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We all remember the hours we spent staring at the soggy aircraft bobbing in the water when US Airways Airbus 320 went down in the Hudson River after the infamous bird strike. And then of course, there was the media sainthood of Captain Sully, whose face is still gracing billboards here in Midtown NYC.
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In an effort to raise more funds for the relief effort in Haiti, unstoppable entertainment forces MTV and George Clooney have teamed up for tonight’s telethon, “Hope For Haiti,” that airs at 8 p.m. (ET). The campaign started accepting donations at noon (ET) today. Donations will support the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, the United Nations …
Thursday Jan. 21, 2010
Today in Techland: Steve chats about the bad ass factor of fallen angels with Legion director Scott Stewart, tech guru Doug shares his tips for keeping gunk out of your gadgets and Mike gives us the best panels of this week’s comics. We also spent the morning giggling over Avatar sex. It was good day,
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Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010
Today in Techland: Superman is a dick, Lev seeks out the meaning behind Twilight and Peter brings us the news that PS3’s motion controller won’t be here until the fall. Bummer. The good news? Techland launched its very own YouTube page. You should probably subscribe to it.
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Poor Marc Webb.
After Sam Raimi and Sony couldn’t manage to just hug it out during pre-production on Spider-Man 4, Raimi bowed out and Sony got to appoint a new martyr director.
“This is a dream come true and I couldn’t be more aware of the challenge, responsibility, or opportunity. Sam Raimi’s virtuoso rendering of
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And we’ve got the covers to prove it.
One night stands? Rescue for hire? Faking his own death? Abandoning children? Click on the link below to see 15 covers of a Clark Kent that is less Superman and more Superdouche.
Click here: [time-flipping-book …
Today on Techland: Peter brought us the latest on the Apple Tablet unveil, Steve chatted up the talented Alex Proyas and Matt will probably be in the dog house for a few nights…
Pandora Habitat Lust. An essay in The New York Times lays out just why …
Yep, the alien-investigating Doctor Who spin off is headed to FOX for an all-American remake.
The Hollywood Reporter says the American version of Torchwood will have the original production team in tow, including series creator Russell Davies (Doctor Who, Queer As Folk). THR is also claiming the U.S. series would feature a global plot …
In response to last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, comic book artists, writers and creators have created fund raising campaign Heroes 4 Haiti.
Donations of original work have been put up for auction via eBay, with all of the proceeds going to Haitian earthquake victims. Currently up for bidding are items from the likes of …
If the entertainment industry knows how to do one thing, it’s how to beat the proverbial dead horse. (Please see: Spider-Man.)
Publisher Quirk Books found a sprinkle of success with sci-fi infused Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in April, 2009. It was an enticing idea, we admit. But it spurred – what else? – a …
1/10/10 – 1/16/10
What a week.
Peter finally recovered from CES, we spent our week knee-deep in reboots (Spider-Man! Terminator! Ghostbusters!) and ego-centric China pissed off ego-centric Google. Let the thumb wrestling begin!
Also, in case you haven’t noticed, Techland is showing off a shiny new suit (or, geeky ruffled tux) …
In 1992, James Cameron was at the helm of what would be the first Spider-Man film, but even the man who would go on to bring us behemoths Titanic and Avatar was no match for the Spidey curse.
Clashes with Marvel execs squished Cameron’s spider wish, but not before the director had put a good amount of work into the doomed flick. …
