Top Posts of the Week – Batman and Catwoman still dominate the Top 10

The real life Batman pulled over in his Lamborghini certainly got everyone’s attention, as did a new round of photos released from The Dark  Knight Rises.  But overall, Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway, Batman and Catwoman, Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are still the overwhelmingly popular keywords.  Bane and Tom Hardy made a showing, although interest seems to wane after the push of a photo is over.  A pity Arkham City didn’t understand that also rans like Marion Cotillard and Gary Oldman never make it into the top 50.

1. Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne / Batman in The Dark Knight Rises
2. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
3. Batman and Catwoman in full costume on the set of The Dark Knight Rises
4. The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
5. Arkham City Epic Fail on Catwoman Costume
6. Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
7. The Dark Knight Rises Catwoman – New Promo Pic
8. Christian Bale said Anne Hathaway had the hardest job as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
9. Catwoman should be sexy, not practical. Anne Hathaway is Catwoman, Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises
10. Batman of Maryland’s Batmobile Bust A Real Hero | NPR

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Top Posts of the Week: Batman finally on top of Catwoman, just in time for Valentine’s Day

Fine, call us sexists.  We at the Gotham Trending office try to remain impartial but we are men, and seeing Catwoman, Anne Hathaway and Selina Kyle beating Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale and Batman week after week for the top spot in his own movie, we can’t help it.  We can’t help but root for the underdog and we can’t help but cheer now that Bruce/Christian/Dark Knight has finally won the day.

1. Profile: Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises
2. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
3. The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
4. Christian Bale said Anne Hathaway had the hardest job as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
5. Arkham City Epic Fail on Catwoman Costume
6. The Dark Knight Rises: New Poster and a menu on Official Website
7. Arkham City Portraits of Riddler
8. Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
9. Batman at Comic Con: First look at Joker, Batmobile from Hot Toys Batman ’89 Collection
10. First peak at the Dark Knight Rises Batmobile
11. Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!
12. Batman Merch: Joker Tshirt of the Day

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Top Posts of the Week: Dark Knight Rises Prologue: Leaked, Plugged, Re-Leaked in script form, plus Christian Bale in China

It takes a lot to push Anne Hathaway in a see-through blouse out of the top three.  It takes an awful lot to displace some composition of Anne, Selina Kyle, Catwoman and the word “sexy” in the top google searches.  The quadruple cocktail of the Operation Early Bird viral screenings of The Dark Knight Rises Prologue, the video being leaked online and pulled down, the script being leaked so we could find out what the heck Bane was saying, and the movie’s star getting roughed up by Chinese police on his way to see a political dissident, that did it.  She’s down to fifth.

Better luck next week, Anne.

1. Script pages from The Dark Knight Rises “leaked” (Not exactly, but they’re letting us know what Bane was saying)
2. TDKR star Christian Bale roughed up in China | CNN
3. The Dark Knight Rises Prologue: Leaked and Plugged
4. The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
5. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
6. Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne / Batman in The Dark Knight Rises
7. The Dark Knight Rises Location Photos: Batman/Batsuit #TDKR
8. Arkham City gets it all wrong: Edward Nygma
9. Hot New Location Photos: Not Bruce and Selina this time. It’s Batman and Catwoman IN FULL COSTUME (or is it?)
10. The Dark Knight Rises Gotham Stadium Video
11. Dr. Leonid Pavel: The Curtain Rises on The Dark Knight Rises Viral
12. Set Photos: The Dark Knight Rises Selina Kyle/Catwoman Stunt Fight

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Top Posts of the Week: Arkham City steals TDKR spotlight but at what cost?

Arkham City’s took the top spot from The Dark Knight Rises this week, but Warner Bros. probably wishes it didn’t.  Back in May, the game got off to a terrible start with Catwoman, offending fans with a costume that was instantly proclaimed an “Epic Fail.” It was portent, because the revelation with the games release that Catwoman is a downloadable add on with little contact with Batman or impact on the main story has many fans crying Bait and Switch, and googling ‘bait and switch’ in conjunction with various arkham-related keywords.

1. Why I’m passing on Arkham City
2. New Set Photos from The Dark Knight Rises: Christian Bale/Bruce Wayne looking very Wall Street 
3. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
4. At long last: There will be Alternative Catwoman Costumes (skins) in Arkham City
5. Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!
6. Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
7. Bruce Wayne’s latest hot ride: The Lamborghini Aventador
8. Batman and Catwoman in full costume on the set of The Dark Knight Rises
9. Batman Merch: Riddler Converse
10. Arkham City Epic Fail on Catwoman Costume

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Top Posts of the week: Arkham City release, Catwoman costume and skins hold the top spots as TDKR has a quiet week

Filming for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises has upstaged most Batman news in recent months, even when it’s not doing anything set photos from the location shooting in Pittsburgh, of Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman or Tom Hardy’s Bane continue, Bruce Wayne’s Lamborghini and Batman’s Batmobile to generate interest even when there is no fresh news.  But this past week, the news of Arkham City’s Catwoman coming with downloadable skins, a frenzy of searches as to how to acquire and apply them, and the release of Catwoman #2, the second issue of DC Comics heart-stoppingly sexy rebooted Catwoman comic have all but shut TDKR out of the Top tier of net activity.

1. Why I’m passing on Arkham City
2. At long last: There will be Alternative Catwoman Costumes (skins) in Arkham City
3. DC Reboot Catwoman #1 – Wrong costume is a warning sign to fans but characterization sounds like an improvement
4. Arkham City Preorder Perk: Batman Costume skins – UK ONLY
5. Batman: Arkham City the Riddler
6. Arkham City Portraits of Riddler, Two-Face, Penguin
7. Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
8. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
9. The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane

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Top Posts of the Week: Arkham City finally breaks The Dark Knight Rises hold of The Top 10

With the release of Batman: Arkham City only days away, the eagerly anticipated sequel to Rocksteady’s popular Arkham Asylum has finally put a dent in The Dark Knight Rises domination of the Internet and Social Network buzz.  A set video of  Bruce Wayne arriving at a party still held the #1 slot, but it is Christian Bale/Bruce Wayne and he is driving the Lamborghini.  The granting of Catwoman fans’ great wish that the playable feline fatale will have alternative costumes (skins) unlockable within the game seems to have tipped the balance.  So the week belongs to Nolan’s TDKR, sexy Catwoman in the person of Anne Hathaway and in the reboot comic, and to Arkham City.  Other Batman news need not apply.  Sorry NYCC.

1. SET VIDEO: Bruce Wayne and that new Lambo arriving at a party in Dark Knight Rises
2. Arkham City Preorder Perk: Batman Costume skins – UK ONLY
3. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
4. DC Reboot Catwoman #1 – Wrong costume is a warning sign to fans but characterization sounds like an improvement
5. Bane Mask, Other Batman Items coming up for sale in Movie Memorabilia Auction
6. Hot New Location Photos: Not Bruce and Selina this time. It’s Batman and Catwoman IN FULL COSTUME (or is it?)
7. Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!
8. At long last: There will be Alternative Catwoman Costumes (skins) in Arkham City
9. Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
10. Inside Wayne Manor | Treasure Hunt on Osterley Mansion’s cinematic double life

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Top Posts of the Week: Catwoman steals the top spot again

We knew when fans found contemporary beauties inadequate  and had to go back to Hepburn to describe the “style, presence and patrician elegance” of Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle in those last photos from The Dark Knight Rises set, that it was going to be another week where we’d need two lists, one for the Catwoman material and one for the rest of the Batman universe.  We didn’t even figure on DC Comics relaunched Catwoman #1 making good on its promise to restore the sex appeal to our favorite feline.

1. Selina Kyle is “Very Hepburn”
2. Catwoman #1 not apologizing for sexy
3. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
4. Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
5. DC Reboot Catwoman #1 – Wrong costume is a warning sign to fans but characterization sounds like an improvement

Now, as much as we love Catwoman, if we could focus your attention on just a few minutes on the man in the Bat costume and the world around him, which gives the Catwoman stuff a reason to exist.

1. The cure for TDKR Location Photo Fatigue: Batman!
2. TDK writer Jonathan Nolan’s new series PERSON OF INTEREST premieres tonight on CBS | Interview
3. Bane Mask, Other Batman Items coming up for sale in Movie Memorabilia Auction
4. Best Dark Knight Rises Location Photo Ever: Illegally Parked Badpod
5. Bruce Wayne’s latest hot ride: The Lamborghini Aventador
6. The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
7. The Dark Knight Rises Location Photos: Batman/Batsuit #TDKR
8. Batman Merch: Riddler Converse
9. You can’t make any money with Batman: How Batman Almost Never Left the Bat Cave
10. Why I’m passing on Arkham City

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There is no question what the draw of The Dark Knight Rises production is: Bruce and Selina.  The set photos of Los Angeles location filming with Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne and Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle jumped to the top of the week’s most popular posts despite being released very late in the week.  We haven’t seen a Thursday or Friday post make the Top 10 this way since the video of Bale and Hathaway as Bruce and Selina on the steps of Wayne Manor.

1. Location Photos from The Dark Knight Rises: Hathaway/Selina turning heads
2. Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
3. Christian Bale in the Batsuit: Best Batman Action Figure Ever
4. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
5. DC Reboot Catwoman #1 – Wrong costume is a warning sign to fans but characterization sounds like an improvement
6. Catwoman goggles the symbol of bad costuming in comic book movies?
7. The cure for TDKR Location Photo Fatigue: Batman!
8. Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!
9. Why Doesn’t Batman Kill? | Comics Alliance
10. Arkham City Epic Fail on Catwoman Costume

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3 reasons to be very excited at the thought of Anne Hathaway playing Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.| Blogcritics

Fans may have rejected the lackluster outfit Anne Hathaway wore in the first official picture released from Warner Brothers in a plain zip up biker jumpsuit and goggles that we all hope is not supposed to be the Catwoman costume.   Hathaway’s attempts to defend the awful look just fed the fire, but when she falls back on simply being herself, she is winning major kudos from Batman and Catwoman superfans:

Most of us made the acquaintance of the beautiful 28-year-old actress waaay back in 2001 when she starred opposite Julie Andrews in The Princess Diaries.  At the time, Anne told Access Hollywood, “a lot of questions that I used to get asked were, ‘So, every girl when she grows up wants to be a princess, did you want to be a princess when you grew you?’ And I so wish I’d said what I felt back then, because the truth was, ‘No, I wanted to be Catwoman!’ And now I am… That dream came true, for sure.”

That’s it.  Game.  Set.  Match.

She wanted to be Catwoman.  The way some little girls dream of fairy tale castles, handsome princes, white weddings and My Little Pony (not necessarily in that order), some of us dreamed of being Catwoman.  When modern comics have gone off the rails, it’s because they forgot that core truth: we want to be these characters.  Look, up in the sky, it’s Superman!  You’re a kid, you’re small, you’re weak.  Imagine being able to fly!  Imagine being strong enough to pick up a train and hurl it like a javelin!  We grow up wanting to be these characters.

Ms. Hathaway has clearly not forgotten.  “That dream came true, for sure.”  So far, so good.

Now obviously there is only so much an actress can do if the material misses the mark.  Back when Tim Burton was making Batman Returns, Sean Young was clearly in touch with her childhood dream to be Catwoman.  Her stunts to get Burton’s attention got her a ‘crazy actress’ label and no role, but there is perhaps a better insight into the desire we girls have to become that powerful and sexy feline fatale than there is in what actually hit the screen.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Burton’s movies at the time, but his Gotham is, by his own admission “a freak show” and his Batman and Catwoman are the very much product of that era’s comics: damaged freaks that no sane person would want to be.  His Catwoman’s power, like so much what comes out of the comics origins, is not a natural part of the woman animal.  Selina isn’t simply beautiful and sexy and smart and strong because she is born that way.  As if beautiful, witty and savvy women don’t occur in nature, her amazing power to make the Dark Knight… rise must be explained with an origin.  It is, invariably, a reaction against oppression, exploitation, or abuse.

We’re getting back to Anne in a minute, I promise.

How exactly does a smart, sexy, witty and talented woman react when she’s been misrepresented in the press? When she is not a damaged psycho that can only snarl and hiss, when she has a sense of humor and a playful instinct for mischief? In Cat-Tales, Selina uses her celebrity as Catwoman to mount an off-Broadway show and uses that spotlight to call out the tabloids about the lies they tell about Batman, about Catwoman, and what really goes on in Gotham after dark.
It’s not exactly the same, but Anne Hathaway recently appeared on Conan and vented her frustrations with the paparazzi – seriously – in a rap in the style of Lil’ Wayne.

That’s… Selina!

That’s my Selina. I don’t know what Messers Nolan, Nolan, and Goyer have written for her, but that woman could play the Selina Kyle of Cat-Tales without bothering to act.
Back when the casting was first announced, Christopher Nolan said when we see the movie in 2112, we will understand why Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy are perf…

Oh wait, I said three reasons, didn’t I?

Sexy. DC Comics is relaunching their universe today and the writer of their new Catwoman comic apparently used the word “sexy” 40 times in an interview. That shouldn’t surprise anyone outside of the comics world. Catwoman = sexy. Everybody knows that. And let’s face it, what we’ve seen of the zip-up biker chick outfit isn’t. But everything we have seen of Ms Hathaway exudes that confidence and good humor, that energy and vivacity that is the essence of sex appeal. I don’t know about still photos, but seeing her interviews of the past few weeks, I think the lady can be sexy wearing sack cloth.
So, Christopher Nolan said when we see the movie in 2112, we will understand why Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy are perfect casting as Catwoman and Bane. In the former case, he is 11 months ahead of schedule.

via Blogcritics

Top posts of the week: DC Comics Relaunch gets traction with Times Square Johns, Lee event

For weeks, DC Comics and Arkham City have been striving in vain to break The Dark Knight Rises’s stranglehold on trending topics.  Rebooting their entire universe was not enough to get DC Comics noticed, but the company heads Geoff Johns and Jim Lee appearing at a Times Square comic shop where lucky shoppers can purchase the #1 issues of the relaunched titles has finally done what mere YouTube ads for the relaunch could not: broke into the Top 10 of Batman-related news.

1. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
2. The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
3. Jim Lee and Geoff Johns in NY Times Square for a New 52 Event August 30th
4. DC Reboot Catwoman #1 – Wrong costume is a warning sign to fans but characterization sounds like an improvement
5. The Dark Knight Rises Location Photos: Batman/Batsuit #TDKR
6. Batman at Comic Con: First look at Joker, Batmobile from Hot Toys Batman ’89 Collection
7. Bane Mask, Other Batman Items coming up for sale in Movie Memorabilia Auction
8. Overheard on the Social Networks: That’s not Catwoman, it’s Anne Hathaway in fugly sunglasses
9. Batman Merch: Riddler Converse
10. Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!

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Top posts of the week: Hathaway Hathaway Hathaway Hathaway…

No one can be surprised that Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle and Catwoman owned the past week on the Internet. The only question was which specific story would draw the most interest. Was it to be the first picture of her as Selina Kyle in the Dark Knight Rises?   The fake picture based on it?   Hathaway’s comments on the fan rejection of the goggled un-catwoman costume from the Red Carpet of the One Day premiere? Or the Catwoman stunt-gone-wrong totalling the million dollar IMAX camera on the Pittsburgh set?  None of the above.  It was, not surprisingly, a few very sexy photos of her in a see-through blouse at a movie premiere a few months ago.   This reporter understands the appeal, but is disappointed that “More Anne Hathaway on the set as Selina Kyle #TDKR” didn’t surpass it.  True, her nipples aren’t visible in the Selina Kyle photo, true the word “sexy” is not in the subjectline.  But it is the most beautiful woman this reporter has ever seen.  I am not ashamed to say, I fell in love on the spot.

1. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
2. The Real and Fake Official Catwoman pic from The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Dark Knight Rises Location Photos: Batman/Bane Fight
4. DC Reboot Catwoman #1 – Wrong costume is a warning sign to fans but characterization sounds like an improvement
5. Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises) looking sexier than ever as Marie Claire Cover Girl
6. Action Shot of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle on the set of The Dark Knight Rises
7. Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!
8. Anne Hathaway says you ain’t see nothing yet on her Catwoman Costume!
9. The Dark Knight Rises Location Photos: Batman/Batsuit #TDKR
10. TMZ exclusive video: Catwoman Totals IMAX Camera

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Ask Men lists their top 5 Catwomen. You’ll never guess who is number 1!

From Askmen.com…

When it was announced that Anne Hathaway would play Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s Batman flick, we had our doubts. Today, the first picture of Hathaway as the sexy villainess was released, and our doubts have (been) validated. Call us old-fashioned, but it’s our firm belief that Catwoman doesn’t need an apocalyptic Harley, space-aged Oakleys or the let’s-put-red-lipstick-on-her-because-red-lips-are-sexy cliche. No, Catwoman’s rolling Rs, bodysuit and vulnerability were plenty sexy — and we’re sure Adam West would agree.

So, in the name of preserving the fantasy that is Catwoman for men the world over, we urge you to block Hathaway’s image out of your mind, and surrender to these top five sultry Catwoman…

Start with Number 5…

Top posts of the week: Anne Hathaway and Catwoman, Sexy and Sexier. Also someone shooting a movie in Pittsburgh.

Not surprising really: the word was sexy.  The combination of the words Catwoman and sexy at Comic Con, Anne Hathaway and sexy in her Marie Claire photos, sexier still working a red carpet in a see-through blouse, dominated the week’s blog posts, social media and searches, even knocking photos and spoiler video from The Dark Knight Rises location shooting in Pittsburgh out of the top spots.  First look at Bane in full costume: not on the list.  First Look at Marion Cotillard on set as Miranda Tate: not on the list. Batman/Bane fight #9.  Bale in the Batsuit, #4.

1. Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises) looking sexier than ever as Marie Claire Cover Girl
2. Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
3. The Dark Knight Rises Location Video: POTENTIAL SPOILER PART II #TDKR
4. The Dark Knight Rises Batmobile spotted in Pittsburgh
5. Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!
6. The Dark Knight Rises Location Photos: Batman/Batsuit #TDKR
7. Best Dark Knight Rises Location Photo Ever: Illegally Parked Badpod
8. Bane Mask, Other Batman Items coming up for sale in Movie Memorabilia Auction
9. The Dark Knight Rises Location Photos: Batman/Bane Fight
10. DC Reboot Catwoman #1 – Wrong costume is a warning sign to fans but characterization sounds like an improvement

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