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NCsoft, Cryptic Studios and Top Cow Productions have announced a new CoH comic book series, featuring the celebrated writer Mark Waid (X-Men, Kingdom Come, JLA, etc.,) and artist David Nakayama (Proximity Effect). The new series will launch in May and CoH players will continue to receive the new book as part of their subscription. [...]

A tidbit of information on the rumoured Sandcrawler has surfaced on Eurobricks, including word that the set will come with ten mini-figs of six droids (RD-D2, another astromech (R5-D4?), C-3PO and three brick-built droids), three Jawas, and an unknown male mini-fig. The caterpillar system will use predominantly Technic tread links instead of rubber ones. Discuss [...]

AP - The boxing saga “Million Dollar Baby” was the Academy Awards heavyweight Sunday, claiming best picture and three other trophies, including honors for director Clint Eastwood, lead actress Hilary Swank and supporting actor Morgan Freeman.
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In December, there were reports that Steven Beck was going to direct a big screen adaptation of the popular sci-fi TV series Babylon 5 starting in April. The movie, titled The Memory of Shadows , was intended for theatrical release and was written by series creator J. Michael Straczynski.
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Here’s a fake one for you. But it’s an interesting fake one. It won’t fit on any media shelf that we’ve ever seen,
and we all know Gates wants the thing to slip right into the den. This thing wouldn’t even slip right in at a disco. In
the off-chance that it actually IS the [...]

AP - Just hours before selection of a jury to decide his molestation case, Michael Jackson was relaxed enough to ask about buying some sketches of himself from a courtroom artist. With opening arguments set to begin Monday in a trial that could put Jackson in prison and destroy a career he has worked his [...]

AP - The wine-country ramble “Sideways” dominated Saturday’s Independent Spirit Awards, winning best picture and five other prizes, including acting honors for Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen and Thomas Haden Church.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hit animated movie “Shrek 2″ may have beaten its rivals at box offices in 2004, but when it comes to the Oscar competition for the year’s best animated feature film, “The Incredibles” looks just plain incredible.
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ATI Technologies showcased on Thursday its first graphics card with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, especially noticing that the design challenge about the actual board was not that serious. Still, it is yet unclear whether and when such products are projected to emerge in retail. “I wouldn’t think this would be a substantial rework, certainly not [...]

Microsoft has given notice to Service Pack 2 laggards that “time is running out.” A notice is now emblazoned on a Knowledge Base article for a tool that temporarily blocks the delivery of SP2, reminding customers that the impending April 12 deadline is approaching. At that point, the service pack will be delivered to all [...]