ghostgirl Lovesick is a song with lyrics by bestselling author Tonya Hurley for the character Scarlet to sing in her ghostgirl Lovesick book — the third in her ghostgirl series. Music and performance by Polly Scattergood. Additional production by Vince Clarke.
Check out What’s New for Celebration V This Week
from StarWars.com:
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Special Disney Event
Put on your favorite costume and join your fellow fans for the ultimate Star Wars party, taking place during the ultimate Star Wars party weekend. The “Last Tour to Endor” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is a first-of-its-kind entertainment experience so incredible that not even the Rebels’ Bothan spies have been able to steal the top-secret plans! Takes place Saturday, August 14, 2010, 8pm to 1am. The evening culminates with Symphony in the Stars, a Star Wars fireworks spectacular that only Disney can create. BOOK NOW before it sells out, quantities are limited!
New Guests Announced
Actor Jeremy Bulloch, the man behind the infamous mask of Boba Fett, joins the growing list of Celebration V autograph and celebrity guests. Take a look at the latest lineup coming to Star Wars Celebration V and be sure to check back periodically as new announcements are made throughout the next few months! Take a look at the current lineup.
Discounted Travel
Take advantage of discounted hotel and travel deals when you book before July 21 using the Official Star Wars Celebration V Travel Desk! Our priority is to serve you best and provide the lowest possible hotel rates available for your stay, we continually monitor prices offered on other travel websites to get you the best rate. BOOK NOW!
Exclusive T-Shirts On-Sale Now Thru July 25!
Choose from Celebration V Logo T-Shirt (ONLY available for purchase online through July 25 — Don’t wait!) & Boba Fett Jet Ski T-Shirt (available for pre-order and onsite; onsite quantities will be limited). BUY TODAY!
R2-D2 Builders at Celebration V
The Star Wars Celebrations are truly by the fans, for the fans. Few groups are better evidence of this than the R2-D2 Builders’ Group, the worldwide association of fans who build movie-real, fully functioning droids. The Builders are planning another spectacular display at the Orange County Convention Center, featuring countless droids, photo set pieces, and more surprises. They’ll host “How To” panels so fans can learn to construct their own Astromech units. Daily, look for the now-infamous Droid Races in the Celebration Experience Hall.
We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!
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ThinkGeek don’t need no stinkin’ cords, but $10 off is nice
from ThinkGeek:
Dear crazed fanbots,
Yesterday, a bug in Twitter’s system enabled you to force someone to follow you. Thousands of nerds frantically typed “accept feliciaday,” “accept wilw,” “accept neilhimself,” “accept donttrythis,” “accept conanobrien.” Then Twitter turned us all to zeros. We questioned our very worth. Those of you without Twitter questioned our sanity (yet again).
But hey, that’s all behind us now… including our hopes of being followed by Coco. Oh well.
AirVolt Wireless Phone Charger
A ThinkGeek Exclusive!
Introducing our newest exclusive product, the AirVolt Wireless Charger for iPhone. Simply slide your phone into the included receiver case, place it on the power tray, and watch in amazement as your phone charges wirelessly via induction. It works just as quickly as a standard charger and automatically powers off once your phone is completely charged.
Monkey light, monkey bright… first monkey I see tonight…
We know you’ve been wishing for more ThinkGeek stuff, so Timmy is going to make your dream come true! Use the code TORCHPLUS10 to get a free Dr. Timmy’s Micro Hand-Cranked Torch and save $10 off $40 from now through 11:59 pm EDT on Friday, 5/14/10. He’s going to give you a totally steampunk way to convert food to light!
Exclusive Star Wars Goodies Visit Your Galaxy
Just in time for the 30th Anniversary of Empire Strikes Back, ThinkGeek has two exclusive Star Wars collectables that will look great next to your Tauntaun Sleeping Bag. Don the C-3PO Bespin Backpack and your friends will think you’ve just rescued an over-talkative droid from the smelter on Cloud City. C-3PO features light-up flickering eyes and has a zippered storage pocket in his torso… plus, if you have an R2 unit and a Wookiee handy, you can even reassemble his parts into a complete robot. Of course if you really hope to impress the Star Wars fangirls you’ll need a roaring fireplace and a Wampa Throw Rug. This abominable snowman from Hoth almost ate Luke for a Jedi snack, but you’ll enjoy cuddling up with him on those damp Dagobah nights. Both of these unique limited-quantity Star Wars goodies ship in late August. Get on the email list now for first availability.
Find more What’s New items at ThinkGeek!
Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls: A Free Gift That is Out of This World!
from Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls:
FAO.com has just announced its latest, greatest, most fantastic new Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls promotion. When you buy a MWGG Galaxy Girl Doll online, you’ll receive the MWGG Book for free!!!
The Galaxy Girl Book was a huge seller at the LA Times Festival of Books and has been on the FAO Best Sellers list since its release back in November.
Written and illustrated by creator Lauren Faust, this book is your personal guide to the Girlaxy. Whether you’re a traveling, social butterfly like Milky Way, or are a heartfelt dancer full of love like Venus, or cosmic punk rocker like Pluto, there is a Galaxy Girl out there who is just like you!
So buy your favorite doll, get the book, and finally have answered the question… What Planet Are You From??
Over and Out!
Mother Earth
A Love of Books and Reading Inspires a Girl to Stand Against Censorship in New Manga Series “Library Wars: Love & War”
from VIZ Media:
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, brings a new literary manga adventure to North American readers with the release of Library Wars: Love & War on June 1st. The series, with story and art by Kiiro Yumi and based on the original concept by Hiro Arikawa, will be published under the Shojo Beat imprint, is rated “T+” for Older Teens and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN.
In the near future, the federal government creates a special committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. But the libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves — the Library Defense Forces!
In the opening volume, Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the LDF ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore when she was younger. But now that she’s finally a recruit, she’s finding her dream job to be a bit of a nightmare. Especially since her hard-hearted drill instructor seems to have it in for her!
“Manga lovers will root for the cute librarians in this fun new series that also addresses some important issues like liberty, freedom of speech and censorship,” says Candice Uyloan, Director, Consumer Marketing, VIZ Media. “Library Wars is based on a collection of novels also written by Hiro Arikawa that were extremely popular in Japan, selling more than one million copies. Fans will definitely want to add this adventure to their summer reading lists!”
Hiro Arikawa won the 10th Dengeki Novel Prize for her work Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious in 2003 and debuted with the same novel in 2004. Arikawa is probably best known for the Library Wars series and also her trilogy about Japan’s military Self Defense Forces, Jieitai Sanbusaku (The SDF Trilogy), which consists of In the Sky, The Bottom of the Sea, and City of Salt.
Kiiro Yumi won the 42nd LaLa magazine Manga Grand Prix Fresh Debut award for her manga Little Billy’s Depression. Her latest series, Library Wars: Love & War is currently featured in Japan’s LaLa magazine.
For more information on this title and other shojo titles from VIZ Media, please visit shojobeat.com.
Effinfunny/Legend of Neil Internship!
from The Legend of Neil:
WHO: A savvy, 2.0 person interested in pursuing a career in comedy and the entertainment industry.
WHEN: Summer (starting June 1).
WHERE: MTV Offices in Santa Monica, CA.
WHAT: Intern for EffinFunny.com. EffinFunny is a comedy website and the hub for writer/director/actor Sandeep Parikh’s productions, including the award winning Comedy Central/Atom.com series The Legend of Neil. Our intern will work 8 to 16 hours a week updating and optimizing content associated with EffinFunny, making runs, and assisting with office tasks during the post-production of season 3 of The Legend of Neil and the production of the multi-award winning Microsoft webseries The Guild, which Sandeep acts in.
This is a position with a tremendous amount of growth potential. If you show us that you’re a team player with a go-getter attitude and a quick learner, then production jobs WILL open up to you. Applicants should be MAC and MS Office proficient. Final Cut Pro and PhotoShop/Graphic Design skills a huge plus.
HOW: To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to N3ILintern@gmail.com. List some of your favorite comedies and tell us about yourself, your skills, and your aspirations (emphasis on skills).
Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls/FAO “Out of this World” Free Book Deal
from Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls:
Free Galaxy Girls Book!
($12.95 value!) when you buy ANY Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls doll.*
Plus, Enjoy Free Shipping on Everything!
(up to a $25 value) with your purchase of $99 or more!**
*Quantities limited; no rain checks.
**Standard shipping only. Excludes video game accessories, consoles/handhelds, software.
J!NX: New IDentity Tees for Summer!
from J!NX:
The Summer ’10 IDentity Tees Have Arrived!
The days are getting warmer, and the need for that protective outer layer of clothing is anything but dire. What better time to 1-Up your wardrobe with a set of new IDentity tees? Whether you’re a fan of robots, zombies, or simply enjoy the good ol’ days of 8-bit gaming, we’ve got something for you. Check out all the new tees right here!
“Gamera: The Giant Monster” Special Edition Roars onto DVD this May 18
from Shout! Factory:
From Japan — the country that brought us such mythical movie monsters as Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah — storms Gamera, the titanic terrapin feared by adults and loved by children. On May 18, 2010, Shout! Factory will unleash Gamera: The Giant Monster Special Edition on DVD for the first time in its unedited original version, with English subtitles — in anamorphic widescreen from an all-new HD master. The DVD includes a 12-page booklet with an essay by director Noriaki Yuasa, a photo gallery, trailers and more. The collectible Gamera: The Giant Monster Special Edition DVD is priced to own at $19.93.
Like all classic monster movies, it is the folly of man that unleashes a ginormous beast upon the world. This time it is literal fallout from the Cold War — a Soviet bomber is shot down over U.S. airspace in the Arctic Ocean, with the massive radiation from the resultant atomic explosion awakening the ancient, gargantuan Gamera. A long-forgotten legend of the lost continent of Atlantis, the 200-foot-long, fire-eating turtle isn’t in a good mood, and proving impervious to all manmade weapons, the colossal chelonian smashes a cataclysmic swath across the globe. But when he arrives in Tokyo, a small boy forms an odd connection with him, allowing authorities to unleash “Plan Z.”
The classic Gamera was directed by Noriaki Yuasa, who helmed all seven of the original Gamera entries in the Showa era series between 1965 and 1971, and stars Eiji Funakoshi (Fires on the Plain), Harumi Kiritachi, Junichiro Yamashiko and Jutaro Hojo (Wrath of Daimajin). The subsequent franchise was more kid-friendly (yet ironically bloodier) than Godzilla, who became less menacing and more cuddly himself during the Sixties. The Gamera series was creative in the monstrous nemeses that it pitted against the towering turtle, the most famous being the flying, pointy-headed Gyaos, who was resurrected for the successful trio of movies in the Heisei-era series between 1995 and 1999.
Created by the same company who brought Zatoichi to the screen, Daiei Studios’ titanic terrapin is the only true rival to Toho’s King of the Monsters, able to hold his own at the box office and secure a place in the hearts of kaiju eiga (Japanese monster movie) fans around the world. The original films have woefully been underrepresented on DVD, especially releases featuring the authentic Japanese versions.
Pre-order at Amazon.com:
Gamera: The Giant Monster Special Edition
Or order directly through the Shout! Factory website.
Gamera: The Giant Monster Special Edition is distributed by Shout! Factory.
It’s time to… HERO UP and Win!
from Vivendi Entertainment Canada:
What happens when Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Wolverine, and some of the best known heroes in the Marvel Universe get together? You get The Super Hero Squad Show, the greatest (and coolest) heroes on the planet uniting together to face the world’s most notorious villains — the biggest, most family-friendly Super Hero team-up in TV and DVD history. It’s no small job protecting Super Hero City from the wild, weird (& even wacky) villainy of VillainVille’s infamous baddies… but the Super Hero Squad is always up for the job. These brave heroes totally deliver the action — but with plenty of humour on the side.
The celebrate the highly anticipated release of The Super Hero Squad Show, Vivendi Entertainment Canada and Teletoon are teaming up to give away a grand-prize trip for two to Comic-Con in San Diego, California. Beginning May 4, fans are invited to enter online at teletoon.com for their chance to win daily prize-packs containing Hasbro Super Hero Squad action figures and Marvel Animation DVDs. The on-air promotion dubbed “Marvel May-hem” will run for two weeks leading up to the ultimate fan experience, a grand-prize trip to Comic-Con!
This is the first time the “Squaddies” have been available on DVD! Each DVD contains five episodes from Season One of The Super Hero Squad Show. Bonus features include a Stan Lee interview, Marvel Animation’s sneak-peek of the new series The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and a first look at a new Super Hero Squad online game.
Order now at Amazon.ca:
The Super Hero Squad Show, Volume 1 — Hero Up, Squaddies!
The Super Hero Squad Show, Volume 2 — Titanic Team Ups
The Guild: Season 3, Episode 9: Wit’s End
The Guild crumbles under the Axis of Anarchy’s attacks.
Dr. Grordbort’s VIP Newsletter! Paint Fumes!
from Weta:
The Stench from the Painting Room is utterly un-bearable! We are hazarding a guess that the paint sniffing department are about to divulge three utterly new and fantastical rayguns. A plethora of clues have led us to this conclusion.
- The inexplicable disappearance of three perfectly functional ManMelter 3600zx.
- Some sketches on the bathroom wall… One utterly Gothic, one that looked like spray paint on an underground locomotive and one ridiculously futuristic black and white thing.
- The reek… ooooh the reek!
- A piece of paper recklessly left behind in the cantine.*
- A garbled internal speaking trumpet announcement which either said “painted rayguns” or “tainted play chums”… who knows…
*Schedule (Tuesday 11 May):
Los Angeles — 2PM
Little Rock — 4PM
New York — 5PM
London — 10PM
Stockholm — 11PM
Hong Kong — 5AM (Wednesday 12 May)
Sydney — 7AM (Wednesday 12 May)
Palmerston North — 9AM (Wednesday 12 May)
Same place as usual — wetanz.com/rayguns
As you can clearly see from these clues, next week is the time to sniff out a one-of-a-kind treasure from Dr. Grordbort’s. Do not hesitate. The consequences of such inactivity are likely to be dire. So dire, in fact, that you may have to paint your own!
But wait…
Persistent rumours circulate that a fourth gun (codename “Big K”) has been customised by Dr. Tremont and will be revealed at the same time. If this is indeed the case, it will be only the second time in history such an event has occurred, so don’t miss it. And it won’t be based on a ManMelter.
Keep an eye on the Raygun Shoppe at the above times!
Come-as-you-are to Oamaru!
The hilarious people in the rural New Zealand outpost of Oamaru are staging a pseudo-chronological event they call “Steampunk Fashion Show”. From what we can gather, this is an opportunity to show off your normal everyday garments to an audience somehow gathered in “the future”. Or as they (The League of Victorian Imagineers, Oamaru) say: “…men in top hats, adorned with goggles made of brass or copper, waistcoats, thick overcoats, brooches, cravats… The women… leather corsets (hazzaah!), bio-mechanical (pardon?) body modifications…”. Sounds to us much like an afternoon game of Whist at the Explorers’ Club, but by all means — join them if you must! Entries close 15 May for the 5 June Show and Gala Ball!
The April Raygun Shootout has been shot… out…!
As April drew to a close, the judges were deliberating viciously and we do see why — an ENORMOUS amount of creativity has gone into these designs. All of them naturally with the October Grand Prize of a trip to Weta in New Zealand firmly in their sights! Splendiferous! Allow us to present the April Winner — The String Manipulator XII by contestant “jrobot” from the US. The lucky sod runs off with a Real Imitation Metal Righteous Bison Indivisible Particle Smasher! The jury’s verdict: “For its swirling-ice-cream-cone-of-death good looks and minimal effort required to fire. The monocle trigger is pure genius. Just wink, and that Meddling Moon Man is a Mere Memory! It’s mesmerising. Hazzaah!” We shall be announcing the April winner in a few days’ time, in the meantime — why not compete in the May Competition for best Alien Raygun Design!
The Orangerie is a-flutter!
Company Lepidopterologist, Dr. Beswarick was seen recently carrying a huge bottle of Ethyl Acetate to his shed adjoining the orangerie. Something is definitely afoot. He hasn’t been seen in public since December, when he proudly emerged with a beaut specimen of the Blue Sacked Pillock, remember? Discuss in the forum, perhaps? Any clues welcome! We’re tickled pink with anticipation!