The eagerly anticipated television adaptation of “A Game of Thrones” has added several faces to the cast, including some great actors. Find out which parts have been cast after the jump! Read more »

Two great shows on the USA Network, “Burn Notice” and “Psych,” will be having interactive panels at Comic Con this year. None other than Bruce “The Man” Campbell will be present! Read more »

Lucy Lawless, the butt-kicking feminist icon Xena, will be returning to Comic Con this year as part of Starz Entertainment’s panel on their upcoming series, “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.” Read more »

Another icon, this time of late-night informercials, has fallen to June’s celebrity death rampage. Billy Mays, the very loud pitchman who attempted to sell useless products to America such as OxyClean, Zorbees, and that slider burger maker tray thing, has died at 50. Cause of death? Reported to be an aneurysm. Ouch.

One group that I know will be mourning Billy are the Kentucky Fried Gamers at GenCon. They had an event planned this year called “Mustache or Consequences: A Tribute to Billy Mays,” which involved lots of fake mustaches and plotting against ShamWoW weirdo Vince Schlomi. Perhaps now that tribute will mean a bit more to them.

Bad week for showbiz, eh? First Ed McMahon passed away at 86, and today we get the tragic news that Farrah Fawcet passed away after a long battle with cancer. She was best known as the California blond from the show “Charlie’s Angels,” and long-time love of Ryan O’Neil.

But the big shocker was the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson. He was, at one time, the biggest star in the world, with hit after hit such with both his childhood band The Jackson Five, and as a solo artist. After a series of bizarre scandals and an even more bizarre existance, his life was cut short at 50.