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A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million. The private deal for “Action Comics No. 1” was announced Friday. It eclipses the previous record price for a comic book, set last November when a copy of “Superman No. 1″ was at sold at auction for $9.12 million. The Action Comics sale was negotiated by Manhattan-based Metropolis Collectibles/Comic Connect, which said the comic book’s owner and the buyer wished to remain anonymous. The comic — which sold for 10 cents when it came out in 1938 — was an anthology of tales about mostly now little-known charac…

Kevin Smith is now confirming that the threequel, Jay and Silent Bob: Store Wars, is happening. Smith confirmed it while talking with Collider, saying, “Believe it or not, man, we still find financing for Jay and Silent Bob pictures, so we’re making a movie called Jay and Silent Bob: Store Wars.” The title of the film already indicates a lot. Jay and Silent Bob have been dynamic characters with a big arc in Smith’s films. They’ve also often served as symbolic or metaphorical figures, reflecting changing times in the world, or phases in the director’s life, most often illustrated by “Silent” Bob’s standalone moments giving sage-like monologues. Clerks III (2022) was Smith…

It’s hard to overstate the impact of the first 24-hour music video channel on the world’s teens. But after four decades, and with the advent of Instagram’s direct fan connections, the endless variety of clips on YouTube and now the Pandora’s Box of AI video, the world’s flagship music channel has arguably become a victim of its own success. As such, MTV today stopped showing a 24-hour feed of music videos in the UK after 38 years in rotation. MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live have all stopped broadcasting in the UK as well as Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Australia and Brazil. They went out just as the original American 24/7 music v…

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Though it has been 25 years since a new daily “Peanuts” comic strip was drawn, it remains a force in popular culture, and the museum holds a great variety of artifacts showing the work of its creator, Charles M. Schulz, and revealing how the strip and its characters have won a prominent place in entertainment history. Schulz announced his retirement in December 1999 after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. His last newly drawn daily, Monday through Saturday, strip appeared on January 3, 2000, and, in a shocking coincidence, his final full-color Sunday strip ran on February 13 of that year, just one day after he died. Among the National Museum of American History’s tr…

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On any given weeknight, promptly at 7 p.m., hundreds of thousands of Americans sit down in front of the television set to watch the goings-on at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu, South Korea. The show, “M*A*S*H,” hasn’t produced a single new episode since 1983 — the same year its finale was viewed by more than 105 million people in the United States. But the program still draws a strong amount of interest from Americans who have rediscovered Hawkeye and the gang as viewers incorporate more free broadcast TV into their media diets. During a single week in October, rebroadcasts of M*A*S*H at 7 p.m. attracted 764,000 viewers over the age of two and its d…

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A rare copy of Superman #1 comic book was found and recently sold for $9 million. See more about it here:

Here are your 2025 inductees acording to a report from AP News: Outkast: American rap duo that began in the 1990s. Key songs: “Hey Ya,” “Ms. Jackson” and “Roses” Salt-N-Pepa: American rap group formed in the 1980s. Key songs: “Push It,” “Let’s Talk About Sex” and “Shoop” Bad Company: English rock band formed in the 1970s. Key songs: “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Can’t Get Enough,” “Bad Company” Chubby Checker: American singer who began releasing records in the 1950s. Key songs: “The Twist,” “Limbo Rock,” “Let’s Twist Again” Joe Cocker: English singer who began releasing records in the 1960s and died in 2014. Key songs: “You Are So Beautiful,” “Up Where We Belong,” “With a Lit…

Funko has warned investors that it may not survive another year after reporting a sharp decline in sales and issuing a formal notice about its financial stability. The collectibles giant behind the Pop Vinyl brand posted net sales of $250.9 million for the third quarter of 2025, down 14% from the same period last year, and recorded a net loss of roughly $1 million, according to its latest financial filing. The company cited falling demand, higher tariffs, and tighter retailer inventories as major challenges in what it described as a “difficult retail environment. “ Funko’s troubles follow years of explosive growth fueled by its vinyl collectibles, which once dominated sh…

I don’t follow this kind of stuff closely but when it pops up everywhere I go online, I figure “Okay, let’s see what this is about.” I found a video of this interaction and man, the lady doing the interview couldn’t have been any more slimy and smarmy if she tried. And try as she might, she wasn’t getting that “gotcha” moment she was looking for. Here’s the gist of the interaction: That look isn’t a vapid, blank stare LOL. She saw through that crap and shut it down.

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With the anticipated release of the new Master of the Universe movie scheduled for release in 2026, this might be a good time for a primer on the backstory and mythology of the beloved toy line and cartoon.

A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for America’s 250th anniversary. The manuscript was found earlier this year in archival materials at the Geisel Library at The University California San Diego. Geisel also left behind a cover sketch and notes on the overall art direction. New illustrations were done by artist Tom Brannon, in the style of Dr. Seuss Read more about it here.

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In a history-making evening at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, Oct. 11, Grammy winner Kathy Mattea officially became the Opry’s newest member — and immediately turned around to invite her longtime friend and fellow country icon Suzy Bogguss to join the Opry family as well. The emotional moment unfolded as Mattea, newly inducted by Terri Clark, wrapped up her milestone night. After performing “18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses” alongside Clark, Trisha Yearwood, and Bogguss, Mattea paused before the final chorus to make a surprise announcement. “On behalf of my friends, and the entire Grand Ole Opry family,” she said, “Suzy Bogguss has the voice of an angel with a generous spirit…

On this day in 1950, Charlie Brown made his first appearance in the very first Peanuts cartoon strip. The strip appeared in seven newspapers across the country: The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post, and The Seattle Times. According to the Charles M Schulz Museum, he was paid $90 for his first month of strips. Through the decades since that first comic, Schulz, known to many by his nickname, "Sparky," went on to create a world of characters that not only changed the landscape of Sunday comics, but also became beloved around the world. Over the span of his fifty ye…