Comic book movies have steadily crept into mainstream media, and with the addition of some extremely popular fantasy-based television shows like "Lost" and "Heroes," the strange and unfamiliar are becoming more widely accepted.

ShowBusiness – The Road to Broadway intimately follows four high-profile musicals that would eventually become Tony Award nominees: the adult-oriented comic paean to Sesame Street, Avenue Q, the glam-rock Boy George autobiography Taboo, the Wizard of Oz-inspired Wicked & the powerful and socially conscious Caroline or Change.

Scottish actor Alan Cumming is encouraging people to take more interest in the world around them. The outspoken X-Men star is disgusted by the prevalence of political apathy, and urges his fans to stand up and be counted in global affairs.

In celebration of June’s Gay Pride Month, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will present Screened Out: Gay Images in Film, a month-long, on-air film presentation of the varied concepts, stereotypes and imagery of gays & lesbians as represented in classic Hollywood cinema.

Comedian and actress Margaret Cho is happy to be experiencing a creative resurgence. In addition to her busy tour schedule, Cho also maintains an award winning blog, has taken up bellydancing, and recently started hosting her own variety show, The Sensuous Woman.

Irish pop star Ronan Keating is hoping his new fragrance range will raise a huge sum for the cancer charity he set up in his mother's memory. All proceeds from sales perfume Hope By Ronan and male scent Believe By Ronan will go to the Marie Keating Foundation, founded after Keating's mother Marie died in 1998.

Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss has joined the star-studded cast of SCI FI Channel's upcoming six-hour miniseries Tin Man (working title). He joins Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming in this wildly re-imagined fantasy take on Frank Baum's classic book, "The Wizard of Oz." Slated to begin production next month in Vancouver, the miniseries will premiere this December.

Zooey Deschanel has been cast as the lead in SCI FI Channel's upcoming six-hour miniseries 'Tin Man' (working title) from RHI Entertainment. The wildly re-imagined fantasy take on Frank Baum's classic book, The Wizard of Oz, is slated to begin production next month in Vancouver and will premiere in December.

Valentine's Day is approaching and it's time to pucker up [for the camera]! The buzz is Gray Matters has the sexiest, steamiest screen kiss we've seen in years. Think you can beat it? If you think you have the best kiss – better than the one between Gray (Heather Graham) and Charlie (Bridget Moynahan) in Gray Matters – then prove it and enter the Show Us Your Best Kiss

Happy Birthday to tennis pro Marat Safin (1980), English rapper Tricky (1968), Faith No More signer Mike Patton (1968), X-Men actor Alan Cumming (1965), actress Bridget Fonda (1964), Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers (1957), actress and former Mrs. Cruise Mimi Rogers (1956), Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason (1944), "Six Feet Under" actor James Cromwell (1940), American actor Troy Donahue (1936; d. 2001), Actress Donna Reed (1921; d. 1986), "Alice In Wonderland" author Lewis Carroll (1832; 1898), and Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756; d. 1791).