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2011 Stories by Nicole Campos

• Best Worst Movie

  published September 22, 2011

  Watching movies doesn't have to be a communal experience. Hell, sometimes a really great movie is best watched on your own, in case it's awesomely... More >>

• Proops On

  published September 8, 2011

  Greg Proops has been a cult comedy fave for nearly two decades now, as popular overseas (original U.K. Whose Line Is It Anyway? cast,... More >>

• Sadly, This May Only Recall Tales of You Alone in Your Room Reading Comics

  published August 25, 2011

  You wouldn't know it by listening to the actual airwaves, but we've entered an era of the renaissance of the dramatic serial. These vintage tall... More >>

• The Doctor is IN (OMFG!): Nerdist Podcast Live @ Comic-Con 2011

  published Jul 24, 2011

  See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." You will all have to forgive me for breaking the fourth wall of b... More >>

• San Diego Comic-Con 2011: The Walking Dead is Back, With A Vengeance

  published Jul 23, 2011

  At last year's San Diego Comic-Con, The Walking Dead hadn't yet debuted on AMC. Of huge interest to comics fans and zombie aficionados, filmmaker (and now showrunner) Frank Darabont's epic based on R... More >>

• Wolverine Brings the Swag to Petco Park at San Diego Comic-Con

  published Jul 22, 2011

  Part of the attraction of Comic-Con is never knowing when a celeb is going to turn up. Sure, you know they'll be in the big panels in Hall H or Ballroom 20, and occasionally you'll get lucky and bump ... More >>

• There's No Business Like Sideshow Business

  published June 16, 2011

  Ah, the carnival — the epitome of family fun times, right? Wrong! Sure, some fun may be had, but there's also a seedy, creepy underbelly to... More >>

• Simon Pegg's New Autobiography: Well Done, Nerd!

  published Jun 15, 2011

  Since he and Edgar Wright unleashed their horror-comedy masterpiece Shaun of the Dead on audiences in 2004, Simon Pegg has become as in-demand a performer here as in his native Britain, not to mentio... More >>

• See Jeff Riff

  published June 9, 2011

  While he is best known to audiences as Larry David's long-suffering manager on Curb Your Enthusiasm (among many other projects, including... More >>

• Tim Burton's Been Busy

  published May 26, 2011

  In recent years, as he has transitioned from auteur of cult-favorite fantasies to helmer of major blockbusters, L.A. native son Tim Burton has... More >>

• Patton Oswalt: Geekdom's Pundit

  published May 19, 2011

  Through his stand-up comedy act, Patton Oswalt has become known for his passion at the mic. When he goes off on a tear, with... More >>

• Chris Hardwick: Funny, You Don't Look Nerdist

  published May 19, 2011

  At 39, Chris Hardwick doesn't look all that different from when we first met nearly two decades ago, in his first television gig as host of... More >>

• Fringe-Worthy

  published May 12, 2011

  As we are on the cusp of the major television networks finalizing their fall schedules, no renewal has resulted in quite so many fervently... More >>

• Warning: The Following Item Is an Open Mic

  published May 5, 2011

  The weekly comedy showcase on Wednesdays at Meltdown Comics — now ground zero for Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries — has become a... More >>

• Brit Pix

  published April 28, 2011

  The British writing team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais has been a prolific force since the mid-'60s debut of their U.K. sitcom The Likely... More >>

• Those Who Can't Do, Write Funny Shit About It

  published April 7, 2011

  Rob Schrab has carved out a pretty successful career for himself in comedy, as a creative force behind The Sarah Silverman Program, Monster... More >>

• Who's Spoofing Who?

  published March 31, 2011

  In 2009, Scott Sanders cranked out Black Dynamite in 20 days on Super 16; the blaxploitation spoof, starring actor and martial artist... More >>

• Your Sitcom Here

  published March 17, 2011

  Attention aspiring TV writers: Sure, there are resources out there for honing your craft in a town like Los Angeles, but are all of them hosted at... More >>

• Stars of Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared Convene at Paley Fest Reunion

  published Mar 14, 2011

  Many beloved television series get asked back to the Paley Festival during their runs. Then there are those short-run shows whose brief lives on air have been surpassed by their staying power with aud... More >>

• Robert Kirkman and the Stars of The Walking Dead at Paley Fest: What's in Store for Season 2 of the Zombie Survival Hitr

  published Mar 09, 2011

  Ostensibly the purpose of the Paley Center for Media's annual springtime festival of the best in television is to celebrate what is on right now, the series that have captured the zeitgeist of our pop... More >>

• GYM RATTING

  published February 17, 2011

  How many times have you steered your internet browser over to Yelp.com, searching for feedback or positive word of mouth on a local eatery, retail... More >>

• WIKI, DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER

  published February 10, 2011

  If you're an old hand at ye olde internets, you probably already know that collaborative resource sites (which anyone can edit) should always be... More >>

• I KILLED LAURA PALMER!

  published February 10, 2011

  Though technically last year marked the 20th anniversary of David Lynch and Mark Frost's seminal, televised art-house meisterwerk Twin... More >>

• AH, THE GLORY DAYS OF PREPPY ANGST

  published January 27, 2011

  Whit Stillman hasn't released a film in 13 years, which is why fans of the writer-director's wry depictions of America's "urban haute bourgeoisie"... More >>

• REMEMBER WHEN MIKE MYERS MATTERED?

  published January 13, 2011

  Following the success of the two Wayne's World films, there may have been five minutes where a whole plethora of Mike Myers/Dana Carvey... More >>