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Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend [Book Review] | Zoner Sports

By anthony | Published: March 5, 2010
Who knew. Willie Mays started out his career in a 1-26 funk. Even the greats can start their careers with a rough ride. But obviously that didn't last long,
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Scott D Parker: Book Review Club (March 2010): Sandman, Vol. 1 by …

By anthony | Published: March 3, 2010
(This is the March 2010 edition of Barrie Summy's Book Review Club. For a complete list of all participants, click on the link at the end of this review.) For the whole of his career, Neil Gaiman and I have never met. ...
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Geek Goggle Reviews: Batman The Unseen #3

By Shervin | Published: November 8, 2009
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Batman: The Unseen #3 of 5 DC Comics Moench & Jones Batman battles the meat man in this issue. Batman's detective skills allow him to figure out the meat man's identity and track him to his next prey. This issue pushes the villain down the trail of serial killer as his motives and back story begin to be filled in. It's a good issue that shows off Batman at a younger stage in his career allowing him to be more vulnerable with his lack of experience. Batman shows that in order to gain ultimate success you don't always win on the first try. Read more
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Lee Cockerell's Creating Magic – Book Review: Leadership Book on …

By admin | Published: October 20, 2009
While Lee Cockerell's Creating Magic doesn't offer many new insights about leadership, his recollections of his career at Walt Disney World make the lessons memorable.
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EXCLUSIVE: John Cassaday talks directing Dollhouse

By admin | Published: October 20, 2009
[It’s been a big month for artist John Cassaday . The final issue of PLANETARY shipped after a years long delay, marking the end of a 10-year-long chapter of his career. Even more importantly, he’s currently in Los Angeles prepping to direct an episode of Dollhouse , the Joss Whedon -created show about Echo, an unwilling spy who is forced to use a technology of shifting personalities. While Cassaday is on the short list of premier comics artists for his work on PLANETARY, ASTONISHING
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Why 1997’s ‘Batman & Robin’ Might Be ‘The Most Important Comic Book Movie Ever Made’

By admin | Published: October 19, 2009
Newsflash: 1997's " Batman & Robin " might be the most important film that the comic book movie genre has ever seen. Hey, don't shoot the messenger—those words are coming straight from the mouth of Marvel Studios bigwig Kevin Feige . The LA Times recently reviewed the career of Akiva Goldsman , the producer-director-writer with involvement in comic book properties such as " Jonah Hex ," " The Losers " and—that's right—"Batman & Robin," the George Clooney -starring film that nea
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Book review: Hellmuth presents Read 'em and Reap – Poker Forums

By anthony | Published: October 18, 2009
Full book title: Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em And Reap: A Career FBI Agent's Guide to Decoding Poker Tells ISBN: 9780061198595 Price: USA $18.95 (worth every cent and then some) Author: Joe Navarro,
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Alice Cooper at The Orleans Showroom

By admin | Published: October 12, 2009
October 23-25 Las Vegas—Shock rock icon and innovative showman Alice Cooper brings his Theatre of Death Tour to The Orleans Showroom for three nights, October 23, 24 and 25—just in time for Halloween. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Alice Cooper has drawn inspiration from horror films, vaudeville, heavy metal and garage rock to create a theatrical event that showcases his vast music catalogue. Alice Cooper began his career in 1
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Heavy Metal Breakfast: Anvil Wake Up Early to Talk About the Documentary that Changed Their Lives

By anthony | Published: October 6, 2009
It’s a Wednesday morning, and two Canadian heavy metal dudes are sitting in a conference room in the Viacom building in Los Angeles, talking to a bunch of reporters on a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Why would a self-respecting rock & roll band be up at such an ungodly hour so far away from home to do something so seemingly trivial? To promote their movie, of course. The Canadians in question are Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner , respectively the lead guitarist/vocalist and drummer with the veteran Toronto metal band Anvil, and after years of toiling in obscurity fate finally cut them some serious breaks in 2009. Sacha Gervasi was a teenaged metal fan who struck up a friendship with Anvil when they toured England in the early 1980s. Gervasi spent a summer as a roadie for Anvil during a lengthy tour of Canada, when the band were at the peak of their popularity after releasing the groundbreaking 1982 album Metal For Metal
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io9 Talks To Surrogates Creator Robert Venditti [Exclusive]

By admin | Published: September 26, 2009
With Surrogates hitting theaters this weekend, we spoke to creator Robert Venditti about the origins of the original comic, his career as a writer, and why nothing in the story is as simple as it may seem at first. How does having a movie impact the books? Not just the promotion of the books, but you're also writing another Surrogates book... I don't think much has changed.
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