Junior's Reading And Viewing List: October 22 - 31, 2011

Last Update - November 14, 2011 at 3:21 AM EST

In the October 22 through October 31, 2011 'Reading And Viewing List', Junior's Eyes provides links that help you to revisit the last ten days of October 2011.

As usual, the list covers films, television shows, music, Washington Capitals hockey, Formula One racing and WRC rally news.


October 31, 2011

'Spider-Man' Villain Rhys Ifans: The Lizard Is Not 'Pure Evil'
Posted by Terri Schwartz at MTV's Splash Page

...The actor explained that he's a big fan of his "The Amazing Spider-Man" villain The Lizard because of his complexity. Unlike other villains that serve as foils to their superhero counterparts, Ifans has said that he think he and Spider-Man have a "moral" bond, and shared this time around why he thinks Connors is such a special character...


Dee Snider Records Broadway Tunes
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Snider recently told Goldmine: “It’s sort of a Twisted Christmas taken to Broadway. But there are some pretty metallic moments there, I’ll tell you. Sweeney Todd translates into a metal song amazingly — bass, drums, guitar — so some of the songs are really metallic, but it’s a rock record”...


Motley To Reissue Back Catalogue
By mdome at Classic Rock

Motley Crue are to reissue five albums on November 14...

...On the same day, four other albums will be made available on standard CD. Those in question are:...

...And on December 5, the band put out the Greatest Hits album on CD, deluxe CD, 180g vinyl and DVD. The track listing is:...


Huge entry for WRC finale
Posted at WRC.com

Close on 80 cars will contest the final round of this season's World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB...


Loeb looks to sportscars with new team
Posted at WRC.com

Sebastien Loeb will target a return to the Le Mans 24 Hours when he calls time on his career in the World Rally Championship...


October 30, 2011

Memorabilia MCM Expo Q&A
Posted by Brian at EveMyles.net

In this special episode we bring you an extended interview with four of the stars of Torchwood Miracle Day: Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Kai Owen (Rhys), Arlene Tur (Dr Vera) and Alexa Havins (Esther Drummond), recoorded at a press Q&A at their London Comic Con/Memorabilia MCM Expo appearance October 2011.

Gillan Will Welcome New Companion
Posted at Doctor Who TV

...Speaking on Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show yesterday, she said: “I know the time is going to come when Rory and Amy have to leave. It’s inevitable and that will make me really, really sad. But that’s the nature of the show and what’s so good about it...

October 29, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Canucks 7, Capitals 4
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Tough Trip, Tough Towns – Washington will be heading home empty-handed from its two-game Western Canada road trip. The Caps fell 7-4 to the Canucks in Vancouver on Saturday night...


Doctor Who - Cast & Crew Special
Uploaded to YouTube by GuarroRock

To The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", here's the cast and crew special for the end of David Tennant's tenure as the Doctor.

It was watched at the wrap party with all the cast and crew.

Enjoy!


Anvil To Reissue Three Albums
By mdome at Classic Rock

Anvil are to reissue three of their albums in deluxe digipacks through SPV/Steamhammer on November 28...


October 28, 2011

'Iron Man 3': Robert Downey Jr. Goes To North Carolina
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

Robert Downey Jr. makes his grand return as Tony Stark in next summer's "The Avengers", fighting the Asgardian master of manipulation Loki and his minions alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes on the streets of New York City — and once he's done cruising through the Big Apple, ol' Shellhead's taking an extended trip to Wilmington, North Carolina...


Primeval: New Order Details
Posted at Cult Fix

More details on New Order, Primeval’s new 13-episode American spin-off, have emerged.

Primeval co-creator Tim Haines explained the basic premise to SFX and said the spin-off won’t ignore the UK show and will crossover...

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Why do they keep killing off good shows by making US versions? Just show the original UK versions, even old episodes first, if the program hasn't been shown in America before. They do speak English, you know.


52k Say “Save Doctor Who Confidential”
Posted at Doctor Who TV

...Today marks “Save Doctor Who Confidential Day” and a count will be taken at midnight and sent to BBC Trust. If you haven’t done so already, show your support by taking a moment to sign it.

Note: the petition will still remain open after midnight, so you can still sign it after this time.

Save Doctor Who Confidential - Campaign Update
Posted at Doctor Who Online

The campaign to save Doctor Who Confidential, which was recently axed by the BBC is doing exceptionally well with over 50,000+ fans having now signed the online petition!...


Canton Back in Series 7?
Posted at Doctor Who TV

Mark Sheppard has hinted that we may be seeing more of his Doctor Who character, Canton Delaware, in future...

Alice Cooper To Appear In Vampire Movie
By mdome at Classic Rock

...He’ll be playing himself in Dark Shadows, which stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green and Helena Bonham Carter...


India preview - a new dawn near New Delhi
Posted at Formula1.com

It has one of F1's longest straights, a big corner like Istanbul Park's, goes up and down in places, and has a 62 percent capacity for DRS in qualifying that mirrors Spa-Francorchamps. Small wonder that the inaugural Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit outside New Delhi has everyone very excited this weekend...


October 27, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Oilers 2, Capitals 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Shots Down, Shot Down – Prior to their departure from the District on their current two-game Western Canada road trip, the Capitals identified limiting opposition shots on goal as an area in which they’d like to improve. On Thursday in Edmonton, the Caps made some strides in that area. They also lost a 2-1 decision to the Oilers...


Michael Shannon on Playing Zod in Man of Steel
Posted at Super Hero Hype

Both Digital Spy and Empire got a chance to talk to Michael Shannon about playing General Zod in Zack Snyder's Superman movie Man of Steel. Spoiler alert for those who don't want to know about specific scenes ahead of time!...

October 26, 2011

'Red 2' Targets August 2013 Release, Plot Revealed
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

...In addition to the just announced release date, we also have a new log line for the "Red" sequel. According to Summit, "Red 2" will "reunite our team of retired CIA operatives as they use their old-school style to take on a new set of enemies all across Europe"...


Rush Announce Three Box Sets
By mdome at Classic Rock

Rush are to release three box sets on November 28 – and these will cover their entire period on Mercury Records...


October 25, 2011

Read Extract From Ace Frehley’s Book
By mdome at Classic Rock

Ace Frehley is publishing his autobiography next week. But you can read an extract from it now...


Into the not-so unknown - Mercedes on simulating new circuits
Posted at Formula1.com

The Formula One drivers will only turn a wheel for the first time at the Buddh International Circuit on Friday morning. But although those practice laps will mark the beginning of a new learning process, the teams and drivers are far from starting from zero when they actually take to the track...


October 24, 2011

Meat Loaf Slams Aussie Football Organisers
By mdome at Classic Rock

Meat Loaf has hit back at those who’ve criticised his recent performance at the Australian Football League’s Grand Final...

..."...And I hope the AFL hears this and I want this everywhere. Because I will go out of my way to tell any artist: ‘Do not play for them’”...


Fans urged to Paint It Orange
Posted at WRC.com

Leading drivers from the World Rally Championship have helped to launch the Paint It Orange campaign to raise funds for the Richard Burns Foundation, the charity established following the death of the 2001 world rally champion...


October 23, 2011

Review: BOSS, 1.1 - "Listen"
By Dan Owen at Dan's Media Digest

Kelsey Grammer's struggled to find a hit since Frasier came to an end in 2004, with dreadful sitcoms like Back To You and Hank bombing with audiences. A gifted comic actor, but also just a great actor, it's no wonder he's decided to try his luck with cable drama (which often seems like the only place to find good work these days)...


Q&A: Jaime Alguersuari
Posted at WRC.com

Six days after bagging a career best seventh in the Korean Grand Prix, Spanish Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari was in Salou yesterday (Saturday) to spectate on RallyRACC-Rally de Espana...


October 22, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 7, Red Wings 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

And Then There Was One – Two undefeated teams came into Verizon Center for Saturday night’s game at Verizon Center, but only one left the building at night’s end. That was the Capitals, who downed the Detroit Red Wings 7-1 to add to their franchise record of wins at season’s start...


Davison Not Expecting 50th Return
Posted at Doctor Who TV

5th Doctor, Peter Davison has said that he isn’t ruling out returning for Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary, but would be very surprised if he was asked back again...

Doctor Who - Children In Need Special: 'Time Crash' 2007

Review: The Silver Turk - CD
By Marc Platt at Doctor Who Online

...The Eighth Doctor without Lucie Miller?; Surely we all said the same thing when Charley Pollard left the TARDIS and now without Sheridan Smith in sight, how will the Doctor cope? Well he won’t need to as this Doctor has not met both of those well loved companions. This is a younger, less hardened Doctor, and it is with this trip to the past that Big Finish brings Paul McGann back into the main monthly range...


Review: The Companion Chronicles: The Memory Cheats - CD
By Simon Guerrier at Doctor Who Online

...This is an excellent two hander between Wendy Padbury reprising the role of Zoe and Charlie Hayes, Padbury’s own daughter in the role of Jen, Zoe’s interrogator. Both play the mutual suspicion of one another convincingly, and it is the strength of their performances which draw you into the story...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: September 11 - 20, 2011

Last Update - September 26, 2011 at 12:04 PM EDT

Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for September 11 through September 20, 2011 contains title links, along with snippet teasers, from items published in the middle of September 2011.

A whole lot of news on television shows, films, Washington Capitals hockey, music, Formula One racing and WRC rally events can be found here.


September 20, 2011

Predators 2, Capitals 0
By Associated Press - Posted at WashingtonCaps.com

...It was the first hockey game in the city since the Baltimore Bandits of the American Hockey League left town 14 years ago. The Capitals last played in Baltimore in 1992, against their then-AHL affiliate, the Baltimore Skipjacks.

Dubbed the 2011 Baltimore Hockey Classic, the game drew a near-sellout crowd of 11,082 - even though ticket prices ranged from $34 to $147...


Predators - Capitals game highlights and postgame report
from Baltimore - 9/20
Posted at CSN - Washington, DC

Washington Capitals 2011-2012 Previews: Jeff Halpern
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

...Halpern returns as a role player in the latter stages of his career. But not, perhaps, as just a fourth liner filling out a roster. He did record 11 goals last season for the Montreal Canadiens, and he averaged almost 18 minutes of ice time in the post-season in four games after he returned to the ice from a lower-body injury...


Season premiere review: 'Two and a Half Men' - 'Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt': And good riddance, Charlie Harper
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

...some of those people may have just sworn the show off altogether after Sheen was canned, but I imagine many of them tuned in last night out of curiosity about how the show will be without their man. (Those big overnight numbers weren't made up entirely of new fans.) And to those people - and people somewhere in between, who maybe think Sheen is a jerk but wish he was still on the show - the funeral scene and many of the scenes that followed must have played out as a big eff-you to them as much as to Sheen...


Washington Capitals 2011-2012 Previews: Jason Chimera
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Jason Chimera has scored three goals in the post season in his career. Each of them was a game-winning goal. If only he could do that more often…score goals, that is. Chimera is gifted as one of the fastest skaters in the league, capable of beating defensemen wide with speed or jumping into a rush to pressure defenses...


September 19, 2011

Videos From Sunday's The Dark Knight Rises Shoot
Posted at Super Hero Hype

Filming for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises is still going on in Los Angeles and thanks to 'smokeysify', here are some videos of the action that took place on Sunday. They include a truck crashing from a road to a lower level road as well as explosions on Grand Avenue...

Pirates! Gets It's First Screening
Posted by Jack at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

David's new movie, Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists got it's first public screening yesterday and it went very well.

David voices the character of a young Charles Darwin and the creative director of Aardman, Peter Lord, praised his role saying "David Tennant gives an absolutely fabulous comic performance...

Metallica, Lou Reed Post First Track Clip
By mdome at Classic Rock

...The track is The View, which is to be released as a digital single on September 27. You can hear the clip now...


British heroes shine at Rallyday
Posted at WRC.com

Britain's World Rally Championship stars Kris Meeke and Matthew Wilson wowed several thousand fans at the Rallyday event in the United Kingdom last weekend (17 September)...


Washington Capitals 2011-2012 Previews: Troy Brouwer
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Last year at this time, Troy Brouwer was coming to camp with the Chicago Blackhawks basking in the glow of a defending Stanley Cup champion. This year, he comes to camp for a team wanting to experience that glow. And he is expected to be one of the bricks-and-mortar pieces to see that that happens...


September 18, 2011

Washington Capitals 2011-2012 Previews: Nicklas Backstrom
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

...Backstrom’s 2010-2011 season was by no means a disaster, but it was a step backwards. Backstrom finished the 2010-2011 season 18-47-65, plus-24. And it was something of an across the board drop in numbers. In his career year of 2009-2010 Backstrom was 22-42-64 at even strength, but these numbers dropped to 13-29-42 last season. On special teams he dropped from 11-26-37 in 2009-2010 to 5-18-23 in 2010-2011...


Semin Speaks
By Mike Vogel at Dump 'N Chase

...I conducted a short interview in English with Semin on Saturday, the first he has ever granted in English to my knowledge. While there are those who believe Semin can speak English and chooses not to, I can refute that...


September 17, 2011

2011-2012 Capitals Training Camp -- Day 1
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Day 1, or as the players might call it, “Are You #@$%ing Kidding Me Day”.

All three groups took the ice today in what is the official opening... or un-official... or quasi-official... whatever... of the 2011-2012 season. History will record (if by “history”, you mean “me”) that Brooks Laich was the first Capital to take to the ice for the season...


Review: 'Doctor Who' - 'The God Complex':
The minotaur's labyrinth
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

...last week's "The Girl Who Waited" (by Tom MacRae) was one of my favorite episodes of the modern "Who" era, and the Toby Whithouse-penned "The God Complex" was pretty damn splendid as well, both as a creepy iteration of the show's familiar "Ten Little Indians" riff(*) with a random group of characters(**) being hunted and killed while the Doctor tries to save them, and as a character study for Amy and the Doctor...


Quo Making Documentary
By mdome at Classic Rock

To be called Hello Quo!, it’s being directed by Alan G. Parker, but won’t be released for another year...


September 16, 2011

YES Legends Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman To Undertake
Fall U.S. Tour
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Music legends and former YES members Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman will be playing a select number of engagements this coming Fall 2011. The legendary duo performed a series of successful concerts in the UK in 2010 in support of their critically acclaimed CD release 'The Living Tree', and are now bringing their highly anticipated show to America...


Hopes of new Ford deal increase
Posted at WRC.com

Hopes that Ford will continue to fight for World Rally Championship glory in 2012 have improved after Gerard Quinn, the company's European motorsport boss, confirmed talks are ongoing over a new five-year commitment to the series...


September 15, 2011

Caps Fall in Philly
By Mike Vogel at Dump 'N Chase

Washington’s complement of rookie camp freshmen piled onto a bus early Thursday afternoon for a trek up I-95 and a date with Philadelphia’s own bunch of kids. The fifth annual Caps-Flyers rookie game was a late afternoon affair played at Wells Fargo Center in Philly. The Caps kids were seeking to do what neither the 2007 nor the 2009 bunch could do, namely come home with a win gained in enemy territory...


Slash To Release Stoke Live Album
By mdome at Classic Rock

Slash is to release a live album in mid-November. Titled Made In Stoke 24/7/11, it was filmed and recorded with Slash returned to his childhood home of Stoke, to play at Victoria Hall on July 24 this year...


Metallica to headline at F1 Rocks™ in India
Posted at Formula1.com

Rock aficionados are in for a treat at next month's 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India after organisers announced award-winning USA heavy metal band Metallica are to headline the inaugural F1 Rocks™ in India concert...


France the focus for Oliveira
Posted at WRC.com

Daniel Oliveira has refused to get downhearted following his early exit from Rally Australia last week and is instead looking ahead to the upcoming Tarmac round, Rallye de France Alsace...


September 14, 2011

Bad Wilf Podcast: Episode 44
By Martyn Havell and Imran Charles at Bad Wilf

In Which Martyn returns for one last outing. Vodka is drunk. We talk about Fight For The Remote and Doctor Who:The Girl Who Waited.


FILM REVIEW - Fright Night
By Martyn Havell at Bad Wilf

I approached this remake with a lot of trepidation. But, unlike most remakes, this is entirely enjoyable. It’s faithful enough to the fun, of the original, whilst ramping up the tension and putting a modern spin on it. It’s a good, strong cast. Farrell is really intimidating as Jerry. He owns every scene he is in. The dialogue is sharp and witty and the movie is well paced. Dare I say it, but the acting is so much better in this, than the original. In fact, the only thing letting this movie down is the 3D...


West End Bares Auction Back On!
Posted by Jack at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

We could make a joke about the pants being back up, but we're like well classy so we won't...

The Much Ado About Nothing pants signed by the cast for the Make A Difference Trust are back up for auction on eBay. The pants were removed from the site last week after it was noted that David actually hadn't had the chance to sign them yet..but fear not! David has managed to sign them now and you can bid for them here!


David To Co Host Manchester Rocks For Children In Need
Posted by Jack at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

Children In Need Say:

Gary Barlow is bringing together the biggest and brightest stars of the music industry for BBC Children in Need Rocks Manchester, a one-off concert to help change young lives right here in the UK.

Performing live will be an international stellar line-up including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, JLS, Elbow, N Dubz, Hugh Laurie, Snow Patrol, Michael Buble and the fabulous Lady Gaga!...

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: "...sold out within minutes
of going on sale!"


David Wins Best Actor At TV Choice Awards
Posted by Jack at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

David Tennant picked up the award for Best Actor for his role as Dave in the BBC drama Single at last night's TV Choice Awards!

David beat off stiff competition for the award from Colin Morgan (Merlin), Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Matt Smith (Doctor Who)...


CBS developing Sherlock Holmes TV pilot! The lame's afoot?
By Dan Owen at Dan's Media Digest

In possibly the most unnecessary development news of recent times, The Hollywood Reporter have revealed that CBS have ordered a script for a modern-day take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. All this despite the fact there already exists Sherlock; a brilliant contemporary version on the BBC starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman...


Father’s praise for Wilson
Posted at WRC.com

...The young Briton’s capture of fourth spot on the New South Wales event means he has now scored points on eight WRC rallies this season at the wheel of the Ford Fiesta RS WRC he shares with co-driver Scott Martin. Only Mikko Hirvonen, Jari-Matti Latvala, Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg possess more consistent finishing records in 2011...


September 13, 2011

'Amazing Spider-Man' Villain Describes Transforming
Into The Lizard
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

We've known for a while that Spider-Man is fighting the Lizard in his next big-screen battle, but we still don't know what the reptilian menace will look like. Now, courtesy of Rhys Ifans, we have a clearer picture… and it looks a lot like Ifans!...


DVD REVIEW: X-Men: First Class
By Martyn Havell at Bad Wilf

After the abysmal X-Men 3 and the enjoyable, but forgettable Wolverine. I’ll admit that I was skepticle about another trip to the X-Men well.

I was wrong, X-Men:First Class is brilliant...


Whitesnake To Release Major Box Set And Tour
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Titled Box O’Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982, the box has every studio and live album from the period, two previously unreleased BBC concerts, a limited edition seven inch, a DVD and a 90-page book with new interview and unseen photos...


September 12, 2011

'Dark Knight Rises' Is 'Massive' And 'Beautiful',
Says Nestor Carbonell
By Kara Warner at MTV's Splash Page

Obviously there are many things to be excited about as we inch closer and closer to the release date of "The Dark Knight Rises", chief among them for me, is seeing a cast of the highest quality assembled in order to bring beloved characters, old and new, to life. And while a lot of attention is paid to the high profile roles that Batman newcomers Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy and Marion Cotillard are playing, I'm always intrigued about what Christopher Nolan's equally impressive returning cast will be up to...

Kerrang Magazine
Posted at Home Of Metal

This week's Kerrang Magazine features a great article about our Home of Metal Exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, which is now into it's final fortnight...


Judas Priest To Release Compilation Chosen By Other Musicians
By mdome at Classic Rock

Judas Priest are to release a new compilation next month, with tracks chosen by other musicians.

Called The Chosen Few, the full track listing is:...


Nicko McBrain To Hold Drum Clinics
By mdome at Classic Rock

...In association with Premier Drums, he will be showcasing his talents on dates being dubbed An Evening With Nicko – A Night Of Drums, Drumming And Entertainment With Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain...


September 11, 2011

REVIEW – The Girl Who Waited
By Martyn Havell at Bad Wilf

The Girl Who Waited heralds something we haven’t seen in a while: three episodes in a row that are good. Let’s think about that – the past three episodes have all been good...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: July 22 - 31, 2011

Last Update - August 15, 2011 at 5:13 AM EDT

Title links with article sample snippets, for items published around the web at the end of July 2011, are compiled below. Welcome to Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for July 22 through July 31, 2011.

Current as well as upcoming films, television programs, Washington Capitals hockey, music, Formula One racing and WRC rally news are are covered here.


July 31, 2011

Watch: 'Doctor Who' star Matt Smith at Comic-Con
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

Time for the third and final "Doctor Who" video interview I conducted at Comic-Con, this time with the Doctor himself, Matt Smith...


Watch: 'Doctor Who' co-star Karen Gillan at Comic-Con
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

Time for the second of the three "Doctor Who" video interviews I conducted at Comic-Con, this time with co-star Karen Gillan...


Watch: 'Doctor Who' writer Toby Whithouse at Comic-Con
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

...Steven Moffat couldn't make it to Comic-Con (though he did come to press tour, and that much longer interview will be published closer to the show's August 27 return), so Whithouse came as a representative of the show's writers. As the creator of the British "Being Human," he's a Comic-Con veteran by now, but still seemed terribly excited to be here with this show, as he (like most of the writers) grew up as a fan...


July 30, 2011

Freddie Mercury - Queen Members To Dress As Freddie Mercury
ContactMusic.com article linked at Queenpedia.com (Facebook)

...They will be joined by fans of the singer worldwide who will dress up as their hero - who died of complications related to AIDS in 1991 - competing to be the most outrageous, with prizes awarded for the "most creative Freddie outfits in the most unusual venues".

Funds raised by fans' efforts will go to support Trustees of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which fights against AIDS across the world...


July 29, 2011

Review: 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' - 'Escape to LA':
Baby, we're the same
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

...First, it's allegedly one continuous story, but Russell T. Davies doesn't have quite enough material to fill out the long running time, so we get these weird self-contained missions and one-shot villains, like Dichen Lachmann on the plane in episode 2 and C. Thomas Howell disrupting the computer caper here...


Press tour: Kelsey Grammer gets serious with Starz's 'Boss'
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

..."I didn't start out as a comic actor," the "Cheers" and "Frasier" star explained at a press conference for his new Starz drama "Boss" (premiere date TBD), in which he plays the scheming mayor of Chicago. "I started out as a classical theater actor playing tragedies. This particular role probably couldn't have taken place right after 'Frasier' - probably would have been too big a jolt."...


'Avengers' Teaser: Behold Earth's Mightiest Heroes!
Posted by Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

So, the "Avengers" teaser is officially online, though it's only a tease of a teaser, and you've got to spoil the ending of "Captain America" for yourself in order to see it (assuming you haven't seen "The First Avenger" yet, that is). You could always skip to the teaser's 34 second mark to get straight to the footage from Joss Whedon's superhero flick, but even then, you'll have to pause a lot to get a good look at Earth's Mightiest Heroes...


Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com

Lewis Hamilton made the most of his quick-running McLaren to set the practice pace in Budapest on Friday, leading both sessions on the timesheets. All 24 drivers and senior team personnel report on the opening day of action at the Hungaroring...


Five Reasons To See 'Cowboys & Aliens'
Posted by Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

"Cowboys & Aliens" gallops into theaters this weekend chased by an armada of gold seeking monsters from space. On the surface, all the ingredients are in place for an all-out wall-to-wall actioner for the books: the director of "Iron Man", the stars of "James Bond" and "Indiana Jones", and a seemingly impossible mash-up of genres. Nothing could possibly go wrong there, right?

Make no mistake, there's a lot to juggle in "Cowboys", and Jon Favreau's task is not an enviable one — so how did he hold up under the pressure? Your mileage may vary, but for this movies writer, I walked away quite pleased with the wild, wild west's suddenly slick space-born sheen...

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Contains 6 videos (5 interviews,
1 trailer).


July 28, 2011

Chris Hemsworth Is 'Disappointed' That Kenneth Branagh
Isn't Directing 'Thor 2'
By Terri Schwartz at MTV's Splash Page

"I'm really disappointed."

Chris Hemsworth summarizes the sadness we all feel about Kenneth Branagh's decision not to return for "Thor 2" in his recent interview with The Los Angeles Times. The newspaper caught up with the "Thor" at Comic-Con, and Hemsworth seemed legitimately upset about the fact he'd be taking the trip back to Asgard without his familiar director...


Press tour: 'Doctor Who' panel live-blog
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

I live-blogged the "Doctor Who" panel at Comic-Con, so why not go for a two-fer with today's press tour session? I suspect the critics will ask different questions from the fans - though most of us are arguably both - and if nothing else, we'll have showrunner Steven Moffat on the stage (along with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and producers Piers Wenger and Beth Willis), who may be able to say more than staff writer Toby Whithouse could in San Diego...


FIA Thursday press conference - Hungary
Posted at Formula1.com

Drivers - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), Jenson Button (McLaren), Heikki Kovalainen (Team Lotus), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Mark Webber (Red Bull)...


Hungary preview - rivals predict Red Bull renaissance
Posted at Formula1.com

Ironically, after Red Bull team boss Christian Horner described the German Grand Prix as a 'wake-up call', neither McLaren nor Ferrari, winners of the last two races, are expecting to beat them in Hungary this weekend. Well, not unless the weather intervenes...


July 27, 2011

New Dio Career Compilation
By Joe Siegler at Black Sabbath Online

...Universal is set to hopefully draw some attention to the wide ranging career of Ronnie James Dio with a new compilation due on August 8th, called "Mightier Than the Sword: The Ronnie James Dio Story". This two disc career spanning retrospective culls tracks from as far back as one of the Elf albums from 1974, going through Rainbow in the latter 70?s, and then the back and forth dance between "Dio" and Black Sabbath in the 80?s, 90?s, & 00?s...


Finland preview notes: Part two
Posted at WRC.com

This is a summary of how the main contenders have prepared and what some of the leading drivers have had to say in the build-up...


July 26, 2011

Home hero Hirvonen out to reignite title bid
Posted at WRC.com

Mikko Hirvonen starts Neste Oil Rally Finland on Thursday knowing that victory will be vital in his bid to win the World Rally Championship for the first time...


Finland preview notes: Part one
Posted at WRC.com

The 2011 World Rally Championship is back from its summer break with the super-fast Neste Oil Rally Finland...


July 25, 2011

'Captain America' 101: The Comics Behind The Movie
By Matt Adler at MTV's Splash Page

"Captain America: The First Avenger" made its star-spangled debut in theaters this past weekend, completing the introduction of the characters who will form the core of next year’s "Avengers". Like Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor before him, Captain America hails from a long comic tradition, but in his case, that history stretches back a full seven decades to the early years of the Second World War, giving those working on the film an even deeper well of stories to draw upon...


High Voltage: Day Two
By mdome at Classic Rock

...If only the same were true of Michael Schenker on the Main Stage. He starts well enough, with Into The Arena and Armed & Ready, and one hopes these would be harbinger of a set predicated on classic MSG. Instead, we get two songs from an album not even released as yet, plus Scorpions and UFO tracks. Now, one from each of those bands would have been expected and more than acceptable. But big brother Rudy is on stage, so we get Another Piece Of Meat (fair enough) and Rock You Like A Hurricane, despite Michael having nothing to do with the latter. OK, his drummer today is Herman Rarebell, who is on the Scorpions original. But this is billed as Michael Schenker, not Schenker/Rarebell. We also get Pete Way dancing on for the UFO interlude, and Doogie White stepping out to sing one of the new tunes. All a bit messy, and Michael Schenker’s guitar is often lost in the mix...


High Voltage: Day One
By Richard Thompson - Posted by gbarton at Classic Rock

...Kicking off the party at the other end of the arena, Michael Monroe thinks nothing of climbing the Main Stage rig during a chaotic and lively Nothing’s Alright, before swinging from it halfway up. What’s concerning to some is not his safety but the sound issues which unfortunately dog the Main Stage throughout the day until headliners Judas Priest rev up the amps...


Latvala to celebrate 100 WRC starts in Finland
Posted at WRC.com

...The 26-year-old, who won the high-speed gravel spectacular for the first time last season, becomes the youngest driver in the history of the WRC to reach the milestone...


Hungary preview quotes - Ferrari, Lotus, McLaren,
Renault & more
Posted at Formula1.com

Hot on the heels of the Nurburgring, the teams head straight to Budapest for this weekend's Hungarian event, the last race before the Formula One community takes a well-earned summer break. Drivers and senior team personnel discuss their prospects for the Hungaroring...


July 24, 2011

Comic-Con 2011: 'Doctor Who' panel live-blog
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

Seated in a packed Hall H on the last day of Comic-Con for the "Doctor Who" panel, which will feature Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and writer Toby Whithouse...


July 23, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Rodriguez-Led Tour
Of Frank Frazetta's Artwork
By Eric Ditzian at MTV's Splash Page

...Just hours after the panel, Rodriguez invited us into the Hard Rock to give us an exclusive look at some of Frazetta's work and the Frazetta-inspired films he wants to make in the future. He showed us a painting titled "Conan the Barbarian", a 1966 work that established the iconic look of the sword-swinging hero. He dove into a depiction of "Death Dealer", a character around which he wants to make a future movie. And he revealed that "Silver Warriors" inspired the poster he put together for "Predators"...


July 22, 2011

'Spider-Man' Villain Rhys Ifans Sees 'Moral' Bond
Between Lizard And Spidey
By Terri Schwartz at MTV's Splash Page

Some of the most exciting news to come out of the Entertainment Weekly cover story on "The Amazing Spider-Man" was word that Rhys Ifans will be definitely be playing Dr. Curt Connors (otherwise known as the villain Lizard). So now that his identity is out there in the world, Ifans is ready to talk about it...

Judas Priest Homecoming Show
Posted at Home Of Metal

On Thursday 21st July the Home of Metal Team went to see Judas Priest at Wolverhampton Civic as they returned to the Midlands for their HOMECOMING gig as part of their worldwide Epitaph tour...


'Captain America': Five 'First Avenger' Easter Eggs
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

"Captain America: The First Avenger" puts the final piece of "The Avengers" puzzle in place for Marvel Studios, and just like its superhero peers, the star-spangled super soldier's big-screen debut contains plenty of secrets and comic book callouts that fans will love...

Wrc.com preview: Neste Oil Rally Finland
Posted at WRC.com

...The World Rally Championship is back from its summer break with the ultimate speed chase, Neste Oil Rally Finland, based in the university city of Jyvaskyla in the centre of the country from 28-30 July...


Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com

Mercifully for the neutral fan, Ferrari seemed to have lost none of their Silverstone pace on Friday, as they battled it out with Red Bull for top honours in the two opening practice sessions in Germany. The track was cool and the skies were largely grey, but there was still plenty of action to talk about. The drivers and senior team personnel report on day one at the Nurburgring...


Five Reasons You Need To See 'Captain America:
The First Avenger'
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

"Captain America: The First Avenger" is the last of the big four Avengers to throw himself at the big-screen before next summer's major Marvel Studios event, and he doesn't disappoint. If you were worried about how the star-spangled superhero would translate from paneled page to live-action (especially after that '90s-movie-that-must-not-be-referenced-again), worry no more: the movie is great and absolutely worth the wait...


'The Amazing Spider-Man' Trailer: Commentary Track
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

The "Amazing Spider-Man" trailer has a lot going on in its two and a half minute run time. So much, in fact, that we here at Splash Page HQ couldn't just keep all of our thoughts to ourselves...

Uriah Heep To Release New Live Album
By mdome at Classic Rock

...It’s called Live In Armenia, and is released by Frontiers Records on September 23. This was recorded during the band’s 40th anniversary tour, when they played in Armenia for the first time. uriah-heep.com...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: October 11 - 17, 2010

Last Update - November 24, 2010 at 8:20 PM EST

Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for October 11 through 17 of 2010 offers title links with article snippets from items that were published via the web heading into mid October.

The topics covered below include films, hockey (Washington Capitals), music and racing (Formula One and WRC).

Some 2010 F1 Korean Grand Prix Preview and 2010 WRC Rally Spain Preview posts made it into this list.


October 17, 2010

That Was The Week That Was: October 10-16, By the Tens
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

Well, the first full week of Capitals hockey is in the books. How did the boys do? Let’s take a look at ten areas...


October 16, 2010

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 3, Predators 2, OT
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Four Straight – It wasn’t pretty, but the Capitals came out of Nashville with a 3-2 overtime win over the Predators, their fourth consecutive win after an opening night loss in Atlanta. Brooks Laich’s power play goal closed out the Preds, but Michal Neuvirth’s spectacular 37-save performance in goal kept the Caps within striking distance...

WRC revs up a gear with new TV programs
Posted at WRC.com

World Rally Championship television coverage entered a new era this week when broadcasters were given a first glimpse of an exciting range of new programmes for next year...


October 15, 2010

How Martha Stewart Inspired Helen Mirren's 'Red' Performance
Posted by Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

Sure, "Red" has an amazing cast of actors — Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Richard Dreyfuss, among others — but we're not alone in calling out Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren as one of the most intriguing (and unlikely) of the bunch...




'Hulk' Series Planned For ABC, 'Cloak And Dagger' Developing
At ABC Family
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

...According to Heat Vision, Marvel and ABC are developing a live-action television revival of "The Incredible Hulk," a property that's considered a top priority at Marvel Television. The division is headed up by comic book scribe and former "Heroes" writer Jeph Loeb, who just recently concluded a lengthy "Hulk" arc for Marvel Comics...

Countdown to Rally de Espana
Posted at WRC.com

Eighty-two times Dani Sordo has taken the start of a World Rally Championship event. And 18 times, he has finished second. Sixteen times, he has finished second to Sebastien Loeb. Will Catalunya be number 17? Not if the former Junior World Rally Champion has got anything to do with it...

Korea preview quotes - Red Bull, Cosworth, Williams,
Ferrari & more
Posted at Formula1.com

If there is one thing all the drivers and their teams love, it is a challenge, and the inaugural Korean Grand Prix should certainly be one of the biggest challenges of the season. Only just approved by the FIA, the Yeongam track is a real unknown quantity. Although they have undoubtedly studied the circuit map and sampled it on a simulator, the drivers have yet to experience the newly-built circuit for real, and they clearly can't wait to get cracking. The drivers and team personnel reveal their preparations...


October 14, 2010

Missed M. Night Shyamalan And The 'Unbreakable:
Ten Years Later' Event At NYCC? Watch It Now!
By the Splash Page Team at MTV's Splash Page

During last weekend's New York Comic Con, MTV News hosted an event that took a look back at one of the first dark superhero films of the decade: M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable"...

PAUL DI'ANNO To Perform IRON MAIDEN Debut In It's Entirety
On Upcoming US Dates
Posted at Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

Former IRON MAIDEN singer PAUL DI'ANNO as confirmed with BraveWords.com that he will perform Iron Maiden's debut album in its entirety, as well as tracks from the Killers album, on his upcoming US dates in December and January...

Fiesta potential cheers Matthew Wilson
Posted at WRC.com

Matthew Wilson says the end of the current World Rally Car era later this season will be less significant because the new generation machines being prepared for 2011 are so good...


October 13, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Capitals 2, Islanders 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Happy Homestand – Washington eked out a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Wednesday to finish off its first homestand of the season with a perfect 3-0 mark...

New 'Red' Clip: 'I Take The Odd Contract On The Side'
By Rick Marshall at MTV's Splash Page

In "Red," Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren play retired black ops agents forced to get back into the game after they're targeted for assassination. Along with fellow agents played by Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich, the pensioners set out to discover who's trying to end their quiet retirement — though, as you'll see in this new clip, some have been quieter than others...




M. Night Shyamalan Says 'Unbreakable' Reactions Have Changed For The Better Over The Years
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

We here at Splash Page and the greater MTV community have long advocated for a sequel to "Unbreakable," director M. Night Shyamalan's 2000 feature film about a man who learns that he's super strong and practically invulnerable. But while we have always been big fans of the comic book inspired movie, it wasn't always a well-received work...




Alonso ready to play hardball in Korea
Posted at Formula1.com

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says he must go on the attack at the forthcoming Korean Grand Prix in order to stop championship leader Mark Webber pulling further ahead in the title race...


October 12, 2010

Diamond Head To Play Whole Of Debut Album Live
By mdome at Classic Rock

Diamond Head are to make their performance at Hard Rock Hell IV on December 3 something special.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their classic debut album, Lightning To The Nations, the band will play this in its entirety – for the first time ever. Released in 1980 by Happy Face Records, it’s regarded as one of the most important of all NWOBHM records. This was originally put out in a plain white sleeve, hence it’s alternative title of The White Album...

Suzuka debrief with Williams' Sam Michael
Posted at Formula1.com

Williams had an eventful Japanese Grand Prix, with Nico Hulkenberg being punted out by Renault's Vitaly Petrov on the opening lap and Rubens Barrichello complaining that his car was 'bouncing' during the race. At the end of it all, however, they came away with two points, courtesy of Barrichello...

Bruce Willis Calls 'Fantastic Four' Rumor 'A Good Rumor',
Pushes For 'Unbreakable 2'
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page



...Beyond "Fantastic Four", there's another superhero project that Willis would "absolutely" love to pursue: a sequel to "Unbreakable", the 2000 thriller written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Asked about the possibility of that project coming to life, Willis said: "You better talk some sense into M. Night Shyamalan and see if we can get that to come around."...


October 11, 2010

Postgame Notebook: Capitals 3, Senators 2, OT
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Eight Gets One Late – Monday night’s game against the Senators won’t be remembered as one of the best performances of Alex Ovechkin’s career. The dynamic left wing struggled in all situations all night against the Senators, but he redeemed himself in the game’s 65th minute...

'Spider-Man' Finds Its Villain In Rhys Ifans
By Josh Wigler at MTV's Splash Page

...Deadline reports the breaking news that Sony Pictures Entertainment has offered the lead villain role in "Spider-Man" to the Welsh actor. If he accepts the offer, Ifans will join a growing cast list that already includes Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as his ill-fated first love Gwen Stacy...

Webber: I need another win for the title
Posted at Formula1.com

Championship leader Mark Webber says he must take another race victory this season as he looks to secure his first Formula One drivers' title. Webber extended his standings lead in Suzuka on Sunday, but...

Catalunya packs out a high-quality entry list
Posted at WRC.com

The organisers of RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Rally de Espana have issued a strong entry for next week's penultimate round of the World Rally Championship, featuring all the main players and a WRC debut in a Subaru Impreza WRC for Francois Duval...

Paranoid @ No. 1
Posted at Home Of Metal

As a follow up to our earlier Paranoid @ 40 blog post we are celebrating the LP reaching the top of the UK album charts. As you can see from the advert we obtained from the Vertigo Swirl website which was published in the October 10th edition of Record Mirror, the lable were very proud of this landmark achievement for them and the band. I wonder if they could have ever imagined that the record would still be making waves all these years on. We asked Dr Andy Cope, author of Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal to give the musicology perspective on the album which reached the top of the UK album charts 40 years ago. He gave us this summary of some of the material he covers in far greater detail in his book...