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Marvel’s The Avengers soars into theaters on May 4, 2012, but thanks to LEGO, you’ll be able to assemble the Avengers whenever you want. Marvel’s partnership with LEGO was first revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 with a sneak peek at Hulk, and at Toy Fair NY 2012, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes make their minifigure debut. Marvel visited LEGO’s New York showroom before the start of Toy Fair in order to bring you the first look at the models and minifigures LEGO has on the way! Captain... Read Full Story

Back to the Future Hover Board : Finally! This totally awesome 1:1 replica of the hover board from the Back To The Future 2 and Back To The Future 3 films includes multiple whooshing sounds and will glide over most surfaces (does not actually “hover” – check back in 2015 for that feature). Mattel will be taking orders for it March 1 – March 20, 2012, and the final product will be shipped around November/December 2012. Because this is such a high-cost item, there will be a minimum number of... Read Full Story

As anticipated, the 19 year old model Kate Upton has been revealed to be the chosen cover model for this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue after a few copies of the magazine accidentally arrived early at a gas station in Michigan. Scans of the cover surfaced online shortly thereafter. A billboard with Upton’s cover was originally set to be unveiled during tonight’s Late Show. Read Full Story

Twentieth Century Fox has revealed the first trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, coming to theaters on June 22. Produced by Tim Burton and directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the big screen adaptation stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell. It was written by Seth Grahame-Smith based on his own novel. Read Full Story

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards was a night of exhilarating performances, inspired tributes and emotional acceptance speeches. Big winners included British singer Adele, veteran rockers the Foo Fighters and country superstar Taylor Swift. Adele brought home six Grammys, tying Beyoncé for the most awards won by a female artist in one night. Adele won for Album of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 21, Record Of The Year, Song of The Year and Best Short Form Music Video for “Rolling In The... Read Full Story

Lucasfilm Ltd., Nerdist Industries, Octagon and Machinima have teamed up to present Course of the Force , an Olympic-style lightsaber relay, where participants will make a journey from Santa Monica to San Diego while benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. At quarter-mile markers (much less than 12 parsecs), participants will hand off the official Course of the Force lightsaber to the next runner as they begin their leg of the journey. Course of the Force will take place July 7-11, in the days... Read Full Story

McSweeney’s first issue of 2012 features all kinds of amazing stuff so much, from so many good people, that they turned it into two beautiful little books. McSweeney’s # 40 ($28) contains new stories from Neil Gaiman and Etgar Keret and David Vann, there is Saïd Sayrafiezadeh awaiting the uprising at Occupy Wall Street and a special compendium of the incredible writing that inspired the Egyptian Revolution, and, in its own volume and finally there is Rick Bass’s extraordinary account of a... Read Full Story

For a mere $10,010, Pizza Hut will provide you with all the trimmings necessary for a classy engagement : A ruby engagement ring, a bouquet of flowers, a personal fireworks display, a professional photographer and videographer, and, of course, a $10 Pizza Hut Dinner Box complete with a one-topping pan pizza, five breadsticks with marinara sauce, and 10 cinnamon sticks with icing plus a limo to bring you to the Pizza Hut of your choice. Act now beacause Pizza Hut only has 10 Perfect Proposal... Read Full Story

John Paczkowski of AllThingsD is claiming that Apple will hold a press event in the beginning of March to announce the new iPad, which he calls “iPad 3″. Paczkowski expects the announcement to take place in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where Apple has held several other similar events. Read more HERE . Read Full Story

Marvel Comics has unveiled a first look at Avengers Vs. X-Men #1. Written by John Romita Jr., the issue kicks off Marvel’s long-simmering event as the publisher’s two top super-teams come to blows over how to handle the coming of the Phoenix Force and its apparent targeting of Hope Summers as its next avatar. “In the past, the typical Marvel thing when two groups of heroes cross paths was: They would meet, there would be some kind of misunderstanding, and they would fight,” writer Jason... Read Full Story