Big Apple Music Scene — Concept art sketches from a making-of book reveal that the Dark Knight Rises costume designers had several different looks in mind for Tom Hardy's character Bane—most of them inspired by the original comic book character. More » Post from: Crushab... more info

Metalsucks — Not gonna lie: as a Guns N’ Roses nerd, a Batman nerd, and a Chris Nolan nerd, I got unreasonably excited when I heard about “Remember Bane,” Overthinking It‘s Dark Knight Rises-themed parody of “November Rain.” Alas, it’s not really... more info

Time — They thought he was part of the show. When James Holmes stepped through an exit door into the Century 9 auditorium showing The Dark Knight Rises Thursday night, the audience members nearby took him for one of those fans who arrive a multiplex dressed... more info

Metalsucks — THE FACEOFF The Dark Knight Rises opened at midnight, and it’s an all-but-guaranteed blockbuster. The fourth real Batman movie1 represents an epic showdown between two powerhouse forces: not Batman and Bane, its two main characters. And not the bi... more info

ContactMusic — British actor Tom Hardy hit out at a reporter at the London premiere of The Dark Knight Rises after failing to understand his questions The Inception star plays musclebound villain Bane in the latest installment of the Batman franchise and took to th... more info

Perez Hilton — To call Rush Limbaugh's most recent controversial comment berserk is an understatement — it's batsh*t cray cray! And quite literally too. The conservative radio host went out on a limb on Tuesday and implied that Christopher Nolan decided to inclu... more info

ContactMusic — Was it just coincidence that the villain in The Dark Knight Rises has the same name as Mitt Romneys investment firm The former may be spelled B-A-N-E and the latter B-A-I-N but theyre pronounced the same leading conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh... more info

Starpulse — Joseph Gordon-Levitt sounds more like the villain Bane in his new film The Dark Knight Rises when he talks about the future of Hollywood. The star, featured on the cover and in an interview for th... more info

ContactMusic — Among arrivals at New York City's 'The Dark Knight Rises' premiere were stars Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy; Oldman with jazz singer wife Alexandra Edenborough and Hardy with 'Easy Virtue' actress and wife Charlotte Riley. Former 'American Idol' contesta... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Watching Bane break out of an airplane mid-flight, set to Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," makes The Dark Knight Rises suddenly look a hell of a lot more exciting. And now I find myself actually, maybe looking forward to Anne Hathaway as Catwoman? More �... more info