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Game of Thrones‘ Tywin Lannister reads 50 Shades of Gray for your sexy, sexy pleasure

The Starks might hate Tywin Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones, but they’d still have to admit he has a sweet set of pipes. Tywin is played by the actor Charles Dance in the fantasy drama, one of those elder British actors who jist exude dignity and gravitas with every single syllable, so of course…

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7 Japanese Kids’ Anime That American Kids Will Never, Ever See

Some of the most popular anime in Japan have never set foot on American shores. Oh sure, we have Naruto and Pokémon and Dragonball Z, but what we don’t have are the kids shows — the Japanese anime equivalent of SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and the like. Why? Because while you’d think they’d be…

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New Walking Dead season 3 trailer hints everyone’s more doomed than usual

We all know that the ragtag group of survivors who happen to be the protagonists of The Walking Dead TV series (and comic), are, clinically speaking, fucked. But now that this new trailer has broken out the somber country music — and thrown in a great deal of unseen footage from the second half of…

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Thinking about being stronger can actually make you stronger

I only half paid attention to this new installment of ASAPscience about how the mind can affect genuine physical change in people, but I’m pretty it basically says I can stop actually exercising and just think about exercising. Basically. I’ll let you guys know how that works out. [Via Geeks Are Sexy]

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BBC America heads back in the TARDIS to bring classic Doctor Who to America

It’s been a long, long time since pre-Russell Davies Doctor Who was shown in America, but that’s set to change this Sunday, at 9 p.m. EST. BBC America will air the four-part serial “The Aztecs,” starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, in its entirety. It’s part of a series titled “The Doctors Revisited,” which…

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Dick Tracy’s newest partner-in-crime-fighting is none other than George Takei

The beloved Star Trek star and gay rights activist is currently starring in the Dick Tracy comic strip as George Tawara. Now, before you ask how could Takei star in a newspaper comic strip under a different name: 1) check out the art above (that’s as close as Dick Tracy gets to photorealism); 2) this…

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Just John DeLancie singing about the history of Bronies, that’s all

If you are interested in the amazing groundswell of popularity for the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic cartoon, or the more culturally baffling “Brony” phenomenon, you could do worse than watching this video where John DeLancie, who voices the evil Discord on the show (and is better known as Star Trek: The Next Generation’s…

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Benedict Cumberbatch on his snug Star Trek 2 outfit: “You can almost see what religion I am”

Benedict Cumberbatch discussed his little Cumber-batch’s starring role in Star trek Into Darkness, thanks to the skintight suit his villainous character John Harrison wears. Courtesy of The Sun: “The costumes look great. Some of them were very cumbersome and heavy, but some were very snug. You can almost see what religion I am.” That sound…

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11 Preposterously Manly Fantasy Series

What makes a book series manly? Is it the action? The violence? The lack of female characters? Is it male wish-fulfillment? Misogyny? Or a combination of all these things? I don’t know the answer for sure, but I do know that these 11 fantasy series are all in their own unique way, very, very manly.…

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Here’s the first look at Star Trek 2‘s new Klingons (kinda)

The cover for IDW’s Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness #4 movie prequel comic hit the internet recently, and what was on the cover? None other than the first apparent look at nu-Trek’s Klingons. The image is below, in case you think it’s a spoiler. It very much looks like there’s a ’60s-style, classic TV series…

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That time Spider-Man accidentally let a sad old man in a bowtie be god

For all that Spider-Man likes to be reffered to as the Amazing Spider-Man or the Spectacular Spider-Man, there are a lot moments when Spider-Man was neither amazing nor spectaular. In fact, there have been plenty of times that the Sub-par Spider-Man would have been more accurate, or even the Shitty Spider-Man. I’m thinking of course…

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Black Milk brings sexy back to Middle-Earth with new Hobbit and LotR dresses and leggings

No longer content to just make a shit-ton of money off Star Wars rule only sci-fi fashion, the Australian clothing like Black Milk revealed that they’ll had into thw fantasy realm by releasing dresses and leggings inspired by The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings movies beginning this Tuesday, January 22. Some of them…

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24 scintillating minutes of a German otaku licking his anime girl toys

Warning: Before you watch this video, you need to turn down the lights. Put on some soft music, preferably in the Marvin Gaye area. Maybe light some candles. And then, and only then, will you truly appreciate this terrifyingly lengthy video of a German anime fan slowly and deliberately licking every buxom anime figure he…

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How legally binding is Bilbo’s contract in The Hobbit?

If you’ve seen the first Hobbit movie — or perchance read the book, I’ve heard it’s been out for a while — you’ll remember the scene where the dwarves hand Bilbo a contract to sign before going off on their adventure. In the grand tradition of taking non-serious, nerdy things waaaay too seriously, Wired had…

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Here’s the short film that gave Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell the chance to make The Evil Dead

Any fan of the Evil Dead trilogy probably knows the the story of how the franchise began — a young Sam Raimi and his pal Bruce Campbell made a super-cheap horror short called “Within the Woods” in 1978, which they used as a presentation to 1) prove they had the skills to make a real…

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Deadpool Shot First: A Collection of Ridiculous Deadpool Crossover Art

Deadpool gets around. Not only doess the “merc with a mouth” make life for Marvel villains (and heroes) a merry hell, he’s so popular that fans can’t help but insert him into other pop culture universes in their fan art. The results, like Deadpool himself, range from the sublimely awesome to the awesomely ridiculous. Here’s…

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Without a doubt, this is the greatest ’80s German love song about ALF you’ll hear all day

Yes. The cat-eating alien from the planet Melmac. Titular star of the ’80s NBC sitcom. That ALF. Apparently, ALF was so big in Germany that the person who dubbed the voice of ALF over there, Tommi Piper, was able to record a touching love song titled “Hallo ALF, Heir Ist Rhonda” in 1989, which he…

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Fringe‘s Seth Gabel breaks out the hair gel as Arrow‘s drug-slinging villain Count Vertigo

TV Guide has the first look at Seth Gabel — who played both Lincoln Lee and Lincoln Lee so memorably on Fringe (parallel universes, bitches!) — as the DC villain Count Vertigo in Arrow, who distributes a drug called Vertigo and… uh… dresses like a ’90s vampire. Seriously, I thought he was in a Vampire:…

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My Sexually Deviant Neighbor Totoro

To be fair, just because you might purchase this Cartoon Totoro Lycra Spandex Multicolor Zentai Suit — available from Milanoo for a mere $40 here —does not mean you’re necessarily a sexual deviant. And Just because someone might purchase and wear this nightmare, that doesn’t mean they also have little girls dressed like the stars…

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The Great Millennium Falcon Second-Shooter Conspiracy

So the craziest thing happened to me the other day. I was riding around post-apocalyptic North America, delivering the mail, when I came to a city. And this guy straight up asks me to have sex with Olivia Williams! And not Dollhouse Olivia Williams, who is still very attractive, but 1995 Olivia Williams. And get…

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Game of Thrones‘ Tywin Lannister reads 50 Shades of Gray for your sexy, sexy pleasure

7 Japanese Kids’ Anime That American Kids Will Never, Ever See

New Walking Dead season 3 trailer hints everyone’s more doomed than usual

Thinking about being stronger can actually make you stronger

BBC America heads back in the TARDIS to bring classic Doctor Who to America

Dick Tracy’s newest partner-in-crime-fighting is none other than George Takei

Just John DeLancie singing about the history of Bronies, that’s all

Benedict Cumberbatch on his snug Star Trek 2 outfit: “You can almost see what religion I am”

11 Preposterously Manly Fantasy Series

Here’s the first look at Star Trek 2‘s new Klingons (kinda)

That time Spider-Man accidentally let a sad old man in a bowtie be god

Black Milk brings sexy back to Middle-Earth with new Hobbit and LotR dresses and leggings

24 scintillating minutes of a German otaku licking his anime girl toys

How legally binding is Bilbo’s contract in The Hobbit?

Here’s the short film that gave Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell the chance to make The Evil Dead

Deadpool Shot First: A Collection of Ridiculous Deadpool Crossover Art

Without a doubt, this is the greatest ’80s German love song about ALF you’ll hear all day

Fringe‘s Seth Gabel breaks out the hair gel as Arrow‘s drug-slinging villain Count Vertigo

My Sexually Deviant Neighbor Totoro

The Great Millennium Falcon Second-Shooter Conspiracy

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