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May 8, 2008

They're Action Figures, Not Fashion Plates

The NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group will release a set of action figures based on NBC’s hit series “Heroes” in June.

What do these “action” heroes look like?

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March 24, 2008

WWE Shares the Wealth From Orlando

With all of The Daily Blink’s friends going around the country for the Easter weekend, it’s nice to get packages from their travels.

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Why look! It’s a package from our close personal friends, Vince and Linda McMahon! Gosh, they shouldn’t have. Let’s see what they sent us.

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February 13, 2008

Heads Up

TV Guide NetworkAh, the bobblehead. It’s impossible to think of a more obnoxious, yet more eye-catching knickknack. Here, we have TV Guide Network’s Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone in battle-tested, red carpet mode, ready to ask the tough celebrity questions, such as “Who are you wearing,” “How do you feel about your chances tonight” and, in case of the really evasive interviewees: “Seriously, who are you wearing?”

Mr. Fatone’s gaze is all business, while Ms. Rinna’s is more wistful, as if she’s eyeing other channels’ logos during the telecast, imagining a day where she’s reporting on the red carpet for a network where her bottom third isn’t missing due to listings for “The Dog Whisperer.”

Andrew Krukowski