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A while back, comedian/erstwhile Four Loko taste-tester John Hodgman saw a photo of actor Maurice Evans in full Dr. Zaius make-up on the set of The Planet of The Apes reading a biography of Mark Twain. Judging from the evidence, Hodgman wondered if Evans had secretly been planning a Zaius-centric performance of Hal Holbrook's one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! More »
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Speaking to DCist, John Hodgman explains that he felt embarrassed to be reading George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire at first, but then he got over it. For good reasons: More »
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The masters of wrong comedy, the Farrelly Brothers, are making all your weirdest superhero fantasies come true. They've cast a slew of movie stars as a band of "fucked up superheroes" from DC Comics. Leslie Bibb is Wonder Woman (who's sleeping with Batman), Bobby Cannavale is Superman, Kristen Bell plays Supergirl and John Hodgman has been cast as The Penguin. More »
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Author Neil Gaiman is putting some of his cultural capital into creating a new boutique audiobook label through Audible.com — and the best part of it is that he may be exposing fans of literary fiction to a few unappreciated science fiction gems. In particular, he's featuring A Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley, narrated by John Hodgman. Gaiman tells Salon.com: More »
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A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin does a fair number of interviews, but his Sound of Young America interview with John Hodgman might be the best one ever. Hodgman does a great job of getting Martin to talk about his thoughts on writing and geek culture — starting with the fan mail a teenage Martin wrote to the Avengers comic. More »
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The delightful John Hodgman is certainly having a lot of fun with the public and our obsession with Ghostbusters 3 — but have his latest comments secretly revealed a few plot points in the long-awaited Ghostbusters sequel? More »
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Last night's Emmy awards left a lot of genre fans feeling disappointed: Lost was snubbed left and right, along with True Blood and a few others. But there were also some amazing geek shout-outs. More »
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You've already seen the best thing to come out of last nights Emmys. But there were also a lot of science-fiction gems along the way. Please help us caption this picture of the only two vampires who matter. More »
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Wondering just how professional expert John Hodgman ended up using his medical expertise on Friday's Battlestar Galactica? Showrunner and producer Ronald D Moore explained on the show's official podcast. More »
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Other writers may claim we're living in a science fictional world, but only the Daily Show's professional know-it-all John Hodgman has the wherewithal to demonstrate it conclusively, with a rain of facts. Hodgman's new book, More Information Than You Require, is the only place you will discover unshakable certitudes about the Brain Shark, a superintelligent shark with a second brain on the outside of its body. Read on for more important facts we've learned from this book. More »
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Some questions are so speculative that they cannot even be asked in science fiction. They can only be asked of experts like John Hodgman, author and comedian. Luckily, BoingBoing's Xeni Jardin recently asked if I had any such questions to ask of Hodgman. And, well, like all healthy nerds with a taste for the boys, my question was this: "What is the statistical likelihood that John Hodgman will ever do nude self-portraits (please include a related analytical chart)?" At last Hodgman has answered, with both a chart (pictured) and on BBTV, below. More »
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There's been speculation about that painting in Admiral Adama's quarters ever since BSG's first season. Humorist and sci-fi fiend John Hodgman, who wrote about the show for The New York Times Magazine, is obsessed with it, and the burned, broody painting has been dissected carefully on both BSG forums and Wikipedia. All of which made us wonder: What was the real-life inspiration for the 12 Colonies' last surviving piece of neo-classical battle art? A little digging unearthed a Renaissance classic. More »
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