“Supermarionation” creator Gerry Anderson dies aged 83
Gerry Anderson, creator of a host of childhood TV favourites from the 1960s and 1970s, has died at the age of 83, it has been announced. His puppet-led TV shows included [...]
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SFFH winners at the 64th Annual Emmy Awards
SF Scope has listed the SFFH winners at the 64th Annual Emmy Awards. American Horror Story, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead all won awards. Game of Thrones took six [...]
Genre TV series nominated for Emmy Awards
American Horror Story has picked up 17 nominations for the 64th annual Emmy Awards. It has been nominated in the following categories: Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie [...]
New books from Telos exploring cult classics
Telos Publishing have two new releases available now. Ape-Man: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to 100 Years of Tarzan by Sean Egan, covers the Tarzan phenomenon from [...]
Death of US horror / SF actor Richard Lynch
Actor Richard Lynch has died at his home in California at the age of 76. He was a regular horror movie “villain”, appearing in films including Scarecrow (1973), [...]
Genre success at the 2012 BAFTAS
There were several ‘genre’ winners at the 2012 British Academy Television Awards, held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 27 May. As previously announced, [...]
Dark Shadows actor, Johathan Frid, dies aged 87
Jonathan Frid, the Canadian actor best known for playing the lead role of Barnabas Collins in the 1960s vampire ‘soap opera’ Dark Shadows, has died at the age of [...]
Spielberg’s Terra Nova cancelled by Fox TV
The BBC has reported that Steven Spielberg’s SF drama Terra Nova – shown on Sky 1 in the UK – has been cancelled after just one season by 20th Century Fox [...]
38th annual Saturn Awards nominees for SFFH films and TV
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films has announced the nominees for its 38th annual Saturn Awards. Leading contenders in film include Harry Potter and [...]
60s Brit TV SF actor, Peter Halliday, dies aged 87
Peter Halliday, the actor who starred as Dr John Fleming in the BBC’s A for Andromeda series in 1961, has died at the age of 87. A well-known and highly-respected [...]