Monthly Archives: June 2010
UK Book News Update
The UK are at it again: almost a full month before the US (Grosset & Dunlap) version of Star Wars: the Clone Wars Secret Missions # 2: Curse of the Black Hole Pirates comes out, Puffin Books has released the UK version, which is available now from amazon UK! The Grand Army of the Republic led by Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi and the other Jedi Knights fights the new Droid Army of the Separatists in this stunning computer-animated TV series that hits the small screen around the world in 2009. Jedi Padawan Nuru Kungurama and the clone troopers of
Link Ink: Han Solo Looks Hipp, She-Hulk's Sexy Times, DC Universe's Animated …
Art: Dan Hipp pays tribute to Han Solo’s heroic sacrifice during “The Empire Strikes back.” My heart has broken all over again. [Mister Hipp] Characters: Ethan Kaye runs down the ten greatest sexual conquests achieved by Jennifer “She-Hulk” Walters, with Juggernaut coming in at number one. [Topless Robot] Animation: Bruce Timm sets the record straight on the future of the DC Universe animated features, saying: “Anyone at our DCU/Batman: under the Red Hood panel at Comic-Con will walk away with a very clear picture of the direction we’re taking the DCU animated movies in the coming year.” [Comic Book Resources]
A-Team in a B-movie
A-TeamDirected by Joe Carnahan Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica BielRated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence throughout, language and smoking.1 hr. 58 min. If the A-Team looks like just another shiny, stupid, action-oriented summer blockbuster — it is. And here’s why you should still be excited about it: After lingering in development hell for nearly a decade, and enlisting almost a dozen writers to polish off a final draft of the script, the rebooted film finally made it to theaters last weekend. It was then thoroughly torched by critics and ignored by audiences in favor of Jackie
Princess Leia Found Her Darth Vader: It's You and Me
Well, she’s a former alcoholic, drug addict, washed up actor, shock therapy patient (no, really) and one-time princess to the universe, but now Carrie “Princess Leia” Fisher can add one more calumny to her long list of off-kilter, personality deficits: she’s a “teabagger” hater. So, she’s got that going for her, which is nice. Hawking another one of those prosaic celebrity tell-alls, Fisher spoke to the folks at the entertainment site PopEater.com and when the subject of Obama and the Tea Party movement came up, the one-time heartthrob of nerds everywhere didn’t hold back. they are all “racists” she said.
Kindle Price Cut & Exclusive LEGO Harry Potter Game Bundle
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] June 25, 2010 This week, Target® has sizzling tech deals to kick-start your summer for less.Guests can take advantage of exclusive values, from Kindle to videogames and throughout the entire electronics department. Permanent Summer Reading Value Amazon Kindle is now only $189! The best-selling Kindlee-reader is available at Target stores nationwide (save $70 withthis permanent price drop) Build & Boogie with Video Game Freebies Only at Target! Beginning Tuesday 6/29*, get a free HarryPotter and the Sorcerer’s Stone DVD/Blu-ray movie when
What: “Star Wars: In Concert”
Anthony Daniels, the only actor to appear in all six “Star Wars“movies, gets to live on in the franchise, thanks to “Star Wars: InConcert,” which comes to the i wireless Center in Moline on July7. In a phone interview from a bus en route from San Francisco toFresno, Calif., the 64-year-old British actor best known as C-3POtalked about the show. Audio of the interview is online at QCTimes.com. “It (the concert) was anything but a sure bet. Even I wasskeptical at the beginning, saying ‘Why do you need this giant LEDscreen and these huge black LED drapes that come alive?
