Week 50 - December 11th to December 17th

[akamine_chan]

Community News and Announcements

• Chats
  
  • Next week's C6D chat will be held on December 20th and will feature random CKR-oriented episodes of random TV shows, starting at 8 PM EST. Contact sisterofdream for more information.
    
  • vsee is continuing to hold live Flashpoint chats. See theconstabulary for more information. On hiatus until January 9th.
    
• Movies
  
  • Passchendaele will be having its US premier at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
    
  • Pontypool was listed as one of the 10 best Canadian movies by the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
    
  • Toronto Film Festival Group picks Top 10 Canadian films of 2008.
    
  • See Canada's best.
    
  • Toronto critics love 'Lucy'.
    
  • Zombie romance, sci-fi horro, singing vampires among the Canadian flicks in '09.
    
• Movie Festivals
  
  • The Victoria Film Festival has been scheduled from January 30th, 2009 to February 8th, 2009 in Victoria, B.C.
    
  • The Palm Springs International Film Festival is scheduled for January 6th to January 19th.
    
  • Palm Springs film festival announces lineup.
    
• Politics
  
  • a_boleyn posted a link to a blog that pretends to be about Passchendaele, but is actually about the politics of government-funded arts. See how nos4a2no9 uses her shiny brain. \nos/ for a well-written, logical response to the post.
    
  • Toronto Film Critics choose indie over Hollywood.
    
  • Keep Reading It Just Gets Better.
    
• Television
  
  • Original Canadian Series Debuts in Air, Not On Air.
    

Battlestar Galactica

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • bsgficexchange is hosting a Spring 2009 Fic Exchange. It is an anonymous multi-pairing/character fanfiction exchange for Battlestar Galactica: 2003. It is gen, het, and slash friendly, and welcomes all characters, pairings, and ratings. Sign-ups run until January and stories are due April 1st. See the FAQ or the rules for more details.
    
• Fanfic
  
  • Come Undone (Kara/Leoben, NC17) by sionnain.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • meshel73 posted a blurb about ordering the catalog for the upcoming BSG props and costume auciton.
    

CKR

• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • no_where_else posted a wallpaper
    

Ellen Page

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Sean's 2008 Couchies - The Actors.
    

Falling Angels

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Falling Angels.
    

Flashpoint

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • wordsflow posted a Jules/Sam picspam.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Flashpoint January preview.
    
  • Flashpoint returns to CTV Jan. 9.
    
  • CBS Entertainment Releases.
    
  • New Episodes of Hit Series Flashpoint Explode onto CTV January 9.
    
• Miscellaneous
  
  • A TV Calling blog has some interesting articles about the scripting/characterization for Flashpoint (on the right-hand side, about midway down).
    

Hard Core Logo

• Fanfic
  
  • I said nothing lasts forever (and I meant it) (Joe/Billy, NC17) by sionnain.
    

Headstones

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • belamnoir posted a picspam.
    
  • china_shop posted a mostly Headstones picspam.
    

Multi-Fandom

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • ds_snippets's Challenge # 97 has lovely new prompts: light, flurry, chimney, oil, cookies, count, anticipation.. Snippets are due by January 4th. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashthedrabble's Challenge # 192 is Past Challenges Revisited. Drabbles are due by January 7th. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashtheimage's Challenge # 7 is here. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • smallfandomflsh's Challenge # 18 is trapped. Fics are due December 31st. See this post for further details.
    
  • writers_choice's Challenge # 284 is fog. See this post for the rules.
    
  • Additionally, writers_choice will be holding an Open challenge from December 22nd through January 4th. You can write a story for any previous challenge.
    
  • movie_100's Challenge #13 is luck. See this post for more details.
    
  • The schedule for rounds_of_kink's Round 9: claiming began on November 18th and posting runs from December 1st through December 16th. See this post for more details.
    
    
  • The last day for posting to Round Nine of round_of_kinks is 11:59 pm CST on Friday, December 19th. If you don't manage to post your story by then, please save it for the next round or for the Amnesty round.
    
  • The 7th Annual 'A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words' Challenge is accepting sign-ups until December 30th. Everyone gets a picture to be the inspiration for your story, which must be exactly 1000 words long. Once you've submitted your story, you can request another picture. Wash, rinse, repeat. Any fandom, pairing, rating or genre (incluing RP and original) is welcome. Fics are due Februrary 28, 2009. See the profile for more details.
    
  • 3some_ficfest has posted the masterlist of prompts. Fics are due January 3rd. See this post for more details.
    
  • Don't forget the Yuletide stories are due by Saturday. This is a good time to panic.
    

Passchendaele

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Passchendaele.
    
  • Thoughts On Passchendaele.
    

PG

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • stormymouse posted some pics to pg_daily.
    

Pontypool

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • American Film Market 2008 Part Three: More Reviews.
    

Tin Man

• Fanfic
  
  • The Ties That Bind (Jeb/Zero, NC17) by godess_jessie.
    
  • Reluctant Dancer (Zero/Wyatt, NC17) by godess_jessie.
    
  • Captured (Zero/OFCs, Zero/Cain, Jeb/DG, R) by diabolicalfiend.
    
  • Released (Zero, Ahamo, Azkadellia, DG/Jeb, Lavender, Wyatt, G) by diabolicalfiend.
    

X-Files 2 - I Want To Believe

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • X-Files: I Want To Believe.
    

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