Chicago rock group Secret Colours is kicking off 2012 with their video for “Faust”, in support of their latest release, EP3, which is now available on bandcamp.

Pages calls upon Randy Valdes and his GlassWorks MultiMedia team to create a stunning and innovative visual for the single, “Mainstream Nightmare.” The music video was partially shot underwater and compliments the dramatic nature of the song with an ominous, gloomy look. Director Randy Valdes describes it as a “result of 300 meeting Biutiful in a Hip-Hop world.” Produced by long-time veteran Nick Fury of Liquid Shield (credits include Slick Rick, Ras Kass, Skam2? and more), the song also features Liquid Shield’s very-own songstress, Juliet. In “Mainstream Nightmare,” Pages aggressively expresses his thoughts towards those not upholding the essence of Hip-Hop culture, balanced by the sultry voice of Juliet, creating a smooth dynamic and perfect blend of edginess and harmony.

South African artist Spoek Mathambo goes all out for his video for “Control”, a cover of Joy Division’s “She’s Lost Control”. The images combined with the music make for quite to powerful effect.

Having last aired in syndication in the States 5 years ago, Dragon Ball GT will be returning to air January 16, 2012 on NickToons.

With the Dragon Ball Kai series already ended in Japan and coming to an end in the USA in early January of 2012, the next step is obviously to re-visit Dragon Ball GT. Consisting of 64 episodes, GT is not based on the original Dragon Ball manga from Akira Toriyama and first aired in the States on Cartoon Network in 2003.

Dragon Ball is pushing 30 and is among one of the most fan-loved anime series worldwide (though Dragon Ball GT is hated by fans because Toriyama admitted this series was not canon). NickToons will begin airing Dragon Ball GT beginning Monday, January 16, 2012 at 7 PM ET.

Since departing NBC’s Law & Order: SVU, fans everywhere have been wondering what’s next for Christopher Meloni (who played main character Elliot Stabler for 12 seasons).

Wonder no more. Meloni will be making a jump to another TV show that’s just as controversial (if not as riveting) as he officially joins the cast of HBO’s popular supernatural show, True Blood.

Series creator Alan Ball mentioned to TVLine that the former Law & Order: SVU front man will play, “An ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands.” [<-- spoiler for Season 5]

As more True Blood news pops up, be sure to stick with us for more details (and more spoilers).

From The Simpsons creator, Matt Groening, blast off on one out of this world adventure as Volume 6 of Futurama heads to Blu-ray and DVD.

The future will never be the same when the time traveling pizza boy and his friends wreak havoc on the world as they know it. Loaded with tons of fan favorite special features from the creators, Futurama Volume 6 comes to Blu-ray and DVD December 20th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring the misadventures of Phillip Fry, a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy whose life is going nowhere and fellow friends, Futurama takes off when Fry accidentally freezes himself on December 31, 1999, and then wakes up 1,000 years in the future. His turn of fate gives Fry a chance to make a fresh start.

Futurama Volume 6 once again features the original voice cast including Golden Globe® winner Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy) as Leela, Billy West as Fry and John DiMaggio as Bender.

Special Features (Blu-ray and DVD):

• Deleted Scenes
• Audio Commentary
• Professor Farnsworth’s “Science of a Scene”
• Reincarnation Explained! With Director Peter Avanzino
• Futurama F.A.Q. (Frequently Axed Questions)
• Christopher’s Big Score: The Music of Futurama
• Futurama Fans: 101 Questions

Sterling Archer, the world’s most dangerous spy, and his snarky ISIS cohorts are back for another outrageously raunchy season when ARCHER The Complete Second Season comes to Blu-ray and DVD on December 27^th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Loaded with three exclusive top-secret animated shorts, ARCHER The Complete Second Season features all 13 episodes plus hilarious never-before-seen extras!

The story of  a suave but incredibly self-centered master spy, Sterling Archer deals with global espionage, as well as his domineering, hyper-sexual mother/boss, Malory Archer, his ex-girlfriend (and fellow ISIS agent), Lana Kane, her ISIS accountant boyfriend (or ex-boyfriend) Cyril Figgis while carrying a less-than-masculine code name, “Duchess”.

When he’s not busy foiling eco-terrorist threats, tracking down mysterious killers, or having sex in x-ray machines, the suave master-spy has his hands full with bikini-clad ninjas, Swiss nymphomaniacs, and paternity suits.  Archer searches for the true identity of his father, battles breast cancer, and brings a sexy, ex-KGB agent home to meet his domineering mother.  It’s all in a day’s work for the international man of mystery in this uproariously edgy animated farce.

Created by Adam Reed and Floyd County Productions and is executive produced by Reed and Matthew Thompson, the show is produced by FX Productions.

ARCHER features the voice talents of H. Jon Benjamin (Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy), Jessica Walter (Arrested Development), Aisha Tyler (24, Friends), George Coe, Chris Parnell (30 Rock, Suburgatory), Judy Greer (27 Dresses, Marmaduke), and Amber Nash.

Blu-ray and DVD Special Features:

·         Ask Archer

·         Archersaurus – Self Extinction

·         Semper Fi

·         L’espoin Mal Fait

·         Isis Invades Comic-con

Archer returns for its third season Thursday January 19, 2012 at 10p/9c.

In some news that’s sure to please Supernatural fans after being sent reeling (myself included) from last week’s episode Death’s Door, the word is out that Misha Collins will be returning to the series for at least three episodes later in the current (seventh) season.

Portraying the fan-favorite Angel Castiel since season four of Supernatural, Misha Collins’ Cas was last seen playing God (literally) in the seventh season premiere episode and then (in the follow-up episode) disappearing in a violent death after having ingested Leviathans while trying to seek out souls from Purgatory. Collins was recently cast for an upcoming role in the CW drama show Ringer while another star from Ringer will be making a guest appearance as another God in the show. Collins’ first appearance since the season’s second episode is set for the 17th episode.

Supernatural returns January 6, 2012. Hopefully some answers will be delivered on the Winchesters’ current dilemma.

As Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) race the clock to help Bobby (Jim Beaver), Bobby seeks the help of an unlikely old friend to solve one of the most personal cases of his life.

This is the big one. After the events from How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters came to a boil with Bobby taking a near-fatal gunshot wound in the head thanks to lead Leviathan Richard Roman (James Patrick Stuart), we now find ourselves with the last episode before Supernatural goes on a mid-season break. And it is a doozy…

Death’s Door is the most emotional episode of Supernatural this season. The episode, written by series front-runner Sera Gamble, pulls you in the entire 40 minutes from the opening ‘previously seen’ scenes right to the end roll of the credits. I’ll warn you now: if you hated the cliffhanger ending from How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters, you’re really going to hate this one.

The episode opens up with Sam and Dean racing to the nearest emergency room urgently trying to get their friend and substitute father some help before he dies. While all of this is taking place, we get to see glimpses of Bobby’s past in a life flashing before your eyes montage that brings back some of the key players in Bobby’s life including Rufus Turner (Steven Williams) and Bobby’s wife, Karen (Carrie Anne Fleming).

First off, it was awesome seeing Rufus again! I was among the giant chunk of fans who were really upset when he died in …And Then There Were None because Rufus’ old school wit and humor not only fit in perfectly with Bobby’s, it made the show click tremendously. It’s very true how they say that in Supernatural, being dead doesn’t mean we won’t see you again. Getting to see him crusading beside Bobby, even if it is all in his head as a comatose dream, was a big time win for the season.

The first flash we get is of Bobby, Dean and Sam from last episode as they were hunting down the Jersey Devil and Bobby realizing something is awfully wrong. The hunters meet back at the shack they were huddled in and Bobby tells the boys that he knows that he’s inside his head and that in the real world, he’s been shot and he’s dying. Grabbing pen and paper, the hunter scribbles down some numbers (coordinates, possibly) telling himself that he has to relay a message to the boys about the plans the Leviathans are cooking up. As he makes the connections, Bobby suddenly finds himself talking to his wife about their future and Bobby skips out before one of the most important events of his life plays out. If that isn’t bad enough, a Reaper has come to collect him and help him into the afterlife.

Throughout his mental quagmire, Bobby keeps seeing a young boy running in and out of each one of his memories and right as Bobby trips into a memory of one of his earliest hunts with Rufus, the boy stops him saying, “God is going to punish you.”

Every flash of memory Bobby has is a breakdown of the good and the bad of what he’s seen in his life and his mental image of Rufus helps him discover how to snap out of his coma and get back to the living world. The major clue in the whole ordeal comes from Rufus following his own life and death battle on the table after the hunt he and Bobby had almost went south. He tells Bobby that the worst memories of his life are the key to getting out. Bobby suddenly realizes that the kid he keeps seeing is himself and that he’s running back to the events that make up his worst memory.

We see his memories of Sam and Dean and how the two boys he calls his own sons helped him past the demons of his terrible childhood. On the trip, the Reaper let’s Bobby know that he’s treading the line on becoming the very thing he’s hunted most of his life and that if he dies without resolving himself to his own death, he will become a ghost.

In the real world, Sam and Dean are trying to come to grips on the situation. Sam is already coming to the realization that this may be it, while Dean isn’t ready to open that door. Stepping outside to try and clear his mind, Dean runs across Dick and the two have a standoff while people all around them video the confrontation. Dick smugly warns Dean the leviathans can’t be killed and they aren’t afraid of the hunters.

When Bobby finally makes it back to his worst memory, we get to see Bobby’s first kill. While I give out a lot of spoilers in these episode breakdowns, I’m refusing to give up the big punch line this time. When Bobby makes it past his worst experience (it wasn’t killing his own wife after Karen was possessed by a demon), he wakes up in the hospital and gets his chance to deliver his message to the boys. Writing out the numbers on Sam’s hand, the last thing he says to them basically stops the clock. “Idgits.” Bobby flatlines and the trauma team gets to work.

As the episode closes out, Bobby and the Reaper have one last talk and Bobby sees his final memory of the boys as they are all watching movies and arguing over popcorn, licorice, Chuck Norris and Jet Li. It all ends with the Reaper asking Bobby what his choice is, and the ticking of his pocket watch.

Death’s Door is another cliffhanger episode (as is the trend of this season of Supernatural) and now we all find ourselves waiting until the show returns January 6, 2012. I keep finding myself noting how much any episode dealing with Bobby is always my favorites (Weekend At Bobby’s, Appointment in Samarra, Tall Tales, …And Then There Were None) and this is no exception.

A big shout out goes to the crew of Supernatural for bringing Rufus back to help Bobby out one more time with another case. We don’t know for sure what the future holds for Bobby just yet, but I will say that the cliffhanger ending was very disappointing as we had to wait 2 whole weeks just to get to this. It was truly heart-warming hearing Bobby say that Sam and Dean are his sons, and that’s a testament to the magic of the writing for this show.

See you January 6th.

With the release of multi-talented artist Maimouna Youssef’s full-length debut album, The Blooming, comes the video for her first single off the album, “I Got A Man”.