Now, if there is one movie I am reeeeeally looking forward to, it would undoubtedly have to be Iron Man 2. The first movie was just fantastic from start to finish and rivals The Dark Knight for best comic book superhero movie to date in my book. Robert Downey, Jr. just absolutely embodied Tony Stark and Jon Favreau did an amazing job bringing it all to l […]
Online live video has become one of the most heated spaces in social media, with seemingly constant updates from Justin.tv, Ustream, and others. You may remember that Ustream completely redesigned in April to better utilize Twitter and Mogulus rebranded itself as Livestream. More recently, Justin.tv launched a Facebook app for watching and broadcasting liv […]
The week started off badly for LeVar Burton when he was involved in a five-car accident. As reported by Google, Burton was driving his 2006 Mercedes on Beverly Boulevard in West Los Angeles on Monday evening when a woman in a 2006 Scion turned in front of him, causing an accident. The initial collision caused Burton's Mercedes to hit a parked […]
Apparently, Stephen Chow has left The Green Hornet completely and now the studio has open a casting call for someone else to play Kato. Here is what they are looking for according Spoiler TV: [KATO] ALL ASIAN ETHNICITIES, Male, 20’s - early 40’s. Brit Reid’s manservant/chauffeur by day and Green Hornet’s martial arts-skilled sidekick by night. Actor doesn’t […]
As part of its OnPoint Disucssions program, ACRL is hosting a free online chat (not quite a webinar?) on July 29 about the future of the reference desk, "Are Reference Desks Passe?" Here is how ACRL describes this event:Many academic libraries are eliminating reference desks and focusing on referrals, roaming reference, satellite reference and/or v […]
It’s my birthday today and to celebrate we’re giving something away here at Twitch. Actually, we’re giving away two somethings: Courtesy of Universal Home Entertainment we’ve got a pair of DVD copies of Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, due for release July 21st. Want one? Simple enough ... just and tell me which Gaiman novel has […]
And here it is, the final entry in our Fantasy Road Trip to Comic-Con contest. And what a way to close with a bang, eh? We're going to give you the opportunity to win an unabridged set of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle novels, Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr. And how do you enter? Glad you asked. Here's how: Send us an email by July […]
I sort of have a “How can I miss you if you won’t go away” feeling about ALA most years. I went when I was a councilor. I went when it was near me. I went when I was speaking at it. This time, none of these things were true and I was still a little exhausted from ALA Anaheim last year where my credit card number was skimmed and I had to drive an hour to get […]
If you go to the advanced options on Twitter search, you can specify whether or not you’d like to see tweets with a positive or negative attitude, as defined by the use of emoticons. TweetFeel is a new Twitter search tool along the same lines, but instead of showing one or the other, gives you a numerical score as to how positive or negative tweets are abo […]
Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 33 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. I love this photo from Stéfan Le Dû’s Stormtroopers 365 project […]
Slice of SciFi #221: In the News: Science-fiction grand master Ray Bradbury is lending his support to save the California libraries. Think you paid a lot for your last video-game? That’s nothing compared to one collector who just paid $17,500 for a collectible NES game. Hundreds of people around the world bounced their voices off the [...]
This is the show for our inquiring fans and listeners and their voicemails, emails. We want to hear your comments and feedback… No, really, we do! Pay no attention to how much Mike grumbles about them — you know - that guy sitting in the dark corner with all the knobs and switches. This week the [...]
Slice of SciFi #220: Interview with Ryan Cafeo of “Luke 11:17″ In the News: The exhaust plume from the space shuttle has given scientists the clue that may unlock the mystery of the Tunguska Event. Actor Shia LaBeouf discusses his video-game console preference. TV studios and networks will have a huge presence at this year’s San Diego [ […]
This is the show for our inquiring fans and listeners and their voicemails, emails. We want to hear your comments and feedback… No, really, we do! Pay no attention to how much Mike grumbles about them — you know - that guy sitting in the dark corner with all the knobs and switches. This week the [...]
The smallest cast member of Transformers 2 talks to Michael and Brian! Kortney Nash, better known for her work in commercials, talks about her work on the set, her life so far as an actress, and her dreams of being an actress and a director when she grows up… maybe she’s the one who can [...]
Slice of SciFi #219: Interview With Erik Jensen from “Virtuality” In the News: Buzz Aldrin is back with a trio of new projects, reflecting on his mission to the moon. Part of it is a book and another part is a rap single with Snoop Dog. While the company believes that its core business model of [...]
This is the show for our inquiring fans and listeners and their voicemails, emails. We want to hear your comments and feedback… No, really, we do! Pay no attention to how much Mike grumbles about them — you know - that guy sitting in the dark corner with all the knobs and switches. This week the [...]
Slice of SciFi #218:Interview with Scott Nickel, Creator of “Eek!” In the News: Ron Moore talks about what we can expect when “The Plan” and “Caprica” hit our TV screens. The newly released “Ghostbusters” game has opened the door for a third movie. Revenues for video-games sales is growing–and is proje […]
This is the show for our inquiring fans and listeners and their voicemails, emails. We want to hear your comments and feedback… No, really, we do! Pay no attention to how much Mike grumbles about them — you know - that guy sitting in the dark corner with all the knobs and switches. This week the [...]
Slice of SciFi #217: Interview With Antonio Elias from “Star Trek” In the News: The Broadway version of Spider-Man is ready to go, except for one small detail–it still needs a leading man. Carl Franzblau is taking science to school children with mobile science labs. Masi Oka (aka Hiro on “Heroes”) has come up with an [...]
Happy Easter back to you too!
I hope that you have had a great weekend.
Great blog by the way.
Cheers.