Pop Culture Roundup April 19, 2007

Via BoingBoing: The engine pulling the Disneyland railroad is now burning biodiesel.

For Disneyland, the switch to biodiesel saves as much as 150,000 gallons of diesel fuel each year, while potentially reducing carbon dioxide emissions by up to 80 percent, Disneyland Resort spokesman Bob Tucker said Monday.

Good on them. It's a small, global warming-threatened world, after all.

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U2's Bono and the Edge have signed on to write a "Spider-Man" musical. I doubt it could be this good.

The musicians will be working with the show's producers to create a soundtrack for the webbed crusader's Broadway debut, with rehearsals to begin later this summer.

Julie Taynor will be directing the show and previously adapted the Lion King for the stage with impressive results.


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The third season of "Doctor Who" is doing splendidly on British TV.

The current Doctor Who series is the third most popular TV show in Britain with an audience share of 40%, representing more than 8 million viewers.

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Countering reports that he'll be the voice of Galactus in the upcoming "Fantastic Four" film, Laurence Fishburne actually will be the voice of the Silver Surfer.

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How could you not look at the Greatest Aquaman Collection in the World?

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