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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).

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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.

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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

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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

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Trailers From Hell: Max Landis on Love Exposure

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

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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)

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

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

Revisiting Torchwood: James Moran interview.

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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.

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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.

UTorrent Makers Distance Themselves From Piracy.

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The Hub Rings In The New Year With Hercules and My Little Pony Marathons.

Chloe Bennett Joins Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.

New trailer for The Great Gatsby.

New shot of Janine from IDW’s Ghostbusters.

The worst films of 2012.

The Best and Worst Television Moments of 2012.

Rose McGowan joins Once Upon A Time.

Revisiting Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Doctor Who: The Magic of the TARDIS.

Captain Jack Harkness Bathrobe.

The 10 (Fictional) Comic Book People of the Year.

A Christmas Carol: the best and worst adaptations.

Ink and Pixel: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Episode 12, Season 2: Marc Silvestri.

Psych Renewed For Eighth (And Final?) Season.

Being Human Series 5 Synopsis Revealed.

The Great Stephen King Reread: Cujo.

The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 6, ‘Out of the Frying Pan Into The Fire.’

Silhouettes Of Pop-Culture Duos Stare Each Other Down.

Iron Man 3 Reveals A New Still.

NASA’s brand new spacesuit prototype really does look like Buzz Lightyear.

Producer Dan Lin On The Godzilla Remake

Super Café: Man of Steel.

Deadpool and Boba Fett Do Christmas.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Blu-Ray Detailed.

Marvel’s Christmas-Themed House Ads From The 80’s Are Bizarrely Jolly.

Gaiman Announces Final Book-Signing Tour.

Swing Into Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark With These Discount Codes.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 279: X-Mas Spectacular ’12 (Silent Night).

Junk Food Dinner #140: Babes In Toyland (1986), Blast of Silence (1961), Sint (aka Saint) (2010). If you only want to hear about the movies, skip ahead to the 53 minute mark.

Mission Log Podcast Supplemental #2: The One With Robert J. Sawyer.

Pop My Culture #102: Jane Espenson and Brad Bell.

Hey Kids, Comics Season 2 Episode 2: Detective Comics #526.

I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere, Episode 49.

John McAfee arrested, asks for computer, blogs from jail cell.

Svengoolie Tweets about his recovery.

A Dark Shadows Gift Guide.

Horror Fans Christmas Gift Guide (UK)

iFanboy’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Comics Stuff That Isn’t Comics.

5 Awesome (And Weird) Moments From Christmas Variety Specials.

Richard Armitage talks to The One Ring.Net

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey—13 Minute TV Special.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 4, Over Hill and Under Hill.

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Matty Collector offering three Ghostbusters themed bundles.

Ghostbusters mobile game in development by Capcom’s Beeline.

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The Dark Knight Concept Art Featuring Two-Face and Joker’s Bank Robbery.

Mind-Blowing Lego Tumbler Looks As Detailed As The Real Batmobile.

Revisiting Torchwood: what series 2 did right.

First teaser trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness. This Japanese trailer has a bit more footage.

Grace Randolph’s Between The Panels—Days of Future Past.

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Adds Dennis Haysbert. He will be replacing the late Michael Clarke Duncan in the role of Manute.

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The Great Stephen King Re-Read: The Dead Zone.

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An interview with Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story.

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Tron 3 is officially online again.

Mark Millar’s auction to name Jupiter’s Children character hits $2550.

Matt Kindt and Geoff Johns Co-Writing Martian Manhunter Back-Up In Justice League of America.

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