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The Mike Richards Era is Officially Over at Jeopardy!

All Mike Richards had to do was his job.  That job, of course, was serving as executive producer on two syndicated game show giants: Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Richards held down these roles beginning in May 2020, leaving the same role at The Price is Right and taking over from the beloved Harry Friedman who stewarded Merv Griffin’s two creations into TV icons. It’s as big a producing gig as there is in the game show biz. And yet, like many other American Icaruses with firm handshakes and a surplus of hubris, Richards wanted more.  Richards wanted to host.…
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The Umbrella Academy Officially Introduces The Sparrow Academy

How many crime-fighting superhero families can the world of The Umbrella Academy accommodate? Well, guess we’ll find out soon.  For those of you who don’t recall (which is totally fair, given that July 31, 2020 was approximately 179 years ago), the conclusion of The Umbrella Academy season 2 introduced a second Umbrella-style superhero team: The Sparrow Academy. After saving the world in 1960s Dallas, the Hargreeves’ children returned home to their Umbrella Academy mansion only to find that it was occupied by a different “Academy”, this one calling themselves The Sparrows. What’s more is that one of their own, the…
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Green Lantern HBO Max Series Officially Ordered, Seth Grahame-Smith Set as Showrunner

It’s official: Green Lantern is coming to HBO Max as a live-action television series, set to boost a growing lineup of DC Comics-adapting content on the recently-launched streaming service. The Green Lantern greenlight, as reported by Variety, cements the previously touted television project with an order for 10 one-hour-long episodes. The project last made headlines back in January when HBO Max hyped its presence on the developmental docket during the winter TCAs. The now-confirmed order for the series—set as an ensemble following the Green Lantern Corps—comes with the reveal of Seth Grahame-Smith as showrunner and writer, joined in the latter…
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Nintendo 3DS Production Has Officially Ended

Nintendo is officially ending production of their various Nintendo 3DS handheld devices. “We can confirm that the manufacturing of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems has ended,” said a Nintendo spokesperson in a statement to GamesIndustry.biz. “Nintendo and third-party games for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems will continue to be available in Nintendo eShop, on Nintendo.com, and at retail.” First reported by Japanese Nintendo, Nintendo later updated their Japanese and UK websites with a statement that noted they are ceasing production of all 3DS models. The latter website specifically indicates that “The manufacturing of the Nintendo 3DS family of…
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Neve Campbell Officially Confirmed for Scream 5

Let’s hope Sidney Prescott has been keeping up with the glut of excellent horror movies in the last decade, because it looks like she’s about to be grilled once more on what’s her favorite scary movie. That’s right, Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott is officially back for Scream 5. Campbell confirmed the news herself on Instagram when she shared the below video of the iconic Ghostface killer mask, along with the message of “Hello again, Sidney… #ImBack.” And if you click on the video, you see text of Ghostface himself welcoming Sidney back to the franchise with the ominous words…
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LEGO NES Set Release Date and Price Officially Confirmed

Lego and Nintendo have confirmed the upcoming release of the LEGO NES set previously revealed via leaked photos published on Chinese gaming website VJGamer. This 2,646 piece set will allow you to construct both a replica of the NES and a retro tube television that displays a Lego version of Super Mario Bros. It’s a large and elaborate model that will certainly demand quite a bit of time and effort to complete. Actually, this model may be more complicated than it may initially appear to be. For instance, the TV features a crank that lets you scroll the background on…
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Oscars 2021 Officially Delayed, New Rules in Place

The annual Academy Awards have not skipped a year once during the past nine decades… and they’re not about to start now. At least not yet. Confirming a report from earlier this morning in Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed this afternoon that the Oscars will be delayed in 2021 from February to April, which comes on the heels of new rules also being put in place by the Academy. In a new announcement, it was confirmed that next year’s Oscars will now be held on April 25, 2021, as opposed to Feb. 28. Almost two…
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