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According to Variety, Mel Harris, the exec who was an innovator in firstrun syndication and the homevideo biz during his 25-year run in the top ranks at Paramount and Sony Pictures Entertainment, died of cancer Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 65. Harris was known as a champion of new technologies and new markets in a biz that has often been slow to embrace change. He helped modernize the firstrun syndie biz by harnessing satellite distribution to deliver "Entertainment Tonight" to affiliates on a timely basis, and he spearheaded the studio's 1987 revival of Star Trek in the form of The Next Generation, a high-end syndie production.
Sep 06 | TNG star Patrick Stewart will appear at a Stephen Fry/Joanna Lumley-hosted star-studded tribute to the James Bond creator. The Story Of James Bond - A Tribute To Ian Fleming will be held at the London Palladium Theatre on October 5, 2008 to mark the final event in the Ian Fleming Centenary year. The evening will also star Roger Moore, Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Joely Richardson, Toby Stephens, David Suchet and Harriet Walter. A 60-piece orchestra will accompany the performers and there will be a sneak preview clip of the new Bond film Quantum Of Solace starring Daniel Craig. The evening is being held in aid of the British Heart Foundation. For tickets, which begin at £25, call 0844 4124657 or Buy Tickets Here
Sep 04 | Star Trek's George Takei will narrate The Lord of the Rings in an appearance with the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra on April 4, 2009 at 8 p.m.Tickets, priced at $10, $20, $34, $46 and $57, go on sale Monday, Sept. 8. (The ticket price includes free parking). Half price tickets for youths ages 4 - 17 are available and a group sales discount of 25 percent on the purchase of 10 or more tickets.The performance will take place at the 2,600-seat Symphony Hall in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. The orchestra, under the direction of Kevin Rhodes, will also play music from science fiction and fantasy films that Saturday evening.
For the box office, call (413) 733-2291 or online at
www.springfieldsymphony.org/ Thanks to Ray Kelly for the tip.
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By GustavoLeao / 07:32, 22 July 2008 / General Genre/SciFi
Comics Continuum posted the first photos of Caprica, the upcoming TV Pilot prequel to Battlestar Galactica.
The Sci Fi Channel TV Pilot stars Eric Stoltz as Daniel Graystone, Esai Morales as Joseph Adama, Paula Malcolmson as Amanda Graystone and Sina Najafi as the young William Adama.
Larger versions of the photos and more info (beware of spoilers) can be found at Comics Continuum.
UPDATE : The first trailer of Caprica, showing the first footage for the TV Pilot, can be found at Los Angeles Time.
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For some reason, it makes me think of Ghost in the Shell. You know this show is gonna be exploring what it means to be human, and perhaps even deal a little bit with the "Technological Singularity".
I can't wait.
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Scientists discover the world that exists;
engineers create the world that never was.
-Theodore von Kármán
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Amazing cast. Great writers. Slick photography. What more could I ask for? :)
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The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on
my skin. But as the embers of the summer lost their
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