Sarah Michelle Gellar: Entertainment Weekly cover and interview
Entertainment Weekly heralds Sarah Michelle Gellar'swelcome return to TV with a cover story about her new series, "Ringer."
We'll see, I guess. As a big fan of "Buffy," I really hope it's good, as SMG is a talented actress and fun to watch. But managing to star in two great TV series is a hard trick to pull off.
She thinks her fans will like Ringer, a smart and sudsy thriller in which she plays twins: Bridget, an ex-stripper on the run from the mob and the FBI, who takes to living as her unhappily married Manhattan socialite twin sister Siobhan after witnessing her sibling’s (apparent) death. Mastering the masquerade means unraveling Siobhan’s wealth of secrets (like an affair with her best friend’s husband) and dodging a mysterious assassin. “Ringer is the perfect balance of what audiences want to see me do,” says Gellar. “It’s Cruel Intentions meets Buffy.”
We'll see, I guess. As a big fan of "Buffy," I really hope it's good, as SMG is a talented actress and fun to watch. But managing to star in two great TV series is a hard trick to pull off.
Trailer for Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary
Really looking forward to seeing this one:
Deal alet: The Wire, complete series on DVD, for $72.49
Today only, save $127.49 on The Wire: Complete Series on DVD, at Amazon.
BBC radio this week
Introducing a new feature here at Pop Culture Safari, which presents links to various listen-on-demand program on BBC radio. The Beeb frequently presents documentaries and dramas that may be of interest to PSC readers. At least they're of interest to me!
Radio 4
Twangmasters: Art of the Lead Guitarist: Nick Barraclough explores what makes a great lead guitar player.
The Twilight World of Syd Barrett: Pink Floyd members explore the tragic mental breakdown of former front man Syd Barrett.
The Doctor and Douglas: As Doctor Who returns, Jon Culshaw looks at the man who changed it forever: Douglas Adams.
Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick: Islington-born Sylvie Simmons talks to Nick Barraclough about her life as a rock writer.
Radio 6
Hitsville U.S.A.: The Story of Motown
Radio 4
Twangmasters: Art of the Lead Guitarist: Nick Barraclough explores what makes a great lead guitar player.
The Twilight World of Syd Barrett: Pink Floyd members explore the tragic mental breakdown of former front man Syd Barrett.
The Doctor and Douglas: As Doctor Who returns, Jon Culshaw looks at the man who changed it forever: Douglas Adams.
Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick: Islington-born Sylvie Simmons talks to Nick Barraclough about her life as a rock writer.
Radio 6
Hitsville U.S.A.: The Story of Motown
Marvel Comics solicitations November 2011
Highlights from Marvel's November offerings:
JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS OMNIBUS HC
Written by MARV WOLFMAN, CHRIS CLAREMONT, PETER B. GILLIS, BILL MANTLO & ALAN WEISS Penciled by GIL KANE, DAVE COCKRUM, CARMINE INFANTINO, WALTER SIMONSON, ROSS ANDRU, ERNIE COLON, FRANK MILLER, MIKE VOSBURG, LARRY HAMA, SAL BUSCEMA, ERNIE CHAN & ALAN WEISS Covers by ALAN DAVIS & GIL KANE
Marvel's top talents of the 1970s take on Edgar Rice Burroughs' savage swordsman of Barsoom! John Carter, a hunted soldier on the Western frontier, is transported to an alien world filled with six-armed aliens, sinister super-science and the love of his life, the incomparable Dejah Thoris! A must-have science-fiction epic in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Collecting JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS #1-28 and ANNUAL #1-3.
624 pages
SPIDER-MAN: MARVEL TEAM-UP BY CLAREMONT & BYRNE TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & RALPH MACCHIO Penciled by JOHN BYRNE Cover by JOHN BYRNE
Chris Claremont and John Byrne take the helm of MARVEL TEAM-UP -- and deliver some of the most entertaining, edge-of-your-seat pairings yet! Featuring Spider-Man, the Human Torch, Ms. Marvel, Iron Fist, Captain Britain, Thor, Power Man, Havok and more -- against the threats of Equinox, the Super-Skrull, the Steel Serpent, Arcade, Kraven, D'Spayre and the Living Monolith! Collecting MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #59-70 and #75.
240 pages
ESSENTIAL SGT. FURY VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JACK KIRBY & DICK AYERS
Stand at attention, soldier, and get ready for a super-size K-ration of the adventures of Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos! Join Fury and his Howlers -- with special guest-appearances by Captain America and Bucky! -- as they battle Baron Strucker and his Ratzi hordes, bringing the action all the way to Hitler himself! This tank-size tome brings you such a heaping serving of WWII adventures that enough to whet even Dum Dum Dugan's appetite! WA-HOOO! Collecting SGT. FURY #1-23 and ANNUAL #1.
544 pages
JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS OMNIBUS HC
Written by MARV WOLFMAN, CHRIS CLAREMONT, PETER B. GILLIS, BILL MANTLO & ALAN WEISS Penciled by GIL KANE, DAVE COCKRUM, CARMINE INFANTINO, WALTER SIMONSON, ROSS ANDRU, ERNIE COLON, FRANK MILLER, MIKE VOSBURG, LARRY HAMA, SAL BUSCEMA, ERNIE CHAN & ALAN WEISS Covers by ALAN DAVIS & GIL KANE
Marvel's top talents of the 1970s take on Edgar Rice Burroughs' savage swordsman of Barsoom! John Carter, a hunted soldier on the Western frontier, is transported to an alien world filled with six-armed aliens, sinister super-science and the love of his life, the incomparable Dejah Thoris! A must-have science-fiction epic in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Collecting JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS #1-28 and ANNUAL #1-3.
624 pages
SPIDER-MAN: MARVEL TEAM-UP BY CLAREMONT & BYRNE TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & RALPH MACCHIO Penciled by JOHN BYRNE Cover by JOHN BYRNE
Chris Claremont and John Byrne take the helm of MARVEL TEAM-UP -- and deliver some of the most entertaining, edge-of-your-seat pairings yet! Featuring Spider-Man, the Human Torch, Ms. Marvel, Iron Fist, Captain Britain, Thor, Power Man, Havok and more -- against the threats of Equinox, the Super-Skrull, the Steel Serpent, Arcade, Kraven, D'Spayre and the Living Monolith! Collecting MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #59-70 and #75.
240 pages
ESSENTIAL SGT. FURY VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JACK KIRBY & DICK AYERS
Stand at attention, soldier, and get ready for a super-size K-ration of the adventures of Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos! Join Fury and his Howlers -- with special guest-appearances by Captain America and Bucky! -- as they battle Baron Strucker and his Ratzi hordes, bringing the action all the way to Hitler himself! This tank-size tome brings you such a heaping serving of WWII adventures that enough to whet even Dum Dum Dugan's appetite! WA-HOOO! Collecting SGT. FURY #1-23 and ANNUAL #1.
544 pages
Video find: Lieber and Stoller on What's My Line
Jerry Lieber, lyricist of a zillion rock'n'roll hits with composer Mike Stoller -- including "Hound Dog" and "Stand By Me," passed away yesterday at age 78.
Here's the pair in a 1950s TV game show appearance:
Here's the pair in a 1950s TV game show appearance:
New comics and other merchandise Aug. 24, 2011
Other items of interest:
DC Direct Ame-Comi Heroine Series: Big Barda PVC Figure
DC Direct Ame-Comi Heroine Series: Wonder Woman (V.3) PVC Figure
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Supergirl: Bizarrogirl
DC Direct Superman Family Multi-Part Statue: Part 2: Supergirl and Steel
Team-ups of the Brave and the Bold
Archie Americana Volume 1: The '40s
Doctor Who: Official Annual 2011
FF, Vol. 1
Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner - Volume 1
Modesty Blaise: Million Dollar Game (Modesty Blaise
DC Direct Ame-Comi Heroine Series: Big Barda PVC Figure
DC Direct Ame-Comi Heroine Series: Wonder Woman (V.3) PVC Figure
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Supergirl: Bizarrogirl
DC Direct Superman Family Multi-Part Statue: Part 2: Supergirl and Steel
Team-ups of the Brave and the Bold
Archie Americana Volume 1: The '40s
Doctor Who: Official Annual 2011
FF, Vol. 1
Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner - Volume 1
Modesty Blaise: Million Dollar Game (Modesty Blaise
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