No doubt you saw the teasers we showcased last week. Marvel announced that Brian Bendis and John Romita Jr. would relaunch the classic Avengers series, and confirmed five members of the roster. Today Marvel has moved to a different, more unexpected roster... the Secret Avengers.

Stan Lee is... Stan Lee. A living legend whose role today in relation to the many Marvel characters he created is perhaps more ceremonial than participatory. Still, this is Stan Lee. So it seems that if you're going to make a movie based on one of his legendary superheroes, then you should probably at least take the guy out for a meal first.

The times they are a changin'. A good team of heroes will always be able to change with them. And though few would label the Thunderbolts as heroes, they have been remarkably adaptive over the years. Surprisingly, former Avenger and family man Luke Cage is now in charge. Serving under him are reformed super-criminals like Juggernaut, Ghost, Moonstone, and... Man-Thing?

Stan Lee is seemingly trying to get fans excited today with some of his recent tweets. Weve long heard the talk, hints and speculation about future Marvel Studios projects outside of and post-Avengers. Some of these include the long-gestating Ant-Man solo film which has had Edgar Wrights name on it for quite some time. Thats not [...]

Ralph McInerny, a longtime professor of philosophy and medieval studies at the University of Notre Dame who also was a popular mystery writer best known for his Father Dowling series of novels, has died. ...

Last night, I saw Joe Johnston's new take on "The Wolfman," and then today, I sat down for chats with Johnston, Emily Blunt, and the uber-cool Hugo Weaving.

Having featured some of Britain's best-loved performers, including Dame Cleo Laine, Victoria Wood and Prunella Scales, the concert had been a memorable one for the 400-strong audience.

Husband of singer Cleo Laine was a sax player, bandleader and composer. Together they founded a musical education charity and a theater near London. Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and bandleader and husband of jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, has died. He was 82.

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One of the first British musicians to grasp the fundamentals of "modern" (post swing) jazz, the saxophonist Johnny Dankworth eventually surpassed his bandleading days to become a skilled composer of film music, a prominent patron of the arts and head of a burgeoning musical dynasty. It is unlikely that there was ever such a splendid husband and wife partnership in jazz as that engendered when ...

Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat in Ukraine Saxophonist Sir John Dankworth, one of the leading figures in British jazz for more than half a century, has died, his agent said on Sunday. He was 82.T...

John Dankworth rode the crest of the British jazz wave in the 1960s.

Johnny Dankworth, who has died aged 82, was one of the few British musicians who not only were world-class but were recognised as such, taking to the stage on clarinet or sax with the proverbial Who's Who of jazz, from Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock to Gerry Mulligan, Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

Now a new Heroic Age is dawning for the Marvel Universe. While Bucky deserves some rest and relaxation to go with it, it doesn't sound like he'll be getting much of either. Beginning in Captain America #606 this May, Bucky will be forced to deal with the return of a classic Cap villain Baron Zemo II. Zemo has dealt with a few time travel problems of his own lately, and it sounds like he's ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to British jazz legend Sir John Dankworth who died on Saturday, aged 82. (08/02/2010 08:32:58)

When directors wanted their films to ooze cool, they called on Johnny Dankworth. Richard Williams onthe man who made Britishcinema swing There was a time when jazz and film formed a natural partnership. When a director wanted a hectic accompaniment to criminal activity, or a splintered melody to echo an on-screen psychodrama, or a cool, lush sound to accompany a cocktail-lounge seduction ...

He was hailed as the country's "first major jazz musician" by Jazzwise magazine, and pianist Jamie Cullum called him "a genius... one of our finest musicians and composers".

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The Beltways Bombers Eastern Basketball Alliance game against the Washington Madness scheduled for Sunday in Forestville, Md., was postponed because of the weekend snowstorm.

LONDON - Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died. He was 82.

By Carlton Hargro Siege No. 2 Published by Marvel Comics. Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Pencils by Olivier Coipel. Inks by Mark Morales. The Deal: Marvel unveils the second issue of its latest blockbuster limited series, featuring a whole bunch of Avengers, Asgardians, and big-time super villains. The Good: I don't care what anybody says ... hate on Bendis all you want (he is widely ...

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LONDON Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and bandleader, has died. He was 82.

Its been a week since Planet Hulk has come out. Many of us were looking forward to this animated interpretation of Greg Pak&rsquo...

Stan Lee has gone Marvel mad with the recent tweets coming from his Twitter page today. The comic book legend dropped a bunch of hints regarding the upcoming roster of Marvel releases including, Ant-Man. He claims that he recently met up with director Edgar Wright to discuss the property, and they hit it off. He [...]

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