New clip from “Heroes” to be shown on ‘The Tonight Show’ December 28, 2006 7:48 pm
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From NBC:
Golden Globe nominee and star of NBC’s Golden Globe nominated drama “Heroes,” Masi Oka, will be stopping by “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on January 3. Fans of the hit series won’t have to wait until it returns on Monday, January 22 (9-10:00 pm EST/PST) to get a glimpse into the future as Oka bends time by bringing an exclusive clip from episode 12: “Godsend.”
So “Heroes” fans be sure to set your Tivo’s/DVR’s/VCR’s, whatever it is you use, to get an advanced clip from a future episode of the hit NBC series.
Battlestar Galactica to be made into a RPG December 28, 2006 4:26 am
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Battlestar Galactica, the hit Sci-Fi/Drama currently airing on Sci Fi Channel, will be made into a RPG (Role Playing Game) according to a report on the Gaming Report website.
Margaret Weis Productions has reached an agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to create role playing products based on the series.
“When we established our company we made the commitment to produce character- and story-focused role playing games using the best source material we could find,” says Margaret Weis, New York Times best-selling author and game publisher. “Battlestar Galactica is the kind of science fiction that we do best, where the drama and characters are more important than the guns and the gadgets. The very survival of the human race is at stake in the series and exploring the story possibilities in the setting can make for some very exciting games.”
The game book will be set in space, just like the series, and focus on the same challenges of survival that face the Galactica fleet every day, including the hard choices they are forced to make.
Follow the link to the source below for more details on the project.
Source: [GamingReport] — Margaret Weis Productions Officially Announces Battlestar Galactica RPG
Ugly Betty marathon set for countdown to 2007 December 28, 2006 4:13 am
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ABC Family will be running an all-day marathon of the ABC hit show Ugly Betty on New Year’s Eve.
Starting off at 9:00 AM ET/PT, the network will air all 11 episodes of the series with the last episode airing from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.
The series has been a ratings hit for ABC this season, proving a strong Thursday night lead-in for Grey’s Anatomy.
16.32Ugly Betty premiered with a 10.8/17 rating (16.32M viewers) and has averaged 13.20M viewers this season thus far.
Fox to stream BCS games on the web December 28, 2006 4:02 am
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Beginning this past Thursday, Fox will be streaming college football bowl games and preview shows on a few Web sites.
The network also has the rights to the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic (not part of the BCS bowl games) which they will stream on New Year’s Day. This will mark the first time a major college bowl game has been streamed online.
Users will be able to download full games, shortened versions and previews/highlights of the Cotton Bowl, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, the FedEx Orange Bowl, the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the Tostitos BCS National Championship game.
Web sites participating in the venture included FoxSports.com, Fox Interactive, Apple iTunes and AOL Video. Pricing for the content will be $1.99 for game previews (which became available today) and $2.99 for full-length games which will be available to download within 24 hours of the end of the game.
Bravo acquires “Taxicab Confessions” December 28, 2006 3:55 am
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Bravo has made a deal with HBO and aquired nine episodes of the documentary/drama series Taxicab Confessions.
The series will make its basic-cable premiere this Friday with three back-to-back episodes, followed by a New Year’s Eve marathon and then a brand new original episode on Sunday.
SAG Awards nominees to be announced January 4th December 28, 2006 3:53 am
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The nominees for the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be revealed at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles early morning on January 4th.
The nominees will be announced by SAG president Alan Rosenberg who will be joined on stage by Sandra Oh and Elijah Wood, both of whom won SAG awards for their respective work in Grey’s Anatomy and Lord of the Rings.
Those interesting in watching the nominees being announced can watch the telecast live on TNT and E! and check back in on January 28th when the awards are presented to their winners live on TNT and TBS from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
Spike Lee to direct feature film on James Brown December 28, 2006 3:45 am
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Spike Lee has signed on to direct a feature film for Paramount and Imagine Entertainment which will chronicle the life of James Brown, Variety reported.
The film will be produced by Brian Grazer and will head towards production sometime late next year or early 2008.
Source: [Variety] — Brown biopic in the works
New trailer out for 2nd Fantastic Four movie December 28, 2006 3:37 am
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A trailer has been released for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The movie will be hitting theaters June 15, 2007.
You can check out the trailer at the Apple Quicktime site here.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! December 25, 2006 1:00 am
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I want to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and Holiday season.
I will be back to updating the site on Tuesday. See you back then!
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, December 21, 2006 December 23, 2006 1:50 am
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CBS takes Thursday night in all main categories. A repeat of ‘CSI’ claims the top spot and “Identity” shows some improvement.
Top DVD Sales for the week ending December 17th December 22, 2006 1:02 am
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Showing just how strong a title it is, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest held off eight new releases this past week to stay atop the DVD charts for a second consecutive week.
Nintendo Announces VC releases for Christmas Day December 21, 2006 11:57 pm
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The Virtual Console is a part of the Nintendo Wii videogame system that allows users to download, for a fee, classic video games from past Nintendo systems (Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64) and former competitors Sega Genesis and Turbografx-16.
The VC currently has a catalog of over 30 games to download which range in price from 500 Wii points for NES games (100 Wii points = $1 U.S.) , 600 Wii points for Turbografx-16 games, 800 Wii points for Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games and 1,000 Wii points for Nintendo 64 games.
Nintendo has been adding to the console every Monday and this Christmas morning will be no different as the console is set to get an additional 5 games: Super Mario Bros. (NES), Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (SNES), Super Castlevania IV (SNES), Toe Jam & Earl (GEN) and R-TYPE (TG-16).
All games will cost 800 Wii points, with the exception of Super Mario Bros. which will sell for 500 Wii points.
Nintendo has also let slip that the following Monday (New Years morning) they will be releasing Baseball (NES) and Urban Fighting at 500 (NES) Wii points each.
Burger King Xbox games enjoy strong sales December 21, 2006 11:49 pm
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According to a statement from Microsoft, more than 2 million of the Burger King-related Xbox 360/Xbox games have been sold in just four weeks since their November 19th launch in North America.
The three games (developed by Blitz), “Pocketbike Racer”, “Big Bumpin” and “Sneak King” cost only $3.99 with the purchase of a BK Value Meal at the U.S. food chain.
Russ Klein, president of global marketing, strategy and innovation for Burger King had the following to say:”We created the BK Xbox games as a unique form of all-family interactive entertainment, and we’re thrilled with the response thus far. Most video games are considered a blockbuster when they reach the 1 million mark in sales, and this collection has achieved twice that.”
Wii Browser Live in Europe and Australia; U.S. Friday [UPDATE] December 21, 2006 11:23 pm
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The Wii Browser (powered by Opera) for the Nintendo Wii (currently in beta) has gone live in a few regions such as Europe and Australia.
It will go active in the U.S. Friday and the download will be free of charge. A final version of the Opera Browser for the Internet Channel is expected by March 2007. It will continue to be free of use until June, when it will cost users 500 Wii points (100 Wii points = $1).
UPDATE: The Internet Channel (browser) is now active in the U.S. I’m actually typing this on my Nintendo Wii right now.
First of two Stargate SG-1 movies set to begin filming April, 15 December 21, 2006 8:53 pm
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According to an interview he gave to IGN.com, Michael Shanks announced that the first of two Stargate SG-1 films will begin filming April 15, 2007, while the second will start shooting June 1.
The first movie will follow the current 10th season Ori storyline, and the second one will involve time travel.
The entire cast is signed up for both movies.
Movie 1 will be executive produced and written by Robert C. Cooper (who will also direct it), while the second movie will be executive produced by Brad Wright and directed by Martin Wood.
Head on over to IGN.com to check out more details and read the full interview with Michael Shanks.
Source: [tv.ign.com] — IGN Interviews Michael Shanks
Voice cast of TMNT released December 21, 2006 8:05 pm
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USA Today reported that Sarah Michell Gellar, Zhang Ziyi, Chris Evans and filmmaker-actor Kevin Smith along with Patrick Stewart have all been cast in the CGI movie.
Ziyi will voice “Karai”, leader of the evil Foot Ninjas, Gellar will voice April, Evans Casey Jones, while Smith will make a cameo as “a greasy-spoon chef”.
Patrick Stewart will voice the villian of the movie: Max Winters, an industrialist who is amassing an army of monsters in the city.
The turtles will be not voiced by celebrities.
Source: [USA Today] — Slow to return, teen Turtles are back!
New trailers released for “Transformers”, “Ocean’s 13” and “Grindhouse” December 21, 2006 5:30 pm
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You can check out the new trailer for “Transformers” (set for release July 4, 2007) at Yahoo! Movies here.
And the trailer for “Oceans 13” (set for release June 8, 2007) is available to watch at AOL’s Moviefone site here.
There is also a new trailer posted over at Yahoo! for the Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez film “Grindhouse”. You can check that out here.
J.K.Rowling reveals title of final “Harry Potter” book December 21, 2006 5:03 pm
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The seventh and final “Harry Potter” novel, will be titled “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.
Scholastic, Rowling’s U.S. publisher, announced the name in a brief statement this morning. No other details (whether that be plot or publication date) have been released.
If they wish, fans can head on over to J.K. Rowling’s official website (jkrowling.com) to play a game of hangman to reveal the name.
Click the eraser in the middle of the website to be taken to an image which shows a window, a door and a mirror.
In the mirror, click on the doorknob at the end of a hall. A Christmas tree will appear.
Click the center of the door (near the top) in the middle of the image and a wreath will appear.
Click the mirror (near the top) and a garland will appear.
Click a cobweb (either at the top right above the light switch, or towards the bottom right, just under the window sill). The cobwebs will disappear.
Next click the second chime to the right, which will turn into a key.
Click and drag the chime (which will turn into a key) and move it to the keyslot on the door.
The door will then open.
Open the Christmas gift and click the envelope inside.
Play Harry Potter hangman to discover the title of the book! (Play the game by just typing a letter with your keyboard.)
CBS makes scheduling changes on Monday nights December 21, 2006 4:52 pm
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Setting way for its new midseason comedy “Rules of Engagement”, CBS has decided to tweak their schedule around, moving two of their current.
‘Rules’ will premiere February 5, 2007 at 9:30 PM. The timeslot is currently occupied by “The New Adventures of Old Christine” which will stay on the same evening but be moved to the 8:30 PM timeslot after “How I Met Your Mother”. ‘Old Christine’ will air its last episode in its current timeslot on January 29th and return March 12th in its new slot.
The move will be made possible because “The Class” will have its season finale March 5th.
Also included in the schedule change is “The King of Queens” which is in its final season. In order to give the show a proper sendoff, its remaining episodes (starting April 9th) will air on Monday at 9:30 PM after “Two and a Half Men”.
All times are eastern.
“These scheduling moves enable us to program more original episodes of comedy in targeted time periods for the remainder of the season,” said CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler. “It also provides an opportunity to give The King of Queens a proper send-off in a high-profile time period in the Monday-night block it helped build.”
CBS Monday Line-Up (Febuary 5 to March 5)
8:00 PM – “How I Met Your Mother”
8:30 PM – “The Class”
9:00 PM – “Two and a Half Men”
9:30 PM – “Rules of Engagement” (Series Premiere)
10:00 PM – “CSI: Miami”
CBS Monday Line-Up (March 12 to April 2)
8:00 PM – “How I Met Your Mother”
8:30 PM – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (Time Period Premiere)
9:00 PM – “Two and a Half Men”
9:30 PM – “Rules of Engagement”
10:00 PM – “CSI: Miami”
CBS Monday Line-Up (April 9)
8:00 PM – “How I Met Your Mother”
8:30 PM – “The New Adventures of Old Christine”
9:00 PM – “Two and a Half Men”
9:30 PM – “The King of Queens” (Time Period Premiere)
10:00 PM – “CSI: Miami”
“Rocky Balboa” has strong opening day December 21, 2006 4:32 pm
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“Rocky Balboa”, the sixth and final movie in the ‘Rocky’ franchise, earned an estimated $6.2-$6.4M from 2,752 theaters on Wednesday.
The film will add more theaters on Friday (expanding to 3,017) as it tries its hand at taking the box office crown over the weekend.
Analyists are expecting “Rocky” to place somewhere in the top three, possibly being surpassed this weekend by the “Night At The Museum” (opening Friday) and “The Pursuit of Happyness”.
But a third place finish would not be considered a poor showing for the movie, as its budget stayed fairly low at around $24M.
Word of mouth also appears to be strong as audiences (77% at RT), and critics, are saying the movie is better than expectations.
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