ITEM! MAD Magazine moves to a quarterly publication schedule starting with issue #500 in April! I guess not even Alfred E. Neuman can’t escape the wrath of the recession. MAD? More like SAD.

ITEM! Heath Ledger wins Screen Actors Guild Best Performance by a Supporting Actor award! That’s two (the other one being the Golden Globe award) posthumous wins for Ledger for his Joker portrayal in The Dark Knight. So far. The third and biggest one is right around the corner and the Internet can’t wait to say “I told you so!”

ITEM! Shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. sue The Man! Aside from Stan Lee, defendants include Arthur Lieberman, Avi Arad and Marvel Entertainment Inc. The suit claims profits from ALL of Lee’s comic creations, including Marvel movies. Riiiight.

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If you know me, you won’t be surprised that I’m monumentally excited about the news of Zatanna appearing in Smallville and who’s playing her, even if it’s just a one-time guest appearance. I’ve always had a crush on DC’s trickstress, and now I’m about to see her as an extremely hot living person. For one magical night, we will see a real living, breathing, hopefully fishnet-wearing Zatanna in the form of Serinda Swan.

Serinda has that Megan Fox vibe going on and me likey. Me likey a lot. Serinda’s Zatanna will appear in the current season’s 17th episode, “Hex”. Let’s all hope that she won’t be a disappointment like Black Canary. Man, that raccoon-looking chick sucked big time.