MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic

Friends, times are tough these days, but there is one thing in which we can all take solace: the new season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is underway on the Hub after last week's third season premiere. And this week, we're getting an all new episode that tackles the hot-button issue of Pony Cloning...

TV: An hour-long animated adaptation of Joshua Williamson and Vicente Navarrete's all-ages Dear Dracula from Image will debut on October 16 on Cartoon Network as part the channel's "Spooky Specials" Halloween programming. Gaming: Registration has opened for the Marvel Heroes MMO, with select fans eligible for Closed Beta access...

Humor: Grickle artist Graham Annable imagines a more adult Finn and Jake's embarassment in "Awkward Time." TV: Jerry Springer has managed to offend Bronies by with a recent casting call for his show, leading to fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic to band together against appearing on programs that may wish to ridicule their fandom...

If I had to guess, I'd say that the Venn diagram of adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and people who have at least some passing familiarity with the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game has an overlap somewhere in the neighborhood of 100%...

The world may just have gotten its head around the existence of Bronies, but following the successful revival of My Little Pony, the next ironic/totally unironic-gender-appropriation-of-a-nostalgic-toy-brand is already being dreamt up by Hasbro and its television subsidiary, the Hub...

MC Chris released a tune paying homage to The Hub's My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on April 1, but the NSFW jam named after show villain "Discord" is no mere April Fool's Day joke. Feeding off all the fan frenzy epitomized by bronies and other fans, the character-focused song alternates between breakneck verses, a poppy hook rivaling the singalongs of Matt & Kim, and a very meta

TV: BBC America has posted the first official photo of actress Jenna-Louise Coleman in her role as the next (but still unnamed) Doctor Who companion set to debut this Christmas. From what I can tell, she seems to like sweaters. Museums: The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will host an exhibit of rare MAD Magazine art from Harvey Kurtzman, Sergio Aragones, Dave Berg, Tom Richmond, Sam Viviano,

Toys: In Icons' $100 1/6th scale Steve Jobs action figure may be too eerie for your toy shelf. Movies: A rumored new audio mix may make Bane easier to understand in The Dark Knight Rises. Anime: Bandai Entertainment is ceasing production of its North American releases, which means new Gundam could be lost to us for some time...

I don't want to blow anybody's mind here, but apparently My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the cartoon about talking ponies that bake cupcakes, fight dragons and use unicorn magic to find gemstones may not be scientifically accurate. It's a pretty shocking revelation, I know, but YouTube user Beatledude64 -- alias Stephen Magnet -- has the math to back it up...