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Beyoncé And ‘The Hunger Games’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Beyoncé and the new "Hunger Games" sneak peek attracted more responses than any other moments among comics tweeters last night at the MTV Video Music Awards. Writers and artists alike immediately put their imaginations to use predicting what motherhood will be like for the pop star.
In the meantime, Ben Templesmith [read more]
‘The Smurfs’ At The Box Office, ‘Captain America’ And ‘True Blood’ In Today’s Twitter Report
The crowd-drawing power of "The Smurfs" proved powerful enough to tie "Cowboys and Aliens" over the weekend. The little blue guys also beat out "Captain America: The First Avenger" in terms of box office receipts, which seemed to impress writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach.
Marvel's patriotic hero continued to get a lot of [read more]
Opening Night At Comic-Con, OS X Lion And ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ In Today’s Twitter Report
The wildest week on the comic book industry calendar is officially underway in San Diego right now. Opening night tweets percolated out of Comic-Con International last night, featuring fear, costumes and even some humility (for charity) from Brian Michael Bendis.
Apple's new operating system upgrade was also a popular source of [read more]
‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2,’ ‘The Thing’ And SDCC In Today’s Twitter Report
If you caught a midnight screening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" last night, you were not alone. Stephen Colbert tweeted about his mad rush to make it in time, though Skottie Young did not think he was young enough to stick out.
In the meantime, everyone's had [read more]
‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon,’ Droids, And Pixar’s ‘Brave’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Michael Bay and his Transformers movies can be contentious subjects among longtime TF fans. "Dark of the Moon" reviews are starting to come in, though, and it sounds like the Bay is strong in this film. Robert Kirkman, however, seems to be more interested in the trailers accompanying the movie [read more]
Joss Stone, Sean Bean, And A ‘Green Lantern’ Snub In Today’s Twitter Report
It's been a dangerous week for singer Joss Stone and "Game of Thrones" star Sean Bean. Stone was the target of an alleged murder conspiracy, while Bean reportedly survived a street attack in London. Brian Lynch and Phil Noto commented on these topics, while Dan Slott reflected on seeing Spider-Man [read more]
MTV Movie Awards, Lady Gaga, And ‘X-Men: First Class’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Chloe Moretz walked away with a pair of wins at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards last night. The "Kick-Ass" star earned top honors in the categories of "Best Breakout Star" and "Biggest Badass Star." "Kick-Ass" creator Mark Millar was only too happy to tweet some congratulations her way, and Moretz [read more]
Dunkin Donuts, Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s Death, And Stan Lee’s ‘Thor’ Truck In Today’s Twitter Report
National Donut Day got some tweeters excited about hunting down free fried dough today. Edgar Wright snapped a pick of one of the country's most famous shops in Portland, while Vito Del Sante sounded mighty pessimistic about his prospects for finding any freebees in his neighborhood.
Elsewhere, Stan Lee dropped a [read more]
Shaq’s Retirement, DC’s Reboot, And ‘Game Of Thrones’ Concerns In Today’s Twitter Report
The Twitterspere has been wrestling with some big changes this week. If DC Comics' big reboot wasn't enough to tweet about, Shaq hopped onto trending lists last night by announcing his retirement from the NBA.
Michael Cho is going to miss Shaq's quotes, and just about everyone who's ever touched a [read more]
‘American Idol’ Finale, Tom Jones, And Role Models In Today’s Twitter Report
You didn't have to be an "American Idol" fan to get caught up in storm of tweets the show generated last night. Even Ande Parks, who professes not to like the televised contest, lamented missing Tom Jones' performance.
The best conversation of the day, however, sprouted out of a post by [read more]
The Rapture, Ronald McDonald, And Lars Von Trier In Today’s Twitter Report
Pre-Saturday Rapture tweets continue to be the hot thing in online discussions this week. Ben Templesmith has been weighing the pros and cons of what could happen if the world ends over the weekend. Jill Thompson, meanwhile, fears what living by a graveyard could mean, and Kieron Gillen hopes that [read more]
R.I.P. Jeffrey Catherine Jones, ‘Bridesmaids’ Reactions, And The Rapture In Today’s Twitter Report
The comics community saw an outpouring of condolences today as news broke that fantasy illustrator and painter Jeffrey Catherine Jones passed away at the age of 67. Billy Tucci, Jock, J.M. DeMatteis and Ron Marz were among those tweeting about her legacy, and there are scores of similar posts where [read more]
‘L.A. Noire’ Reactions, Dalek Hatred, And Defense Of ‘Tintin’ In Today’s Twitter Report
The Twitter hive mind overflowed with knowledge and tasty trivia bits this morning. For starters, Jon Favreau got a look at Damon Lindelof's "Lost" hatch turned coffee table. He didn't post a picture, but a quick Google search turned up a blogger who did photograph the famous prop.
In gaming, "L.A. [read more]
‘Powers’ Casting, ‘Thor’ Praise, And Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Marriage In Today’s Twitter Report
Bad movie jokes about Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's separation were easy to find in the feed this morning. When you dedicate your career to outrageous action movies full of clever one-liners, these things tend to happen, so hopefully they're taking the jabs in stride.
The comic book movies world got [read more]
‘Doctor Who’ Reactions, Wolverine Sketches, And The Lakers’ Playoff Loss In Today’s Twitter Report
The latest pirate-laden "Doctor Who" installment, "The Curse of the Black Spot," got Twitter talking over the weekend. Both Gabriel Hardman and Chris Weston thought it needed a little something more, but Weston's hopeful for Neil Gaiman's upcoming episode.
In image tweeting last night, Jim Lee decided to make all other [read more]
‘Game Of Thrones’ Reactions, Reviews And Suggestions In Today’s Twitter Report
Ever since HBO announced that they would be adapting George R. R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" for TV, fantasy nerddom has anxiously been awaiting its arrival. After weeks of tweeting about the show, everyone finally got to see the first episode last night, and Bill Willingham, Ed Brubaker and Marjorie [read more]
Hugh Grant, Michael Clarke Duncan, And ‘Game Of Thrones’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Some bloggers have been hoping to see or hear Michael Clarke Duncan step into the role of Kilowog in "Green Lantern" for a long time now. He's reportedly down now, however—and there was much rejoicing.
In other celebratory posts, Kieron Gillen reluctantly praised Hugh Grant—I'm assuming because he's in the news [read more]
Foo Fighters, ‘Bill And Ted 3′ And ‘Kick-Ass 2′ In Today’s Twitter Report
Tweeters in the comics world had sequels on their mind today. Mark Millar projected how long it will be before he's able to wrap up "Kick-Ass 2," while Bryan Lynch made an ingenius pitch to the twittersphere for a new "Kid and Play" film. Meanwhile, Gail Simone doesn't seem to [read more]
The Trump Roast, The ‘V’ Finale, And ‘Doctor Who’ Art In Today’s Twitter Report
It's been a landmark week for artwork in the Twitter Report feed this week. Posts continued today with Pete Woods serving up a "Doctor Who" doodle and Jill Thompson sharing her take on Starfire.
TV tweets were in full effect, too, with the "V" finale drawing mixed criticism from Rob Liefeld [read more]
Tsunami Reactions, The Spider-Man Musical, And Charlie Sheen In Today’s Twitter Report
It's pretty much impossible to lead with any type of humor or sarcasm on a day like today, but everyone impacted by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, as well as the subsequent warnings in Hawaii and on the Pacific Coast in the U.S., are in our thoughts. Brian Michael [read more]