(1) A God Among Men Has Died: The legendary actor and force of nature Dennis Hopper has passed away. He was 74.
(2) Time To Say Good-Bye: The high priest of geek, Reis O'Brien, of Geek Orthodox, is hanging up his luchador mask and closing his immensely popular blog (but will still be running Crom!, his Conan fan blog).(3) Pond In Your Pocket: A 5" Amy Pond (left) is among the recent wave action figures announced for the current season of Doctor Who. Collectors will also be able to get their hands on a Second World War dalek, one of the new-look daleks and a regenerating Weeping Angel.
(4) Elementary Deduction: Some early teases about the next Sherlock Holmes film, with Robert Downey Jnr and Jude Law.
(5) Angels To Fly Again: Smallville's Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have been charged by ABC with bringing back Charlie's Angels.
(6) Want To Own A "Haunted" House? The property made famous by the Amityville Horror is up for sale, for $1.15 million.
(7) Alpha Male: Jack Bender, director of the Lost finale, is now tackling Alphas, a Heroesesque tale of 'ordinary' people with extraordinary superpowers.
(8) Lost Not Finished? The DVD set of the sixth season contains an "epilogue" focusing on Hurley and Ben, on the Island, in the wake of Jack's departure.
(9) Crossover Image: The first image connected to the Warehouse 13/Eureka crossover episodes - and a good excuse for a picture of the lovely Allison Scagliotti.
(10) Bloody Teases Dropped By Ball: Alan Ball, creator of the TV series True Blood, drops some hints as to watch people can expect in season three.
(11) McAvoy To Teach First Class: James McAvoy has enrolled in X-Men: First Class to take on the character of a young Charles Xavier, founder of Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters.
(12) Lantern Gets Animated: A Green Lantern animated television series will air on Cartoon Network, in the Autumn of 2011, to tie-in with the Green Lantern movie which opens in June of that year.
(13) In Brightest Day: Warner Bros. has released the official synopsis of next year's Green Lantern movie.
(14) Oh, I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside: SteamPunk Magazine is hosting a weekend of steampunky events at the Little Marlborough Theatre in Brighton next month.
(15) More Mortal Engines: Philip Reeve is to pen a new 10,000 word World Of Mortal Engines story for next year's World Book Day.
(16) Shooting Misfits: Filming has begun on the second season of E4's surprisingly excellent oiks-with-superpowers series, Misfits, for broadcast in November.
Ooh, I have to get a WWII Dalek!
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