Hall of Famer, Padres legend Gwynn dies
Tony Gwynn, who banged out 3,141 hits during a Hall of Fame career spanning 20 seasons with the San Diego Padres, has died, it was announced Monday. Source
Worse Than EA? Notch Addresses Minecraft's New Rules on Premium Servers
There was a great deal of criticism directed at Minecraft maker Mojang recently for its stance on charging for servers. Although the matter has since been handled to the satisfaction of many, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has addressed the situation and explained that Mojang’s solitary goal is not to “make as much money as […]
Battlefield Hasn't Been Annualized, Despite Hardline Coming One Year After BF4
Despite Deployable ziplines are now a thing. EA does have some annualized series–namely its sports games, like Madden and FIFA–but, for as criticized as the publisher is, it has so far avoided bringing out its primary Call of Duty competitor, Battlefield, every year. Battlefield games have come out in successive years before–Battlefield Vietnam launched in […]
Dre and Easy E Have Been Cast for Straight Out of Compton
The long-in-development N.W.A. biopic Straight Out of Compton finally started showing some forward progress with the recent casting of Ice Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr., to play the teenage version of his father, and now two more relative unknowns have joined the movie as Cube’s partners in rhyme. Dr. Dre will be played by Marcus […]
Sienna Miller Joins That Other Movie Called Chef
Variety is reporting that British actress Sienna Miller, currently filming Black Mass with Johnny Depp, will be reuniting with Cooper following the just-wrapped American Sniper for The Weinstein Company’s Chef, starring Bradley Cooper. Source
Kings lift Stanley Cup for fans in L.A. parade
Darryl Sutter patted the glistening rim of the Stanley Cup, and a roar erupted from the Los Angeles Kings’ joyous fans. Source
DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist to Tour With Afrika Bambaataa’s Records
Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa’s records are the most important in the history of the genre; the patient zero whose breadth of genres influenced knowingly or not every subsequent DJ and hip-hop producer While Cornell University continues to digitally archive Bambaataa’s 40000+ record collection DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist will embark… Source
We've Read Superman #32 by Geoff Johns and John Romita Jr.!
With Superman #32 being the start of a brand new run by the creative team of writer Geoff Johns and artist John Romita Jr., DC Comics gave me a sneak peek of the upcoming issue. But for y’all I first want to share some never-before-seen artwork from the upcoming issue: While I’m not allowed to […]
Satirical Campaign Seeks To Hit Republicans For Refusing To Negotiate With Iran
A satirical campaign shedding light on Republican resistance to negotiate with Iran went live on Monday, coinciding with the return of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1. The “Getting to No” campaign stars a satirical character, the “No-Gotiator,” who represents hard-liners opposed to negotiating with Iran. The No-Gotiator is selling a “book” full of […]
Here Are The Best Rivalries In Cartoon And Comic History
Let’s dispel reality for a moment, and pretend that your favorite protagonists and superheroes have made peace with the world’s most notorious villains and evil doers. So much so that they’ve all formed friendships worth memorializing. Enter Dan Matutina, aka Twistedfork, who’s brought this nerdy dream to fruition… sort of. His project, “Versus/Hearts” pairs lionhearts […]