I am trying to hard not to make a Spice Girls joke right now. I mean, it’s physically difficult to restrain myself. Deep breath. Okay, Dutch researchers played a game called Hooked on Music with 12,000 people. According to their results, “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls takes the top spot. Check out the top ten below. 1...
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Kneel Before Aud – #19 – Actor/Writer/Improvisor Kelly Holden Bashar In episode 19 of Kneel Before Aud, I sit down with the amazing improvisor and actor, Kelly Holden Bashar. We chat about her nerdly Tolkien beginnings, her role as Pearl Nygaard in the hit television series Fargo (where she got to play Martin Freeman’s wife!)...
We love Team Unicorn! They have the best parodies! Today they have a brand new video on Nerdist that shows the Empire some love. It’s a parody of Meghan Trainer’s ‘All About the Bass” called ‘All About the Base: No Rebels!’ Check out what our friends Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Alison Haislip and Milynn...
Hey everyone. This week I was a guest on The Young Turks Network’s Nerd Alert with host Kim Horcher and King of the Nerds’ Ivan Van Norman. I’ll be posting our video topics as they’re released this week, but the first one is all about the Virgin Galactic crash and the future of space tourism. Are tragedies like this the...
Last night ABC showed a clip during its celebration of 75 years of Marvel comics, which gave us some new footage from Avengers: Age of Ultron (is that the Vision behind Scarlet Witch?) and the first footage of Ant-Man! In the clip, we see the two Ant-Mans (Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd) in the same room. We even get a look at the costume! Check...
Those of us who didn’t make it to New York Comic Con this year missed a sneak peek at the upcoming Marvel series Agent Carter. What happened to Peggy Carter after Captain America met his fate? (Well, temporary fate.) She lived, she spied and she kicked some ass. ABC has released the almost three-minute clip and we’ve got it for you...
Okay, I don’t normally write about this sort of thing, but it’s Ampersand Crumblybatch! I cannot ignore this one! Today we learned that Benedict Cumberbatch, he of Sherlock, Star Trek and a billion Tumblr memes is engaged! Can you hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth from around the world? The lucky lady is Sophie Hunter, theater...
Legion contributor Sabina Ibarra is recapping and reviewing Star Wars Rebels this season. Follow her on Twitter @Wicked_Phoenix! This week on Star Wars Rebels we got to take a look at the Empire’s Stormtrooper training facility. From the looks of it, they start em’ young with at the Imperial Academy. We pick up on our kid Ezra infiltrating the...
Joss Whedon is known for his well-rounded female characters. When one talks about ‘strong female characters,’ that’s what we want to see. Kicking ass is great, but it isn’t the only way to be strong. He’s also known for supporting the feminist cause, including supporting Anita Sarkeesian with tweets, as well as the...
There has been a lot of discussion about artificial intelligence after Elon Musk’s comments about being very careful with the technology. The idea of a robot with feelings has been examined in everything from The Animatrix to Battlestar Galactica. Today we have a new trailer for Chappie, from District 9 director Neil Blomkamp, that looks at...