James Gandolfini, a prolific actor best known as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos but also for key, memorable roles in True Romance and Where the Wild Things Are has passed away in Italy. Early reports say the 51-year-old, who was beginning work on a new series called Criminal Justice, suffered a sudden heart attack ... Discuss

You probably know Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal as the first movie to give you an honest nightmare, but it could also be your ticket to fame, as the Jim Henson Company is on the market for someone to write a prequel to the 1987 cult classic. Just head over to darkcrystal.com, enter the contest and start writing—whoever pens the winning prequel gets $10,000 (which sounds like a lot, until you start thinking about how much money most people who write prequels probably make) Discuss

There's been a lot of talk about all the Christological parallels in Man of Steel and, if you've seen it, you know the filmmakers embraced the metaphor whole-heartedly. But the Man of Steel marketing team was even more enthusiastic about it, going so far as to pay Craig Detweiler at Pepperdine University to write a sermon called "Jesus: the Original Superhero" that pastors could use. On the one hand, sure. The parallels are certainly there (we at RELEVANT certainly didn't ignore them) and they should be discussed from the pulpit. On the other hand, having a sermon written at the request of a film's marketing campaign is raising some eyebrows. What do you think? ... Discuss

What started as a small rally in San Paulo to protest a government hike on bus fares has turned into a large movement in Brazil, with The New York Times reporting some 100,000 protesters in Rio de Janeiro who gathered to condemn what they view as nationwide corruption amongst politicians and police forces. There is evidence of police harming peaceful protesters and citizens overturning cars, but not all the gatherings have been violent. Still, this image, of police pepper-spraying an unarmed woman, by herself, in an otherwise deserted area, is going viral and sparking outrage ... Discuss

George Zimmer, the founder of Men's Wearhouse and sayer of "You'll like the way you look, I guarantee it" has been kicked to the curb of the company he started 40 years ago, and nobody's quite sure why. The company's board of directors had very little to say on the matter, other than that it "expects to discuss with Mr. Zimmer the extent, if any, and terms of his ongoing relationship with the Company." According to the LA Times, this is all coming on the heels of a fairly strong first quarter ... Discuss