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Superman splits from Big Bang star
Henry Cavill and Kaley Cuoco have reportedly called off their romance.
Die, Superman, die
Thirty years ago I was high on superheroes and wanted nothing more than a life filled with caped crusaders and men of steel. I’d just seen Superman III at the cinema and I thought to myself: “Why can’t they make more films like this No, why can’t all films be like this” I was a fool, and not just because I was eight or that Superman III is a super dud (Superman AND Richard Pryor in the same What could possibly go wrong).
Superman doesn’t need underpants
Henry Cavill is happy his Superman character gave up red briefs. The 30-year-old British actor plays Clark Kent in Man of Steel
Star Trek phaser fetches $274,300
Set phasers to sell – and sell big. Captain Kirk’s Star Trek phaser gun from the second pilot of the wildly popular 1960s television series sold for a hefty US$231,000 (NZ$274,300) on Saturday in Los Angeles, Julien’s Auctions said
Review: ‘Waiting for "Superman"’ Stirs Schools Debate
In an episode of the 1950s TV show Superman, a school bus full of kids is threatened with disaster as it nearly topples over a cliff, when — whoosh — the Man of Steel flies in and pushes the bus to safety. That was the fantasy that Geoffrey Canada, the South Bronx–bred boy who became a Harvard-trained education entrepreneur, hoped for as a child
Box Office: Wimpy Kid K.O.s Sucker Punch
The kid who’s wimpy whupped the teen girls whose couture is skimpy. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, second in the film adaptations of Jeff Kinney’s stick-drawn book characters, earned $24.1 million, according to early studio estimates