Pop Culture Tidbits 9.16.14

Loki’s going to be in King Kong!

Legendary Pictures shocked the Comic-Con crowd with a teaser for the King Kong origin film Skull Island. They’ve set Jordan Vogt-Roberts to helm, and Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston, to star in the Max Borenstein-scripted pic. Previous works have touched on the island, but staying on and exploring this mysterious and dangerous place offers Legendary the opportunity to take audiences deeper inside this rich world, which was the most electrifying parts of Peter Jackson’s King Kong done for Universal several years ago. Universal Pictures will release on November 4, 2016.

Wouldn’t it be cool if they shot the movie in stop motion animation as a tribute to the 1933 movie? Even if you say otherwise, it *would* be cool, bc stop motion animation is vewwy, vewwy cool

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 In a first for DC Comics:

DC Comics Debuts First Ever Female Creators Panel at NYCC

Get an inside look at some of the amazing work from DCE’s female creatives at the “Women Of DC Entertainment” panel which will include JOKER’S DAUGHTER writer Marguerite Bennett, new series GOTHAM ACADEMY writer Becky Cloonan, HARLEY QUINN writer/artist Amanda Conner, WONDER WOMAN writer Meredith Finch, COFFIN HILL writer Caitlin Kittredge, SECRET SIX writer Gail Simone, and new BATGIRL artist Babs Tarr. Saturday 6:15pm Room Room 1A06

Your turn Marvel!

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Portuguese artist  Bordallo II makes use of trash he finds in the streets of Lisbon to make awesome art:

(more images at the link)

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Santa Monica wants to know if it’s happy

This may feel like an Onion article, but trust us—it’s real. The city applied for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge grant last year, a program that encourages cities to generate ideas to improve city life. Santa Monica was one of five cities in the nation to win the research money. They beat out 300 other cities and snagged a whopping $1 million.

While other winners like Houston, Texas plan on studying recycling and Providence, Rhode Island on predicting academic outcomes of the youth, Santa Monica will be studying the well-being of its city folks.

You might be asking why Santa Monicans aren’t sure whether they’re happy or not. The AP reported that the real estate blog Movoto recently ranked Santa Monica second place in its top 10 list of America’s Most Stressed-Out Suburbs. Insufferable traffic and the high cost of living were the factors that carried Santa Monica into its ranking. According to Movato’s study, locals spend 39 percent of their income on rent and the city has the ninth highest population density. There are 92,000 people who live in Santa Monica.

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Christopher J. Rivera wows with worlds of fantasy captured with photography

 

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Pop Culture Tidbits 9.16.14
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