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The BBC Investigates Booth Babes At International CES [VIDEO]

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:45 pm, January 11th, 2013

Last year, the BBC delved into the great Booth Babe debate at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and decided to do a follow-up to see if anything had changed. It hadn’t. While Booth Babes, attractive women hired to promote a product at a convention, are always a hot topic, some consider their inclusion at CES to be especially problematic considering it’s a professional trade convention. What do you think? Should these models be removed from the equation, should men be added to even things out, or do you not see their inclusion as an issue at all?

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Britain Installs New Guidelines For Prosecuting Threatening Comments Made Online, Should The U.S. Follow Suit?

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:56 pm, December 22nd, 2012

Keir Starmer, chief prosecutor for England and Wales, spoke this week about stricter guidelines for harassing and threatening comments online. Is it time for the United States to do the same?

Teen Wolf‘s Jackson is Now Arrow‘s Roy Harper

by Susana Polo | 11:45 am, December 12th, 2012

A couple months ago, Colton Haynes announced that he would be leaving his role as “jerk with a messed up emotional situation due to the fact that he is a lizard man” on Teen Wolf to begin the next chapter of his career. And now fans of two shows know what that next chapter is, and it’s an interesting one for comic fans as well. Haynes has been brought on as a recurring character on the CW’s Arrow, one who shares a name with Roy Harper, a character known in comics by such aliases as Speedy, Arsenal, and Red Arrow, or, in otherwords, Green Arrow’s original sidekick.

Problem Solved: Geek Girl ID Cards

by Susana Polo | 12:10 pm, December 5th, 2012

You might recognize Nerdache Cakes as the the young woman whose confectionary treats we feature here frequently, from an incredible birthday cake based on Gurihiru’s Baby Avengers, a set of Gotham City character cookies, to an entire cake based on one piece Avengers fanart drawn by Adventure Time‘s Natasha Allegri. In response to an anonymous poster who decided that this wasn’t enough evidence that she genuinely enjoyed the things she spent hours recreating in dough and fondant, she has created a gift for all of us.

I’m sure it will completely fix the “fake geek girl” “problem” forever. In the meantime…

There is An Alternate Universe Where Russell Crowe is Wolverine

by Susana Polo | 4:15 pm, November 28th, 2012

Am I writing this post specifically to make Les Miserables jokes?

…maybe.

Matt Smith Tries to Say Something, Anything About New Neil Gaiman Episode, Fails

by Susana Polo | 12:10 pm, November 2nd, 2012

I think it will be a fan’s favourite because, well, without giving anything away, it just will be, because there’s something in it. — Matt Smith, actor behind the Doctor on Doctor Who.

Thanks, Matt. We love you. Now sit down before you pull something.

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Matthew Vaughn is Leaving X-Men: Days of Future Past, Might be Replaced by Bryan Singer (!!!)

by Rebecca Pahle | 11:00 am, October 26th, 2012

X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn has stepped down as the director of its upcoming sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Deadline reports that there’s a rather interesting candidate being considered to replace him: Bryan Singer.

Futurama Voice Actors… Voice Acting [Video]

by Susana Polo | 1:19 pm, October 24th, 2012

There isn’t much that’s cooler than watching voice actors strut their stuff on camera. Putting real faces to the cartoony ones is always something of a revelation. I’m curious as to what characters Tress MacNeille is doing in this clip. The script says Bender’s Game, but one of those yells sounds an awful lot like Empress Ndnd.

(via The FW.)

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