Comic-Con 2012: Neil Gaiman Returning to 'Sandman'

Comic-Con 2012: Neil Gaiman Returning to 'Sandman'

The author, who has won awards for his novels and children's books such as Coraline and The Graveyard Book, is writing a Sandman mini-series that will be published in 2013.

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It's Happening! Photos From the Writers' Room of "Arrested Development"

It's Happening! Photos From the Writers' Room of "Arrested Development"

   

Shooting for the new episodes of "Arrested Development" starts in four weeks star Jason Bateman says, and executive producer Ron Howard has tweeted out a photo of the writer's room to prove it's really happening.

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Patton Oswalt Spars With This American Life on Twitter

Patton Oswalt Spars With <em>This American Life</em> on Twitter

Patton Oswalt's gentle jab at the whimsical nature of This American Life's news stories has turned into a full-fledged Twitter fight, with hundreds of tweeting spectators joining the fray.

Portal 2 head writer Erik Wolpaw on last-minute rewrites and creating surprise in a sequel

The Gameological Society: Portal 2 head writer Erik Wolpaw on last-minute rewrites and creating surprise in a sequel



Special Topics In Gameology is an in-depth look at a specific corner of the gaming world, in miniseries form. For this edition of the feature—Funny People—Anthony John Agnello interviews a few icons of video game comedy. The series debuted with Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe, followed by You Don’t Know Jack head writer Steve Heinrich. This week: Portal 2 writer Erik Wolpaw.
Video games are often iterative beasts, evolving through multiple sequels. A game comes out, the players react, and developers go back to make things better with Game No. 2 (and sometimes No. 3, and so on). That process isn’t an ideal environment for comedy, though. A joke doesn’t work as well the second time around, even if it’s been polished since the first telling. It needs to take its audience unawares to work, and it needs precise timing. It takes craftsmanship ...

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'Community' Creator Dan Harmon on His Ouster: 'Maybe I am Just a Jerk'

'Community' Creator Dan Harmon on His Ouster: 'Maybe I am Just a Jerk' (Video)



The former showrunner appeared on "Attack of the Show" to address his exit from the NBC series and talk about the state of television, including the Nielsen ratings system.

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Photos: Vintage L.A. Bathing Beauties

Photos: Vintage L.A. Bathing Beauties

                     

Let's take a trip back in time to look at some vintage bathing beauties caught on camera by the pools and shores of Los Angeles once upon a time. Models, starlets, beauty contestants, and regular gals, equipped with anything from dogs to guns to a violin, these lovely ladies represent hot days in L.A. from years gone by. Enjoy!

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Physics Shows Batman's Cape Is Suicide Machine

Physics Shows Batman's Cape Is Suicide Machine

Physicists have revealed that the impact of the Batman's plunge back to Earth after a little lofty cape-gliding would be the equivalent of being hit by a car at 50 mph.

South Park (Classic), “Damien”/“Tom’s Rhinoplasty”

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South Park (Classic), “Damien”/“Tom’s Rhinoplasty”



“Damien” (season 1, episode 10; originally aired  2/4/98)
Watching the first five minutes of “Damien” is like eating a dirt sandwich. It starts out okay, with the kids gathered in Mr. Garrison’s classroom and Cartman passing out invitations to his birthday party, with specific assignments regarding which gifts each guest is expected to bring. (The kids are willing to put up with this crap because Cartman’s kick-ass birthday bash is pretty much the annual social event of the season.) It’s also established that Pip, the British urchin from another century, isn’t invited, and is, in fact, the class goat. Parker and Stone never did a particularly good job of explaining what the hell Pip is doing on the show at all, and finally supplanted him with Butters. Pip never did become much more than a placemat character, whereas Butters, as a creation, is touched ...

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