Saga, Hawkeye Among 26th GLAAD Award Nominees
GLAAD has announced its nominees for this year's Media Awards for positive LGBT portrayals. GLAAD recognized the critically-acclaimed Hawkeye, as well as sci-fi epic Saga from Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Other nominees include Lumberjanes, Memetic, and Rat Queens.
Comic Book Resources reports that for the first time since 2003, the "Outstanding Comic Book" category doesn't contain any books published by DC. The aforementioned Hawkeye (a Marvel book) is the one superhero series nominated.
The GLAAD Media Awards will take place March 21 in Los Angeles and May 9 in New York. The comic book category winner will be announced at one of those two events.
Mockingjay Beats Guardians as Top 2014 Film
By a margin of roughly $8500 dollars, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 has overtaken Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy as the top-grossing domestic film of 2014.
Amassing a total of $333.18 million dollars, Mockingjay edged out a lead over Guardians' $333.17 million. Deadline points out that Mockingjay's total was not boosted by 3D or IMAX ticket sales.
Transformers: Age of Extinction remains the No. 1 movie of 2014 worldwide.
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Disney XD Announces Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything
Disney XD has ordered a new live-action comedy series called The Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything.
The series will star Cameron Boyce as Conor, a professional teenaged video game player who overcomes life's challenges using his gaming acumen.
Murray Rundus (Dear Eleanor), Felix Avitia (I Didn't Do It) and newcomer Sophie Reynolds are co-starring.
EVP of original programming at Disney, Adam Bonnett, says: "We are bringing the video game universe to life and giving our popular multi-camera series a fresh, new twist by integrating gaming visual effects into each episode."
The Blob Returns!
The 1950s monster movie cult classic The Blob is getting remade again.
Deadline reports that Con Air and Expendables 3 director Simon West will helm the redo of the 1958 flick, which starred a young Steve McQueen battling a gelatinous alien mass. There was a 1972 sequel and then a remake in 1988.
“With modern CGI we can now fully realize the potential of The Blob. The world I create will be totally believable, immersive and emotionally satisfying. It’s a thrill to introduce an enduring icon to a wider audience and a whole new era of fans," West informed Deadline.
Why Did Michael Bay Apologize to the Air Force?
Producer Michael Bay has issued an apology for footage of a real B-52 crash used in his upcoming film Project Almanac, and says that Paramount Pictures will remove the shot immediately.
Bay confessed that he initially thought the two seconds of plane crash footage used was a visual effect, and was upset to learn that first-time director Dean Israelite had used genuine crash footage.
"Well, unfortunately a very bad choice was made to use a real crash instead of creating a VFX shot, without realizing the impact it could have on the families," Bay said in a statement to the Air Force Times.
Star-Lord, Captain America Agree to Super Bowl Bet
What began as friendly banter between actors Chris Pratt and Chris Evans on social media has become a much bigger wager involving children's hospital visits.
Evans took to Twitter to taunt Pratt about the New England Patriots defeating the Seattle Seahawks, to which Pratt replied by challenging Evans to visit the Seattle Children's Hospital dressed as Captain America, should the Seahawks win.
Evans, who plays Captain America in the recent Marvel films, agreed to the bet while likewise challenging Pratt take up his role as Star Lord and visit the pediatric cancer nonprofit Christopher's Haven, should the Patriots win.
Xbox Community Manager Tweets Mysterious Image
Xbox Canada community manager Raj Patel has tweeted a mysterious image that contains a hidden message.
Posted below, the image background (click to make it bigger) contains a message written in Morse code. NeoGAF immediately translated the message, which reads:
"Presented by Xbox, 10am PDT, 1pm EST, May 4th 2015"
Get a Sneak Peek of Valiant’s Newest Comic
Valiant's new reader-friendly "Valiant Next" promotion is continuing in February with the debut of the company's latest ongoing series, Imperium. This series brings together an impressive creative team in the form of writer Joshua Dysart and artist Doug Braithwaite. And we have the exclusive reveal of the first finished and lettered pages from issue #1. Scroll down to check those out and read Valiant's official summary for the first issue.
A daring new superhero saga from New York Times best-selling creator Joshua Dysart – writer of of the Harvey-Award nominated series HARBINGER – and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (UNITY, Justice)!Toyo Harada is the most dangerous human being on the planet. Imbued with incredible powers of the mind, he has spent his life guiding humanity from the shadows. But today he is a wanted man. His powers are public knowledge, his allies have turned to enemies, and he is hunted by every government on the planet.
New Study Finds ‘Smarter’ People Prefer iPhones
According to a new study from online advertising network Chitika, states with more college graduates correlate with higher iPhone sales.
States with the largest number of iPhone users include Alaska (65.5%), Montana (60.1%), and Vermont (59.4%). On the flip side, Iowa (42.1%) and Delaware (42.2%) have the lowest iPhone sales.
The study also found that iPhone buyers tend to be wealthier, but because higher incomes also correlate with college degrees, Chitika says that result is redundant.
To collect its data, Chitika analyzed a sample of "hundreds of millions of U.S.-based iPhone ad impressions accessed via Chitika's mobile ad platforms between December 25-31 to account for holiday sales. Still, it's okay to take these numbers with a grain of salt. CNN reports that Chitika says its results "are not comprehensive" because the company focused on states and not smaller regions.
Kirby and Mario Party Pricing Revealed
Nintendo has opened pre-orders for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse and Mario Party 10, and revealed the prices for both.
Kirby is going for $40, the same price recently given to Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Mario Party 10 is a little more at $50. They're due out on February 20 and March 20, respectively.
Kirby is stylistically similar to Kirby: Canvas Curse, an early DS game, but sets the pink puffball in a clay-textured world. This version of Mario Party adds Bowser for asynchronous multiplayer, as up to four other players try to avoid Bowser's attacks and make it through the board game.
Nintendo recently revealed how Rainbow Curse will utilize the Kirby, Meta Knight, and King Dedede amiibos.