Record auction prices for rare coloured diamonds “If you have money to invest, there is no safer haven than something rare,” says Laurence Graff, the London-born “King of Diamonds”. If this is sales talk, he is his own best customer. In December 2008, during some of the bleakest days of the credit crisis, Mr Graff paid $24.3m for the 35.56-carat, 17th-century Wittelsbach blue...
You don't need me to tell you the titles, but I will anyway because people have found great meaning and comfort and, above all else, laughs in MALLRATS, CHASING AMY, DOGMA, JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, CLERKS II (Kevin's favorite of his own films), ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, and, yes, even JERSEY GIRL. Smith is not just a writer-director and occasional actor (he's played versions of himself or...
Mumbai: A gripping tale of two lovers torn between love and the call of duty, ‘Kurbaan’ is a hard hitting and an intense film that leaves you with an after thought. A movie based on the backdrop of Muslim identity amidst global terrorism, ‘Kurbaan’ is a not your typical Bollywood flick! A Karan Johar production directed [...]
Forbes did a little math to determine which Hollywood stars haven't been pulling in audiences in numbers proportional to their salaries. They looked at the 100 best-paid stars who were in at least three films in the past five years...
I'm afraid of flying, snakes, bats, beets, bungee jumping, roller coasters, underdone hamburgers and the see-through floor at the top of the CN Tower. I'm also afraid of global warming, my Mac crashing, and my daredevil son going through with his threat to jump out of an airplane.
Huh? Oh boy, I can hear the fanboy complaints already. But you know what, this is one I have to question as well. The Gods of Asgard are part of Norse mythology. Even if there are black Norwegians out there somewhere (which I doubt, but I suppose anything’s possible), they’ve gotta be the tiniest of minorities. This [...]
Marvel Comics subscription ad, as seen in Werewolf by Night #29 (May 1975) So you think there's a lot of Marvel Comics to buy each month in 2009...check out 1975 ! Sure, there's no multiple Avengers or X-Men or Spider-Man titles, but look what you would get: classic cancelled comics like Arrgh! Frankenstein ! War is Hell ! Our Love Story! Chamber of Chills! (That last one, by the way, was just a refrigerator.)...
England desperately need an injection of the maverick spirit their coach used to show so regularly during his playing days If England had been playing at a stadium with an underground point of access for the players and coaches they would have spared themselves a week of grief. If they had driven into the concrete bowels of, say, the Stade de France or the Millennium Stadium, Brian Smith would not...
Jennifer Garner was photographed picking up her adorable 3 1/2-year-old daughter Violet from preschool in Santa Monica on Wednesday (November 18). The elder daughter of Jen and Ben Affleck was spotted skipping with extreme joy - again ! - as she left her school in a funky peace tee. So cute! Jen and Ben, who met on the set of Daredevil , are also parents to 10-month-old daughter, Seraphina .
Sound effect comics. I really need to work on my sound effects. Tags: 30_days_of_comics_09, sound-in-comics Related posts Repetition Sound Appropriation (2) Pine Away (4) Phoenix Volume 3: Yamato (1) Music in Comics (1) Gray Horses by Hope Larson (14) Ellipses in Japanese (0) Dash Shaw Interview at du9 (0) Bendis and Maleev’s Daredevil (1) Arriola draws music (0) 30 Days of Comics: 8 (2)
(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 18, 2009 ) LOS ANGELES The British-born bombshell and Vivid Girl Nikki Jayne\'s rapid climb to fame in the adult industry is spotlighted on the popular blog, YUHMM. The self-proclaimed daredevil embraces her rise as the \"naughtiest\" Vivid Girl ever and share her salacious...
Filed under: DC , Capes and Tights , Humor Hot on the heels of TV Guide's recent photo of Michael Shanks in his Hawkman duds for an upcoming deluxe episode of "Smallville," Topless Robot has pointed out one of the hero's far less awesome television appearances in a 1997 Baby Ruth candy bar ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Here are the highlights of books available in comic shops tomorrow! Pick of the Week Christmas Graphic Novels - HarperCollins is putting out adaptations of classic Christmas prose stories, adapted by some very exciting and talented creators, as graphic novels. There will be three in all, two of which are available this week. My most anticipated of the bunch is Lilli Carre's adaptation of Hans Christian...
Filed under: DC , Humor Flashes die. A lot, actually. As Geoff Johns is demonstrating in the pages of "The Flash: Rebirth," DC Comics' speedster legacy is kind of cursed by the very source of its powers - the Speed Force. Of course, it doesn't take a seemingly mystical ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments