Source: Fox SciTech News LOS ANGELES — The chance of a football field-sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, scientists said Friday after analyzing archival data. Though still a long shot, some researchers are hoping for a cosmic smash. "I think it'll be cool," said Don Yeomans, who heads [...]
Letterman's Return Guarantees Big Audience
December 31, 2007 By Leave a Comment
If you had a choice between staying up and watching the unpredictable madness of Robin Williams or the...yawn...of Governor Mike Hucklebee, which channel would you tune in? Robin Williams will be David Letterman's first guest upon the return of his "Late Show" on CBS this coming Wednesday (Jan. 2) while Leno will have the Presidential [...]
More Potter On the Way?
December 31, 2007 By 6 Comments
Author and creator of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, 42 told the London Daily Mail that an eighth Potter book is not out of the question. The biggest reason for a possible return of the famous boy wizard comes from Rowling's 14-year old daughter Jessica. The author hinted that she has been getting some [...]
Say Bye, Bye To Netscape
December 31, 2007 By 2 Comments
One of the pioneers of internet browsing is preparing to ride off into the sunset. According to PC World AOL will discontinue development and active support for the Netscape browser. Netscape was the original mass-market Web browser. AOL will keep delivering security patches for the current version of Netscape until February 1, 2008. However, the [...]
Pine Talks Star Trek
December 31, 2007 By 1 Comment
The young actor now sitting in the center seat once held by the iconic William Shatner, sat in the interview chair for Hollywood Today and talked Trek. Pine is starring as the legendary James T. Kirk for the 11th film in the famous Star Trek franchise. “It’s a ‘Batman Begins,’" stated Pine. "You get the [...]
Two DVD's To Consider
December 31, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The new year will begin with the release of two DVD's to seriously consider for your collection. The first on the list is Jet Li's "War." Co-starring Jason Statham, this East meets West action film from Lionsgate pits the two action superstars against one another with a backdrop of rival gang wars and an FBI [...]
One Final Farewell
December 31, 2007 By 5 Comments
This has been another year that has seen the loss of many great and talented people throughout the SF/fantasy/horror and genre-related entertainment industry. As 2007 comes to a close we bid them all a final farewell in this memorium. Joe Murphy - Podcaster, reviewer and good friend Dick Wilson (Charmin's Mr. Whipple) Verity Lambert (1st [...]
Little Change in Weekend Box Office
December 31, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This weekend's box office winners changed little from last weekend. "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" continued its hold on the top spot with Will Smith's "I Am Legend" moving to the third slot. The surprise has to be "Alvin and the Chipmunks" which looks to be in second after a 3-week total of nearly $143 [...]
Slice of SciFi Poll For Week Beginning December 30, 2007
December 30, 2007 By 19 Comments
Read More…A Slice of SciFi Interview With SGA's Joe Mallozzi
December 29, 2007 By 15 Comments
Joe Mallozzi is the executive producer and a writer for the popular series "Stargate: Atlantis." This Vancouver, British Columbia resident was also a prominent writer for Atlantis' parent show, "Stargate: SG-1," the longest running U.S. sci-fi program in television history. Mallozzi was one of the writer's responsible for SG-1's highly praised and fan-popular episode, "Window [...]
The Orphanage -- A Movie Pulse Review
December 29, 2007 By 1 Comment
Genre: Art/Foreign, Suspense/Horror and Thriller Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min. Release Date: October 11, 2007 (Spain), December 28th, 2007 (Limited) MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing content. Directed By: Juan Antonio Bayona Starring: Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla "Few cinematic moments rival The Orphanage for sheer terror" Bone chilling [...]
Slice of SciFi #141 Best of 2007 News Stories
December 29, 2007 By 9 Comments
The Best of: 12 Top Stories from 2007 Summer, Mike, Brian and Tim recorded this episode LIVE in the studio presenting the Best of 2007 news stories that Sam and his entire international news team brought to the show over the past year. For the last 12 months we have done literally hundreds of stories [...]
Wal*Mart Shuts Down Online Movie Service
December 29, 2007 By 1 Comment
Just as Steve Jobs and his Apple iTunes is gearing up with its new online movie service Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began dismantling its own online video download service after only a year in business. On Thursday of this week the giant retailer closed own its download site after Hewlett Packard stopped the technology used to [...]
Letterman and WGA Reach Accord
December 29, 2007 By 7 Comments
David Letterman and the leadership of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have reached a landmark agreement that will allow the King of Late Night to open his doors to his entire writing staff. This paves the way for Dave to be able to return with all new shows next week in head to head [...]
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