Just when you think they're out of Top Cow properties, another one gets optioned. We have Witchblade , Magdalena , and Fathom all cooking in pre-production. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Top Cow is re-teaming with Platinum Studios and Threshold Entertainment to give Aphrodite IX her turn. Th...

Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free After I read the press release about The Simpsons 20th year poster contest, one thought came to mind: Fire Prevention Week. If you were raised as a clean-cut boy and/or girl in the America of the last few decades, you'll recall the week in either September or ...

October 27 – Checked out of the Hilton Suites & dropped Misery off at the bus station in Orange, then we drove up to Hollywood. Stopped for lunch at California Vegan and the first person I ran into was my friend Mark who came over & gave me a big hug, hadn’t seen him in over a year since the AFI...

I spent most of this past week at the annual conference of the American Jewish Press Association, which convened this year in Washington, D.C. I always enjoy the yearly gathering of writers and editors for the opportunities they afford me – not only the professional ones but also the personal ones...

Universal Studios Hollywood has replaced the “I Love Lucy” tribute exhibit with a movie memorabilia attraction featuring props, costumes, jewelry and artifacts from the studio’s extensive archives. “The Universal Experience: Behind the Scenes of Universal Pictures,â€� now open to...

Ok I don't know if it's because it's the weekend after the fire or because the Simpsons ride is fairly new but it was busier than when we've been there before.  First off -- The Simpsons ride is totally NOT overhyped.  50 minute wait.  Even at Disney we've pretty much started skipping...

$5 a gallon coming soon?  On May 27th I posted that gas prices were, on average,  "$4.30 9/10th" around here -- though the station by our house was $4.03.  Well here we are June 7th and those $4.30 9/10th stations are now $4.59 9/10 - $4.69 9/10th today.  Enjoy, $5 isn't far off....

Magic Mountain opens Thomas Town The new Thomas Town kiddie land debuted at Six Flags Magic Mountain this week with a train ride and a junior coaster themed to the children’s television show “Thomas & Friends.” Theme Park Review offers a nice round-up of the grand opening with ...

The once-in-a-generation inferno that conveniently cleared Universal's backlot on Sunday wasn't without its share of withering casualties; as noted here this morning, the New York street exterior, Back to the Future courthouse and the studio tour's King Kong exhibit were among the most lamentable (a...

Oh, good. I was nervous. The MTV Movie Awards is still a go tonight , despite a ferocious fire that burned down several sections of the Universal Studios lot early this morning. Mike Myers is hosting, and he's got that film The Love Guru coming out and I'm sure there are a whole bunch of skits plann...