Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Spider-Man Musical Sends Yet Another Actor to the Hospital

The cast of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark are getting injured with frightening regularity. I was on Twitter last night when I ran ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 21, 2010

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Man Forgot Loaded Handgun in His Carry-On, TSA Forgot To Notice

A man made it through security, onto a plane, and to his destination with a loaded handgun in his carry-on. The holiday season ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 20, 2010

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DreamWorks Animation Cleans Up With Maintenance Purchase

Maintenance is a comic about janitors who work for evil geniuses, and DreamWorks Animation just bought the film rights. DreamWorks Animation’s most recent ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 20, 2010

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A Geek’s Guide to Last-Minute Gifting

Gift-giving is something best done with lots of time on your hands. You need time to consider your giftee: How you know them, ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 20, 2010

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My Favorite Anti-Santa Christmas Movies

I’m traveling to see family over the holidays, and after we’ve had dinner and played that steal-other-people’s-white-elephant-gifts game, we usually pop in a ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 17, 2010

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Man Proposes As A Muppet, Girlfriend Obviously Says Yes

Not content with just popping the question, Sid Ceasar proposed with a fake movie trailer featuring himself and his girlfriend as Muppets. Photographer ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 17, 2010

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Woman Missing Some Brain, Is Totally Fearless As a Result

Current Biology recently published a study on a woman who, due to brain damage to her amygdala, is unable to feel fear. SM ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 17, 2010

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Director Blake Edwards Dies at 88

Director Blake Edwards, master of farce and the man behind the Pink Panther films, died from complications from pneumonia. Director Blake Edwards had ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 16, 2010

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Corpse Bride Co-Director Making Oz “Dark, Slick, Sexy”

Oz Wars will remake The Wizard of Oz in distinctly grown-up stop-animation. Vanguard Animation, the company that brought us Valiant, Happily N’Ever After, ...

By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorDecember 16, 2010

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