Pop Culture Roundup Nov. 28, 2006

This week's comics: Check out the big list.

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A Beatles album review by Pete Best?! (Via 20th Century Danny Boy)

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Courtney Love will play rare Nirvana and Hole tracks on BBC 6 when she takes over the station for the day Dec. 11.

Hole's Drown Soda - written and recorded especially for a John Peel session in 1991 - and Nirvana's Been A Son and Something In The Way - recorded for the Radio 1 Evening Sequence in the same year - will be included in the tracks chosen by Courtney Love when she becomes the 6 Music Selector on Monday 11 December 2006.

Selector is an annual 6 Music event which gives artists the opportunity to take over for the day, choosing the music, commissioning sessions and playing rarely heard BBC sessions.

Courtney Love joins Oasis (12 December) and Moby (14 December) who will each take over the digital airwaves for a day next month.


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The Los Angeles Times has an obituary for comics artist Dave Cockrum, who passed away last weekend.

Cockrum designed or co-created many signature characters for the popular comic book series, and some of them — such as Storm, Mystique, Nightcrawler and Colossus — went on to become part of Fox's "X-Men" films, which have grossed $607 million at U.S. theaters.

"We did that so well that 25 years later it's still the best-selling comic in the business and has become the basis of an entire financial empire based on toys, cartoons, action figures, video games and, recently, the big-budget film," Cockrum wrote in an undated recollection posted on his website
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Controversial comics writer/editor/publisher Jim Shooter is reportedly returning to his roots this summer--scripting the "Legion of Superheroes." Shooter made his professional debut on the title back in the 1960s at the tender age of 13.

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"Too much Wonder Woman?," asks Booksteve. No such thing!

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Dyn-O-Mite! TV Land has compiled a list of the top 100 TV catchphrases.

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Plans are afoot for an Abba museum in Sweden.

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Hot Wheels will manufacture different-sized TV-style Batmobiles next year.

The legendary crime-fighting vehicle was designed by custom automotive icon, George Barris, and has since become a lasting symbol of the Batman franchise.

This launch of the Batmobile commemorates the 40th anniversary of the “Batman” television series, which initially aired in 1966, and reintroduces one of television’s most recognized vehicles to an entirely new generation of Batman fans and collectors alike. Barris’ classic version of the Batmobile is world-renowned and the Hot Wheels reproductions will be the first of their kind.

Mattel will produce multiple scales of the Hot Wheels Batmobile, including a 1:64th scale model that will appear on store shelves in Spring 2007 in the Hot Wheels basic car line. In Fall 2007, there will be an additional 1:64th scale model introduced as well as a 1:43rd scale replica model and a 1:18th scale, which will have three levels of detail and finish. The ultimate version, the Hot Wheels Elite special edition Batmobile, will have enough detail to delight even the most discriminating of Batmobile collectors.


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A traveling museum exhibit dedicated to the works of Muppet Master Jim Henson is planned.

This unique traveling exhibit documents Henson’s process of “visual thinking” through exceptional displays and showcases. The exhibit will include several of Henson's Muppets (from "The Muppet Show", "Sesame Street", "Fraggle Rock", "The Dark Crystal" and others); plus over 100 framed works of art (include paintings, sketches, cartoons, and storyboards), a large collection of rare photographs, unique production documents and additional artifacts and film props. Viewers of the exhibit will also be treated to over 30-minutes of special videos included in the exhibit.

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