I just read this very interesting blog post and wanted to share it with you. It gives you slice of life from the point of view of a “celebrity liaison” at a horror convention. Well written, entertaining read. The Newborn Dead: Confessions of a Convention Liaison
Check this out … a group of scientists discuss the various scenarios of how the world will come to an end! http://bigthink.com/series/31 Topics and Speakers Include: Peter Ward – Global warming could cause the oceans to turn sulfuric, rendering Earth uninhabitable Michio Kaku – The universe will undergo a “big freeze” as it expands indefinitely […]
Corey Haim, shown here with Jamison Newlander (left) and Corey Feldman (right), died on March 10, 2010. One of his most well-known genre roles was from the vampire movie, The Lost Boys. I just found out yesterday that Corey Haim died at the age of 38. Corey’s genre roles included: Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985) […]
In my meanderings around the web this past week, I came upon a page on IMDB called “Most Popular People Born in 1960.” What I found interesting was how many of these actors, turning 50 this year, have been in genre films. So I thought I’d share the top 13 genre-connected ones with you here: […]
Will I. Am (John Wraith/Kestrel), Lynn Collins (Kayla Silverfox), Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine), Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson/Weapon XI) and Liev Schreiber (Victor Creed/Sabertooth) at the Tempe, Ariz., premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. My husband and I were watching the extras on the Blu-Ray edition of X-Men Origins: Wolverine the other night and I learned something that […]
Proceeds from book sales go to benefit Frank McKinney’s Caring Home Project Foundation. An amphibious shark, strangler fig trees and blood red remora … oh my! That’s what Ppeekk (pronounced “Peekie”) has to contend with after she moves to Florida and meets Dead Fred. Dead Fred, a small and crispy fish, isn’t really dead … […]
The Saturday Nightmare Expo is really hoping the hungry, shuffling undead will be stopping by this year’s event. To encourage this, they’ve invited George Romero, along with most of the original cast of Night of the Living Dead, to discuss the movie. In addition, the opening night will feature a showing of Roy Frumkes’ new […]
Just found these headlines: Anaheim makes bid to lure Comic-Con from San Diego Anaheim wants Comic-Con to go up, up and away from San Diego Comic-Con may change hosts when contract with San Diego expires What could this mean? My first thought is that there may be more media guests because it’s closer to L.A. […]
Talk about a travel read! You can now read a new Transformers comic on your iPhone through the www.titanpublishing.com/digital. Alas, these comics are only available in the UK and Ireland. The stories are written by Simon Furman, who has this to say about the downloadable comics for the iPhone: “The stories, written by me and […]