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August 2009 Archives

Hulk vs. Tinkerbell? You know you want it

The big buzz this morning is that news that Disney is planning to acquire Marvel Enterprises for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men to Disney's stable and taking...
 
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Tales from Hollywood PD: Taking down Bryan Singer

"--and then we'll get into why Adama feels so lonely and abandoned, and why he stalks crewmembers at night through the halls of the Battlestar.""And we'll bring back the velour costumes?""Absolutely. And the robot dog,...
 
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Miss 'Calvin and Hobbes'? So do these people

In 1995, at the height of its fame and reach, "Calvin & Hobbes" creator Bill Watterson walked away from his extremely popular 10-year-old comic strip to live his life in recluse outside of Cleveland,...
 
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Actually, I do wanna date Felicia Day's avatar

A short video made by some friends has gotten some interest on the Internet. Not a breaking news story, frankly, except that this is a music video by Felicia Day and her friends are...
 
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Stars from Buffy, Doctor Who, Addams Family coming to Orlando

It's convention time again, and we... wait, what? Since when do we have big science fiction/comic cons in this area in the summer?Since this weekend, when the annual MegaCon convention kicks off their new Mini-MegaCon...
 
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