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Dark Horse Entertainment pushes out founder Mike Richardson

From The Hollywood Reporter: "Mike Richardson Out as CEO of Dark Horse Entertainment After 40 Years"

"Publisher and producer Mike Richardson is out as CEO of Dark Horse Comics, the media company he built up from a comic book store business.

"In his ste

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RiffTrax Team to Make New MST3K Episodes

Story  The RiffTrax team of Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy, along with Mary Jo Pehl, will be making four new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, reprising their roles from the show's Sci-Fi Channel era. Apparently, their kicks

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Rob Reiner and His Wife Found Murdered

Story  Sad, horrifying news.I first saw him on All in the Family, but he made several well-known films also.

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Dick Van Dyke Turns 100 Years Old!

A genuine Living Legend!

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RIP June Lockhart, Dead at Age 100

Story She was one of the all-time great TV ""moms", whether on Lassie or Lost in Space. another legend gone.

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KING KIRBY - Play with Interactive Projections

King Kirby - a "live theater motion comic" by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, directed by Doak Rapp.

Hey, Travis... this is going to be playing at the Cox Playhouse in Plano from July 4-12. Tracy and I are thinking about going to see it. Let us k

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Tom King's 'Mister Miracle' comes to TV

WARNER BROS. ANIMATION AND DC STUDIOS ANNOUNCE SERIES GREENLIGHT FOR MISTER MIRACLE

NEW ADULT ANIMATED SERIES CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION WITH EXCUTIVE PRODUCER AND SHOWRUNNER TOM KING

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios are announcing the series gree

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RIP Ruth Buzzi

Story  A lot of folks may remember her for her role as Gladys Ormphby on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, but ssince I was a touch young for that show, I first encountered her on the Saturday morning kids' show, The Lost Saucer.  It was only later that I s

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RIP Jean Marsh

Story

Marsh was perhaps best-known as the star and co-creator  of Upstairs, Downstairs, but she was in wide range of other TV programs and films.  As a Doctor Who fan, I remember her from her appearances in "The Crusades", "The Dalek Master Plan" an

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Dark Shadows (comics)

Dynamite's Dark Shadows: Year One condenses the 19-week television storyline into six issues and, I must admit, does a pretty good job of it, eliminating most of the meandering soap opera storytelling. It is not, however, canon. What writer Marc Andr

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Dark Shadows: Maggie & Quentin - The Lovers' Refrain

This release (described as a "mini-series) from 2018 comprises four individual hour-long episodes. I think I listened to one of them, but was too concerned with where (or even if) they fit into continuity to really enjoy it. Maggie and Quentin were n

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Planet of the Apes (reboot series)

We just finished watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes (for the third time, I think). I have been in love with this franchise ever since I was a kid. I was disappointed with the 2001 version, but Rise was everything I thought I wanted: high product

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A moment in ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier''

Yesterday, I was flipping channels on the TV and came across Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It's like Ocean's Eleven or Ocean's Thirteen or Barney Miller for me; I can always drop what I'm doing and watch Barney Miller.

I came in late in the mov

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Dark Shadows: Seances and Sources

Up until now, we have made due with a single "Dark Shadows" thread which comprises all related topics lumped together, but now I find it preferable to break out "Seances and Sources" for ease of reference and update.

SEANCE SCORECARD:

SEANCE #1: Episod

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The New Season (2024)

It's that time of year again!

Actually, it's well past this time of year.

Continuing the tradition started by Doctor Hmmm? back in 2010, and followed inconsistently since (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023), here

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RIP Ron Ely

Story  He was TV's first Tarzan, played Doc Savage, and was in numberless other thinga.

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RIP James Earl Jones

Story   Another great voice silenced.

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RIP James Darren

Story  Another guy who was in a bunch of things.  I remember him best from his roles in The Time Tunnel and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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RIP Bob Newhart

Story  Another one of the greats of my younger years gone.

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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths

As I was reading one of this week's new DC comics I came across an ad for the animated Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3 ("The Conclusion to the Epic Trilogy"). "Part 3"? I didn't know there were parts ane and two! Just as well... now

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