The Walt Disney Co. confirmed news reports by announcing that it is buying longtime partner Pixar Animation Studios Inc. for $7.4 billion in a deal that could restore Disney’s animation domination while vaulting Pixar chief executive officer Steve Jobs into a powerful role at the media conglomerate, the Associated Press reported.
SF and fantasy author David Drake told SCI FI Wire that his forthcoming The Crown of the Isles trilogy, which begins in April with The Fortress of Glass, will bring his Lord of the Isles series to a close.
SF author M.M. Buckner, whose novel War Surf has been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, told SCI FI Wire that she loves the book’s cover, but understands it may mislead the reader.
Titan Books, which previously published Serenity: The Official Visual Companion to the SF movie, announced that it has bought the rights to publish a companion book to Joss Whedon’s cult television series Firefly, on which Serenity was based.
Amber Tamblyn will star in the supernatural horror moviel The Grudge 2, the sequel to the 2004 horror hit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Filed under: Nintendo DS
If you want to know what the Japanese,
Australian, or European DS systems look like, they’re here. How about Alan Cumming’s or 50 Cent’s? They’re there too.
Mario Kart special editions, Electroplankton special editions, Nintendogs special editions,
all there! Even these glittery thingies (pictured) which are only available at the Nintendo World Store in NYC are
there.
Nintendo, the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. I know you can get better…
just be sure to make a Zelda one first!
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Showtime announced that it has ordered a second season of IDT Entertainment’s critically acclaimed anthology series Masters of Horror. IDT will produce 13 new one-hour episodes of the series, whose segments are directed by prominent filmmakers in the horror genre.
Solidarity against the high court nominee could aid electoral gains, even if he’s confirmed. [Christian Science Monitor]
In this week’s “Real Deal with Pat McNeill” VIP Audio Update, Pat presents his Hot Five Stories including the health of Samoa Joe, WWE’s future on network television, the Sting angle on this week’s episode of Impact and Pat’s pick to win Sunday’s WWE Royal Rumble. Also, all the day’s wrestling news, including Mick Foley’s next match, the latest WWE developmental signings, and which Ring of Honor wrestler WWE is reportedly interested in. Plus the Indy Lineup of the Week as Steve Corino teams with Sandman, VIPs vote on the best high flyer in the business, Listener Mail on Jim Neidhart and pizza, and a heavy metal edition of McNeill Sings The Hits…
align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />This music video by director Keith Schofield for the song "When I Wake
Up" by Wintergreen doesn’t appear to have a damned thing to do with the song’s lyrics, but we dig it anyways
because it tells the story of Atari’s E.T. game fiasco in which the company mass produced a game piece
of garbage that nobody wanted. This is one of the most important lessons in video game history distilled to a
three-minute music video. What’s not to like?
[Thanks, Laughingman]
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AP - The last chapter of the controversial religious drama "The Book of Daniel" has been written at NBC. Although the network stopped short of saying the low-rated show was canceled, a spokeswoman said Tuesday it has been dropped from the schedule.
E! Online - Apparently, TV viewers aren’t particular about their stars. They’ll
take them dancing, skating or red-carpeting. But most of all, they like
them aspiring.