Artist Roger Dean has filed a $50 million lawsuit against Avatar’s James Cameron for copyright infringement and unjust enrichment. And Harlan Ellison says he would love to testify in Dean’s behalf. Dean’s work has been used on top-selling record albums … Continue reading
The judges’ shortlist for the 2017 James White Award was announced on June 18. The competition is open to original, unpublished short stories of not more than 6,000 words by non-professional writers. The award, established in 2000, offers non-professional writers the … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in New York has dismissed Roger Dean’s lawsuit against James Cameron: Dean had claimed aspects of the Avatar planet Pandora were stolen from his artwork. Dean’s art has appeared on top-selling record albums by many bands, among … Continue reading
R. Graeme Cameron presented his Elron Awards at VCON 37 on September 30 – awards personally “bronzed” by The Graeme himself. The Elrons are fandom’s oldest ongoing spoof awards, predating the Hogus and Black Holes. And the winners are: Avro … Continue reading
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) today announced the winners of the 2023 IFMCA Awards for excellence in musical scoring. The award for Score of the Year goes to American composer John Williams, for his score for Indiana Jones … Continue reading
The 51st Annual Saturn Awards winners were revealed during a ceremony streamed from Los Angeles on February 4. Avatar: The Way of Water brought home four awards in the film categories. Star Trek: Picard equaled the tally with four in … Continue reading
(1) 1632 AT FANTASCI. The first 1632Con from 1632 & Beyond will be at FantaSci in Raleigh-Durham, NC from April 19-21. Kevin Ikenberry, author of the Assiti Shards book The Crossing, is one of the con’s Special Guests. Bjorn Hasseler, Bethanne … Continue reading
SF film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Hugo-winner Apollo 13, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, and classic Disney animated film Lady and the Tramp are among the 25 movies inducted into the National Film Registry this year. Librarian of Congress … Continue reading
The 2023 Saturn Award nominees were announced on December 6. James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water received 12 nominations, surpassing the record he set back in 2010 when the original Avatar film garnered 10 nominations. Other films leading the way are Christopher Nolan’s biopic, Oppenheimer, with … Continue reading
(1) GET ON BOARD. Join the mission and have your name engraved on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft as it travels 1.8 billion miles to explore Europa, an ocean world that may support life. Sign your name today to the… “Message … Continue reading