Introducing the first annual Nerdvana Awards! For the first week of 2009, I decided to look back at all the things that helped me Achieve Nerdvana in 2008. There was no voting or complicated algorithms involved. These are simply the things I geeked out over the year: movies, tv, music, technology, books, and people included. [...]
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Picture of the Week: Stan ‘The Man’ at The White House
This week, President Bush presented nine recipients with the National Medal of the Arts, managed by the National Endowment of the Arts. Among the recipients was legendary comic book creator and geek icon Stan Lee, who created Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four — to name a few.
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Judge rules for Rowling in plagiarism case
Previously, on AchieveNerdvana. JK Rowling and Warner Brothers went to court to stop the publication of an unauthorized “lexicon” of the Harry Potter books which allegedly copied much of Rowling’s work word-for-word, compiled by a well-respected Harry Potter fan named Steve Vander Ark. As the battle dragged on in court, the Harry Potter fandom was [...]
Harry Potter and the Neverending Court Battle
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the wizard Harry and his little book collection. With all 7 novels completed and the 6th movie in the series due out around Thanksgiving, the world of Harry Potter has become something of a phenomenon with children (and more adults than anyone might thing), not [...]
Destro to be played by – Jumpy Thug?!
Thats right — the fine folks who are making the G.I. Joe film decided that the man who played “Jumpy Thug” in Batman Begins is the right man for the role of Destro in the 2009 big screen adaptation of the popular cartoon. His name is David Murray. I’m sure you’ve heard of him.
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