Jan Kuehnemund, a founding member and lead guitarist of the all-girl hard rock band Vixen, passed away on October 10, 2013 from cancer. She was 51.

Instrumental in starting the group in 1980, the band was signed to EMI eight years later, and released a self-titled debut album that held its own in the male dominated hard rock/metal genre that was sonic stock and trade at that time. The songs “Edge of a Broken Heart” and “Cryin'” (not to be confused with Aerosmith’s single released a bit later) remain memorable hits for the band, who toured in support of headline acts like Bon Jovi. Vixen would ultimately go on to release two more records. The band broke up by 1991, but have reformed in various incarnations through the years, mostly with original members, the latest one being in 2009; the record Live in Sweden remains an aural document of those proceedings.

Edgar Wright took a brief vacation after working on the final flavor of the Cornetto Trilogy, The World’s End. Now that it is all over, the director is hard at work getting ready for the long-gestating superhero film, Ant-Man for Marvel Studios. As proof that pre-production was commencing, Wright tweeted a photo of what looked like an early look at the film – or a photo of production of the test footage.

With everything coming together for a possible January start date, multiple names are starting to emerge as possible contenders to play Hank Pym aka Ant-Man. Variety reports that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul Rudd top Marvel’s shortlist, with a possibility of a third name joining the mix.

Once all of our movie, television, and comic panels safely was behind us and New York Comic-Con 2013 coming dangerously close to a close, on the final day I was finally able carve out some time to spend on the convention floor and meet with all of the awesome exhibitors, cosplayers, and Geeks of Doom fans.

So, toting along my trusty sidekick, Canon, I photo documented my 7-hour journey across the convention floor for you. You can now see all the sites of New York Comic-Con from the safety of your own personal HQ, which means you’re also safe from the unavoidable nasal assault that comes along with a convention center packed with a hundred of thousands geeks.

Enjoy the galleries!

Gravity and Captain Phillips won the top two spots at the box office this weekend, and now Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks, the lead stars of the respective films, are off traveling the world for their press tour. One of their stops took them to The Jonathan Ross Show in the U.K. Of course when it comes to these kinds of talk shows, one doesn’t just sit on the chair to chat. In fact, there is almost always some sort of funny skit or crowd-pleasing moment that will eventually find its way onto the internet.

And that’s what happened here: 25 years after the release of Big, Hanks would step onto the piano floor once again to play some “Chopsticks,” the same as seen in the film. Not only that, but Bullock jumped in to join the fun.

Check it out after the jump.

Newly available is the Star Wars Luke Skywalker ROTJ Force FX Lightsaber Replica from Entertainment Earth.

This is a 43-inch-long replica of the green lightsaber used by Luke Skywalker in Return Of The Jedi that has realistic power-up and power-down glowing light effects, as well as sound efforts for powering up and power-down, various movement and clash sounds, and even a tone for when it’s idle.

The item also comes with a display stand for when you’re not using the lightsaber to battle a Sith or deflect blaster fire from Jabba’s minions.

This newly released lightsaber replica is selling now for $124.99, so grab it while you can (before it goes out of stock), and also while Entertainment Earth is offering Free Shipping*.