Remakes of all things ’80s have reached a fever pitch. The latest on the block is a movie redux of the television show that brought Mr. T to primetime and into homes everywhere: The A-Team.

The ’80s original centered on four Vietnam veterans who were framed for a crime they didn’t commit. They take the show on the road to evade the military police, helping out people along the way as they attempt to clear their names. In the original, Mr. T played B.A. Baracus (”B.A.” for “Bad Attitude”), the A-Team’s mechanic and muscle. George Peppard was Hannibal, the group’s cigar chomping leader who “love it when a plan comes together.” Dwight Schultz was “Howling Mad” Murdoch, the team’s resident loose cannon and Dirk Benedict was Templeton “Faceman” Peck, the group’s prettyboy and master of disguise.

While you gotta pity the fool that steps into Mr. T’s shoes, UFC fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson just may have the mettle, muscle, and humor to bring it to the role of B.A. Baracus. (Anyone doubting Rampage’s sense of humor has to see this past week’s episode of Ultimate Fighter 10.) Rounding out the cast is Liam Neeson as grey-haired Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Faceman, and Sharlto Copely as Murdoch. Jessica Biel is also part of the cast, although what role she is playing has yet to be confirmed.

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The Simpsons is perhaps the most popular animated television show to hit primetime. The show was created by Matt Groening. At first The Simpsons were little shorts on the Tracey Ullman Show. They first appeared in 1987. The small sketches were such a hit that in 1988 Fox picked up the show for a series to be released for the 1989 season. Since then The Simpsons have been warming households each week.

This year for Halloween if you want to be one of The Simpsons characters you certainly have plenty of options. There are Bart Simpson costumes, Homer costumes, even Snowball II costumes. But for a truly great costume consider Marge Simpson costumes.

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Mayhem ensues as parents’ all over the United States get ready for Halloween. Each and every parent has their investigative hat on to figure out what Halloween costumes are needed for their infant to toddler aged children. With only eight weeks to go, it is a scramble to find the “purrfect” ferocious lion or cuddly bear. Notes are being furiously scribbled in their notebooks as parents make decisions, reject others, and plan out the entire evening of gathering candy, visiting friends, and showing off their bundles of joy.

But what are they choosing? What costumes are making the cut for this year’s Halloween? Is it the same popular costumes of the years before or something less main stream? Stay tuned as we go over the sensational, the edible, and the furry picks of the season.

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Each May the season finales are offered to us, much of the shows leave us with little hooks to increase our anticipation for Fall Sweeps. For the television fanatic now is the time to prepare for the upcoming fall shows with costumes. Whether you watch NCIS or Heroes costumes can be found for almost any show. Added to the shows we have been anticipating the return for, are going to be new shows.

For those who might not know here are a few of the shows which will be returning to the line up: House, Dancing with the Stars, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Chuck, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Gary Unmarried, America’s Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance, Grey’s Anatomy. Other shows returning include Survivor, CSI, Supernatural, Bones, Fringe, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Supernanny, Ugly Betty, Ghost Whisper, and Medium. These are just some of the shows you can pull costumes from to get ready for the new season. There are also new shows that might catch your interest like Vampire Diaries, Community, Trauma, Cougar Town, Melrose Place, and Three Rivers.

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Last season’s musical episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is making its rounds to live stages across the county beginning in New York and ending at Los Angeles’ Palladium. The episode in which goofball Charlie pens a rock opera based on his characters of “The Dayman” and “The Nightman” starring his friends has now inspired the cast of the FX network comedy to take the show on the road, performing the musical episode live.

Coinciding with the show’s fifth season premiere on Thursday September 17th, 2009, “The Nightman Cometh” will be playing at Philadelphia’s Tower Theatre. While no previews of the show have been given to the public, the episode enough is incentive enough for fans of the series to check out the musical. The prospect of hearing the show’s cast including Philadelphia native, Rob McElhenny, who plays Mac (and who is also one of the show’s creators and writers), his real-life wife and co-star Caitlyn Olson who plays Sweet Dee, and Danny DeVito among others sing such songs as “You Gotta Pay the Troll Toll” and “Day Man” and its reprise is enough to pry fans away from their television sets.

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First reported by our friends at TrueBloodNet, a really cool barbarian warrior costume from True Blood, check it out.

We’ll try to report more of these really cool costume displays from Comic-Con 09 on CostumZee. Stay tuned.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for comic book and fantasy/horror/sci-fi movie geeks! The San Diego Comic-Con once again saw devotees of all fandoms converge upon the West coast convention with cameras, comics, and costumes in-tow. For four days, July 22-26, SDCC boasts stars and exclusive unveilings of movies and posters for upcoming films that fans are on pins and needles waiting to sneek a peek at.

Among some of the luminaries in attendence, signing autographs and speaking at fan Q&A panels about their upcoming projects included Johnny Depp, Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, and Robert Downey, Jr.

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Television commercials are going to great lengths to create identifiable characters to help sell their products, making viewers/consumers feel comfortable with their product pitchers. For the first time since the ’80s where you had such recognizable commercial characters like Mr. Whipple (the “Don’t Squeeze the Charmin” guy), Madge the Palmolive lady, Budweiser non-spokesdog Spuds Mackenzie, and Dunkin’ Donuts “Time to Make the Donuts” guy, television commercials have some very familiar faces.

Currently, several commercial characters are just as widely recognized as actors on the television shows that they advertise with. Insurance companies lead the pack with the most well-known characters, including the ever-so-polite Geico Gecko, the misunderstood Cavemen, and of course, Flo the Progressive Insurance Peddler, with her never-ending optimism!

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This past week, noted film actor David Carradine passed away in Bangkok at the age of 72 while filming While the circumstances surrounding Carradine’s death are still unknown, the star’s passing was certainly tragic.

A member of the famed Carradine family of actors, his father was John Carradine who starred in many films, horror movies, and as also Herman Munster’s boss, mortuary owner Mr. Gateman on The Munsters. His brothers included Keith, Robert, and Bruce Carradine.

Throughout his career, David Carradine was known for playing a wide variety of roles. The role that brought him the most fame, however, was as Kwai Chang Kane (known as “Grasshopper”) on the ’70s television series, Kung Fu.

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And out come the claws! In a battle for tabloid cover for supremacy, ferociously fertile matriarchs, Nadya Suleman (AKA – Octomom) and Kate Gosselin of John and Kate Plus Eight have been taking pot shots at one another. Earlier in the year, Kate Gosselin remarked how Octomom has no clue what she’s in for with raising eight kids (in addition to the other six Suleman had before popping out the fabled octet) and accused her of seeking attention. In return, Suleman has pretty much returned the fire, noting that Gosselin was the pot calling the kettle black.

Additionally, they’ve both criticized one another for their plastic surgeries — Octomom’s Angelina Jolie-fication and Kate’s obvious tummy tuck enabling her to prance around in a bikini with a new, higher belly button.

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