OK, I admit right off the bat that this story is only tangentially related to entertainment but, hey, I’m not above tapping into society’s supposed obsession with sex for a chuckle (and maybe a few extra hits). Plus, if this story is good enough for a science magazine, it’s good enough for me. Turns out, a piece [...]
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Harry Potter Bully Gets a Spell in Jail for Rioting
The actor who played the Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films has been given a prison sentence in the UK for rioting, according to MSN News. Jamie Waylett will spend two years ‘doing porridge’ (as it used to be called in my old country) after he was found guilty of taking part in the riots tha [...]
Esquire Magazine Declares Rihanna ‘The Sexiest Woman Alive.’ We Disagree.
Esquire Magazine, the self-described publication about ‘Beautiful Women, Men’s Fashion, Best Music and Drink Recipes,’ has declared that R&B singer Rihanna is the ‘Sexiest Woman Alive.’ We’ve never had the privilege of meeting Ms. R. and wouldn’t presume to comment on her personality but we will admit that her w [...]
Happy 98th Birthday, Joe Simon!
The names Joe Simon and Jack Kirby are widely regarded as legendary in the context of comic book history. Either in collaboration or independently, these men were responsible for creating some of the best-known superheroes. Starting out in the earliest days of comics, they also wrote and illustrated a multitude of [...]
Apple, Disney and Pixar Innovator Steve Jobs Dies, Aged 56
Apple has announced the death of Steve Jobs at the age of 56. His passing comes one day after the company heralded the launch of it’s follow-up to the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S. Although Jobs, who was born in 1955, is probably associated in the public consciousness primarily with his innovative work with Apple and its [...]
MIPCOM 2011: Miramax CEO Takes a Bite Out of Apple
On the same day that Apple was using some decidedly dodgy statistics to prop up its less excited than expected not-the-iPhone 5 event in California, Miramax CEO Mike Lang was telling his audience at MIPCOM that the digital market innovator could represent a problem potentially worse than piracy for movie studios: l [...]
It Seems Russell Brand Can Get Into Canada After All
Turns out that we don’t have Canadian customs officials to thanks for keeping controversial Brit comedian and actor Russell Brand out out of the land of poutine and toques after all. Apparently his plane into Ontario never even left the ground. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the star of Get Him to the Gree [...]
TV Sci-Fi Stars Help to Raise Over $90,000 at Hunter Syndrome Gala
![[l-r] Sanctuary's Robin Dunne, Amanda Tapping and Damian Kindler at the Once Upon a Cure Gala in Vancouver (pictures copyright Michael Simpson).](http://www.cinemaspy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Dunneetc-150x150.jpg "Dunneetc")
A star-studded fundraising gala last weekend at Vancouver’s spiffy Sutton Place Hotel has raised over $90,000 for research in Hunter Syndrome, a degenerative disease in children. The formal event, called the Once Upon a Cure Gala, was attended by a host of familiar faces from TV sci-fi and fantasy, including San [...]
Stars of Sanctuary, Stargate and Smallville Line Up for Hunter Syndrome
Amanda Tapping, Colin Ferguson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ryan Robbins and Allison Mack will be among a host of television stars attending a gala in Vancouver on September 24th to raise funds for research into Hunter Syndrome. The condition, also known as MPS II, is a genetic disorder that affects children. It subst [...]
Disney Announces More Blu-ray 3D Release Dates
Walt Disney Home Entertainment today reaffirmed its commitment to Blu-ray 3D by announcing release dates for a slew of titles that were already expected to appear on the format before the end of the year. The titles announced today are Bolt 3D, Meet the Robinsons 3D, Chicken Little 3D and G-Force 3D. Disney is [...]
