12 Funny Star Wars References From Television

By Anita George at 2:02 PM on May 4, 2013

Today, in honor of Star Wars Day (“May the 4th be with you.”), we’ve gathered together 12 funny references to Star Wars from your favorite television shows. Read on to relive your favorite moments from the sci-fi franchise in parody form.  read more

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Netflix Signs Licensing Deal to Stream Adventure Time, Robot Chicken

By Shaina Pearlman at 11:00 AM on January 15, 2013

Beginning March 30, Netflix will have some new animated and live-action programming choices for those who find the streaming giant’s selection not nearly exhaustive enough. Deadline reported that Time Warner has licensed past seasons of Adventure Time, Ben 10, Regular Show, Johnny Bravo, Warner Bros Animation’s Green Lantern, Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sony Picture Television’s The Boondocks and Warner Bros Television’s Studio 2.0′s Childrens Hospital to Netflix. “We are delighted that Netflix will become the exclusive over-the-top streaming subscription destination for past seasons of favorite Cartoon Network and Adult Swim titles,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s...  read more

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Jon Favreau, Seth Green, Star Trek Writer Collaborate on TV Show

By Ross Bonaime at 5:03 PM on October 7, 2011

The director of Iron Man, the creator of Robot Chicken and the writers of Star Trek and X2 will all be coming together for a new show called Ex-Comm. Jon Favreau, Seth Green, Roberto Orci and Michael Dougherty have all combined powers to write Ex-Comm, which sounds like a combination of The X-Files and The West Wing. The show features a new President and his Executive Committee that work to investigate unusual situations in America in order to protect the country. The sci-fi comedy-drama will have a pilot directed by Favreau, with Orci and frequent collaborator Alex Kurtzman producing the...  read more

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Paste's 10 Favorite Things About NYC Comic Con 2009

By Sean Edgar at 12:30 PM on February 10, 2009

"I want to see Emma Frost and Loki have a pillow fight!" The raucous statement echoes anonymously in a large, industrial room filled with 500 people at 2009 New York Comic Con. Each of the 500 in attendance laughs because they are well aware that a) Emma Frost is a fictional bleach-blonde mutant telepath who notoriously flaunts a leather Victorian corset. She is also a comic-book character. They're also aware that b) Loki is a the Norse Goddess of Trickery who often fights the Asgardian God of Thunder, Thor. She was once male before morphing into an extremely attractive female (magical possession, not transgender surgery,...  read more

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