From Game of Thrones‘ King in the North to (possibly) Prince Charming. Richard Madden might have found his niche in handsome royalty. I’m not complaining.

In what may be one of the greatest moments in geek history, it was announced Sir Ian McKellen would marry longtime friend and colleague Sir Patrick Stewart. The only way this story could have been better would be if they were marrying each other.

Look, just because you stopped being afraid of the dark a long time ago doesn’t mean your room isn’t full of comic boxes to stub your toes on. I mean, you’re going to clean them up and put them away soon, as soon as you get one organizing them, but right now you need them there so that you don’t lose your place. Yes, I am sure that pile is perfectly stable don’t touch it.

Or maybe you know someone who knows someone who needs a little light up Wonder Woman to brighten their blackest night?

The United States had to wait what felt like an excruciatingly long time to see Season 3 of Downton Abbey but boy, did we show up in style. The English drama not only had a record number of viewers on PBS, it demolished last season’s premiere, and it was second only to CBS in its time slot for the night. 

What have we Anglophiles got to look forward to in 2013? Aside from Doctor Who, that is. This two-minute trailer for BBC One’s upcoming season has added several things to my To Watch list, among them season (sorry, series) three of Luther, The Village (O HAI John Simm!), Miranda (aka That Show I’ve Been Meaning to Watch for Like Three Years Now, I’ll Get Around To It in 2013 I Swear), The White Queen (that War of the Roses drama told from the women’s perspective), and Ripper Street.

But not Sherlock. Because that’s nowhere close to filming yet, as Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch are off being über-successful, those jerks.

(via: Digital Spy)

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Yesterday we told you astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson had helped DC Comics determine the exact location of Superman’s home planet Krypton. That was pretty cool news on its own but we also learned Tyson would be appearing in this week’s issue of Action Comics to give Superman a helping hand. And here, ladies and gentlemen, is a look at that appearance. Neil deGrasse Tyson, we love you. Click ahead for a few more panels of the astrophysicist in action.

I’ll admit to being pretty impressed with the work of Castle Corsetry. There are some times in life when you just need a corset (Renfaire’s being among them, although I wouldn’t necessarily wear any of these designs to them) and if there’s something I like, it’s repurposing bedsheets or other patterns clearly intended for young boys into clothing for adult female geeks.

(via Geek With Curves.)

Don’t bother pinching yourself. You’re awake. This is actually happening. With The Expendables 2 just hitting theaters this weekend, Variety is reporting another Expendables-type film will feature a cast made up of female action stars. Hit the jump for my reaction and oh yeah, all the details we know so far. 

Let’s hop into the way-back machine and set our coordinates for 1785. This was a time way before any inkling of commercial air travel and the frisky little concept of ducking into an airplane bathroom with a “friend” for a saucy, airborne tryst thousands of feet above the ground. But let’s be realistic — people have had the very same frisky thoughts, because if the thought of sex didn’t occur to people, the human race would end. So, yes, even in the more “proper” and “modest” of times, people had sexual intercourse and in a variety of locations. In the case of actress and model Letitia Ann Sage, a hot air balloon. At least that’s what was rumored to have happened (even if it probably didn’t.) Hey, if you’re going to be stuck up in the air for a while, and the guy who is accompanying you is friendly and handsome, then “when in Rome,” amirite?

In a shocking development in the world of “entertaining while being a female human,” television shows that are run and written by women can be just as raunchy as show that are run and written by men behind the scenes! This totally surprising (and when I say “totally surprising,” I mean “totally unsurprising”) discovery kind of flies in the face of the whole “boys’ club” environment we keep hearing about, even though female writers in late night are still pretty scarce. But don’t you worry your pretty heads about your primetime shows. Those ladies might be peeing in jars and everything!