Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Marvel Studios announced that its new trailer for this summer’s most highly anticipated movie, “Marvel’s The Avengers,” has been viewed over 13.7 million times in the first 24 hours of its debut, setting a new record for the most viewed trailer on iTunes (http://www.apple.com/trailers) and the iTunes Trailers app for …
Read More »“The Lorax” Dominates The Box Office
It felt like summer for the movie industry as “The Lorax” did summer blockbuster numbers in its first weekend of release. The film from Universal and Illumination Entertainment debuted to a staggering $70.7 million, marking the best opening ever for a non-sequel animated movie, edging out 2004’s “The Incredibles.” and posting phenomenol …
Read More »The Simpsons: Tapped Out Comes to iPad and iPhone
Simpsons fans, get ready! EA Mobile announced the launch of The Simpsons: Tapped Out for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. For the first time, fans of TV’s longest-running comedy will be able to recreate Springfield and customize the city any way they want—anywhere they want—with a free app*. To quote Homer from …
Read More »Hugo and Harry Potter Lead Saturn Nominations
Hugo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 each received 10 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented on Wednesday, June 20. Other leading titles in the Academy’s film category were Super 8 (eight nominations); Marvel’s Captain …
Read More »Those Foul Mouthed Kids Return To TV and DVD
“South Park” returns for its 16th season with seven all-new episodes beginning on Wednesday, March 14 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL, followed by an all-new season of “Ugly Americans” at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. On Tuesday, March 27, “South Park: The Complete Fifteenth Season” will be released on Blu-ray …
Read More »Pokemon Returns in New Games
Coming off the record-breaking popularity of the Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video games, Nintendo of America Inc. announced today that two new Pokémon titles, Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2, are coming to North America in 2012. Fans can anticipate plenty of new surprises …
Read More »Dreamworks Animation is Off to the Races with High-Octane Cast for Turbo
DreamWorks Animation SKG announced that Ryan Reynolds will lead an all-star cast including Paul Giamatti,Michael Pena, Luis Guzman, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson in the Company’s upcoming original film Turbo, which tells the story of an ordinary garden snail with dreams of racing greatness. Turbo is scheduled to come to …
Read More »Navy SEALs Storm The Box Office
Relativity Media’s real-life film of Navy SEALs “Act of Valor” easily won the weekend crown with a strong $24.7 million opening. The film led another weekend of growth for the box office with revenues up more than 25 percent from the previous year, although results are still some of the lowest figures …
Read More »Playstation Vita Launches WIth Game and Video Lineup
Sony has launched the highly anticipated PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), the next generation portable entertainment system, available now in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. PS Vita delivers new ways to play games that have never been seen on any device, coupled with rich social features to keep players …
Read More »‘Contraband’ Arrives on Blu-ray and DVD
A legendary smuggler who long ago abandoned his life of crime to become a law-abiding family man is dragged back into the cutthroat, underground world of international crime in the suspenseful thriller Contraband , coming to Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet, as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on April 24, …
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