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Vote NOW on Inductees to the Museum of Pop Culture’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

by Jason Bennett May 11, 2020

written by Jason Bennett

MAKE YOUR VOTE NOW FOR WHO AND WHAT WILL BE INDUCTED INTO MoPOP’S SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY HALL OF FAME

You are invited to vote for the next creators and creations to be inducted into the Museum of Pop Culture’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame! In the poll, running now through May 27, 2020, individuals are instructed to select one creator and one creation. The top two nominees from each category that received the most votes will be included in the next class of the nonprofit museum’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame exhibition invites visitors to explore the lives and legacies of the current inductees through interpretive films, interactive kiosks, and more than 30 artifacts, including Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from George Lucas’ The Empire Strikes Back, the Staff of Ra headpiece from Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, author Isaac Asimov’s typewriter, and more.

Founded in 1996, the Hall of Fame was relocated from the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to its permanent home at MoPOP in 2004. The inductees are nominated by the public and a panel of award-winning science fiction and fantasy authors, artists, editors, publishers, and film professionals.

CAST YOUR VOTE HERE!

Voting ends Wednesday, May 27, 2020!

About the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)

Now in its 20th year, MoPOP is a leading-edge nonprofit museum in Seattle, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary pop culture. With a mission to make creative expression a life-changing force by offering experiences that inspire and connect our communities, MoPOP reaches multigenerational audiences through our collections, exhibitions, educational programs and community partnerships. At MoPOP, artists, audiences, and ideas converge, bringing understanding, interpretation, and scholarship to the pop culture of our time. For more information, visit MoPOP.org.

May 11, 2020 0 comment

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Hot Rod ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper WWE Legend Dies at Age 61 from Cardiac Arrest!

by Manny Popoca July 31, 2015

written by Manny Popoca

WWE Wrestling legend and infamous B-Movie actor “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61…

Reports that Canadian born Piper (Roderick George Toombs) has passed away from cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood on Thursday night. He was discovered on Friday. This just adds to the already alarming list of impressive names from 80’s/90’s wrestlers lost at a young age.

A family member told TMZ,

“Our family is saddened by the sudden passing of our father and beloved husband, Roderick Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper.”

Piper was an iconic ‘bad guy’ wrestler during the 80’s rise of fame for the WWE (then WWF) franchise. Along with mainstay names like Hulk Hogan, Junk Yard Dog, Andre the Giant, Macho Man Randy Savage and Sgt. Slaughter, they all revolutionized wrestling into the TV conglomerate it is today. Roddy began in the early ’80s, and even wrestled in “Wrestlemania I” back in 1985 … squaring off against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T.

Who else could get away with wearing a kilt, having a finishing ‘Sleeper Hold’ and an ever so sneaky trademark move of his ‘Eye Poke’. And who can forget Roddy hitting ‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka in the head with a coconut on television in July 1984. Piper headlined several major pay-per-view events; he participated in the main events of WrestleMania I and WrestleMania X

Returned to the WWE at Wrestlemania 19 in March 2003 to help Vince McMahon attempt to beat Hulk Hogan. This was surprising to most as Roddy and Vince are not each other’s biggest fans (both on-air and in real life). Piper began hosting his interview segment “Piper’s Pit” again and worked for the WWE until July 2003. Piper had a long relationship with WWE — last wrestling back in 2008 … but appeared on various WWE shows up until 2014.

He appeared in some of the live-action segments of the cartoon series “Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling” (1985-198?). Professional wrestler-turned-actor. Most famous for his B-Movie roles, Piper also starred in the 1988 John Carpenter film, They Live. Piper played a drifter turned savior of the human race after discovering a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see the world’s elite for what they truly are, money hungry aliens with a new-world-order-like agenda. That same year, he starred in the film Hell Comes to Frogtown. He also guest-starred in an episode in the second season of the Highlander TV series. He appeared as Mr. Thurgood in the low-budget film The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens in 2008 and its sequel Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes in 2010. On October 29, 2009, Piper appeared as pro-wrestler named “Da’ Maniac” on Season 5 Ep 7 (“The Gang Wrestles for the Troops”) of the sitcom It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and reprised this role in Season 9 Ep 4. In June 2013, Piper appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap, where he swapped wives with Ric Flair.

The only downside to Rowdy Roddy Piper’s wrestling career is that he has never won a world championship and is likely the most famous professional wrestler never to do so. Though he was a former World Tag Team Champion. Roddy was admitted into the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2005 and was one of the top 50 villains in the history of the WWE .

In 2007, Piper became the second pro-wrestler, the other being Sgt. Slaughter, to have their likeness crafted in a G.I. Joe figure. According to his filecard, he is a trainer for Destro‘s Iron Grenadiers.

Roddy is survived by his wife Kitty and their 4 kids — including 3 daughters. One daughter is an actress Ariel Teal Toombs and his son is MMA Fighter Colt Toombs.

Source) TMZ Sports

July 31, 2015 0 comment

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WWE Removes Any Association with Hulk Hogan Over Recent Scandals!

by Manny Popoca July 24, 2015

written by Manny Popoca

In one of the biggest pop culture news to hit in recent years, it is reported that the WWE association is cutting off all ties with former Hall of Fame wrestling legend Terry “Hulk Hogan” Gene Bollea. I grew up a huge Hulkamania fan so this is quite the disturbing circumstance that I had to dig more into the story. This is what PopcultHQ has been able to dig up.

Multiple outlets are reporting that late Thursday night Hulk Hogan (61) could no longer be found on WWE.com, even in the Hall of Fame section. Along with all Hulk merchandise, he was also no longer listed in WWE’s online store.

Internet rumors are speculating that a past interview audio with the former HOF wrestler recanting a story while using the N* word was the cause. It was not. The real issue came up with reports from National Enquirer (who I loath to use as a source, but has been confirmed) of a racially insensitive rant over his daughter Brooke Hogan at the tail-end of his 2012 sex tape. That sort of speculation of action alone can cause much trouble with entertainers as was also seen with cooking legend Paula Dean. But It would seem that speculation alone is just not enough to drop such a legend from the WWE ranks.

Past audio interview thought to cause the dropping of Hulk Hogan is not the root cause.

http://youtu.be/f20Z-iGVoP0

Dylan Howard and Lachlan Cartwright of The National Enquirer Reported Hogan went on a racially insensitive tirade to then-lover Heather Clem regarding his daughter Brooke (WARNING: Comments contain NSFW language many my find offensive):

“She is making some real bad decisions now,” Hulk said, sources continued. “My daughter Brooke jumped sides on me. I spent $2-3 million on her music career, I’ve done everything like a jack*** for her.”

“The one option Brooke had, Brooke’s career besides me, is [to] sell beach records.”

At that point on the tape, the former “Hogan Knows Best” star bemoaned how a “black billionaire guy” had offered to fund her music career.

Hogan continued his tirade, (per Howard and Cartwright:)

“I don’t know if Brooke was f*cking the black guy’s son,”

According to sources, Hogan said:

“I mean, I’d rather if she was going to f*ck some n*gger, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n*gger worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player!

“I mean, I don’t have double standards. I mean, I am a racist, to a point, f*cking n*ggers. But then when it comes to nice people and sh*t, and whatever.”

“I guess we’re all a little racist.

[…]

Fucking n*gger.”

That was the straw that broke the camel’s back as far as WWE is concerned. As reported by ESPN Darren Rovell;

But it also seems that there is more to the story then just that audio that has forced Linda and Vince McMahon to do the unthinkable. Rumors are rampant that there is more racial audio from the WWE star vs. another WWE star The Rock. Here are the Twitter posts by Marc Lamont Hill, who is following the story closely. He is also a pop culture follower and reporter that has proven credentials in the field.

Before all the news started dribbling out, Hulk Hogan tried to prepare himself for the major fallout to come with this tweet.

Hogan provided an apology in an exclusive with People.com:

“Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it.”

“This is not who I am. I believe very strongly that every person in the world is important and should not be treated differently based on race, gender, orientation, religious beliefs or otherwise. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs.”

If any more official news is released PopcultHQ will be all over it. We do not like to do rumor and speculation articles but this one has been corroborated with other sources to get the most detailed current information to our readers.

Hulk Hogan began his career in wrestling in 1977 and in 1979 joined the little known WWE (then known as WWF) company owned by Vince McMahon. Hogan has gone on to win the WWE Championship multiple times in some very legendary battles. Hogan then began his movie career and also started a reality series in the late 2000’s with his former wife and their kids. In 2012 a sex tape was going to be released till Hogan’s lawyers put a stop to that.

July 24, 2015 0 comment

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G.I. Joe Movies Dissed A Real American Hero! Sgt. Slaughter! #C2E2 Interview!

by Manny Popoca April 28, 2015

written by Manny Popoca

Sgt. Slaughter

To many fans of the classic 1980’s G.I. Joe toy line and cartoons from Hasbro it was the one we grew up with and knew. The toys later turned into an animated half-hour cartoon on TV and grew so popular with young boys that it would later spawn a vast marketing empire. An empire that lasted nearly two full decades with a plethora of memorable characters that are basically etched in Americana Pop Culture History. Only to return to great fame with the live-action films staring Channing Tattum and The Rock.

There was one character, one of the most dominating figures to actually cross the fourth wall well before the current modern movies came to be. With the G.I. Joe franchise that crossed over to the American pop culture a phenomenon emerges in a way that had never been seen or done ever since! That most iconic figure is the one and only Sgt. Slaughter. The only real life entity that crossed mortal and animated barriers by becoming one of the most famous G.I. Joe’s characters in its beloved history and also an actual real life Hall of Fame superstar wrestler for the WWE (than known as WWF in my childhood – but later sued over the name rights). There was no interviews given at C2E2 to many, if at all any, media by Sgt. Slaughter but after speaking with the great Hall of Fame legend about how I wanted to confirm a role I thought he actually had in the G.I. Joe 2 movie ‘Retaliations’………..that is how the interview started.

My very brief interview with Sgt. Slaughter ‘A Real American Hero’ at c2E2 2015

Manny – “I know there are a lot of wrestlers here but I only want to talk to one, that is you Mr. Slaughter. What I would like to interview about is his cameo in the G.I. Joe movie?” (Me speaking to Sgt. Slaughter and his agent/handler)

Person – “He was not in the G.I. Joe movies!”

Manny – “Really?! Because there is someone in the second film (Retaliations) who looks to be just like him. In the second half off the film in Bruce Willis house, there is a guy that you can clearly see and they speak to him for one brief millisecond. This man looks just like you (me directing the question to Sgt. Slaughter) with the chin the cool stare, I swear I thought it was you Mr. Slaughter. He was also seen again very quickly on a bridge strapping a bomb to the back of a Hiss Tank. I even looked it up on IMDB and for a time it even had you listed in the credits but still uncredited?!”

Person – “Where you in the movie?” (He now directs his question to Sgt. Slaughter as well)

Sgt. Slaughter – “No……that was supposed to be me”

Manny – “They just used your likeness?”

Sgt. Slaughter – “No……Bruce Willis character was supposed to be based on me”

Manny – “REALLY?!”

Sgt. Slaughter – “I was actually taken out of the first one”

Manny – “Hold on……you’re saying you were actually IN the first G.I. Joe movie?!”

Sgt. Slaughter – “Yes. I was supposed to be in the movie itself but I was taken out of it I guess”

Manny – “Does that not PISS YOU OFF?! I mean really?! You were such a huge intricate part of the whole Joe lore in the mid 80’s. You were the only iconic human to ever crossover in such a huge way to help the toy line and comic books with Slaughter’s Marauders and your persona!”

Sgt. Slaughter – “It was not my happiest moment” (still calm cool and collective with arms crossed the entire questioning)

Manny – “Well that’s just Hollywood for you I guess…..Wow! I cannot believe they left you on the cutting room floor! I’m actually kind of pissed to know this now! I grew up with tremendous respect for you Mr. Slaughter. As like many of your fans who come up to you here over the weekend and tell you. I too grew up watching your wrestling greatness with my Father. My Father has since passed away in 2004 and he never got to see me turn into the celebrity blogger I am now. I mean for me to be here and getting to meet you and talk to you………I’m sure my Dad’s looking down now and is really proud I have come this far.”

Sgt. Slaughter – “Thank you so much for that. Sad to hear about your Dad but I’m happy to hear about your current success.”

I paid to have a lasting memory for the rest of my life with Sgt. Slaughter as anyone can do with the legend at any Con he appears. We did the pose picture with Sgt. Slaughter showing off his famous WWE HOF ring. Then Slaughter quickly (as he could) grabs me from the side tossing my arms in the air and snaps me into his most famous wrestling move the ‘Cobra Clutch’ and says aloud……”This one’s for his Dad, let’s make him proud!”

I thanked Mr. Slaughter for the amazing time and talk. I asked for his permission to use what he told me about the G.I. Joe movies on my website here on PopcultHQ.com and he kindly said “yes.” I cannot THANK Sgt. Slaughter enough for a memory that will last in my feels bank till the day I die. This article and interview is in dedication to my Father, I miss you Pops and our wrestling watching days……..

I think this story of Slaughter out of the Joe movies might have been brought up once long before over some legal rights, but for me, it cannot be brought up nearly enough! If anyone from Hasbro or Paramount Pictures reads this article be warned by the faithful G.I. Joe legions of geeks! If the real Sgt. Slaughter and his Marauders are not in G.I. Joe 3…..there is going to be hell to pay MAGGOT!!

April 28, 2015 1 comment