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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Matt Smith wants a talking parrot companion

Wed, Nov 03, 2010
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From celeb gossip site Now: New Doctor Who star Matt Smith has decided the Time Lord needs a new assistant – ideally, a bird. The actor got his inspiration from a pirates sequence in the film Pink Panther starring Peter Sellers. ‘I think with this Doctor, you never know what he’s going to do or … more…

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tres cool: Sylvester McCoy will appear in ‘The Hobbit’!

Thu, Oct 28, 2010
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Someone had to play Radagast the Brown: McCoy will be perfect…

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calling bullshit: “Teen Mag Denies Justin Bieber Was Photoshoppped”

Thu, Oct 28, 2010
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The boy ain’t right on a regular basis, but this image is even more the-boy-ain’t-right than usual.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: geek fave Mark Sheppard to appear in Season Six

Thu, Oct 28, 2010
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The Firefly and Battlestar Galactica actor will appear in the season premiere as ‘Canton Everett Delaware III.’ Let the speculation upon the whatsitness of that impressive moniker commence…

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question of the day: Is ‘South Park’s plagiarism apology plausible?

Tue, Oct 26, 2010
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Could this really have been be an honest mistake? It’s hard to see how Stone and Parker ever imagined they’d get away with no one noticing, but it’s also hard not to see their actions here as sheer laziness and stupidity. But apparently they’re fine with us thinking they’re stupid…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: new Eighth Doctor costume?

Mon, Oct 25, 2010
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Reader Martin sent me an email over the weekend with the subject line: ‘8th Doctor’s new costume.’
Now, I know this makes absolutely no sense at all, but the first thing I thought was: Matt Smith’s getting a costume change already?

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Martin Freeman IS Bilbo Baggins…

Fri, Oct 22, 2010
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…but Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield? I hope they don’t bury that gorgeous face of his under mountains of latex…

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what she said: Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood…

Thu, Oct 21, 2010
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…about how Hollywood is flummoxed by Noomi Rapace, the original girl with the dragon tattoo…

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question of the day: Who is your favorite TV mom or dad?

Wed, Oct 20, 2010
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The passings of Mr. C and June Cleaver prompts us to consider beloved TV parents: Mrs. Partridge? Steve Douglas? Claire Huxtable? Tony Micelli? Dan Conner?

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question of the day: If Eric Stoltz could have been Marty McFly, what other 80s movies might have been differently cast?

Wed, Oct 13, 2010
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Did you know that Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future? I seem to vaguely recall hearing something along those lines, but now there’s video evidence… because Robert Zemeckis actually shot for weeks before deciding that Stoltz was wrong for the role.

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