Happy 58th anniversary, Dick and Tess Tracy!
On this day in 1949, Dick Tracy married his sweetie of 18 years, Tess Trueheart. Here’s to the lovebirds.
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Spears’ Parenting Book Deal Off
The Reuters headline says it all: Spears’ parenting book off after teen pregnancy Their lead paragraph: "A Christian publisher said on Wednesday it has called off a parenting book written by Lynne Spears — the mother of troubled pop star Britney Spears and her pregnant 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn." Don’t you just hate it when somebody drops…
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Trolling for Halloween
Before "trolls" became synonymous with "online idiots," and somewhat after they were best known as fairy-tale creatures that dwelt under bridges, they were so-ugly-they’re-cute collectible dolls made by the Russ company. While they’re not as ubiquitous today as they were a couple decades back, they do still pop up around this time of year in…
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Dagwood Sandwich Shoppes
In the "gosh, nobody tells me anything" category: Dagwood’s is a franchise development and expansion company structured to become one of the fastest growing chains in history, built on the power of a brand that is famous across the world, and is synonymous with all things sandwich. Most of them are down south, so if…
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Happy 65th birthday, Michael Crichton!
47 years ago, my dad played center on his high school basketball in Patchogue, NY. He told me that one of the tallest guys he ever played against was the center for the Roslyn high school team, standing about 6’9". That center would go on to write novels under the pen names John Lange and…
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Acting Ric-less
DVD Xtra columnist Ric Meyers is in Europe, enjoying the hell out of the environs. He’ll be back here next week, same Bat-time, same Bat-station.
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Arrr! It Be Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Shiver me timbers, it be that time of the season again — that hallowed day where we be talking like scurvy bilgerats, it be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Truth be told, mateys, we’ve been a bit busy here to celebrate it, what with us be planning our broadside against the 32-page monthly paper…
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Cartoonist Phil Frank, 64
Noted California Bay cartoonist Phil Frank died yesterday at the age of 64. His best-known feature, Farley, has been in national syndication for more than three decades. He was also the artist on Elderberries with writer Joe Troise. Coincidentially, Frank had retired Farley this past Sunday. Both strips had been in reruns for the past…
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The Hundred Acre Deadwood
Call it a hunch, but I don’t think this will be showing up on HBO Family any time soon. From Cracked magazine, pulled from the first issue. If you’re at all familar with Deadwood, then you know it’s obviously not safe for work. Or for kids. Or possibly for your spouse. Or Disney. I mean,…
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Watchmen cast comparison
British site Film Ick posted this visual cast comparison of the various casts that have been announced over the years. Fascinating, isn’t it? Click here to go to a larger version.
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Jim Shooter returning to Legion of Super-Heroes?
There are those who thought this wouldn’t happen until we actually reached the 30th century, yet a pretty strong case is made for it actually happening at the Legion Omnicom, starting with #37.
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Soundwave sounds off
This one’s for Mark "Bumblebee" Ryan. If you wondered why you didn’t see all your favorite Transformers in the movie, it’s because they were going through their own personal transformations…
