Stories tagged with "sci fi"
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'Star Wars’ concert coming to Conseco
Darth Vader, stormtroopers and several other characters from the “Star Wars” franchise invaded Conseco Fieldhouse this morning to promote “Star Wars: In Concert.” The multimedia...
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After 'District 9,' acting is no longer alien to Sharlto Copley
Nothing about Sharlto Copley suggests he'd emerge as an action hero.He has an Everyman look and an affable personality. He once held a gun on someone in real life, but only to...
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'Avatar' trailer debuts online to mixed response
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Social networking sites are abuzz over an online trailer for Avatar, a day before more than 15 minutes of James Cameron's anticipated 3-D sci-fi adventure...
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'Avatar' site crashes as fans seek free tickets
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans seeking free tickets to a sneak-peek at the 3-D sci-fi adventure Avatar have crashed the website for the upcoming James Cameron film.Visitors to the...
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'Complex' road to game world when designer, author team up
Occasionally, a book such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy serves as source material for a video game. In turn, games such as Halo and World of Warcraft spawn books.An...
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Wandering 'Time Traveler's Wife' gets stuck in Dullsville
The Time Traveler's Wife is a slog rather than the sweeping romance it aspires to be.Meant to be grand in the irresistibly starry-eyed vein of 1980's Somewhere in Time or 1990's...
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ABC plans an aggressive programming push this fall
PASADENA, Calif. — You can't accuse ABC of playing it safe.The network is launching seven series early this fall, including four family comedies back-to-back Wednesdays. (An...
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Sad eyes peer dreamily through 'Cold Souls'
Some of the best movies feel like vivid dreams. As it turns out, the surrealistic Cold Souls did originate as a dream, one that writer/director Sophie Barthes had after watching...
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In parkas, armor, 'G.I. Joe' team is hot on the trail of terrorists
It's 105 degrees in the ice cave.If the frost-blasted walls and stalactites were real instead of a massive styrofoam set for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, this sweltering cavern...
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'G.I. Joe' had better be ready to fight against bad buzz
G.I. Joe is going into battle already wounded.Inspired by Hasbro's 1980s sci-fi soldier toy line, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra had aspirations of a Transformers-style big-screen...
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Bam! Pow! Ginormous Comic-Con is a wrap until next year
SAN DIEGO — Denzel Washington knew the moment he stepped through the doors of his first Comic-Con that this is unlike other festivals."People are actually having fun," said...
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E-mail Robert Bianco at rbianco@usatoday.com•There's great news for fans of BBC America's excellent import Torchwood and for anyone who likes good science fiction....
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BBC's 'Torchwood' invasion continues in 'Children of Earth'
"We are coming."A mysterious alien race issues this creepy warning on Monday night's five-episode return of Torchwood (BBC America, 9 ET/PT). And while an extraterrestrial invasion...
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E-mail Robert Bianco at rbianco@usatoday.comCan't anyone make a good bad movie anymore?It's not as if we fans of fun-but-awful flicks are a demanding bunch, particularly...
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'Transformers' hits $300M mark in 14 days
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has reached another Hollywood milestone.The sci-fi blockbuster shot past the $300 million mark domestically on Tuesday...
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Oscars to boost best-picture nominees from 5 to 10
LOS ANGELES — The Oscars will be doubling down on the best-picture race. Ten movies will compete for the top prize instead of the usual five, which has Hollywood feeling Oscar...
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'Moon': Moments of gravity in deep space
Ground Control to Major Duncan: You've really made the grade.Moon, a superb first feature directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son) and starring an impressive Sam Rockwell, is...
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Where's the potential in fall TV?
Tell me something good. That seems to be the request for TV fans when it comes to the network's new fall schedules: What's coming that will be worth watching? This year, luckily,...
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'Hannah Montana' makes beautiful music at the box office
Maybe Miley Cyrus should change her stage name from Hannah Montana to Hannah Hollywood.The 16-year-old singer scored another No. 1 film at the box office with Hannah Montana: The...
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'Monsters' takes tips from vintage villains
It's the invasion of the B-movie references.If more than a few of the sights and sounds that leap off the screen feel familiar in No. 1 movie Monsters vs. Aliens, that's because...
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BUDA Lounge :: Indianapolis by Brooke-Randolph
Located on Mass Ave. in Indianpapolis, BUDA Lounge is a great atmosphere for friends to gather and experience a unique martini menu and thoug…
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YouTube - Backstage with Bob Dylan by Chris Vannoy
We take a brief glimpse into the life of the humblest American songwriter of all-time.
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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by caralyn
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Yelp: An extortion racket? by Chris Vannoy
Bad link, actual story’s here: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/yelp_and_the_business_of_extortion_2_0/Content?oid=927491 Essentially…
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I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle by Chris Vannoy
All about the pitfalls and how-to of broadcasting your location 24-7.
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