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

Last Update - January 31, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST

Junior's Eyes' 'Reading And Viewing List' for December 22 through December 31, 2011 has linked titles and snippets from things that hit the web at the end of December 2011.

Film, television, music, Washington Capitals hockey, Formula One racing and WRC rally news stories are in this post.


December 31, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 4, Blue Jackets 2
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Four Score – The first 40 minutes of Friday night’s game between the Capitals and the Columbus Blue Jackets weren’t the most scintillating two periods of hockey anyone has ever seen. For most of that span, it looked like the Caps and their foe might play 40 minutes of scoreless hockey to start the game for just the third time in 37 games this season...


George McPhee says Evgeny Kuznetsov should be in NHL
in 2012-13
By Katie Carrera at Washington Post's Capitals Insider

Evgeny Kuznetsov is the most highly touted prospect in the Capitals’ system and if General Manager George McPhee has his way the young Russian will be playing in the NHL in the 2012-13 season...


The Decoy Bride: US Theatrical and Cable Dates
Posted at David Tennant - News Updates

It seems that American audiences will get a chance to view David Tennant's romantic comedy The Decoy Bride after all as US cable provider IFC has indicated that the film will be available on demand through its cable service from 3rd February 2012. The promotional poster also advertises the film's arrival in US cinemas on 9th March 2012...


December 30, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 3, Sabres 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

...Tonight, the Caps turned that same trick on the Sabres, taking the earliest lead they’ve taken in any game this season and holding it for the rest of the night. The result was a hard-earned 3-1 victory for the Capitals, who have not trailed at any point in their last three home games...


Top Ten Stories of 2011 -- Number 7: "Deadline Deals"
By The Peerless at The Peerless Prognosticator

...February is a nervous month for NHL teams and NHL players. Sure, teams are jockeying for playoff position, but it is also a time of year when some players start to wonder whether they will be in a new city come the new month. February is the month in which the NHL trading deadline takes place...


2011 - The Year In Dwarf
Posted at Red Dwarf (Official Website)

We look back over the year that brought us a new series of Red Dwarf.

Sometimes a year can start out seeming like a quiet and uneventful one, yet by the end become destined to be remembered as genuinely significant. Such was the case for 2011 and Red Dwarf, where the early months gave little hint as to manner in which the series would explode back into the public consciousness in the second half. Join us now as we take a trip back through the last twelve months of Dwarf news...



Voice Of The Number Of The Beast Dies
By mdome at Classic Rock

Barry Clayton, the man who did the classic spoken intro to Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast, has dies at the age of 80...


December 29, 2011

...and F the Polar Bear!
Posted at Passive-Aggressive Notes

Jess in St. Louis says this dumpster “is definitely a manifestation of the microcosm of American value clashes that is my block.” Adds Jess: “Hopefully we can all survive the cardboard waste of Christmas in one piece.”...


December 28, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 4, Rangers 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Taking Down The Top Dog – Since opening the season with seven straight wins, the Washington Capitals have been in one-step-forward, one-and-a-half-steps-backward mode. With their 4-1 win over the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers at Verizon Center on Wednesday night, the Caps have taken another of those steps forward...


Happy Birthday, Stan Lee: Saluting The Marvel Icon
By Jeremy Gordon at MTV's Splash Page

...At an age when most are comfortably retired, Lee continues to stick around in the public eye. Just last year, he hosted a History Channel documentary series, “Stan Lee’s Superheroes”. He continues to show up in every Marvel movie, even though the rights are spread across a handful of studios. Exclusive intellectual property rights don’t hold a candle to being Stan the Man, the guy who started it all...


The Greatest Show In The Galaxy
Posted by Brian at EveMyles.net

Eve Myles has been confirmed for The Greatest Show In The Galaxy con, which will take place on 12th-13th May, 2012 at the East of England Showground Exhibition Hall in Peterborough...

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Confirmed guests also include Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Janet Fielding, John Levene, Deborah Watling, Paul McGann, Naoko Mori, Ian McNeice, etc.


2011 In Review: Doctor Who
By Clint Hassell at Doctor Who TV

...Series 6 reset the premise of the show. Returned to relative obscurity, the Doctor has truly become “Doctor who?” This epic change allows the next several series to feature stories about a universe (re)discovering the Doctor, giving the viewing audience a chance to fall in love again with the Time Lord...


New Deep Purple Compilation
By mdome at Classic Rock

...It’s to be called Icon, and is part of a series of compilations from major artists being released by the label under this banner. The track listing is...


December 27, 2011

2011 In Review: Torchwood
By Clint Hassell at Doctor Who TV

...Executive producer Russell T Davies has stated that Miracle Day wouldn’t have been produced without the involvement of U.S. subscription channel Starz. Despite Children of Earth’s success, the BBC was unwilling to completely finance another series of Torchwood. Two-thirds of the budget came not from the BBC, but from Starz...


Van Halen Release Tour Video Clip
By mdome at Classic Rock

...The video was shot at The Roxy on Sunset Strip. Now, it’s been revealed that the band have been secretly rehearsing there two or three times a week for the past two months, starting at a non-rock ‘n’ roll time of 10am! The only audience they had were people working at the famous club...


Ronnie Dio Autobiography Set For 2013
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Dio’s widow Wendy (who has taken on the task of finishing the book revealed that she will deliver the completed work on January 15, and it will be published by MTV Books in autumn 2013...


December 26, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Sabres 4, Capitals 2
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

House Of Horrors – Washington’s two visits to Buffalo’s First Niagara Center came exactly a month apart, and neither of them went well at all...


December 25, 2011

Nerdist Podcast: David Tennant
Posted at Nerdist

Yes! The 10th Doctor himself, David Tennant, in a sit down chat with Chris in a very posh English library! This is the full unedited audio from the segment on the Nerdist TV show (originally aired 12/24 on BBC America, probably available on iTunes now). Chris and David chat about Doctor Who, Harry Potter, The Incredible Hulk, and working shirtless. PLUS! MANY fan questions answered. He was nine kinds of awesome. You asked for him (so did I)! Here he is! Now enjoy this Scottish burrito (which sounds like a filthy sex-thing but it isn’t)!...


December 24, 2011

New Xmas Special Clip
Posted at Doctor Who TV

The Christmas edition of The Graham Norton Show featured a new clip from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. Note: the rest of the interview is included, but if you just want to see the clip, skip to 02:35 on the video...

December 23, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Devils 4, Capitals 3, SO
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Point Taken – Jason Chimera scored twice and Brooks Laich once in the third period on Friday to help the Capitals claw their way to a standings point. Washington ultimately fell 4-3 to the Devils in New Jersey in a game decided by a post-overtime skills competition...


New Beginnings
Posted at Red Dwarf (Official Website)

Report: the first live audience recording in thirteen years...

It's a cold Friday night in December, on a studio lot in the grounds of an old manor house six miles or so south of Heathrow. Three hundred people are crammed into the rows of seating that line one wall of the warehouse-sized Studio K. They're watching a man in a blue tunic with a letter "H" glued to his forehead bossing around another man with a rubber mask and a funny walk. And they're laughing. A lot...


Christmas 2011 Q&A Session
Posted at Doctor Who TV

The BBC has today uploaded segments from the question and answer session from the press screening of The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. Host Richard Bacon talks to Steven Moffat and Matt Smith...

Clip: Smith on Gillan leaving
Posted at Doctor Who TV

Below is another clip from tonight’s festive edition of The Graham Norton Show featuring Matt Smith. In this one, Matt talks about Karen Gillan leaving Doctor Who... and then shows off his football skills...

Merry Christmas from Formula1.com
Posted at Formula1.com

From start to finish, 2011 belonged to Red Bull and, more specifically, to Sebastian Vettel. The Austrian team's RB7 was far and away the class of the field and Vettel was poised, precise and practically perfect, claiming 11 victories as he successfully defended his drivers' crown...


Loeb excited ahead of Monte return
Posted at WRC.com

Sebastien Loeb says he is relishing starting his bid for his ninth World Rally Championship title on Rallye Monte-Carlo...


December 22, 2011

Capitals Lunchbox, Season 2, Episode 10
Posted by J.P. at Japers' Rink

In which Brian McNally, Kellie Cowan and I talk about line juggling, Mike Knuble, goaltending, holiday wishlists, and a lot more. Dig it.

Clip: Smith on Graham Norton
Posted at Doctor Who TV

The BBC have released a short clip from the Christmas edition of The Graham Norton Show featuring guest star Matt Smith. In it, Smith (and Gillian Anderson) tell Norton about Comic Con and over-excitable fans...

Junior's Reading And Viewing List: November 1 - 10, 2011

Last Update - November 21, 2011 at 6:30 AM EST

The 'Reading And Viewing List' for November 1 through November 10, 2011 looks back at the beginning of November 2011.

The following articles and videos include film, television, music, Washington Capitals hockey, Formula One racing and WRC rally news.


November 10, 2011

Saxon To Release Live DVD
By mdome at Classic Rock

Saxon are to release a live DVD in early 2012.

It’s to be called Heavy Metal Thunder Live: Eagles Over Wacken, and will feature performances from the Wacken Festival...


CR AWARDS: Queen
By gbarton at Classic Rock

Queen won the Best Reissue Of The Year Award – come inside for exclusive chinwags with none other than guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor...

...Do you have any theories about why those old Queen albums are still so popular?

Taylor: That’s such a difficult question to answer, there were so many great bands that didn’t last the way we have. We definitely put our hearts into what we did back then. It was beautifully crafted; Freddie and Brian were always utter perfectionists.

May: We were also very competitive at the beginning, and that contributed to our high standards. Being so critical of each other definitely helped to raise the bar. We could all be self-indulgent, but between the four of us we managed to stop that.

Are the newspaper rumours true, is Lady Gaga going to join Queen?

Taylor: No. Even though she nicked the name [from Radio GaGa].

May: It’ll never happen.


FIA Thursday press conference - Abu Dhabi
Posted at Formula1.com

Drivers - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso), Paul di Resta (Force India), Timo Glock (Virgin), Heikki Kovalainen (Team Lotus), Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT) and Vitaly Petrov (Renault)...


Abu Dhabi preview - DRS to dial up electric Yas Marina
Posted at Formula1.com

Last year the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix saw Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatch the world championship crown from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his own team mate Mark Webber, but the dearth of overtaking played a key role in the final outcome. This year both the drivers' and constructors' titles are long settled, but the use of DRS could make for a much more exciting race...


Petter plans to push in Wales
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg is planning a "big push" on Wales Rally GB this week as he bids to end a sometimes frustrating 2011 World Rally Championship season on a high in his privateer Citroen DS3 WRC...


November 9, 2011

'Iron Man 3' Seeks 1,000 Extras For North Carolina Shoot
By Kevin P. Sullivan at MTV's Splash Page

If you live near Wilmington, North Carolina, you might have a chance to be an extra in "Iron Man 3", and your chances are actually pretty good. A Facebook post by Premiere Casting stated that production would call for 1,000 background actors for the shoot in Wilmington starting in May 2012 and finishing in January 2013...


Lou Reed And Metallica Play On TV
By mdome at Classic Rock

Lou Reed and Metallica performed last night (November on Later...With Jools Holland...

...Check out the footage here and here.


Title rivals go face-to-face in Wales
Posted at WRC.com

The two contenders for this year's World Rally Championship squared up to one another today as the start of Wales Rally GB drew ever closer...


November 8, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Stars 5, Capitals 2
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

No D vs. Big D – For the last two-thirds of the 2010-11 season, the Washington Capitals were the league’s stingiest defensive team. And they were the stingiest team the league had seen in a decade or so...


Racing against the clock - 2011 pit stops analysed
Posted at Formula1.com

The combination of DRS and Pirelli tyres has made 2011 a bumper year for the sport, but not just in terms of on-track passing manoeuvres. The characteristics of the Pirelli tyres, designed to improve the racing, have also seen the total number of pit stops rise steeply - so far, there have been an average of 58 stops per race. Slick pit work has always been important in Formula One racing, but the frequency with which the pit crews have been in action this year has brought both speed and consistency to the fore. Mercedes explain more...


GB preview notes: Part two
Posted at WRC.com

Petter Solberg (anxious to make up for his pain in Spain): "After my short drive in Spain, I’m so looking forward to drive here in Wales. We started with a few hours of testing [on Sunday] and everything looks very promising. The often muddy and slippery conditions in Wales suit me very well, and we have had many good results here in the past. My aim is to finish of the 2011 season on the podium."...


World Rally Radio preview: Wales
By Becs Williams at WRC.com

...Last year the drivers’ championship was decided in France, two rounds before the end of the season. This time around we get a fight on the very last round. It’s Seb Loeb (who else?) versus Mikko Hirvonen. 2009 ring any bells?...


November 7, 2011

Punk Exhibition In London
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Called Punk And Beyond, it runs from Friday, November 25 to Saturday, December 17, and is being curated by Gaye Advert. There will be artwork on display form her, plus Billy Childish, Marco Pirrone, Thurston Moore, Savage Pencil, Mark Mothersbraugh, Jamie Reid and Robyn Hitchcock among others...


We want YOU in the next Doctor Who "Best of" Special!
Posted on YouTube by BBC America

Record your wittiest, most festive answers to the any of the questions in this video and submit it as a response video here on YouTube!

Submissions must be in by WEDNESDAY November 23RD!

Other things to know: You do not have to live in the US to participate. There are no age limits but you will need the consent of a parent or guardian if your video is chosen.


Thin Lizzy Name New Guitarist
By mdome at Classic Rock

Thin Lizzy have announced that Damon Johnson is now a full-time member of the band...


Hirvonen chasing GB glory
Posted at WRC.com

Mikko Hirvonen will start Wales Rally GB this week knowing that he will almost certainly need to win the event to stand any chance of preventing Sebastien Loeb from making it eight World Rally Championship titles in a row...


GB preview notes: Part one
Posted at WRC.com

The World Rally Championship is set for a dramatic climax on Wales Rally GB this week with Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb facing off for the world title. This is a summary of what the leading contenders have had to say in the build-up to the battle in Britain...


November 5, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Islanders 5, Capitals 3
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Caps Can’t KO DiPietro – Through the game’s first 20 minutes, Washington had the homestanding New York Islanders right where they wanted them. The Caps owned a 2-0 lead, Isles goaltender Rick DiPietro looked shaky to the point that the fans were chanting for back-up Al Montoya as the clock wound down in the first frame, and the offensively challenged Islanders were up to more than 100 minutes since they scored their last goal...


Review: All-star cast shines in 'Masterpiece' film 'Page Eight'
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

..."Page Eight" was written and directed by David Hare, who wrote the scripts for "The Reader" and "The Hours" but is a playwright by trade. And there's a very stage-like quality to the film, much of it consisting of Johnny sitting in conference rooms and drawing rooms discussing his life, his legacy and the current state of British intelligence with friends and colleagues, most of them played by a murderer's row of British (and/or Australian) character actors. In addition to Bill Nighy as Johnny, we have Michael Gambon as Benedict, Judy Davis as their colleague Jill, Rachel Weisz as Johnny's inquisitive neighbor Nancy, Ralph Fiennes as the British prime minister, Alice Krige as one of Johnny's many ex-wives and Felicity Jones as their estranged daughter...


Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare
By Ollie at The Ripple Effect

He’s back ... the man behind the mask. Well, strictly Alice has never really gone away. Now Alice, in my humble opinion, has never made a truly terrible album although some do shine far brighter than others. 1975’s original Welcome To My Nightmare set, however, stands head and shoulders above anything else in his solo career. As a die hard Alice fan, when I heard in 2010 he was working on a sequel to that album, Hell, I was intrigued...

November 4, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 5, Hurricanes 1
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Five Unanswered – Washington came into Friday night’s game with Carolina as the league’s most prolific offensive team with an average of 3.9 goals per game. That average will get a bit of a bump northward after the Caps trounced the Hurricanes 5-1 at RBC Center in a four-point Southeast Division contest...


New Pirates! Trailer
Posted at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

David's DWM Lis Sladen Tribute
Posted at David Tennant - Fan News Blog

The above interview with David is included in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, which is a special tribute issue for the Sarah Jane Smith actress Elisabeth Sladen who so sadly passed away earlier this year.

Benjamin Cook who conducted the interview with David has some fab sound bytes on his official website at www.benjamincook.net...


Wrc.com preview: Wales Rally GB
Posted at WRC.com

...After 12 thrilling rounds in four continents, the 2011 World Rally Championship concludes in Great Britain next week with the title battle finely poised between Mikko Hirvonen and defending champion Sebastien Loeb...


November 3, 2011

The Prison In Space - Scriptbook
Posted at Doctor Who Online

...Eager to inject some humour into the series, producer Innes Lloyd called upon experienced scriptwriter, Dick Sharples, to come up with a story that would inject a lighter tone into Doctor Who. That adventure was The Prison in Space, originally envisioned to write out the character of Jamie and introduce a new companion called Nik - and it's a story that was just a hair's-breadth away from being made...


See Exclusive Rush Video
By gbarton at Classic Rock

Come inside to watch an amazing four-and-a-half-minute clip from the Canadian maestros’ brand new Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland DVD...


Twisted Sister - Double Live DVD/Live At the Marquee CD
By Woody at The Ripple Effect

A few months ago I wrote a frantic, drooling review of the reissue of Twisted Sister's debut album Under The Blade. It came with a bonus live DVD of their hell raising performance at the 1982 Reading Festival in the UK. As great as that package is, 2 others have come out and blow it away. In July the Double Live DVD was released containing a full live show from 1982 and their reunion at the 2001 NY Steel benefit, and just a few weeks ago Rhino released an audio CD called Live At The Marquee recorded in 1983...

Loeb won’t hold back on Rally GB
Posted at WRC.com

Citroen legend Sebastien Loeb insists he won't settle for second place on the World Rally Championship decider in Wales next week...


November 2, 2011

Primeval Season 5 Exclusive Trailer
Posted on YouTube by BBC America

This November, PRIMEVAL comes roaring back to BBC America's Supernatural Saturday - bigger and badder than ever before. Don't miss the all new season *** premiering Saturday November 12 at 9/8c ***

In the highly-anticipated new season, dark secrets bubble to the surface, testing relationships to the limit as anomalies - holes in the fabric of time - become more unpredictable and numerous, with more far reaching consequences than ever before. An underground creature causes chaos to a city, a nuclear submarine encounters an anomaly in the sea and a raptor roams the same streets of the infamous murderer Spring Heeled Jack in Victorian London.


Will there be a Torchwood season 5?
By Simon Brew at Den Of Geek

...While it never reached the commercial and critical heights of Torchwood: Children Of Earth, this year’s long-awaited fourth season of Torchwood, Miracle Day, appears to have been a solid enough success...


Hear ‘N Aid Single To Be Reissued
By mdome at Classic Rock

...Originally put out at the start of 1986, it was the heavy metal world’s contribution to raising money to help fight famine in Africa. Conceived by Ronnie James Dio, the single featured members of Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Blue Oyster Cult and Spinal Tap, plus the likes of Ted Nugent ad Yngwie Mamsteen...

...Here’s the original video for Stars...


Block relishing Rally GB return
Posted at WRC.com

Ken Block is relishing his return to Wales Rally GB next week citing it as one of the events that first attracted him to the sport...


November 1, 2011

POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Capitals 5, Ducks 4, OT
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Laich Line, Life Line – For the first half of tonight’s Caps-Ducks game, things weren’t going the home team’s way. Although they stayed out of the penalty box and generally limited Anaheim’s chances at even strength, the Caps found themselves on the short end of a 3-0 score


Bill Bailey In Metal - Out Now!
Posted by Pete at BillBailey.co.uk

Today sees the launch of the eagerly awaited album Bill Bailey In Metal, a collection of nine solid rock tracks that were forged for Bill’s headline set in the fiery furnace of the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere 2011. Each of these pieces were then hammered into shape in the studio furnace using the voodoo brilliance of a superb band of musical sorcerers...

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 1 - 10, 2011

Last Update - September 16, 2011 at 7:52 AM EDT

Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for September 1 through September 10, 2011 contains linked samples of some interesting items that came out at the start of September 2011.

Television shows, movies, Washington Capitals hockey, music, Formula One racing and WRC rally news make it into this group.


September 10, 2011

Review: 'Doctor Who' - 'The Girl Who Waited': Let the right one in
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

..."The Girl Who Waited" was in many ways a very familiar tale, both in terms of the Steven Moffat era of "Doctor Who" and science fiction in general. Moffat has told many stories about characters who have traveled through time the long way while waiting for the Doctor to come back. And practically every sci-fi series at some point or other does an episode featuring an apocalyptic future (or otherwise alternate) version of a main character...


'Torchwood: Miracle Day' - 'The Blood Line': Die another day?
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

...The season was too far gone for the finale to do much in the way of redeeming it, but we at least could have gone out on an interesting note. Instead, there were lots of explosions, lots of yelling, and very little that held my attention or made me feel anything in the way that, say, some of the sacrifices in "Children of Earth" did...


September 9, 2011

Dennis Wideman raring for return after recovering
from leg hematoma
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

Dennis Wideman hadn’t been able to skate all out at Kettler Capitals Iceplex since late March, but on Friday morning, as the Capitals defenseman participated in an informal workout, it appeared as though he had never been sidelined at the end of last season...


Exclusive: Thor's Drinking Buddy, Stellan Skarsgard
By Edward Douglas at Super Hero Hype

Having appeared in movies and television on both sides of the Atlantic for nearly 40 years now, Sweden's Stellan Skarsgard has reached an odd point in his career where he's probably more recognizable to American moviegoers than he was a year ago, and that's even after appearing in two of the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies...


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

Monza is all about speed, but it was hard to tell which team held the advantage around the Italian track on Friday. The morning session was dominated by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, but in the afternoon championship leader Sebastian Vettel leapt to the fore for Red Bull. The leading teams and their rivals reflect on their early progress...


Stones To Release 1978 Show On DVD, Blu-ray
By mdome at Classic Rock

...This is to be put out by Eagle Rock Entertainment on November 21. This will be released in four different formats: DVD, DVD + CD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray + CD. It was shot at Forth Worth, Texas on July 18...


Red Bull and Renault announce enhanced engine agreement
Posted at Formula1.com

Red Bull Racing and engine suppliers Renault have confirmed a five-year extension to their successful partnership. The new fuel efficient 1.6L V6-turbo power unit to be introduced under revised 2014 regulations will be incorporated in the framework of the enhanced collaboration...


Classic Rock’s New Releases Round-Up
By mdome at Classic Rock

This week we’re dealing with the final five Queen reissues.

So, the huge campaign of Queen reissues through Universal reaches its conclusion, with the band’s last five being released just as we celebrate what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday...


September 8, 2011

Profiles in Cowardice
By Brian Lumley at Rumblings From The Man Cave

So we're approaching the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Everywhere you look: TV, magazines, Facebook and other internet sites, there are memorials and remembrances of a date that has become the contemporary of either Pearl Harbor or V-J Day, depending upon how you look at it...


FIA Thursday press conference - Italy
Posted at Formula1.com

Drivers - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Jarno Trulli (Team Lotus) and Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing)...


KHL vows to rebuild Lokomotiv team after plane crash
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

A day after a Russian jet crashed killing nearly every player and coach of KHL’s Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, the league is already working to rebuild the team...


Nothing to fear for Patterson and Solberg
Posted at WRC.com

Leading navigator Chris Patterson says he and driver Petter Solberg will have nothing to fear on Rally Australia this week, despite a frustrating start to their world championship campaign...


Alice Cooper - Old School box set
By Woody at The Ripple Effect

...The Alice Cooper Old School box is what freaks like me have been dreaming of for years. Two CD’s full of shit you’ve never heard before, an interview CD with all 4 surviving original members (Alice, Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway and Michael Bruce), a DVD that includes rare live footage and interviews, an insanely great live show from 1971 on CD and LP, a 7” single from their pre-Alice Cooper band the Nazz, a fancy hardcover book and a folder full of reproductions of posters, tour programs, etc. It’s all housed in a massive school desk that revives the School’s Out album cover. FUCK YEAH!!!! That’s what I call totally mint deluxe...

September 7, 2011

Alex Ovechkin Russia Tour: Part 2
Bauer Hockey posted video at YouTube

Crews braced for tricky test in Australia
Posted at WRC.com

Road position and the challenging 30-kilometre Plum Pudding test are among the early talking points as the World Rally Championship entourage began to assemble in Coffs Harbour for this week's Rally Australia...


Michael Shannon Confirms Man of Steel Mo-Cap
By Silas Lesnick at Super Hero Hype

Two weeks ago, an actor who appeared to be Michael Shannon was spotted on the set of Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel in a full motion-capture suit. Since it's known that Shannon will playing General Zod, the outfit sparked much online discussion about the final look of the character, especially given the fact that he was photographed next to the practical costume of fellow Kryptonian Faora (Antje Traue). Now, expect the debate to heat up even further as Shannon confirms to Moviefone that it was, indeed, him in the suit...

EXCLUSIVE 'Thor' Blu-ray Clip Takes You Inside Asgard
By Eric Ditzian at MTV's Splash Page

If "Thor" director Kenneth Branagh has a hidden superpower, it's getting his actors to fall in love with him...

Russian plane carrying KHL’s Lokomotiv crashes, at least 43 dead
By Katie Carrera at The Washington Post's Capitals Insider

The hockey community suffered another significant loss Wednesday in what has already been a tragic summer. According to various reports, 43 people are dead and one is critically injured after the plane carrying the KHL’s Lokomotiv crashed while taking off in Yaroslavl, Russia...


KERS - the secret success story of 2011
Posted at Formula1.com

Amid the attention attracted this year by both DRS and the performance characteristics of the Pirelli tyres, the return of KERS has been somewhat swamped in the public eye...


September 6, 2011

Bauer team flew to Moscow to meet with Ovechkin (Part 1)
By tj at Alex Ovetjkin

In this video Ovi shows Bauer team his Dynamo training facility in Moscow, and how he trained there when he was a kid... Turned out this summer he was working out at Dynamo junior hockey school, not in Novogorsk!

Japers' Rink Radio - Episode 52
By Stephen Pepper and Russell Waxman at Japers' Rink Radio

Pepper and Russell are back for a special Labor Day episode, where they welcome to the show hockey writer Dmitry Chesnokov, regular contributor to Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy to discuss the prospects of Messrs. Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin this season for the Washington Capitals ... We'll also have an exclusive interview with Caps' F D.J. King...

NBC remaking FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER
By Dan Owen at Dan's Media Digest

Worrying US remake news, folks. NBC are making a version of Channel 4 hit comedy Friday Night Dinner, which stars Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal as two grown-up brothers who visit their eccentric middle-aged parents for a weekly meal...


Capitals On The Hot Seat, 2011-12 Edition
By J.P. at Japers' Rink

Just about a year ago, we took a look at the Caps' players and suits who would be under the most pressure heading into what probably was the season with the highest pre-season expectations in franchise history. And what we said then is just as true today, so rather than reinvent the wheel...


Alice Cooper Joined In London By Arthur Brown
By mdome at Classic Rock

Alice Cooper has added Arthur Brown to his London Halloween show on October 29.

It happens at Alexandra Palace, with New York Dolls also on the bill, plus fire breathers, stilt walkers and angle grinders...


Australia preview notes: Part two
Posted at WRC.com

...Owner/driver Petter Solberg is back competing in Australia for the first time since 2006. With a solitary podium to his name this season, the ex-world champion will be anxious to add to that tally in New South Wales at the wheel of his privateer Citroen DS3 WRC. He interrupted his preparations for the event with a visit to Sydney’s Sky Tower last Sunday...


September 5, 2011

September 5th - Action This Day!
Posted at Queen Online

Birthdays, Album & DVD Releases, Freddie For A Day & a Doodle!

September 5th 2011...Five For The 5th!

1. Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday!

2. The release of the final five albums in Queen's re-issue series!

3. Live At Wembley Stadium DVD: 25th Anniversary Edition
and You Tube Stream!

4. Freddie For A Day!

5. The Freddie Google Doodle!

As you can see the 5th of September 2011 is very much Queen Day

Freddie's 65th Birthday is being celebrated by Roger and Brian with a spectacular party at The Savoy Hotel, which has been billed as a night of 'comedy and rock n' roll'. Freddie channelled and spirited attire is the dress code for evening with a mandatory moustache! There is to be a live band, a number of varied acts entertaining the guests, plus a charity auction and raffle all in aid of the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Look out for updates and pictures on www.queenonline.com. Watch the Official Freddie Mercury Birthday video here...

Australia preview notes: Part one
Posted at WRC.com

The World Rally Championship is back on gravel in Australia this week. 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 to the Coffs Coast-based event...


September 4, 2011

Inaugural Grand Prix Winner Crowned
Posted at WJZ TV News / CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Grand Prix crowns a winner. After a weekend full of racing excitement, Will Power crossed the finish line first...

Shockwaves / Hardradio Podcast #53
Posted at Hardradio.com

On this episode host Bob Nalbandian interviews legendary Diamond Head founding guitarist Brian Tatler, Dangerous Toys/Broken Teeth/Ignitor/Evil United vocalist/frontman Jason McMaster and vocalist Dave Williams and drummer Chris Challice from the great new band Killinger.


ANVIL, BW&BK "Bury The Hatchet" In New Video Interview
By "Metal" Tim Henderson at Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

...Check out the chat - which BW&BK cameraman David Cardoso said was the most heart-felt and honest interview we did all weekend at Heavy T.O. - below:

September 3, 2011

'Doctor Who' - 'Night Terrors': Welcome to the dollhouse
By Alan Sepinwall at What's Alan Watching? via HitFix.com

I'm on vacation, but I got to see tonight's "Doctor Who" before I went away for a few days. "Night Terrors" was penned by Steven Moffat's "Sherlock" co-author Mark Gatiss, and I thought it was very strong on the creepy imagery (the dolls in particular) but a bit less effective on the sentimental side of things...


American Le Mans Series Kicks Off Grand Prix Races
Posted at WJZ TV News / CBS Baltimore

...The American Le Mans Series is taking place Saturday that features cars like Ferraris and Porsches. This is exactly what fans have been waiting for, and now that it is here, they cannot get enough of it...

Power Secures Pole For Baltimore Grand Prix
Posted at WJZ TV News / CBS Baltimore

Power used a late surge to earn his seventh pole of the season, a point in the Izod IndyCar Series standings and some peace of mind heading into Sunday’s race on a difficult street course...


September 2, 2011

Nicklas Backstrom: ‘Time for us to grow up’
By Katie Carrera at Capitals Insider

After working with the same personal coach the past four years, Nicklas Backstrom decided to switch up his offseason conditioning routine with the understanding that this year there will be tougher workouts, practices and a more tone around the Capitals’ dressing room...


Loki Is 'More Gangster' In 'Avengers,' Says Tom Hiddleston
By Kara Warner at MTV's Splash Page

...I had the pleasure of chatting with Hiddleston recently to discuss the upcoming Blu-ray release of "Thor" (out on September 13). We also got to chat about his "gangster" new costume, a set photo that leaked for which he did not receive the appropriate credit, and the challenge of playing nice during fight scenes with his fellow cast members. Check out what he had to say...


Ford to capitalise on team member's visit
Posted at WRC.com

Factory Ford drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala will be aiming to make the most of their tyre engineer George Black's visit to Australia in June when the Scot gained an early glimpse of the challenge awaiting the WRC runners next week...


Knowing What We Don't Know About Zone Starts?
By David Getz at Japers' Rink

When it comes to nitty-gritty hockey discussions, ones on zone starts are among the most interesting because they touch on just about every aspect of the game. From on-ice strategy, to what goes on behind the bench, to front office management and statistical analysis, how to treat zone starts provides ample discussion for just about any hardcore hockey fan...


Formula One Fantasy - Lotus's Jarno Trulli
Posted at Formula1.com

Ranking fifth on the list of most race starts, with 245 to his name, Lotus's Jarno Trulli has been around the F1 block a fair few times. And though he may have won just one race during his 15-year career, Trulli's seen and done just about everything there is to do in Formula One racing. Even so, there's still plenty left on the Italian's F1 fantasy wish list...


Italy preview quotes - Renault, FIA, Ferrari, Force India & more
Posted at Formula1.com - Updated September 7, 2011

With average speeds of 250 km/h and top speeds of 340km/h, Monza is the quickest circuit on the calendar, as well as one of the oldest. Also home to Ferrari superfans - the Tifosi - the track isn't short on atmosphere either. Drivers and team members explain why they love Monza and discuss their prospects...


September 1, 2011

'Avengers' Sneak Peek And 'The Consultant' Short Arrive Online
By Danica Davidson at MTV's Splash Page

...Posted over at Movies.com, the "Avengers" sneak peek offers several cool things. You get to see short clips from the movie and glimpses into each of the characters...


Progress 'beyond expectations' in India
Posted at Formula1.com

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says progress at India's new Formula One venue, the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) near New Delhi, is 'beyond expectations'. That is according to Vicky Chandhok, head of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, who accompanied Whiting on an inspection of the facility on Thursday...


Farewell to a Broadcast King
By pucksandbooks at On Frozen Blog

As summer comes to a close we learn of another important and impassioned media voice for hockey leaving Washington for an exciting career opportunity. Comcast Sportsnet’s Russ Thaler begins the on-air portion of a new chapter in his broadcast career with NBC Sports next week, having worked as an original talent at Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic since its inception more than 10 years ago...


Black Country Communion Release Video Trailer
For Upcoming 'Live Over Europe' DVD
By Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

Black Country Communion, the Anglo - American hard rock supergroup ... have released the trailer for the upcoming DVD release 'Live Over Europe'.

The DVD is set for a release date worldwide October 24, 2011...

Webber: It would have been a mistake to quit now
Posted at Formula1.com

Mark Webber's decision to stay with Red Bull for 2012, announced over the Belgian Grand Prix weekend, was an easy one to make says the Australian, who still feels he has plenty to offer the team - and Formula One racing...