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:
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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 really [...]
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. But, it could also [...]
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 drawn by [...]
It is a dream of mine that The Genre Traveler be a TV show … maybe something like Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations … only focused on genre locations. I’ve been dreaming a lot about it lately and I thought, what if someone came to me and said, “O.K. We want to make this happen and [...]
Earlier this week SyFy aired Sunshine, the 2007 film, written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle (both worked on 28 Days Later), about a group of astronauts on a mission to re-ignite the dying sun. I remember when it first came out it had a bit of fan fare and then just seemed [...]
Have you ever wanted to travel to the exotic places portrayed in the James Bond films? Well, if you act quickly, you can take advantage of a unique theme travel event: Operation EURO2010:Bond, Bourne and Beyond.
The folks at Theme Party People are taking 45 people on an exclusive tour of Italy, Switzerland and France with [...]
I just saw this press release the other day: “New Sci-Fi Convention Company Vulcan Events Offers Alternative to Florida Fans”
This could be good or it could be bad … it all depends on the conventions.
I’ve been to a number of Creation conventions, and although they are able to bring in the stars, they often lack [...]
I just got this in my email box and wanted to get it out to you pronto:
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The official Star Trek Magazine has a sensational prize up for grabs for one lucky winner - two gold tickets to the official Star Trek convention on August 5-8, 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada.
The soon to be sold out [...]
Con Nooga, the only multi-fandom convention in Chatanooga will be held this weekend, Feb. 19 through 21. “Topics” covered by the con include sci fi, horror, comics, authors, film makers and concerts.
Guests lined up for this weekend include:
Troma Entertainment president, Lloyd Kaufman
Dark alternative rock band, Bella Norte
Author, Christina Barber
Freelance journalist and critic specializing in horror [...]
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