Pop links: Kevin Conroy returns to Batman! Jeff Jones art! Beatles psychedelic soul cover! Opie meets Lovecraft! Bad times befall Rhino Records!
Voice actor Kevin Conroy talks about his return to the role of the Caped Crusader for DC's straight-to-DVD "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" movie.
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Check out some very early work by comics artist Jeff Jones.
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Hear a super groovy cover of the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows."
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Director Ron Howard plans a big screen adaptation of Image Comics' "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft."
"It very cleverly uses H.P. Lovecraft in a fictional way, but there's some loose biographical elements. But it certainly has the flavor and the tone of Lovecraft," Howard told me during an interview for an upcoming story on a different topic. "The character is a very young Lovecraft."
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Oh man, things don't sound good for Rhino Records:
In the latest indication of the shrinking market for compact discs, Warner Music Group's catalog arm Rhino Records laid off between 30 and 40 staffers on Thursday.
Job losses came in all departments, including A&R, marketing, promotion and publicity.
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Check out some very early work by comics artist Jeff Jones.
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Hear a super groovy cover of the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows."
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Director Ron Howard plans a big screen adaptation of Image Comics' "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft."
"It very cleverly uses H.P. Lovecraft in a fictional way, but there's some loose biographical elements. But it certainly has the flavor and the tone of Lovecraft," Howard told me during an interview for an upcoming story on a different topic. "The character is a very young Lovecraft."
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Oh man, things don't sound good for Rhino Records:
In the latest indication of the shrinking market for compact discs, Warner Music Group's catalog arm Rhino Records laid off between 30 and 40 staffers on Thursday.
Job losses came in all departments, including A&R, marketing, promotion and publicity.
Pop links: Buffy season 9 coming! Thor's lady cast! Rhino's L.A. Nuggets! Faces pseudo reunion?!!!
Buffy fans relax: Joss Whedon plans to continue the heroine's comic book adventures past the 40-issue run of Dark Horse's "season 8" with a season 9. Also, Whedon's collaborator on the Astonishing X-Men comic is set to direct an episode of "Dollhouse."
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Actress Jaime Alexander will play Lady Sif in the upcoming Thor film.
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NPR checks out the awesome-looking new box set from Rhino Records, Where the Action Is! L.A. Nuggets 1965-1968.
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The Faces are reforming--without Rod Stewart.
Seventies band The Faces are to reform for a one-off charity show at London's Royal Albert Hall next month.
But frontman Rod Stewart will not take part, with a number of guest vocalists due to take his place.
Ronnie Wood will be joined by former Faces Kenny Jones and Ian McLagan, with former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman filling in for the late Ronnie Lane.
Other performers will include ex-Spice Girl Melanie C, Georgie Fame, Kiki Dee and Mick Hucknall of Simply Red.
Ick!
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Actress Jaime Alexander will play Lady Sif in the upcoming Thor film.
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NPR checks out the awesome-looking new box set from Rhino Records, Where the Action Is! L.A. Nuggets 1965-1968.
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The Faces are reforming--without Rod Stewart.
Seventies band The Faces are to reform for a one-off charity show at London's Royal Albert Hall next month.
But frontman Rod Stewart will not take part, with a number of guest vocalists due to take his place.
Ronnie Wood will be joined by former Faces Kenny Jones and Ian McLagan, with former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman filling in for the late Ronnie Lane.
Other performers will include ex-Spice Girl Melanie C, Georgie Fame, Kiki Dee and Mick Hucknall of Simply Red.
Ick!
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