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Watch Round 1 of the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway Live Right Here
Round 1 of the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø is a little less than an hour away. Play begins at 10:00AM ET and they'll be live streaming the event with expert commentary by IM Lawrence Trent and GM Jan Gustafsson. Watch it all right here.
Read More »
Walk Softly and Carry a Littlefinger: An Ode to Game of Thrones' Petyr Baelish
Vile, despicable, slimy and creepy. These are all words I’ve seen used to describe Lord Petyr Baelish, portrayed by Aidan Gillen on HBO's Game of Thrones. In my estimation, though, there isn't much that's more attractive than a man with intelligence, and certainly Petyr has plenty of brains to spare. What motivates Lord Baelish to be the slick political mover and shaker he is? And why is he a character so many people love to hate - or hate that they love?
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Dorkly Offers Up Some Progressive Superheroes
Dorkly took inspiration from Marvel's new!Thor and decided to create 6 "progressive superheroes."
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Full Police Report Reveals More Information About Comic-Con Incident
Polygon has obtained a report from Harbor Police through an open records request.
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Things We Saw Today: Lucy Translated! (Really?)
Apparently Hollywood likes to write random words behind their heroines in foreign countries.
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“Wait. The Rest of You Aren’t Dogs?”: The Mary Sue's Favorite Comments of the Week
This week in our roundup of favorite comments: Everyone is dogs and Batman.
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Comic-Con Interviews: iZombie's Robert Buckley Tells Us About His Favorite Comic Books
As a fan of the Chris Roberson and Mike Allred comic series, I'm very much looking forward to The CW's iZombie adaptation, even if it strays from the source material. But during interview sessions at San Diego Comic-Con, I was surprised to find out star Robert Buckley, who plays Major Lilywhite, is a comic book reader as well.
Read More »
Start The Music, Light The Lights: Disney's New Muppets Show Debuts Today!
Thank God it's Flailday Friday, and not just because the weekend is nigh! Today marks the debut of the new Disney Drive-On With the Muppets original series, which will release two new episodes every Friday from now until "a limited time." You can check out the show's musical trailer above, as well as a clip from the first episode below.
Read More »
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Trailer is Mildly Terrifying
SpongeBob SquarePants is no stranger to movies, but this new one is... not exactly what fans had in mind.
Read More »
Arrow Casts A Mom For Felicity; Gotham Locks Down Another Villain
Arrow and Gotham are the two biggest names in DC TV shows right now, with The Flash trailing juuust behind (which is ironic when you think about it). Today two new casting decisions were announced, and they're both... kind of awesome?
Read More »
Judy Garland Singing Death Metal "Over the Rainbow" Is the Perfect Friday Video
It's 4:00 on a Friday. You're still at work, with the glorious specter of the weekend hanging over your head. Mentally, you're maaaybe not quite as present as your boss would like you to be. You click play. Your life changes. You change. You will never be the same again.
Read More »
Comic-Con Interviews: Game of Thrones' Isaac Hempstead-Wright Talks to Us About The Boxtrolls
Isaac Hempstead-Wright has a lot to say about the wonders of animation, especially when it comes to his latest project, LAIKA’s The Boxtrolls. Best known for playing Bran Stark on HBO’s megahit Game of Thrones, the young actor is now lending his vocal talents to the characters Eggs, a boy raised by the benign trash-collecting troll clan that live under the fictional Victorian town of Cheesebridge. We spoke to him about all that and more at SDCC!
Read More »
The Trailer for Stonehearst Asylum Looks Like It Came Straight from the Brain of Edgar Allan Poe
A horror movie based on an Edgar Allan Poe book and starring Charles Dance, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Caine? Count us in. Perfect for Halloween!
Read More »
Google's Floating Showroom Dreams Sunk, Mystery Barge to Be Dismantled and Sold
One of Google's "mystery barges" will vanish as mysteriously arrived, which means we'll never get to sit around and envy the rich and famous who would be invited to attend its anticipated swanky party for the floating showroom's opening. Now, has made its way from Portland Harbor to Turner's Island Cargo Terminal, where it will be dismantled. But why? It is a mystery. Kind of.
Read More »
Watch (Almost) Every Easter Egg in the MCU, From Iron Man to Thor: The Dark World
I object to the classification of Harry Dean Stanton's cameo in The Avengers as a "cameo," but hey, part of being a nerd is being pedantic from time to time. I've accepted my tendencies. Quibbling aside, MTV News' supercut of "every" Easter Egg in the MCU, not including The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy, is a nice resource. I say "every" because I'm sure there are some missing. Know what they are? Leave a comment and educate your fellow nerds.
Read More »
Stephen Colbert Breaks Character, Talks to Girls About Catcalling
In their "Ask a Grown Person" segment, Rookie Magazine interviews celebrities by giving them questions to answer from young people seeking advice. This time around, they've enlisted the help of Stephen Colbert.
Read More »
Recaps From the Brightest Timeline: Community Season 6 Episode 4 "Repetitive Music Theory"
Greetings again from the Brightest Timeline where NBC's Community was never canceled, and its sixth season is currently airing. We've turned the office conference room into our own Dreamatorium to travel between worlds and bring you recaps of the season that might have been. This week, we finally get a group episode in "Repetitive Music Theory."
Read More »
Get Your First Official Look At Brolin's Thanos In This Marvel Cinematic Universe Retrospective
Josh Brolin's Thanos has made an appearance in Guardians of The Galaxy, of course, but seeing as not everyone's gotten to watch it yet because it just came out today, we figured you'd want to take a look here first. Plus, there's this pretty neat Marvel video that follows all the events of Phases 1 and 2 with footage from previous movies, Comic-Con appearances, and more. Nifty!
Read More »
John Stamos to Play Jousting, Singing Knight on Musical Fantasy Sitcom Galavant
Did you forget about Galavant, ABC's upcoming sitcom that's like if someone put The Princess Bride, Spamalot, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Psych (LASSIE!) in a blender and hit purée? If you're A) nostalgic for the '90s, B) a yogurt enthusiast, or C) a living, breathing human being, I have some casting news that might catch your attention: John "John motherf***ing Stamos" Stamos is going to be a guest star. Yeah, that's what I said.
Read More »
How to Follow the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway (Without Being in Norway)
Today the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway kicks off with the opening ceremony at 1:30PM ET. This is where you can see all the coverage we can put together for the entire event including games (which start tomorrow), interviews, and tweets from the chess community in Tromsø.
Read More »
David S. Goyer Gets Defensive About Constantine's Sexuality With Comic-Con Reporter
Oh, look, it's everybody's favorite member of Hollywood to be mad at, David S. Goyer! What would you like to talk about today, David? ... You wanna talk about how all the people who are mad at the bi-erasure in NBC's Constantine are wrong? Well, that can't possibly go poorly!
Read More »
In Space, No One Can Hear You ROFL
Still not following all of the astronauts-seriously, just every single one of them-on Twitter, despite how many times we suggest it? Here's another great reason you should be: space jokes. This one comes from Astronaut Reid Wiseman who is currently aboard the ISS, and it's so great that I'm only a little disappointed it didn't come with a picture, because he's been tweeting a lot of amazing ones.
Read More »
Why Watch Guardians of the Galaxy When You Can Watch LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy?
...Because Guardians of the Galaxy is actually a pretty dang good movie, just like pretty much everyone's saying it is? Yeah, OK. But you should still watch this LEGO version of the Guardians trailer, if only for mental The LEGO Movie crossover reasons. Chris Pratt is ALL the minifig heroes!
Read More »
[UPDATE] Here is the Cover for George R.R. Martin's Re-release of His Kids' Book, The Ice Dragon
George R.R. Martin wrote a kids book based in Game of Thrones' Westeros. It looks just as exciting as the books, but without all the blood and gore. And don't worry, there aren't any book spoilers!
Read More »
More Elsa and Kristoff in New Pictures of Frozen In Once Upon A Time
In case you were worried about the fate of poor Sven the reindeer in Once Upon a Time's Frozen storyline, worry no longer: he's definitely in there.
Read More »
Cartoon Hangover's Manly is Weird and Awesome, Watch her First Adventure Here
Manly is a new short from Cartoon Hangover, created by Jesse and Justin Moynihan, the former of whom is responsible for some of the weirdest stuff in Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. Manly follows its titular character, the daughter of some kind of space god who would have preferred a son, as she goes on a mission for her dad with a little guy named Nimbus and... you know what, I'm just gonna stop there.
Read More »
Snow White and the Huntsman Sequel Is Actually a Prequel, Will Focus on the Huntsman and Charlize Theron's Evil Queen
We heard last month that Frank Darabont might be directing a Snow White-less follow-up to Snow White and the Huntsman, and lo and behold, Universal just confirmed it. But what's that? It's a prequel? And there'll be more of Charlize Theron's evil queen who, according to most people who saw Snow White, was its best part? I'm listening.
Read More »
Arrow's Katie Cassidy Plays a Very Different Comic Book Character in The Scribbler
If I wasn't told the star of this film was Arrow's Katie Cassidy (aka Laurel Lance), I never would have guessed it.
Read More »
At Long Last, You Can Buy LEGO's Female Scientist Minifigs
It is time!
Read More »
Watch Round 1 of the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway Live Right Here
Round 1 of the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø is a little less than an hour away. Play begins at 10:00AM ET and they'll be live streaming the event with expert commentary by IM Lawrence Trent and GM Jan Gustafsson. Watch it all right here.
Read More »
Walk Softly and Carry a Littlefinger: An Ode to Game of Thrones' Petyr Baelish
Vile, despicable, slimy and creepy. These are all words I’ve seen used to describe Lord Petyr Baelish, portrayed by Aidan Gillen on HBO's Game of Thrones. In my estimation, though, there isn't much that's more attractive than a man with intelligence, and certainly Petyr has plenty of brains to spare. What motivates Lord Baelish to be the slick political mover and shaker he is? And why is he a character so many people love to hate - or hate that they love?
Read More »
Dorkly Offers Up Some Progressive Superheroes
Dorkly took inspiration from Marvel's new!Thor and decided to create 6 "progressive superheroes."
Read More »
Full Police Report Reveals More Information About Comic-Con Incident
Polygon has obtained a report from Harbor Police through an open records request.
Read More »
Things We Saw Today: Lucy Translated! (Really?)
Apparently Hollywood likes to write random words behind their heroines in foreign countries.
Read More »
“Wait. The Rest of You Aren’t Dogs?”: The Mary Sue's Favorite Comments of the Week
This week in our roundup of favorite comments: Everyone is dogs and Batman.
Read More »
Comic-Con Interviews: iZombie's Robert Buckley Tells Us About His Favorite Comic Books
As a fan of the Chris Roberson and Mike Allred comic series, I'm very much looking forward to The CW's iZombie adaptation, even if it strays from the source material. But during interview sessions at San Diego Comic-Con, I was surprised to find out star Robert Buckley, who plays Major Lilywhite, is a comic book reader as well.
Read More »
Start The Music, Light The Lights: Disney's New Muppets Show Debuts Today!
Thank God it's Flailday Friday, and not just because the weekend is nigh! Today marks the debut of the new Disney Drive-On With the Muppets original series, which will release two new episodes every Friday from now until "a limited time." You can check out the show's musical trailer above, as well as a clip from the first episode below.
Read More »
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Trailer is Mildly Terrifying
SpongeBob SquarePants is no stranger to movies, but this new one is... not exactly what fans had in mind.
Read More »
Arrow Casts A Mom For Felicity; Gotham Locks Down Another Villain
Arrow and Gotham are the two biggest names in DC TV shows right now, with The Flash trailing juuust behind (which is ironic when you think about it). Today two new casting decisions were announced, and they're both... kind of awesome?
Read More »
Judy Garland Singing Death Metal "Over the Rainbow" Is the Perfect Friday Video
It's 4:00 on a Friday. You're still at work, with the glorious specter of the weekend hanging over your head. Mentally, you're maaaybe not quite as present as your boss would like you to be. You click play. Your life changes. You change. You will never be the same again.
Read More »
Comic-Con Interviews: Game of Thrones' Isaac Hempstead-Wright Talks to Us About The Boxtrolls
Isaac Hempstead-Wright has a lot to say about the wonders of animation, especially when it comes to his latest project, LAIKA’s The Boxtrolls. Best known for playing Bran Stark on HBO’s megahit Game of Thrones, the young actor is now lending his vocal talents to the characters Eggs, a boy raised by the benign trash-collecting troll clan that live under the fictional Victorian town of Cheesebridge. We spoke to him about all that and more at SDCC!
Read More »
The Trailer for Stonehearst Asylum Looks Like It Came Straight from the Brain of Edgar Allan Poe
A horror movie based on an Edgar Allan Poe book and starring Charles Dance, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Caine? Count us in. Perfect for Halloween!
Read More »
Google's Floating Showroom Dreams Sunk, Mystery Barge to Be Dismantled and Sold
One of Google's "mystery barges" will vanish as mysteriously arrived, which means we'll never get to sit around and envy the rich and famous who would be invited to attend its anticipated swanky party for the floating showroom's opening. Now, has made its way from Portland Harbor to Turner's Island Cargo Terminal, where it will be dismantled. But why? It is a mystery. Kind of.
Read More »
Watch (Almost) Every Easter Egg in the MCU, From Iron Man to Thor: The Dark World
I object to the classification of Harry Dean Stanton's cameo in The Avengers as a "cameo," but hey, part of being a nerd is being pedantic from time to time. I've accepted my tendencies. Quibbling aside, MTV News' supercut of "every" Easter Egg in the MCU, not including The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy, is a nice resource. I say "every" because I'm sure there are some missing. Know what they are? Leave a comment and educate your fellow nerds.
Read More »
Stephen Colbert Breaks Character, Talks to Girls About Catcalling
In their "Ask a Grown Person" segment, Rookie Magazine interviews celebrities by giving them questions to answer from young people seeking advice. This time around, they've enlisted the help of Stephen Colbert.
Read More »
Recaps From the Brightest Timeline: Community Season 6 Episode 4 "Repetitive Music Theory"
Greetings again from the Brightest Timeline where NBC's Community was never canceled, and its sixth season is currently airing. We've turned the office conference room into our own Dreamatorium to travel between worlds and bring you recaps of the season that might have been. This week, we finally get a group episode in "Repetitive Music Theory."
Read More »
Get Your First Official Look At Brolin's Thanos In This Marvel Cinematic Universe Retrospective
Josh Brolin's Thanos has made an appearance in Guardians of The Galaxy, of course, but seeing as not everyone's gotten to watch it yet because it just came out today, we figured you'd want to take a look here first. Plus, there's this pretty neat Marvel video that follows all the events of Phases 1 and 2 with footage from previous movies, Comic-Con appearances, and more. Nifty!
Read More »
John Stamos to Play Jousting, Singing Knight on Musical Fantasy Sitcom Galavant
Did you forget about Galavant, ABC's upcoming sitcom that's like if someone put The Princess Bride, Spamalot, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Psych (LASSIE!) in a blender and hit purée? If you're A) nostalgic for the '90s, B) a yogurt enthusiast, or C) a living, breathing human being, I have some casting news that might catch your attention: John "John motherf***ing Stamos" Stamos is going to be a guest star. Yeah, that's what I said.
Read More »
How to Follow the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway (Without Being in Norway)
Today the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway kicks off with the opening ceremony at 1:30PM ET. This is where you can see all the coverage we can put together for the entire event including games (which start tomorrow), interviews, and tweets from the chess community in Tromsø.
Read More »
David S. Goyer Gets Defensive About Constantine's Sexuality With Comic-Con Reporter
Oh, look, it's everybody's favorite member of Hollywood to be mad at, David S. Goyer! What would you like to talk about today, David? ... You wanna talk about how all the people who are mad at the bi-erasure in NBC's Constantine are wrong? Well, that can't possibly go poorly!
Read More »
In Space, No One Can Hear You ROFL
Still not following all of the astronauts-seriously, just every single one of them-on Twitter, despite how many times we suggest it? Here's another great reason you should be: space jokes. This one comes from Astronaut Reid Wiseman who is currently aboard the ISS, and it's so great that I'm only a little disappointed it didn't come with a picture, because he's been tweeting a lot of amazing ones.
Read More »
Why Watch Guardians of the Galaxy When You Can Watch LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy?
...Because Guardians of the Galaxy is actually a pretty dang good movie, just like pretty much everyone's saying it is? Yeah, OK. But you should still watch this LEGO version of the Guardians trailer, if only for mental The LEGO Movie crossover reasons. Chris Pratt is ALL the minifig heroes!
Read More »
[UPDATE] Here is the Cover for George R.R. Martin's Re-release of His Kids' Book, The Ice Dragon
George R.R. Martin wrote a kids book based in Game of Thrones' Westeros. It looks just as exciting as the books, but without all the blood and gore. And don't worry, there aren't any book spoilers!
Read More »
More Elsa and Kristoff in New Pictures of Frozen In Once Upon A Time
In case you were worried about the fate of poor Sven the reindeer in Once Upon a Time's Frozen storyline, worry no longer: he's definitely in there.
Read More »
Cartoon Hangover's Manly is Weird and Awesome, Watch her First Adventure Here
Manly is a new short from Cartoon Hangover, created by Jesse and Justin Moynihan, the former of whom is responsible for some of the weirdest stuff in Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. Manly follows its titular character, the daughter of some kind of space god who would have preferred a son, as she goes on a mission for her dad with a little guy named Nimbus and... you know what, I'm just gonna stop there.
Read More »
Snow White and the Huntsman Sequel Is Actually a Prequel, Will Focus on the Huntsman and Charlize Theron's Evil Queen
We heard last month that Frank Darabont might be directing a Snow White-less follow-up to Snow White and the Huntsman, and lo and behold, Universal just confirmed it. But what's that? It's a prequel? And there'll be more of Charlize Theron's evil queen who, according to most people who saw Snow White, was its best part? I'm listening.
Read More »
Arrow's Katie Cassidy Plays a Very Different Comic Book Character in The Scribbler
If I wasn't told the star of this film was Arrow's Katie Cassidy (aka Laurel Lance), I never would have guessed it.
Read More »
At Long Last, You Can Buy LEGO's Female Scientist Minifigs
It is time!
Read More »