Smurfs are 50 — let’s party!
The Smurfs - - Peyo's lovable little blue imps -- are turning 50 this year, and it's going to be a worldwide celebration!
Their debut on U.S. television in 1981 started their global rise to...
Awards season kicks off for books
The midwinter American Library Association meeting is taking place in Philadelphia this week, and yesterday's session included an avalanche of award announcements. The PW link has all of them but we'll skim along...
Captain Action returns
Speaking of toys, Captain Action, a beloved (to some) action figure of the sixties that could change into other toys, like Batman and Spider-Man. The Captain has come and gone in collector-oriented efforts...
Steampunk JLA
How did we miss these cunning JLA figures based on the GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT mini series by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola? The figures are seen much larger and in detail at Sillof's...
Morning Briefs; Movie news from all the hell over
• EW is reporting that today day is the day of decision for the Justice League movie, which is completely cast but still not ready to go:
Holy work-stoppage, Batman! The ongoing WGA strike...
2008 Golden Globes
Ratatouille won for Best Animated Film.
No one cared.
BTW, the WGA strike -- which killed the Golden Globes -- has entered a significant phase as the DGA -- which represents the directors -- enters...
Lonely, bored octopus turns to Mr. Potato Head for companionship
An octopus in a Cornish aquarium has become very attached to his toy Mr. Potato Head. Louis, a 6-foot long Giant Pacific Octopus, loves playing with the plastic spud, and can even find treats...
More on Gabrielle Bell’s movie
Tom Devlin at the D&Q blog has more on the Michel Gondry/Gabrielle Bell film Interior Design: Gabrielle even directed part of the film, the film-within-a-film segment called
"Garden of Degradation" which she claims was...
Karl Urban: trekker
It seems that Kiwi Karl Urban, who will portray young Doctor McCoy in J.J. Abrams upcoming STAR TREK XI movie, didn't have to be persuaded to take the role: he's a lifelong STAR TREK...
Is the LEGO BATMAN video game the greatest thing in human history?
Or only the second greatest?
Updated GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE swings in
USA Today previews a new version of George of the Jungle which debuts Friday on the Cartoon Network.
The new cartoon makes George a teenager instead of an adult, as he was in the...
