Doctor Who

Retro Sci Fiction/Fantasy Convention BlasterCON Debuts with Small Crowd and Big Ideas

Tucked into a corner of the Warner Center Marriott, a mid-sized room has been transformed into The Cantina. For three days beginning Friday, the place was open 24 hours a day as part of a new fan convention called BlasterCON. The Cantina was lined in retro video games: Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Gau ... More >>

Identical Twins Who Play Harp Duets

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Martin Schoeller's new show "Identical: Portraits of Twins" at ACE gallery in Beverly Hills is interesting enough on its own, but the opening this past Saturday was an unusual and memorable experience that, q ... More >>

Doctor Who Convention Gallifrey One Sells Out, as 3,200 Fans Pack the L.A. Airport Marriott

See also: *Doctor Who Fans Refurbish TARDIS Console From 1996 Movie for Gallifrey One Convention (From Gallifrey One 2012) Last weekend, Gallifrey One, Los Angeles' Doctor Who convention, sold out its 24th annual show. That's 3,200 convention memberships scored before the day of the event. Back in ... More >>

Geeky Glamorous Blog Creates an Art Show to Celebrate the Female Fan

From 1928 Jewelry's Captain America earrings and Lazy Oaf's Batman dresses to Black Milk's Star Wars bathing suits, the famed characters of comic books and genre films have been making fashionable waves and Angeleno Mandie Bettencourt has the scoop. For just over a year, her Geeky Glamorous blog has ... More >>

International Cosplay Day is Saturday. But Why Do People Cosplay in the First Place?

Dressing up as famed characters from across the pop culture landscape for events other than Halloween is nothing new. Certainly, people were doing it well before the term cosplay came into being. But, with every passing year, the image of the superfan dressed in detailed, oftentimes complicated, cos ... More >>

Time Machine Chefs: ABC's New Food Show Debuts in August, or Top Chef Meets Dr. Who

If you're tired of all the repeating chef reality shows out there, then ABC's latest foray into the genre will be worth checking out. The series pilot of Time Machine Chefs will air on August 16. No, this is not a food reality show with industry neophytes getting yelled at by Gordon Ramsay dressed u ... More >>

Top 5 Things You'll Find in an Anime Convention Exhibit Hall as Seen at AM2

See also: *14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention *Homestuck Has Me Hooked Last weekend, AM2 returned to Anaheim Convention Center for another weekend of anime, manga and music. The annual event is relatively new to the convention scene -- this is its second year in Anaheim -- but it's ... More >>

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Twitter: 10 of Our Favorite Food-Related Tweets

Twitter turned six years old this past Wednesday, which means six years of communicating via intermittent bursts of 140-character sound bytes and six years of convincing ourselves that even the most mundane of thoughts are worthy of a megaphone. According to the official Twitter blog, there are now ... More >>

Doctor Who Fans Refurbish TARDIS Console From 1996 Movie for Gallifrey One Convention

Shannon CottrellPaul J. Salamoff and his TARDIS Console​For more photos see our slideshow, Doctor Who Convention @ The Marriott Los Angeles Airport Paul J. Salamoff is a former special effects artist from Burbank who now works as a writer and producer. He's also the owner of the TARDIS consol ... More >>

The Doctor Will See You Now

Animé Los Angeles 2012: The Changing Face of the Anime Convention Community

See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow, "Anime Los Angeles 2012." I've been to Animé Los Angeles five times now. For my first three years, I visited ALA as a regular attendee (unlike many other conventions, they don't offer press passes). But, for the past two years, I've attended as a pa ... More >>

Best of the Cons Part 1: 8 Standout TV Shows, Cosplays, Games and More from 2011

There are still a few more conventions left for 2011, but it's not too early to begin the countdown of the best of the superfan scene. This week, I'm counting down a few of the most popular trends spotted at conventions this year. This list avoids perennial favorites (i.e. Star Wars, Star Trek and D ... More >>

Nigel Tufnel Day 11/11/11: Eleven Ways To Celebrate

obamicon.me​See also: Nigel Tufnel Day 11/11/11: It's Official 11/11/11 is finally here. Happy Nigel Tufnel Day! After all, the man is both a rock god and a numerologistical prophet. Which is why, in his name, we celebrate this sacred and mystical occasion, when all of the elevens come toget ... More >>

LACMA Muse Dead Man's Costume Ball Puts Tim Burton Show in the Ground, With Costumes From Jack and Sally to Beetlejuice

She Wants Revenge performs at LACMA costume ball​The LACMA Muse Costume Ball is one of Los Angeles's hottest Halloween tickets, and with the wildly popular Tim Burton exhibit in its final days and KROQ jumping on board, Saturday's sold out Dead Man's Ball came with an especially large amount o ... More >>

Grant Morrison and Gerard Way Cure our San Diego Comic-Con Withdrawals at Meltdown Comics

Dianne GarciaGrant Morrison at Meltdown Comics​See more photos in Dianne Garcia's gallery, "Grant Morrison and Gerard Way at Meltdown Comics" and read more in "Grant Morrison's Supergods: Comic Book Writer Chats About Why We Need Superheroes." We were having Comic-Con withdrawals. Severe ones ... More >>

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

Dianne GarciaKaren Gillan and Matt Smith​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 blogger "voice" for this one. The third person just wo ... More >>

San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Torchwood Miracle Day

Dianne Garcia​ Torchwood: Miracle Day is about a day when people keep aging or getting hurt but no one on Earth dies. Having already established itself through its Doctor Who following and growing as its own show, Torchwood is taking this unique sci-fi series from the BBC to the United State ... More >>

San Diego Comic-Con Announces Sunday July 24 Schedule: Matt Smith and Karen Gillan to Appear on Dr. Who Panel

Shannon CottrellLast year, convention goers dressed as the Doctor and Amy. This year, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will appear at SDCC.​More in "San Diego Comic-Con Announces Thursday July 21 Schedule: Bruce Campbell, Yoshiki, Stan Lee, Mike Judge and More.", "San Diego Comic-Con Announces Frid ... More >>

Awesome 'Dr. Who' Weeping Angels Cosplay

Kelly Rowles/Convention Fans​ Last weekend, Dragon*Con took place in Atlanta and, judging from the photos we saw on Convention Fans the Dr. Who cosplayers were out in full force. The Weeping Angels? File that under things we haven't seen at Comic-Con or Anime Expo yet.

Over the Weekend: Chemical Brothers at the Hollywood Bowl

Timothy NorrisWine, cheese and blockrockin' beats: The Chemical Brothers at the Hollywood Bowl​ LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Klaxons and all other dance-rockers currently carving a profitable niche owe a debt of gratitude to electronica's "Born Slippy"-era--namely the holy trinity of stadium DJs ... More >>

A Day In the Life of Hall H: Mostly Awesome, Briefly Chaotic

Nicole CamposThe Avengers, together at last! A genius ending to an insane day...​ The largest exhibition room at the San Diego Convention Center is Hall H, a huge 6,000-plus seater situated at the complex's south end that every year during Comic-Con International hosts the biggest, baddest, an ... More >>

Stage Raw: How to Burn a Bridge While Standing on It

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore THE FINE ART OF BURNING A BRIDGE, WHILE STANDING ON IT If you think the hostile/apathetic attitudes of Americans toward government arts subsidies are muddleheaded (overwhelming empirical evidence from fou ... More >>

Picks from San Diego Comic-Con's Saturday Schedule: Futurama, Peter Bagge and Zombies

Check out our picks from Comic-Con's Thursday and Friday schedules. Saturday marks the 36th annual Comic-Con Masquerade, a massive costume contest where contestants will compete in categories like "Most Humorous," "Best Original Design" and "Best Re-creation." If there's anything we learned from ... More >>

NBC's Latest Cooking Show: Caterers Who Are Spies!

Catering usually means insanely long hours, mediocre pay, a big pile of worn-out cooking clogs, and -- unless you work for Wolfgang Puck Catering -- very little glamor. But who needs real life when you've got NBC. Jay Leno's home network has just picked up a new series from J.J. Abrams called Underc ... More >>

Nerds Own Largo! The Nerdist Podcast Goes Live with Mythbuster Adam Savage

Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at Largo​That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>

Nerd Sale! The L.A. Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention

View more photos in the Comic Book and Sci-Fi Convention slideshow.First edition cover, already up to $100 bucks. GoBama!In a convention circuit where the Northern and Southern California powerhouses of Wonder Con and Comic-Con International keep getting bigger - and starrier - each year, it's easy ... More >>

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