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A new movie about a Corman favorite

Variety is reporting that Rose McGowan has signed on to star in “Black Oasis,” the story of Roger Corman favorite Susan Cabot’s rise on the B-circuit and her death at the hands of son Timothy, who bludgeoned her with a weightlifting bar when she was 59. MSTies will remember Cabot as the priestess Enger in episode 317- VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT. You can read the article HERE.

New Mary Jo animation

Scott Bateman, who featured Kevin Murphy in his animated-film-a-day-for-a-year project, Bateman365, has posted an animation written and voiced by Mary Jo Pehl. Watch Mary Jo Pehl Meets The Circus Priest here:
http://www.batemania.com/animation/0005.html

The Mary Jo animation will be in an upcoming episode of Scott’s TV show “Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents,” which airs Mondays at midnight on Plum TV.

A Volume 9 update

Several readers have noticed that The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 9 is no longer listed on Rhino Home Video‘s web site. Our source at Rhino confirms that it’s currently unavailable, but is hopeful that it may return. Stay tuned!

More MST3K photos online

Michael Kienitz, who was the still photographer for MST3K during the course of its run, has added 19 more images to the MST3K portfolio on his web site at http://www.michaelkienitz.com. Michael extends his thanks to the over 2,000 MSTies who have visited his site so far.

Media mentions

It’s interesting that, eight years after it was cancelled, MST3K still gets mentioned all the time. For example, this week Trevor Snyder of 411mania.com put together a list of “Top 5 Television Sidekicks,” and of course TV’s Frank makes the list. Check it out at:
http://www.411mania.com/movies/columns/53302/The-411-Top-5:-Week-57.htm

And Cracked Magazine recently put together a list of “The Top Ten ’80s Robots (We Expected to Exist By Now).” A certain wise-cracking pair comes in at number 4. See the entire list at:
http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1825

On a sadder note, another mention comes from the press coverage of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. The Boston Globe highlights shooting victim Ross Alameddine, VT sophomore and MSTie. You can read the article at:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/18/sophomore_from_saugus_called_funny_and_flirtatious/

MetroActive, a weekly in California’s Silicon Valley area, discusses the IMDb “Bottom 100” and MANOS, THE HANDS OF FATE, and includes comments from an expert on the subject, Kevin Murphy. Check it out at:
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/03.14.07/cult-0711.html

Most MSTies are already familiar with the story, but The Wisconsin State Journal has a piece about Jim Mallon’s college prank partner Leon Varjian. The piece includes a few comments from Jim. You can read it here:
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=118518&ntpid=3

And, several fans have alerted us to this odd MST3K connection to the Anna Nicole Smith tragedy–her last film, due out in April, was directed by David “Time Chasers” Giancola and Edgewood Studios. Read more about it here:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/24hour/entertainment/story/3550292p-12770583c.html