Pop Culture Roundup Dec. 22, 2006

Coming Soon has an exclusive pic of Keith Richards on set and in costume as Jack Sparrow's dad in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

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Could somebody please give me $1,500 so I can buy this Superman painting by Steve Rude?



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Speaking of money, a high school year book featuring rare pictures of privacy minded Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko is for sale on E-Bay.

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The Bat Blog displays some groovy custom Batmobile models. Not to mention a custom Dark Knight Hello Kitty doll!



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A fire destroyed the home of "Lost" star Evangeline Lilly.

...her two female roommates were not home when the fire broke out sometime after 6:30 a.m.

"Unfortunately, it is true that the home she rented in Hawaii did burn down this morning," Lilly's publicist Cara Tripicchio said in an e-mail. "Evangeline was on set already when the fire occurred and luckily, her roommates were not in the house either.


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A whole buncha writers are slated to contribute to Joss Whedon's upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic, which picks up where the TV series ended.

Whedon says he’ll write several of the book’s arcs, including the first, “The Long Way Home” with art by Georges Jeanty. For the rest, Whedon has assembled a veritable who’s who of comic book writing talent that includes Brian K. Vaughan (Ex Machina), Brad Meltzer (Justice League of America) and Jeph Loeb (Onslaught Reborn), along with former “Buffy” TV writers Jane Espenson, Drew Goddard, Drew Greenberg and Steven DeKnight.

“I have some extremely powerhouse comic book people who surprisingly threw their hats in, and then some of my best show writers,” says Whedon. “I approached the guys I did because I knew they could bring something-not just get it done, but really bring something to the party.”


Former "Buffy" TV series writer Douglas Petrie also is apparently planning to contribute.

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Speaking of "Buffy," Sarah Michelle Gellar is adding her voice to the new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" CGI flick.

She will play April, the human researcher who serves as the Turtles' tech-services worker and mother figure.

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The seventh and last Harry Potter has a title--"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"--but not release date.

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Jack Burnley, one of the all-time best Batman and Superman artists, died Tuesday. Comics historian Mark Evanier has a tribute.



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What's Christmas without Fred Hembeck's annual presentation of Santa heads? Happy holidays, Fred!

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