Monthly Archives: July 2009

Comic-Con Day #2 – Sweaty ‘Freaks’ & Geeks Take Over

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Back again with another diary entry live from the sunny shores of San Diego. Just reacquainted myself with cold water and a bar of soap, after a long, sweaty here at the San Diego Convention Center, and I’m ready to spill all the ...

Rupert Everett Gives His Take on Fellow “Freak” Michael Jackson

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Is this the pot calling the kettle “not black”? In an interview with The Daily Mirror, Rupert Everett, a man who has destroyed his face, calls Michael Jackson a “freak” and says the late superstar is better off ...

Comic-Con Day 1 gets off to a roaring start!

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Greetings, Fanboys & Girls. Your roving Comic-Con blogger checking in live from San Diego after Day #1, exhausted and overwhelmed but thrilled to report that this year’s Con is bigger, better and off to a brilliant start!

Torchwood’s a Trending Topic on Twitter Again

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 22nd, 2009

Previously, Torchwood had been a trending topic on Twitter when Children of Earth premiered in the UK.

Live Reports From Comic-Con, Start Tomorrow

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 21st, 2009

Greetings, earthlings! I have traveled the universe, battling aliens and protecting the world — but returned to you just in-time to voyage to San Diego’s Convention Center. Why, you ask?

Doctor Who: First On-Set Snaps of The New Doctor, Companion

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 20th, 2009

Matt Smith and Karen Gillan look cute together…and the hairstylists seem to have refined Smith’s emo fauxhawk. The bowtie is a nice touch.

Amy Winehouse Is an “Intolerable” Adulterer, Divorce Papers Say

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 16th, 2009

Amy Winehouse and that damned loser husband of hers, Blake Fielder-Civil, have received a quickie divorce, and “it is reported that Winehouse has agreed to pay Fielder-Civil off with a �2.4 million ($3.6 million) settlement.

Harry Potter a “Humorless” Hit, and Another Bridget Jones Movie

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 15th, 2009

The latest Harry Potter movie has been out for a few hours, and it has already set records at the box office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has, according to Variety, “scored the biggest midnight gross of all-time in ...

UK Big Brother Housemates Learn Michael Jackson Died

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 14th, 2009

19 days after the fact. Don’t you wish that you were sequestered in a house with no access to the press? It would have made these past three weeks more bearable.