everyone is going to his site at the same time, it’s having issues with going up and down. Just be patient.

77 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For In 2013.

Pop culture resolutions for 2013.

10 To Watch In 2013: Television.

The Ten Best Geek Movies of 2012.

Thunder and Lighting Come to DC Nation

DC Nation Debuts Amethyst Cartoon.

P:R Approved: Daniel Krall’s Joker and Harley Quinn

Man Proposes Dressed As Ood.

Warner Bros. Settles Half of Smallville Lawsuit

The Tolkien Nerd’s Guide To The Hobbit.

Rumor: Universal plans Middle Earth theme park?

A Fifty Year Old Copy of The Hobbit Goes To Bag End.

Time Warner Cable drops Current TV after sale.

Star Trek DS9’s Emissary At 20: An Appreciation.

How Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Helped To Invent Everything You Love.

Doctor Who: 9 things we know about Clara/Oswin.

Series Of Short Stories Announced To Celebrate Doctor Who 50th Anniversary

From Think Geek: Doctor Who TARDIS Play Tent.

Evil Dead (2013) Red Band Trailer #2. NSFW, massive amounts of gore—not for the squeamish, given what I saw of what happened to someone’s eye and tongue. And there’s what I think was the infamous tree scene. So if you don’t want to see that, it’s best to avoid this.

Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters New Red Band Trailer #2. Slightly NSFW due to language and fleeting nudity.

Trailers From Hell: Josh Olson on Straight Time

From It’s Just Some Random Guy: Marvel/DC Happy New Year Card Parody Collection.

New Oz: The Great And Powerful Images.

Remembering Peter Parker: The Importance of the Amazing Spider-Man.

I Find Your Lack Of Jiggawatts Disturbing Art Print.

Principal Strickland's 1985-A House from Back to the Future Part II is for Sale in Whittier

Interview: How Brandon Sanderson Ended The Wheel Of Time

Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli Classics Featured on Zippo Lighter Series

The Greatest Manga Censorship Fails

Isn’t It About Time You Gave Supernatural Season 1 Another Chance?

Exclusive Interview with Robin Shelby aka Slimer

Best Art Ever (This Week): January 4th.

Top 10 Werewolf Movies.

Colorful Vintage Moon Maps.

What is the subtext of George Lucas’ exit interviews?

Ask Chris #135: Under The Hood.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #400 (Part 1)

First Full Look At Firefly From Arrow’s Midseason Premiere.

Delete My Browser History Medicalert Bracelet.

Ringo Starr - With Great Power Extended Interview

The Cinefiles Presents: Deleted—Argento (scenes from the cutting room floor).

The 10 Weirdest Deaths By Technology.

Memory Wipe: Does the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series still thrill?

New Photos From Oblivion, Man of Steel, and World War Z.

Neil Gaiman Apparently Working On Another Doctor Who Project—And Probably Not For The Eleventh Doctor.

10 of the Most Pointless Action Figures Ever Made.

Retro Calendars for 2013 - 1991 Revisited

Check Into Bates Motel March 18th.

Conversing On Comics With Warren Ellis

Nerdist Podcast: Warren Ellis.

Fantastic Fangirls Podcast: Comfort Media.

Movie Issues Podcast: Best of 2012.

Bad Movie Fiends Podcast #158: Joysticks (1983)

Saturday B Movie Reel #93—Behemoth.

Mike Hopkins has passed away, at the age of 53, due to drowning after falling out of a raft while on a river. May he rest in peace. He won an Academy Award for his work on Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He worked on Return To Oz, Blade Runner, Heavenly Creatures, Time Bandits, the 2005 remake of King Kong, Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive (AKA Braindead) and The Frighteners, and much more.

Peter David suffered a stroke while on vacation. There is an update on his current condition here. Best wishes to him for a speedy recovery.

Jonathan Frid remembered.

SearchFreak’s Top 12 File-Sharing And Copyright Events of 2012.

Fandom Stocking: Volunteer Time.

What Counts As ‘Horror’?

Editorial: A Note On The Current State Of Horror Television.

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012.

Most Overlooked Movies of 2012: Cabin In The Woods, Bernie and More.

Your Last Injection Of Great Cosplay For 2012.

The Hellboy Memorial Awards: Comics Alliance’s Best Comics of 2012, Part 4.

The best superhero and mainstream comics of 2012.

The best graphic novels and art comics of 2012.

The Coolest And Wrongest Spoilers Of 2012.

The Most Baffling Pop Culture Moments of 2012.

A New MegaSpider Image To Close Out 2012.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 365: Starman #80.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 366: Doom Patrol #63.

When We First Met—The Cast Of Sandman.

Handmade Silver TARDIS Necklace.

Superman on TV: December 31st-January 6th.

From Cracked: 4 Insane New Year’s Celebrations From Around The World.

Lost Girl—Season 3—New Poster.

Man stuffs Denny’s entire Hobbit menu down his Hobbit-hole.

A Massive, Interactive Chart Of All Of Zeus’ Offspring and Affairs.

First Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters TV Spot.

Atop The Fourth Wall: The Next 15 Screw-Ups Of Atop The Fourth Wall

Skyfall Passes $1 Billion Worldwide.

Marvel Readies Amazing Spider-Man #700 2nd Printing.

10 Science Fiction TV Characters We Hope Will Die In 2013.

Sonequa Martin-Green is joining the cast of Once Upon A Time.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 73: Ghostbusters II (1989) Commentary.

Film Sack Podcast, Episode 145: Predators (2010)

Now Playing Podcast: New Year’s Evil (1980)

Stan Lee Turns 90 Today.

Stan Lee At 90: 90 Reasons To Love ‘The Man.’

Ian Bryce - With Great Power Extended Interview

Being Peter Parker: Thoughts On Amazing Spider-Man #700.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Surpasses $500 Million Worldwide.

The Soviets Made A Hobbit Movie In 1985. It’s So Terrible, It’s Incredible.

Great Quotes About Writing From Game of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin.

Only Bruce Wayne can afford this ludicrously expensive Batman chess set.

Women of the Whedonverse T-Shirt.

Labyrinth Knocker Earrings.

10 To Watch In 2013: Comic Book Characters.

The 10 Most-Anticipated Geek Movies of 2013.

The Absolute Best Cosplay Of 2012.

iFanboy’s Best of 2012: Best Comics Stuff That Isn’t Comics.

Doctor Who: Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman interview each other

Play The Game Of Time T-Shirt.

NBC Officially Passes On Mockingbird Lane.

Rumor: Star Wars Comics License Returning To Marvel?

The Worst TV Of 2012.

Marvin The Martian, Hong Kong Phooey Live/CG Footage Leaked.

The Hub January 2013 Highlights: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation Joins, Batman and Superman Movies.

Titles For Young Justice, Green Lantern: The Animated Series Episodes Airing January 2013.

From Cracked: 6 Places You’ll Recognize From The Background Of Every Movie.

Best Art Ever (This Week): December 28th.

Awesome Retro X-Men Comic Book Cover Tattoo.

FYI: What Kind Of Dinosaur Meat Would Taste Best?

10 Incredibly Stupid Ways Superheroes and Villains Have Died.

51 Things We Learned From The Looper Commentary.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #399.

Ask Chris #134: The Dubious Continuity of Rudolph’s Shiny New Year.

Bill Morrison organizing art auctions to help save Metro Entertainment.

New Stills From Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer.

Film Pigs DVD Commentary #45: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Movie Issues Podcast: Strange Days (1995)

ACTA Gets Death Certificate In Europe.

Net Neutrality Bill Aimed At ISP Data Caps Introduced In US Senate.

New Legislation Mandates Investigation of Video Games and Violent Behavior.

Spin magazine ceases print publication, shocking almost no one.

Crossposts between Livejournal and Dreamwidth might be slow.

A Yuletide focused carol.

Prompts For Yuletide Pinch Hitters.

You can find all of the Yuletide prompts either here or on this single page.

14 Best Craigslist Ads Of The Apocalypse.

Where Did The End of the World Find You?

11 Reasons We Hope The World Actually Ends Later Today.

Gremlins is a perfect holiday movie for those all out of Christmas cheer.

Five Less Conventional Ways The World Will End.

You can own a perfect replica of River Song’s sonic screwdriver and diary.

Lego Officially Announce Back to the Future DeLorean Kit For Next Year.

Original Slimer maquette gets restored.

The Line It Is Drawn #120—Happy Holidays.

P:R Approved: Chris Bachalo’s Cyclops

Trailers From Hell: Marshall Harvey on The Sword and the Sorcerer. The trailer is NSFW.

CW Targets Robin Hood Series With Female Twist.

This Season’s 16 Most Bizarre Pop Culture Christmas Ornaments.

New Year’s Eve: Tales From The Crypt Marathon With Cryptkeeper Hosting.

Great E-Mail Threads: The JLA Do Secret Santa.

Mattel Announces An Adam West Batman Toy Line.

Daleks: 49 Years of Terror.

Best Art Ever (This Week): Holiday Edition 2012.

Heathers Scribe Completes Vampire Academy Adaptation, Director Comes Aboard.

From Rifftrax: Worst Movies of All Time.

Stan Lee Reads ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’

Michael Caine Gives Alfred’s Origin Story.

From College Humor: 10 Parts In Home Alone That Still Bother Me, by Dan Hopper and Alex Schmidt.

Diagnosing the Home Alone burglars’ injuries: A professional weighs in.

Does the kids vs. adults sadism of the Home Alone movies stand the test of time?

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey concept art.

The Absolute Best Comics and Graphic Novels of 2012.

The 10 best TV episodes of 2012.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #398.

DC Promotes Bob Harras, Hank Kanalz.

The Walking Dead Renewed For Fourth Season As Problems Persist…

Ask Chris #133: The Best Christmas Movie Ever.

Happy Holidays From Deadpool.

Top 20 Horror Christmas Movies.

Original Storyboards From Blade Runner

DC Nation, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice Teaser Videos Released.

Mission Log Podcast #20: Episode 20—Court Martial.

Movie Issues Podcast: The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Schlock Treatment 104: Power Rangers/Fat Albert Christmas Specials.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 70: Gremlins (1984) Commentary

Retroist Podcast, Episode 127—Christmas Commercials II

Ars Technicast, Episode 17: Deconstructing The Hobbit.

Now Playing Podcast: Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991).

All of the prompts for this year’s Yuletide can be found here.

Penguin settles e-book suit with DoJ; Apple, Macmillan lone holdouts

Stan Lee’s Rants: Refrigerator Lights.

Talkin’ Rifftrax: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

New Oz: The Great And Powerful Poster.

Hammer launches visitor attraction.

DC Histories: The Creeper.

Shelly Bond Promoted To Executive Editor of Vertigo.

Trailers From Hell: David DeCoteau on Mansion of the Doomed.

The Long, Twisted History of Marvel Comics: A Talk With Sean Howe.

CR Holiday Interview—Scott Snyder.

New TARDIS Interior Revealed.

Doctor Who: The Snowmen—A clip of The Doctor and Strax.

Doctor Who Monsters: Your Scariest Moments.

Dave McKean Reveals Artwork For Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean At The End of the Lane.

Gollum-Smeagol Bookends.

What Frodo would have looked like as Gollum.

Star Trek Flapjacks.

Mr. Stay Puft Store Could Quite Possibly Destroy You.

Uncanny X-Men #141 and its homages.

James Callis Joins Arrow.

Superman Is Weirdly Jealous Of Gasoline In Bizarre 1946 Ads.

Roger Corman Remaking Several Edgar Allan Poe Stories.

That Time They Bound Stephen King’s Firestarter in Asbestos.

Bryan Singer Reviving The Twilight Zone For CBS

Totoro Snowman.

Bizarro Back Issues: The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus (1974)

Best and Worst Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies of 2012.

BBC America Orders Up More Nerdist.

Geeky Holiday Gift Guide.

TV Legends Revealed: Were Disney’s Last Written Words ‘Kurt Russell?’

Comic Issues #97: Holiday Trailers.

Now Playing Podcast: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990).

Nielsen will supplement its TV ratings system with Twitter

Anti-Piracy Chief Patents ‘Pay Up Or Disconnect’ Scheme.

Gallifrey Times is hosting a Get Acquainted Meme.

Doctor Who: The Snowmen Prequel: Vastra Investigates

Geek Gear: Doctor Who ‘Melty Welty Timey Wimey’ Shirt.

Ghosts of Doctor Who Christmases Past.

A new, longer teaser trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness

Shot-By-Shot Breakdown Of All The Plot Details Hidden In The New Star Trek: Into Darkness Trailer.

Orson Welles on Horror Comics/Movies: January 17, 1955.

Lost 1966 Adaptation of The Hobbit by Gene Deitch.

Something amusing from The Onion: The Hobbit To Feature 53 Minute Long Scene of Bilbo Baggins Trying To Figure Out What To Pack.

Rise To Glory: 10 Comic Book Bad Guys Gone Good.

2012 Fright Meter Award Nominees.

Superman on TV: December 17-23.

Interview: Scott Lobdell on Death of the Family, Red Robin and Jason Todd Fighting In A Towel.

Joker Squared.

Press Release For Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two Animated Feature.

Cosplay: The Best Jokers Are The Old Jokers.

No more Spirit or pulp heroes at DC.

Simon Bisley Lays Hellblazer To Rest.

Comics Alliance Reviews The Wonder Woman Christmas Episode (1977)

Atop The Fourth Wall: Teen Titans #13.

Jamie Foxx says expect big changes to Amazing Spider-Man 2’s Electro costume.

Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on The Day Mars Invaded Earth.

The first trailer for My Fair Zombie.

Vampires 101: Dracula A.D. 1972.

11 Odd, Campy, Surreal Holiday Specials That Should Be Classics.

Thought Bubble #6: Is Crowd-Funding Good For Comics?

12 Horrible Gobbledygook Words We Reluctantly Accepted.

2012: The Year In Horror Poster Art—The Best, The Worst, And More.

Olly Moss Explains His Canceled And Alternative 2012 Work Including Akira, Lawrence of Arabia, And More.

USA adding modern-day Zorro to its line-up.

Collector’s Edition Grimm Magazine Will Hit Newsstands In 2013.

Hans Christian Andersen's first fairytale found

Marvel Starts Releasing 50th Anniversary X-Men Covers

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week): December 17th.

Vin Diesel To Star In Kojak Movie.

The F This Movie Podcast: Hitchcock (2012).

I’ll being doing that Yuletide meme that’s been going around later. I’ve been doing Yuletide since 2006, (excluding 2007, when I had to bow out) so I have a few to list.

Nellie’s funeral will be tomorrow at 1 PM, immediately following a very, very short (according to her wishes) visitation.