Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 24, 2007

The Costume Institute of America's (who knew there was such a thing) spring show at New York's Metropolitan of Art will focus on superhero outfits.

'Superheros: Fashion and Fantasy'. The exhibit will include creations from an eclectic mix of designers including Balenciaga, McQueen, Givenchy, Moschino, Gareth Pugh and Nike, to name just a few.

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The first season of the Swamp Thing TV series will be collected in a four-DVD set out Jan. 22 from Shout! Factory. You can pre-order it now from Amazon.

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A few still photos are all that remains from a deleted scene featuring Paul McCartney and British actress Wendy Richards in the Beatles' "Help!"

"I was devastated. But I've met Paul since and it was lovely that he remembered me." Richards went on to star as Miss Brahms in BBC comedy Are You Being Served?

She joined Eastenders in 1985 playing frumpy Pauline Fowler for 22 years.




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Sharity: Hear Christoper Lee read Edgar Allen Poe and "The Exorcist."

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New comics Oct. 24, 2007

See complete lists:
DC Archives
DC Showcase
DC Trade Paperbacks
Marvel Masterworks
Marvel Essentials
Marvel Trade Paperbacks


Click links to order discounted graphic novels from Amazon.

Comics shipping Oct. 24, 2007

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Pop Artifact! "Batman" Halloween mask

Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 23, 2007

Here's a detailed overview of the recent lawsuits filed by family members of Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman and Superboy, against Time Warner, owner of DC Comics.

At stake is not just money but, potentially, the very future of the franchise. If the Siegel heirs prevail in winning back their copyrights, the result could be a similar challenge by the heirs of Superman’s co-creator, artist Joe Shuster. And if that challenge were successful, then Time Warner—which is currently developing a follow-up to last year’s film Superman Returns—could eventually find itself out of the Superman business altogether. How big is that business? Only Time Warner knows for sure (and it isn’t saying), but counting the Superman- and Superboy-related movies, TV shows, DVDs, books, comics, and merchandise, the conservative estimate is in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Via Journalista!: See a nice collection of J. Allen St. John illustrations from vintage Tarzan stories.

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London's Sunday Times catches up with former-Kinks frontman Ray Davies, who just released his second solo album.

“I would like to work with him on a creative level again,” Davies says of his brother, who suffered a stroke only months after Davies was shot. “It’s something I really look forward to, as irksome and painful as it can be at times. But it’s the spark that made that unit function in the way it did. I miss that opposition. I’m not saying what I do now is unopposed, or that I don’t do a certain amount of self-criticism, but I do miss that continually having to prove my point.”

DVD new releases Oct. 23, 2007

DVD new releases Oct. 23, 2007

The Sopranos - Season 6, Part 2

The L Word - The Complete Fourth Season

Meet the Robinsons

Veronica Mars - The Complete Third Season

NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service - The Fourth Season

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume One

Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

Warner Directors Series - Stanley Kubrick (2001 - A Space Odyssey/ A Clockwork Orange/ The Shining/ Eyes Wide Shut/ Full Metal Jacket/ A Life in Pictures - Documentary)

Route 66 - Season 1, Vol. 1

Breathless - Criterion Collection

2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 3, Volume 2

A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Tales from the Crypt: The Complete Seventh Season

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians

The Adventures of Aquaman - The Complete Collection

The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Eyes Wide Shut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Fantastic Planet

More upcoming DVDs

CD new releases Oct. 22, 2007

CD new releases Oct. 23, 2007

Raising Sand ~ Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Electric Jewels by T-Rex

Twin Peaks: All New Season Two Music by Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch

Live At Soundstage by Ringo Starr

Unreleased Works of Startling Genius by Fripp & Eno

Brit Box by Various Artists

More Upcoming CDs

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Pop Artifact! Robin Halloween costume

Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 22, 2007

Deal alert: Amazon is offering 40 percent off the new Bob Dylan documentary/performance film "The Other Side of the Mirror: Live at Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965."

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The fifth Doctor Who, Peter Davison, will meet up with the current incarnation, David Tennant, in a scene from an upcoming BBC "Children in Need" benefit TV special, the BBC reports.

The scene, entitled Time Crash, was written by award winning Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat, and will transmit as part of the Children in Need fundraising evening on Friday 16 November 2007.

"It is an honour for me to be able to make the connection between the Fifth Doctor and the Tenth Doctor," noted Peter Davison. "However, now is not the time for sound-bites. I can feel the hand of history on my shoulder, even if I can't do the buttons up!"




Best Doctor Who Sites.

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The 30-year run of National Lampoon magazine will be released on DVD-Rom Oct. 26. You can order it here.

National Lampoon first published its leading edge humor magazine in April 1970, continuing until 1998. The magazine was known for its skewering and parodies of pop and counter-culture and was read by millions of fans across America. The edgy, irreverent magazine led National Lampoon into all media, with successes in radio, book publishing, live stage, and ultimately feature films. One of the funniest films of all time, “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” was based on a story in the magazine, as was the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” franchise. It was the magazine that started the development of National Lampoon into a household comedy brand.

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Here's a German-language poster for Disney/Pixar's upcoming "Wall.E."



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The reunited (minus the late Viv Stanshall, of course) Bonzo Dog Band has made it's first new album in 35 years, reports Uncut magazine.

Pour L'Amour Des Chiens features 70 minutes worth of new material from Neil Innes and co, 28 tracks - one of which is their own rendition of Kaiser Chiefs' 'I Predict A Riot'.

The album, released on December 10, will also come with a bonus DVD - featuring previously unreleased live performances. Tracks include the classic 'Urban Spaceman' and 'Jollity Farm'.


Along with Innes and other original members Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater, 'Legs' Larry Smith, Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, Sam Spoons and Bob Kerr, the album features performances by "new" Bonzos Adrian Edmondson, Phill Jupitus and British actor/writer Stephen Fry.



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Make your own Sputnik.

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Pop Artifact! Joker Halloween costume

Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 19, 2007

View an unaired version of the "Gilligan's Island" opening.

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Naomi Watts will star in a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds."

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From Jon's Random Acts of Geekery: "Godzilla Comics They Never Made."

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Dial B for Blog celebrates "Dark Shadows."

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Brilliant cartoonist Sergio Aragonés talks about his new scripting jobs at DC Comics: A Bat Lash mini-series and the ongoing Spirit title.