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Odd, Tony Stark and Iron Man are never seen in the same place together … (Photos by Jo Hale for Paramount Pictures International)
Iron Man had its United Kingdom premiere today at the Odeon in London’s Leicester Square. The opening was attended by the film’s stars, Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard, as well […]

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Photos by Jo Hale for Paramount Pictures International.

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Oh look, Iron Man did show up.

Director Jon Favreau’s magic hands

Way too hot to play Pepper Potts.

Definitely able to play an alcoholic superhero.

Terrence Howard’s least Oscar-worthy role: War Machine.

Downey and … someone … dancing […]

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I have no idea how these Onion folk keep straight faces while doing this stuff:
Wildly Popular ‘Iron Man’ Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

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Have to admit it: I am genuinely looking forward to Iron Man. If for no other reason, Robert Downey, Jr. That’s all I’m saying. Proof in the pudding, er, armor:

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It’s very rare when my personal interests intersect my professional ones, as my full-time job — running the Las Vegas “industry” blog DailyFiasco.com — involves celebrities, fine dining and nightclubs, things I don’t care much for usually. It’s even rarer when a post I write for Fiasco would be of interest to you sequential-art-loving people […]

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When you have an hour between leaving work and going to class in which to both eat dinner and get from point A to point B, it leaves little time to stop at your friendly neighborhood comic book shop.
Which means that yesterday, I did not get any new books. And I probably won’t have time […]

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There are 1500 Heather Ledger tributes on YouTube as of right now.
I’ll bet when these people’s parents die, they won’t make video tributes on YouTube.
Just sayin’.

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While it’s a tragedy, it’s become so cliche, I can barely take it seriously: Breakout, young Hollywood actor dies in his 20s just as career is taking off. River Phoenix. Brandon Lee. James Dean. And now Heath Ledger is just another cliche:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html
Of course, this is relevant here on this blog because of Ledger’s upcoming role […]

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So after difficultly digesting Amazing Spider-Man’s “One More Day” finale Friday night, I eventually moved on the read chapters six and nine of “Messiah CompleX,” and I have to say … I’m intrigued. Hooked almost. I’ll definitely finish out the rest of this crossover, and who knows, maybe I’ll begin to regularly pick up one […]

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When Christopher Nolan took on the task of rebooting the Batman movie franchise, I figured it was the best thing that could happen to Bats’ film career in the wake of Joel Schumacher’s defacing of the Dark Knight’s legend. But I didn’t really care, personally, about the film. In my much more tender years (has […]

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