Author: Joseph Dickerson

An old friend of mine John Champion has the scoop on a SF convention in Dallas, FedconUSA, that was cancelled after one day. I feel sorry for all concerned…

MAN, Kenneth Johnson was good at this whole TV thing….

Davros is here. And who is the Red Dalek?  Less than 4 weeks left!

This blog posting from Moriarty exposes the ending of the forthcoming Terminator 4, now in production. Wow. It looks… bad. McG, the director, has denied this on the production blog for the movie, but I don’t buy it. McG is…

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My heart sank this morning when I turned on the TV and watched footage of the horrible fire at Universal Studio’s backlot in California. Not only were practical sets and exteriors from decades of TV and movie production gong up…

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Wow, this is… well, not sad, as he lived to the nice ripe age of 81, but something to regret: Harvey Korman, star of many a great Carol Burnett Show sketch and the immortal Blazing Saddles, has died. We are…

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Horror legends Vincent Price and Christopher Lee was born on the same day, May 27th (different years). Christopher Lee is still with us, Vincent is of course (and unfortunately) not. And, 100 years ago on May 28th Ian Fleming was…

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A must read article is here… I’m bad, but golly, not as bad as some of the people quoted in this article…  

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW! T H I S I S S P O I L E R S P A A A C E !   S E R I O U S L…

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No nuWho this week but hooray! A trailer! [youtube]uGFdwcbe2Wk[/youtube]

Here’s a link to Gay Talese’ profile of Frank Sinatra, “Frank Sinatra has a Cold,” originally published in Esquire magazine.

Hoorah! The writer of some of the best nuWho episodes (“The Girl in the Fireplace” and “Blink” are two personal faves) Steven Moffatt is taking over the showrunner duties for the next new (full) season of Doctor Who, scheduled for…

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It’s not lupus! [youtube]J1RtZwQOgt0[/youtube]

WOW, SNL hit one out of the park with this one. Ricky Gervais presents the original Japanese version of The Office…

(Not so) seriously…

…is the best sidekick for Doctor Who?