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December 16, 2006 - December 29, 2006

News for Dec. 29, 2006

Sideshow Updates

12/29/06, 12:22 pm EST - Xoanon

Be sure to check out our weekly Sideshow Collectibles update! Each week we provide an update on your favorite Sideshow goodies, from busts to premium figures and more! Take a look! [More]

News for Dec. 25, 2006

DVD Tuesday: Post-Christmas Goodies!

12/25/06, 10:42 am EST - Xoanon

A ton of interesting new films are out on DVD this week. Take an early look on our 'DVD Tuesday' feature...every Monday! Check out some TV goodies like the 'Airwolf - S2', 'New Adventures of He-Man, Vol. 1' & 'Simple Life 4'. It being the holiday week the studios aren't releasing much in terms of quality, the big release of the week being 'The Black Dahlia' and 'The Descent', check out the whole list here! We wish you a Merry Christmas and the best for the holidays! [More]

News for Dec. 22, 2006

Sideshow Updates

12/22/06, 12:45 pm EST - Xoanon

Be sure to check out our weekly Sideshow Collectibles update! Each week we provide an update on your favorite Sideshow goodies, from busts to premium figures and more! Take a look! [More]

News for Dec. 20, 2006

Peter Jackson's Netflix Art

12/20/06, 8:28 pm EST - Xoanon

Jackson's Netflix Art Peter Jackson has offered up some of his art for Netflix customers. For the holidays Netflix is sending out DVDs in specially designed envelopes like the seen here. [More]

News for Dec. 18, 2006

DVD Tuesday: Invincible, Fearless, Scanner!

12/18/06, 11:17 am EST - Xoanon

A ton of interesting new films are out on DVD this week. Take an early look on our 'DVD Tuesday' feature...every Monday! Check out some TV goodies like the 'Married With Children - S6', 'Simpsons - S9' & 'The Sopranos - S6 Vol. 1'. Some great animation out today as well, 'Paradise Kiss, Vol. 1' & 'Super Gals'. Disney has also released a slew of DVD classics 'More Silly Symphonies', 'The Complete Pluto, Vol. 2', 'The Mickey Mouse Club Featuring the Hardy Boys' & 'Your Host, Walt Disney'. The big release of the week is 'Invincible'. Personally I'm interested in 'A Scanner Darkly' & 'When the Levees Broke'! Check out the whole list here! [More]

News for Dec. 17, 2006

Naomi Watts Interview

12/17/06, 6:00 pm EST - Xoanon

From DarkHorizons: There was a time that Australia's Naomi Watts, now 38, was so insecure about her profession that she was ready to give up altogether. That was then, this is now. Her professional insecurities behind her, Watts has now attained a position by which she can equate a comfortable security with the ability to take greater risks as an actress, admitting, "I think I really used to fight with myself over how to make decisions, because I always thought my next job would be my last," the actress says, curled up on a sofa in a Los Angeles hotel room. "But I have settled into a place, not a comfort zone, but believing that this is not necessarily the last thing, yet you always want to make your decisions carefully, as long as they are for yourself, not for anybody else." [More]

News for Dec. 16, 2006

TV Watch: Watts on 'Regis' & 'Leno'

12/16/06, 4:24 pm EST - Xoanon

Naomi Watts was on 'Live! with Regis & Kelly' to promote her latest film 'The Painted Veil'. At first talk lead to her work on King Kong and all the bumps and bruises she incurred during the shoot. They also featured a clip from the film. Take a look! (22MB MOV)[More]

Later that same day Naomi was on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' to talk about 'The Painted Veil', they also featured some photos of Naomi as a child and on a motorcycle. Take a look! (31MB MOV)[More]

Richard Taylor Auction Fundraiser

12/16/06, 10:59 am EST - Xoanon

Richard Taylor with 'Oscar' Kim writes: Our Rowing squad is fundraising for a trip, and one fundraiser we are doing is running a celebrity doodle art auction on the New Zealand online auction site Trademe (similar to ebay). Anyway one of the items up for auction is a genuine signed sketch of a Hobbit home drawn by Richard Taylor, multiple Oscar winner from Weta Workshops, the force behind the LOTR special effects and costuming etc. The auction finishes Sunday evening our time, so in about 20 hours from now. Just go to Trademe.co.nz, search 'doodle taylor'. [trademe.co.nz]

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