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Brad Neely's Wizard People, Dear Reader: Deconstructing Harry Potter and the Hero's Journey

14 July 2009 5:30 AM, PDT | From Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news

Brad Neely is the face of comedy in the internet age. His deadpan sense of humor and penchant for beefy irony spurred the creation of the legendary festival-short-gone-viral “Cox & Combes’ Washington,” which led to a contract with Adult Swim for a passel of similar online mini-cartoons. He also worked as a consultant for the second half of Season 11 of South Park, runs the comedy website Creased Comics, and is currently shopping some ideas around for a television show of his own.

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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: July 14, 2009

14 July 2009 3:23 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed It's a mixed bag this week with a few you may want to check out and others you will probably want to avoid. However, the most notable item in this release is in the new release date section at the bottom as Paramount has announced the Centennial Edition of Chinatown, which will include an audio commentary with Robert Towne and special guest David Fincher. Yeah, you are interested in that one aren't yah? Look for it on October 6! Now for the releases... Rec This one is at the top of my Netflix queue and already is listed with a "Short Wait" note as many folks are wanting to get a chance to see it for the first time. I have heard nothing but good things about this film and I will finally be able to check it out for

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San Diego Comic Con 2009 - Saturday Schedule

11 July 2009 7:16 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

While it may seem as if a lot of the "big name" genre projects showing off their wares at 2009's San Diego Comic-Con have favored the front end of the show's run, the last two days are pretty chock full of panels and screenings as well. Here's a rundown of Saturday's schedule for those of you sniffing out the horror goods.

Saturday, July 25

10:00-11:00 - Idw: Angel on the Rise — With L.A. back from Hell, what's next for Idw's Angel comics? Fans of the show and the tall, dark, and brooding fangster can find out who's still fighting, who's been eaten, and what sinister forces are still to come during this panel featuring Juliet Landau (Angel writer/actress), Brian Lynch (Angel: After the Fall), Peter David (Fallen Angel), plus the reveal of the all-new monthly Angelwriter and more! Room 7Ab

10:15-11:15 - Eastwick Pilot Screening and

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San Diego Comic-Con Schedule: Saturday, July 25

11 July 2009 2:40 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

The following information focuses on the 2009 Comic-Con schedule that is set for Saturday, July 25th. It’s not a full schedule - it only highlights TV and movie related panels and events.

Highlights for Saturday include Lost, Fringe, a screening of the pilot episode of ABC’s V, a first look at Heroes: Redemption, 2012 and a little film coming out next year you may have heard of: Iron Man 2.

 

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Marvel: “Hero Up” with The Super Hero Squad Show!— Marvel’s first action-comedy series is a manic, mind-blowing, all-ages romp through the Marvel Universe. Coming to Cartoon Network in September, the animated show is loaded with superstar voice talent. Several of the actors will preview their characters in a live performance: Tom Kenny (Spongebob) as Iron Man and Modok, Charlie Adler (Cow and Chicken, Transformers features) as Dr. Doom, Steve Blum (Wolverine and the X-Men) as Wolverine,

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Vic Holtreman

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Video: Cut Putin Scene on 'South Park'

10 July 2009 11:39 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

In an effort to spare their leader a shame, a Russian TV channel cuts a segment of "South Park" that mocks Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin. The channel, which is called "2x2", said through a spokesman on Friday, July 10 that "the given scene in this version was absent."

Originally airing in U.S. back in 2005, the episode called "Free Willzyx" portrays Putin as a leader who is desperate for money. When Kyle calls him about sending a killer whale to space, he demands 12 million dollars. But realizing that it is just a non-serious call from America, Putin curses on the phone and says "Kiss my a** George Bush, this isn't funny".

It is still unclear yet, whether the censorship comes from the network or the regulator but a spokesman from Russia's broadcast regulator admitted to knowing nothing. "We have never interfered with editorial decisions," Yevgeny Strelchik stated as quoted by The AP.

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Mel, Jodie Reunite for Beaver

10 July 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster are giving it another shot. E! News can confirm that the Hollywood heavyweights, who last costarred in a movie together 15 years ago in Maverick, are set to join forces again for The Beaver. A quirky comedy drama along the lines of 2007's indie hit Lars and the Real Girl (or, depending on your humor, South Park), the Kyle Killen-penned script follows a down-and-out man (Gibson) who finds comfort wearing a beaver hand puppet. Foster will not only play his wife, but she'll also helm the film, marking her first directing effort since 1995's Home for the Holidays. Hoping to erase his high-profile 2006 DUI arrest and subsequent anti-Semitic rant from the minds of...

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Jon Heder Starring in Comedy Central Sitcom

9 July 2009 11:13 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory and School for Scoundrels star Jon Heder is heading to the small screen. The actor has signed on to star in a new sitcom for Comedy Central that is being produced by Will Ferrell's Gary Sanchez Productions. The currently untitled half-hour series will see Heder star as an out-of-work It specialist who leaves the city and returns to his small hometown to live with his parents and younger brother. The network has ordered 10 episodes, with Ferrell and Gary Sanchez partners Adam McKay and Chris Henchy writing the scripts. The trades say Ferrell may also appear in front of the camera for an episode or two. If the initial 10-episode run meets a ratings threshold, the network has agreed to order 90 more episodes from Gary Sanchez Prods. and distributor Debmar-Mercury, setting up the project for eventual syndication. The deal is the same unusual structure that

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James Cook

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The Wright Stuff Brings Toronto An Army of World Police!

8 July 2009 6:37 PM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

I’ll just let this speak for itself:

Filmmaker Edgar Wright Brings The Wright Stuff Back To The Bloor For A Special One Night Only Event

The acclaimed writer/director will host an evening “In Conversation” with renowned cinematographer Bill Pope, including a special double-bill of Pope classics.

Toronto - On July 26th, 2009 filmmaker Edgar Wright (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will bring his famed screening series The Wright Stuff back to the Bloor Cinema for a special night to host an “In Conversation” with cinematographer Bill Pope (Darkman, The Matrix Trilogy, Spider-Man 2 and 3).  The evening will also include a double feature of Pope’s work personally selected by Wright as well as an in-depth discussion with the cinematographer himself.

Wright is one today’s true auteur filmmakers while Pope is among the most sought-after cinematographers.  The two are currently collaborating on Wright’s film Scott Pilgrim vs.

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Todd Brown

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‘Orlando’s Joint’ Preps Season 2, Offers Fresh Greens

8 July 2009 3:10 PM, PDT | From Tubefilter.tv | See recent Tubefilter News news

Think a little bit of Friday and a little bit of South Park. That's more or less what gets us to Orlando's Joint, a Flash-animated short series about pot-puffing Orlando (voiced by Rodney J. Hobbs) and the trials and tribulations of running The Coffee Joint, a neighborhood coffee shop that unexpectedly came into his possession. Joining Orlando are his two good friends Magda (Sonia Maria Martin) and Ponzi (Kevin John); the former is a girl-seeking girl who moonlights as a (hilariously boring) phone sex operator when she can't get work at the Joint, and the latter is a wannabe thug who was named after a "famous entrepreneur" who taught his mother everything she knew about business. Together with the spirit of the previous proprietor, Bumpie, who has been reincarnated as a cockroach, they keep the Coffee Joint together amid the pressures of city life - until Orlando's shady DJ past comes back to haunt him.

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Pat Miller

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Fan Film Friday: ‘The Greatest Fan Film of All Time’

3 July 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Who would win in a fight to the death between the Incredible Hulk or Superman? What would happen if Darkseid, Galactus and Apocalypse teamed up? What happens if Voltron met the Power Rangers? What is the most important comic book birthday? All these questions are amazingly answered along with tons more that even some of the most hardcore fanboys wouldn’t have even thought to ask in The Greatest Fan Film of All Time.

Over a full forty minutes in length, The Greatest Fan Film of All Time features cameos from all over geekdom and comics that would rival South Park’s Imaginationland episodes. Written by Larry Longstreth and directed by Jacob Drake, it features much better voice acting than one would expect from flash animated internet video, including Tna wrestler Dr. Stevie (or Stevie Richards of Ecw and WWE fame) voicing Daredevil as he gives advice to various sidekicks

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John Carle

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Dire Wraiths Meet Dirty Diapers In ‘Rom & Kate Plus Eight’

3 July 2009 11:01 AM, PDT | From MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news

Anyone following Splash Page on Twitter is already well aware of my fondness for Marvel Comics’ semi-obscure cosmic hero “Rom: Spaceknight.” I regularly post links to various Rom-related images and videos readers find around the ‘Net and send me, and have been known to wax poetic about my favorite moments in Rom’s seven-year run battling the evil Dire Wraiths.

While Rom has made cameos in various television series like “Robot Chicken” and “South Park” over the years, there’s generally been little reason to talk about him here on Splash Page… until now. Justin Aclin, editor of “ToyFare” Magazine recently sent over this early peek at a parody ad in the upcoming issue, and offered me the perfect opportunity to give Rom his due on the site.

Here’s your first look at the fake ad for “Rom and Kate Plus Eight” appearing in “ToyFare” #145, on sale in comic shops July 8.

Heck,

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Rick Marshall

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Public Enemies Of Hollywood: Celebs In Need Of An Image Makeover

1 July 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

Even us film geeks at MTV Movies Blog must admit that there are times when we experience cognitive dissonance between our favorite actors and the characters they portray. Sometimes, an actor capable of delivering a beautiful performance can come off as something very different when thrust in the public eye. In other words, even the most talented performers can suffer from some severe image problems.

Need some examples? Here are five Hollywood personalities whose work we adore, but who could use a bit of a makeover when it comes to their public persona. Remember guys, we’re saying this because we love you. Here’s some unsolicited advice for a few of our favorite bad boys (and girls). Just a note that those awesome pictures after the jump are the work of MTV’s talented associate producer/photoshop ninja/silent assassin Sohyung Kang. If you’d like to see them in their full-size glory,

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Josh Wigler

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The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time

26 June 2009 1:28 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

They should be called leaders.

We know them as trailers, but they don't trail anything; they play before the movie, not after it. The name dates to their earliest incarnation, when they actually did follow the feature. The documentary "Coming Attractions" dates the very first trailer to a 1912 Edison serial entitled "What Happened to Mary?" After each installment, a black card with white text would appear to inform audiences "The next incident in the series of 'What Happened to Mary' will be shown a week from now." Not exactly "In a world..." but it did the trick back in 1912.

What happened to Mary wasn't nearly as important as what happened to trailers, which have grown into one of the most popular forms of advertising in the world. Some think they spoil the movies -- Gene Siskel famously hated them so much he wouldn't enter a theater while they were playing

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‘The Matrix’ To ‘The Dark Knight’: Oscar Best Picture Near-Misses Of The Past Decade

25 June 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Best Picture category centerpiece at the yearly Oscar awards show will be expanded to include 10 nominees. We MTV Movies Team staffers were not amused.

In the wake of the announcement, many accusations surfaced that this move is nothing more than a ratings ploy. For many, the allegations spring from the fact that “The Dark Knight” — a universally regarded hit and currently the fourth-highest grossing film of all time — was snubbed for a Best Pic nomination. That got me thinking about all of the other incredible films which have fallen victim to Oscar politics over the years…

2008 — Is anyone really going to dispute that “The Dark Knight” should have taken home a statue? Or at least gotten a shot at taking home a statue? No? I didn’t think so. Moving on…

2007 — There are plenty to choose from in

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Adam Rosenberg

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Film News: 24 Minutes of Cameron’s Avatar Screened / Fincher to Direct Facebook Movie? / Antichrist to Open in Time for Halloween

25 June 2009 9:13 AM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news

24 minutes of James Cameron’s Avatar was screened for the very first time to 1,000 European industry attendees at the Cinema Expo International in Amsterdam.  Cameron’s decade long passion project has been touted as the film that will change how we watch movies forever.  Now that is one hell of an expectation to live up to.  So is that the case?    The insider writes for comingsoon.net: “3-D until now has been used as a gimmick.”  On the human characters he writes:  “It took my breath away. I thought–just like you guys–that I’ve seen it all with Gollum, or The Hulk, but Cameron has done it again. These creatures seem so real, that within minutes you forget you’re watching an enormous and very blue CGI character. Even the eyes are totally convincing. The characters have real personalities and a soul.” … “How the hell is it possible

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The Blade Runner house - yours for a cool $15 million

23 June 2009 4:12 AM, PDT | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news

$2.3 million for Cameron Frye’s house in 80s favourite Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, $2.85 million for the New Orleans mansion from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Pah! These are all small fry compared to the latest silver screen property to hit the market – the Frank Lloyd Wright Ennis mansion as seen in sci-fi cult classic Blade Runner. The 1924 property, built from Mayan-inspired concrete blocks, 27,000 of them to be precise is one of the famed architects most famous works and so is asking for bids in the region of $15 million (£9.1 million). Time to raid the piggy bank folks!

Amazingly, the current steep asking price is even a drop from a few years back when the Ennis mansion was worth an estimated $25 million. Under the guardianship of the Ennis House Foundation, the decision has been taken to sell it in the hope that a private buyer will snap it up and

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The 10 Most Creative People in the Web Business

17 June 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news

1. Reed Hastings, Chief Executive Officer, Netflix Reed Hastings could have stuck with his first breakthrough idea--Netflix recently mailed its 2-billionth DVD. Instead, he's swiftly embraced streaming online and direct to TV via Netflix-ready devices made by LG, Samsung, Microsoft, and others. So far, it seems to be working: Netflix's stock price has doubled since last November, reaching record highs.

2. Michele Ganeless, President, Comedy Central First came South Park, then The Daily Show and its Colbert spin-off. Now Michele Ganeless is expanding into digital territory. Comedy Central has launched Web sites for all its shows as well as stand-alone sites such as Jokes.com, the largest Internet archive of stand-up videos, plus videos from Sarah Silverman, Carlos Mencia, and Dane Cook.

3. Dave Morin, Senior Platform Manager, Facebook He's Facebook's strategic thinker on the next big thing in social media--identity protection on the Web. The issue is

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A Gay Satirist Fears 'Bruno's' Satire

16 June 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | From The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news

"I just don't know if the majority of America is going to be able to get the subtext," says "Prop 8: The Musical's" Marc Shaiman.

By Dominic Patten

No stranger to satire, Marc Shaiman has written music for "When Harry Met Sally…," "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" and "Team America: World Police." He also wrote last fall's Webby-winning "Prop 8: The Musical," starring Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris and others. A self-professed Bruno fan from when the character appeared on HBO's "Da Ali G Show" -- and gay himself -- he has only seen clips and trailers of the film, but he worries that on the big screen it's going to give audiences a very skewed view of...

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2009 Teen Choice Awards Nominees List in TV

15 June 2009 8:30 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

"Gossip Girl" has a big chance to walk out with multiple prizes at this year's Teen Choice Awards after getting 10 nominations, both for the series and the cast. Almost all the main actors such as Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester and Blake Lively grab one each. The CW series is one of the top scorers of the whole nominations list after "Twilight" which dominates with 12 nods.

Right behind "Gossip Girl" in terms of number is "American Idol". Scoring 7 nominations in total, the reality singing competition earns among others through its judge Simon Cowell, host Ryan Seacrest, and two recent contestants, Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. It additionally takes the nomination for Choice Tour.

Also pocketing noms are Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato who score through their Disney shows, "Hannah Montana" and "Sonny with a Chance" respectively. Miley in particular has 10 nods when accumulated with the feature movie version of "Hannah". She tweeted,

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Scott Sigler - The Horror of South Park (Part 2)

10 June 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | From amctv.com - Horror Hacker: Scott Sigler | See recent amctv.com - Horror Hacker: Scott Sigler news

Two months ago, I shocked the world with a riveting expose on one of the most barbaric, Satanic, horrific and despicable displays of horror debauchery ever displayed on the small screen. That's right, I cracked open a can of journalistic whup-ass on South Park. I dared go where no reporter has gone before. Well, some have tried, but wound up dead thanks to the vindictive natures of Matt Stone

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