Tonight: In Search of Steve Ditko
Technically, it's already aired, but bear with us.
Tonight on BBC4, the Jonathan Ross documentary about Steve Ditko finally debuts. (It's on again at 12.50 AM, which is about 45 minutes from when this is...
Edward Gorey’s THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
Upon discovering that Edward Gorey was a Star Trek fanatic, Shaenon Garrity imagines what might have been.
Aside: You realize this is just a blog post, right and not in some satirical magazine where it...
VOTE FOR DAME DARCY
Is there ANYONE alive who does not want to see these two get together? Vote Dame Darcy for Flavor of Love! It is the law.
Two nerd things that go great together
For you folks surfing The Beat late tonight, check out tonight's "Superhero" themed episode of MYTHBUSTERS, another favorite of the nerderotti out there.
As we type this (9 PM ET), the first showing has just...
HEROES gal is 18
Hayden Panettiere has just passed her 18th birthday which apparently means she legal to drive or something. The websites which specialize in photos of female celebs in bikinis (one of which we snagged the...
Klingon sighting
Long thought an endangered species, Klingons have been spotted lately in Texas, giving hope that this rare and beautiful species may still make a comeback from the brink of extinction.
When the Klingons walk...
Veronica Mars joins Heroes
We don't watch enough TV to make an actual joke, but this is clearly a big deal.
NBC is adding former “Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell to the cast of “Heroes.” Peacock has snagged...
More Jonathan Ross
Comics hero and boy's love video star Jonathan Ross will soon be seen searching for Steve Ditko, and BBC4 is producing a 3-part documentary about the comics, from Beano to Judge Dredd, according...
DC to publish HEROES comic
Some would say this license is hardly a surprise!
DC Comics, the world's largest English language comic book publisher and home to Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman announced plans to publish a hardcover collection of...
2007 Emmy Nominations
If you haven’t already entered your Harry Potter spoiler-free bunker, you may have seen that the 2007 Emmy nominations were announced early this morning. The nerd community, led by the Cheerleader-saving drama HEROES, is...
When Stan met P—-
We really don't like writing about P---- H-----, since everyone else does, constantly and to the point of nausea, but her recent pact with Stan Lee has dragged her kicking and screaming into our...
Meet your Supergirl
Canadian hottie Laura Vandervoort has landed the role of Supergirl on next season's SMALVILLE:
"She's a combination of beauty, intelligence, a certain warmth, and great attitude," says the show's co-creator Al Gough. "We've wanted a...
