RIP: Neal Hefti
He may have worked with Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, but jazz composer Neal Hefti will likely be best remembered for a piece of music: The Batman Theme. Hefti passed away last week at...
Earthcrawler pr0n
Are we the only person who is on some kind of spam list for folks in Dubai selling expensive construction equipment (cranes and bulldozers)? With PICTURES? We are excited as anyone by the idea...
The joy of Ethernet
Sorry about that media blackout yesterday. The Marriott Inner Harbor in Baltimore is a fine hotel with wonderful bedding and a friendly staff (as well as SHOWER CAPS, a recent bugaboo at SBM), but...
That special sensibility
Puttering around here on various projects, like PW Comics Week, a general sense of sadness is overtaking us. Adding up today's postings, it turns out that in Hollywood, messing with one detail of a...
A dark day in the world of fake fighting
Sad days in the world of pro wrestling, especially if you are a fan of the Lucha Libre style.
On tonight's 75th Anniversary CMLL show in Mexico City, Blue Panther, one of the most accomplished...
Maybe Rosario should join the cast of LOVE & ROCKETS movie
We love the expression on sometime-comics creator Rosario Dawson's face here. She's all like "Yup. It's all real. I DO have a fabulous complexion."
So, he must be a superhero, right?
That's the only explanation, right?
Posted by Mark Coale
Help save softball!
If you're are like me, you are watching the Olympics, which is shorthand for bouts of gymnastics interrupted by endless play by play, minutely detailed, microscopic examination of women's beach volleyball.
Seriously, how is...
“Man Who Poisoned CRACKED Kills Self”
The anthrax matter -- and the timely suicide of its purported mastermind -- is crazy enough to keep conspiracy theorists going for the rest of Chris Carter's natural life. However, could there have been...
Scotty’s rocket breaks apart — for real
When actor James Doohan -- best known for his role as the Enterprise's beloved and crusty engineer Scotty on STAR TREK -- died in 2005, it was announced that his ashes would...
Is anything cool any more? Pt. 1
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Last week, beat pal Jimmy Palmiotti shared the above link with us, and we enjoyed it mightily.
And then we got to thinking about the days when Bollywood musicals and their rapturous innocence...
