Aurora cinema massacre may have been inspired by a Batman comic book strip, it emerged on Friday. The bloodbath is a chilling copycat of a 1986 Batman comic strip which features a deranged gunman opening fire in a cinema. In the second issue of The Dark Knight Returns, written by Frank Miller – the creative mind behind Sin City and 300 – gunman Arnold Crimp opens fire in a pornographi…
A collection of early comic books has been sold for $3.5 million at auction in New York. The trove of 345 comics had been bought by the late Billy Wright from Virginia when he was a boy. A copy of Detective Comics No. 27, which was sold for 10 cents in 1939 and featured Batman’s debut, got the top bid on Wednesday – raising $523,000. The “jaw-dropping” collection was found last year w…
The big winner of this year MTV Movie Awards was the breakout hit The Hunger Games that swept the ceremony, taking home four gongs. The film’s star Jennifer Lawrence won the prestigious Best Female Performance award – but unfortunately the 22-year-old wasn’t in Los Angeles to collect her trophy. However, Jennifer Lawrence accepted her award via a pre-recorded video as she is cur…
New reports give details about James Holmes, the psychotic gunman who killed 12 people at a screening of the new Batman film on Thursday night. James Holmes, 24, was a PhD student who was described as “really smart” but was in the process of dropping out of graduate school at the University of Colorado Denver. He is said to have had few friends and barely any social life, instead spending hours i…
Batman was pulled over earlier this week after Montgomery police saw he had no tags on his black Lamborghini. Lenny B. Robinson, the man dressed as Batman, was heading to a local children’s hospital, according to Montgomery County Captain Paul Starks. According to Capt. Paul Starks, a man dressed as Batman was pulled over on Interstate 29 in Montgomery, Maryland, outside of Washington, DC. “An of…
There are a few home truths about an outing to the movies that cinephiles would probably rather not know and that might just change the way they think about their next visit. Perhaps the most startling is that popcorn is often doused in coconut oil and chemicals to give it that irresistible aroma that wafts from the concession stand where cinemas make up to 40% of their revenue. Not only this but…
Venice Film Festival 2011 winners. Michael Fassbender won Best Actor trophy. Madonna: “I absolutely loathe hydrangeas”. Venice Film Festival press conference. Madonna’s movie, W.E. makes its world premiere out of competition tonight at the 68th edition of Venice Film Festival. Madonna‘s film tells the story of celebrated romance between Britain’s King Edward VIII and the twice di…
…out in 1978, Joe Shuster was so poor he was working for a delivery company. It was a box-office success followed by four more Superman films and a Supergirl version. Another is due for release in June 2013. Although $130 is around $2,300 in today’s money, it is a tiny fraction of what the character has earned since then. The heirs of the creators Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster are still invol…
…ucky One was at number five, while two British films took spots in the top ten. Aardman’s Pirates! was at number six, taking $3.1 million, while comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel jumped from 16 to 8, taking $2.7 million. …
viewers the Lifetime movie failed to impress. According to the network, 3.5 million viewers tuned in – a far cry from Lifetime’s revamped Steel Magnolias, starring Queen Latifah, averaged 6.5 million viewers in October. This means that Liz & Dick clocks in as the fourth most-watched original movie premiere on an ad-supported cable network for 2012, behind Steel Magnolias, Drew Pet…
US begin to mourn the 12 people killed by a gunman at a showing of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, and a candlelit vigil has been held in Aurora, Colorado. US President Barack Obama ordered flags flown at half mast. A man in a gas mask and body armour threw tear gas canisters at a midnight screening, then fired on the crowd, killing 12 and injuring 58. Suspect James Holmes, 24, was ar…
Winners of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards held in Culver City, California, on Sunday night: Movie of the Year: The Avengers Best Female Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Best Male Performance: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Breakthrough Performance: Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect Rebel Wilson won Breakthrough Performance Award at MTV Movie Awards 2013 for Pitch Per…
Movie Star News Collection, one of the largest collections of old Hollywood photographs, has been gone up for auction this week. Guernsey’s auction house in New York is holding a two day sale from April 6-7 to sell the Movie Star News Collection of 3 million photographs and negatives that capture the history of Tinseltown. Guernsey’s auction house in New York is holding a two day sal…
Fans of cancelled TV series Veronica Mars have raised $2 million to help bring the show about a young private investigator to the big screen. More than 30,000 people donated money within 24 hours of a “crowd-sourcing” campaign being launched. “The more money we raise, the cooler movie we can make,” series creator Rob Thomas wrote in his appeal to fans. Veronica Mars show,…
p sketch has since been removed from the BBC’s iPlayer. Comic Relief sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson as the Archbishop of Canterbury has drawn more than 2,200 complaints The BBC received almost 3,000 complaints in total over the charity fundraising night of programming. Other complaints over the event – which drew a peak audience of 12.2 million people – involved another sketch…
Jessie J showed off her newly shaved head on Friday night’s Comic Relief show. Jessie J said that having no hair was “the weirdest feeling” and proudly rocked the look on stage on the live show. After having her hair cut, Jessie J emerged to speak to hosts Dermot O’Leary and Claudia Winkleman about how she was feeling. As Dermot O’Leary stroked her head she said: “That feels nice. It…
This year’s Comic Relief charity telethon raised a record £75 million ($120 million) so far. Comedian Lenny Henry, the founder of the Red Nose Day fundraiser which is now in its 25th year, kicked off the live show on BBC One. Simon Cowell, Jessie J, comedian Peter Kay and One Direction all made appearances. There were also reinterpretations of hit TV shows The Vicar of Dibley and Call the Midwife…
Reality star Honey Boo Boo has been immortalized in cartoon form, in a garish new comic book titled 15 Minutes. The colorful 23-page magazine charts seven-year-old Honey Boo Boo over the past 11 months, from her TV debut in Toddlers and Tiara’s to landing her very own reality show. Explaining his inspiration, writer and illustrator Michael Troy said: “Andy Warhol’s quote about 15 minutes of…
ansson’s feminine form is alluded to twice, once over a dinner meeting with Alfred Hitchcock [Anthony Hopkins] and again when the filmmaker speaks to his wife [Helen Mirren]. Scarlett Johansson, 27, swans into frame during the trailer wearing in a low-cut halter neck peach satin dress, before sitting across the table from Alfred Hitchcock to discuss the role. As the New Yorker begins to gest…
weekend, 42 set a box office record for a baseball film topping the $19.5 million debut of Brad Pitt’s Moneyball in 2011. The momentum for the film may continue as Major League players mark the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s professional debut by wearing his number, 42, on Monday. “Think of what a tribute that is for what he accomplished. Every player wearing 42 on his ba…
Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan reunited on the red carpet at the premiere of Scary Movie 5 at ArcLight’s Cinerama Dome in Hollywood on Thursday night. Charlie Sheen, 47, who bailed the 26-year-old out of tax debt to the tune of $100,000, grabbed hold of Lindsay Lohan a little too enthusiastically as he went in for a friendly kiss. Lindsay Lohan, who is rehab bound within weeks, didn’…
Lindsay Lohan is expected to attend the premiere of Scary Movie 5 tonight in Los Angeles, but she will walk alone on the red carpet. While the studio has tried to get Lindsay Lohan, 26, to walk the carpet with Charlie Sheen, who she shares her cameo scene with, the two will reportedly arrive separately, according to E! News. Lindsay Lohan is expected to attend the premiere of Scary Movie 5 in Lo…
MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2012 WINNERS MOVIE OF THE YEAR: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: Josh Hutcherson – The Hunger Games BEST GUT-WRENCHING PERFORMANCE: Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper Twilight took home th…
NCM Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change). Presented by NCM Fathom Events and Warner Bros., The 20th Anniversary of The Bodyguard event will be broadcast to more than 400 select movie theaters across the country through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network. Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard returns to movie theaters to celebrate its 20th anniversary in a speci…
outside. James Holmes was said to be armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two pistols when he launched his assault on the midnight screening of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. He also bought 6,000 rounds of ammunition over the internet, Dan Oates said. The police chief said that all weapons and ammunition were purchased legally within the past few months, and that the suspect had receive…
Ibragim Todashev shot dead by FBI agent in Orlando while questioning over links to Tamerlan TsarnaevChechen Ibragim Todashev has been shot dead by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida, early Wednesday during questioning related to the Boston Marathon bombings. The shooting…
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US immigration bill passes Senate panel with 13-5The immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally has taken a stride forward in Congress. A Senate panel voted 13-5 to…
Did Amanda Berry's 911 dispatcher curse at her?The 911 dispatcher, who spoke to Amanda Berry after she escaped from the Cleveland house of horrors, is being investigated over claims he swore at the end of her emergency…
Travis Alexander home becomes tourist attractionThe family who now lives in the home where Jodi Arias killed her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander is treated to a constant stream of unwanted visitors who drive past the home…
Apple among America's big tax avoidersApple has been accused by US Senate of being "among America's largest tax avoiders". A Senate committee said Apple had used "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid…
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