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Noteworthy Superman dates to remember...
February 1: Stuart Whitman, Jonathan Kent in the Superboy TV series, born in San Francisco, California in 1928.
February 3: The Adventures of Superman makes its debut on television in 1953.
February 5: Smallville Season 9, Tele-Movie 'Absolute Justice' airs for 2 hours from 8.00pm on The CW.
February 6: Artist Bruce Timm (Superman: The Animated Series) born in 1961.
February 8: Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in The Adventures of Superman television series) born in Los Angeles, California in 1933.
February 12: Smallville Season 9, Episode 13 'Warrior' airs at 8.00pm on The CW.
February 12: The Superman radio serial debuts in 1940.
February 17: Long-time Superman artist Curt Swan born in 1920.
February 19: Smallville Season 9, Episode 14 'Persuasion' airs at 8.00pm on The CW.
February 26: Smallville Season 9, Episode 15 'Conspiracy' airs at 8.00pm on The CW.
February 27: Adam Baldwin (voice of Superman in Superman: Doomsday animated movie) born in Chicago, Illinois in 1962.
February 27: Traditionally recognized as the birthday of Lori Lemaris, mermaid of Atlantis.
February 29: Traditionally recognized as Superman's birthday!
This week sees showings of “Superman” and “Superman II” on HD Net-Movies, “Superman Returns” on AMC, the return of new episodes of “Smallville”, and a repeat of “Superman: The Animated Series”. But none of that is important.
One of the world’s most impoverished countries suffered a tragedy this week that most of us in America cannot in our wildest imaginations fathom. Imagine a country with no government infrastructure, no army, and no social services of any kind. Imagine a country with the worst health care in the world. Imagine a country where 200,000 men, women, and children suffer from HIV and Tuberculosis and barely any of them receive consistent treatment. You don’t need to imagine it. That country was Haiti BEFORE the Earthquake.
Now imagine what happens to this country when an Old Testament style disaster rips through it. Or just turn on CNN or the telethon and you won’t have to imagine it.
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January 22, 2010: Superman Homepage "Speeding Bulletin" News Video
Here's the "Speeding Bulletin" video report for the week January 15-21, 2010.
The "Speeding Bulletin" is your weekly Superman news video, recapping the latest events in the world of Superman. It also includes the "Bailey Planet" rant, Neal Bailey's thought of the week, brought to you in his own infamous style.
January 22, 2010: From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast
Welcome to the 36th episode of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast! This podcast has a simple premise; examine just about every Superman comic published between Man of Steel #1 in 1986 to Adventures of Superman #649 in 2006 in an informative and hopefully entertaining format.
Part index. Part commentary. Part history lesson. All podcast.
The cover date returns as Mike and Jeff bring you an extra sized episode that examines the books that came out with the mark of January 1989. In Superman #27 the final fight between Gangbuster and Guardian which leads right into the shocking revelation of Gangbuster's true identity and Superman's fateful decision in Adventures of Superman #450. Both of these issues inspire some spirited debate and the boys actually disagree more than once. After that there's talk of Invasion #3 and a handful of e-mails to round out the show.
If you want to comment on the show or contact the hosts you can always private message Mike and Jeff, leave comments here or email them at fromcrisistocrisis@gmail.com. All questions, concerns, fears, trepidations and cheap shots are welcome.
January 22, 2010: "Hope For Haiti" - What Would Superman Do?
The Superman Homepage is calling on Superman fans everywhere to help the hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti affected by the recent devastating earthquake by making a donation to the "Hope For Haiti" Foundation.
Through your generous donations and the helping hands of our family of volunteers and dedicated staff, is helping to improve the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of Haitian children and their families. Our unique approach of helping the poorest of the poor in Haiti is both efficient and effective. We encourage you to look at our "Programs" section to see how over 95% of donations we raise directly reach the people who need it most. We thank you for your interest and support in helping us spread HOPE to the men, women, and children of Haiti.
Make a donation online now, or call during today's "Hope For Haiti" telethon airing on TV networks all over the world (including The CW, which pushed back the 2010 return of "Smallville" to participate in this fundraising effort).
January 22, 2010: "Waiting for Superman" Documentary
No, it's not a documentary about Superman fans waiting for the next Superman film.
Paramount - which has been touting a return to acquiring and funding low-budget films - made big news on the opening day of Sundance 2010 when it announced the acquisition of Davis Guggenheim's Documentary Competition title WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, an indictment of America's public school system.
The film is Superman related in title only, but we thought it worth mentioning.
January 21, 2010: More Fight Scenes from "Crisis on Two Earths"
Warner Bros. has released four more fight scene video clips from the up-coming "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths" animated movie.
To save our world and all those like it, Superman, Batman and their caped colleagues must go toe-to-toe with their evil mirror images in JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS, an all-new DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie coming February 23, 2010 from Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation. The full-length animated film will be distributed by Warner Home Video as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD and , Blu-RayTM Hi-Def, as well as single disc DVD, and On Demand and Download.
January 21, 2010: Superman Homepage Caption Contest
Welcome to the Superman Homepage Caption Contest! The rules are simple. Just click on the Comments link below to leave a caption for the following image.
Leave as many captions as you can think of, but keep it family friendly. Captions deemed to be outside our Caption Contest Guidelines will be deleted at our discretion.
In the end, there can be only one winner. The winner will be decided by Jeffrey Taylor, your Caption Contest compere.
The Caption Contest will be updated fortnightly. The winner will be announced when the next new Caption Contest is posted. While there's no physical prize, the winner will gain the praise and admiration of their fellow Superman fans.
Speaking of which, the winner of the previous Caption Contest was:
Lighthouse:
Try as he might, Superman couldn't get his movie franchise to grow.
Late night TV hosts Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno have been depicted as the Hulk and Superman respectively in an animated video created by Hong Kong-based NMA News, which regularly creates "re-enactments" of news events with dramatic music and animated characters.
January 20, 2010: Great Caesar's Ghost! Perry Returns to "Smallville"
EW's Michael Ausiello claims that Michael McKean is also coming back to "Smallville" to reprise his role of Perry White.
"We're thrilled to have Michael back on the show," says Peterson, "and to be able to link it with the anticipated return of Martha Kent is just a phenomenal way to gear up to the end of the season."
Peterson also reveals that the iconic character's latest trip through Smallville will bring him "closer to his destiny" than ever before, adding, "We finally get to see the legendary introduction between Perry White and the intrepid Lois Lane."
O'Toole and McKean (who, as you know, are married in real life) will appear in this season's penultimate episode (No. 21).
January 20, 2010: Has "Smallville" Season 10 Been Confirmed?
According to CinemaSpy.com, "Smallville" has already been picked up for a 10th season behind-the-scenes, with an announcement likely to be made before the end of the month.
Fans of The CW series Smallville take note: industry sources inform CinemaSpy that the show has been renewed for a tenth season, and that the official announcement is probable before the end of January - possibly to be made on the Vancouver sets - when Peter Roth, President of Warner Bros. Television will visit the Warner-produced shows Smallville, Supernatural...and Fringe.
It's only a rumor at this point in time, so don't get all worked up just yet.
January 20, 2010: Martha Kent Returning to "Smallville"
EW's "Ausiello Files" has discovered that Annette O'Toole will be returning to the role of Martha Kent on "Smallville" later this season.
Producers are still working out the exact timing of Martha's reappearance, but a Smallville insider tells me it'll most likely fall during May sweeps. That same source hints that the mother-son reunion will be rocked by an "unexpected surprise" or two.
O'Toole last appeared in season 6 when Martha moved to Washington to become a U.S. senator.
It's unknown at this point in time whether Martha will be returning for just one episode or more. Stay tuned for more details as they come to hand.
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