This past Saturday Hulk Hogan announced that on Monday January 4th 2010, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling will go head to head with World Wrestling Entertainment by broadcasting their show iMPACT against WWE’s RAW. While I applaud their effort and confidence, this could be the biggest mistake in the company’s history. They are going up against an established product that has already defeated it’s competition in that time slot. (Competition with a much greater budget and talent pool I might add) This article is for Ms. Dixie Carter, the President of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It is not meant to be malicious or tear you down. It is merely meant to state facts that will hopefully help the company you and Jeff... 

Five Finger Death Punch announced their Winter 2010 US headlining tour with a unique twist: the first 100 women to line up at each venue day of show will get in absolutely free. 5FDP’s Five Finger Discount Tour will run January 21 through February 20, 2010 with special guests Shadows Fall, Throwdown, and 2Cents.  

It’s another day at Dynamic Forces, so you know what that means… another great Daily Special! Get ready to be shocked and awed with this incredible holiday package from Dynamic Forces!  

Animated Crime Drama Based On Smash Hit Manga Series Weaves An Intricate Tale of Conspiracy, Political Intrigue and Murder San Francisco, CA, December 3, 2009 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, brings Naoki Urasawa’s MONSTER to DVD in a Box Set scheduled for release on December 8th.  

Detroit death metallers AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH have entered Dreadcore Productions in White Lake, MI to record a full length album that will be released in 2010 on EARACHE RECORDS.  

Good news for the fans of Final Conflict! This progressive rock band from Midlands, UK is currently in the studio working on two new releases. The first one is their long awaited 6th full length studio album “The Return of the Artizan”. The second one is a re-release of the very successful album “Stand Up”. We are proud to announce that “Stand Up” re-issue will be released by Metal Mind Productions in early 2010.  

St. Albans, UK hardcore act, YOUR DEMISE is heading to North America for the very first time as part of the Small Town Shakedown Tour alongside THE GHOST INSIDE, FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS and SUFFOKATE.  

Dancing with the Devil must appeal to the N.A.R.A.S. membership, as they’ve gone and done it again – nominated Slayer for a Grammy Award. And the members of Slayer – guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, and drummer Dave Lombardo – are wickedly pleased.  

Reunited after the Battle of Geonosis, Padawans Ahsoka Tano and Barriss Offee are assigned to take a supply ship back to Republic-controlled space. But their routine mission becomes a fight for survival when they discover that the ship has been overrun by a horde of deadly stowaways – Geonosian brain worms with the grotesque ability to control the thoughts and actions of their clone hosts. It is impossible to tell friend from foe when dealing with deadly “Brain Invaders” in an all-new episode of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, airing at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, December 4 on Cartoon Network.  

This August I took a trip, a very long one. I traveled from Westchester County to Sheapshead Bay in Brooklyn during the rain. Why did I do this? The opportunity to visit an alien world was too much to pass up. The world I’m speaking of is Pandora, the setting for James Cameron’s epic 3D motion picture, “Avatar” and what a journey it was. “Avatar” is the story of a paraplegic soldier who is caught in the middle between humans and the Pandoran natives, the Na’vi. James Cameron has created a living, breathing world with native cultures, species, plant life, and languages and in a couple of weeks will be transmitting it to us in state-of the-art 3D.  

Welcome to the second episode of The Fortress, your non stop audio info experience with all things comic books and pop culture. This week, the team veers to a one topic nature with all things “Batman”. Listin to Andrew and Mikael talk about Bats and Tim and Dick And Damien…Oh Damien! Listen here… Podcast: Play in new window | Download  

Massachusetts based punk-rock-metal band MONGREL has recently parted ways with their label Screaming Ferret Wreckords. The split from the label was amicable after it was decided that band and the label were looking to go in different directions. Mongrel is now a free agent and is currently exploring options for the release of their upcoming full length cd “This Means War”, still slated for release in the spring of 2010.