"Jet Man" Crosses English Channel Like a Human Rocket Kate Ravilious in York, United Kingdom for National Geographic News September 26, 2008 Yves Rossy, aka Jet Man, zoomed into the record books Friday, flying across the English Channel strapped to a
Tesla Roadster Price tag: $109,000 (base price) Normally cars give you a simple choice: You can be politically correct but plodding, as with the Toyota Prius. Or you can go very, very fast and burn through so much fossil fuel that Sarah Palin will st
Trip to Space on Virgin Galactic Price tag: $200,000 Being fabulously affluent isn’t all chocolate truffles and champagne fountains. There are days when all those stocks, bearer bonds and hedge funds in the Caymans just weigh you down, and you long t
Moller M400 Skycar Price tag: ? The point of having vast coffers o’ cash, as any filthy-rich person will tell you, is to pay your way out of the mundane hassles that afflict the hoi polloi: traffic jams, military service, child rearing, flossing. Reg
TheLastDragon.jpgWhen I saw this story something flashed in my head, The Last Dragon? I'm sure I remember that film, and Samuel L. Jackson's name was attached so I thought I'd read it. Then I saw the picture of t
Beyonce as Wonder Woman? Wonderbeyonce_l So Beyoncé wants to play Wonder Woman? Surprisingly, my first impulse was not to gnash my teeth over what a terrible idea this is, though I imagine lots of fanboys might have that reaction. But really, B has b
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2009 GLYPH COMICS AWARDS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED; JUDGES NAMED This past May, in the closest race in the brief history of the Glyph Comics Awards (GCA), Sentences, the autobiography of underground rapper MF Grimm, a.k.a. Percy Care
Joseph To Be First Black Doctor? David Tennant hasn't yet abandoned his starring role in the BBC SF series Doctor Who, but rumors have already begun circulating that Paterson Joseph--who guest-starred in the first season--may be the leading candidate
Afro Samurai (voiced by Academy Award® nominated Samuel L. Jackson) is an epic tale of a black samurai’s hunt for Justice (voiced by Ron Perlman: Hellboy, Alien Resurrection), who murdered his father. With music score by The RZA (Kill Bill, Wu Tang C
The award-winning HBO series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child provides updated cartoon versions of the classics that will hold your kids' attention without banging them on the head with themes. Four half-hour tales are included, each w
The Second Coming Blair Underwood (1992) Alot of controversy was caused when Blair Underwood directed, produced, wrote, and starred in the 30 minute film THE SECOND COMING. He portrayed dreadlocked Jesus Christ coming back to earth as a colored man.
Frank Detomello is a slovenly zookeeper, and simple father to the only young and bright girl named Shane, who catches a cold right after when he swallowed a germ-ridden egg! The inside of his body is known as the "City of Frank". An unlikely hero of
TRAILER: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans RELEASE DATE: January 23, 2009 SYNOPSIS: The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In th
WOULD YOU PAY TO FOR A BLACK HEROES TYPE WEB SHOW? IF SO HOW MUCH. BECAREFUL YOU MIGHT GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR. THE PROPOSED EPISODES WOULD BE 5 MINUTES LIKE THE CLONE WARS AND END UP ONE FULL LENGTH DVD.
Apparently Disney isn’t the only animation studio pushing for an African-princess character. They announced last year that the lead of their movie The Princess and the Frog would be their first African character, with Anika Noni Rose voicing the char
BET Networks and Marvel Animation Tuesday announced they will team up to produce an animated series based on the legendary superhero The Black Panther. Network officials said the show will debut in the first quarter of 2009. Casting is already underw
Born from the fire of his father and the passion of his mother, Antonio Valor, forged a commitment to bringing a new justice to Big City. Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline is the continuing story of a man drawn deeper into the darkness to bring ligh
FOX has released the first photo for the upcoming Family Guy spinoff 'The Cleveland Show' which will come to FOX in Spring 2009. THE CLEVELAND SHOW (working title) (Sundays, 9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT): Many years ago, CLEVELAND BROWN (voiced by Mike Henry)