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Lucy Lawlesss most famous roles have taken her to different eras of history. As Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess, she starred in a comedic interprettion of Greek mythology. Now on TVs Spartacus, shes in an ultra-violent depiction of Roman gladiators. Her character, Lucretia, runs a gladiator school with her husband Batiatus (John Hannah).

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is a prequel to...
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The ultimate Community fan encounter might be to be a guest on Troy and Abed in the Morning at Greendale Community College. Ill settle for evening empanadas with Danny Pudi. At NBCs party for the Television Critics Association, I found Pudi mingling early in the night. We found a corner table to sit at for an interview, and grabbed the hors doeuvres that...
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Over the past five years, Austin rockers And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead have broken from Interscope, put out a series of increasingly challenging and complex albums, and started operating under their own imprint, Richter Scale Records. It's been a tough ride for Trail of Dead, but it's led them to their new LP, Tao of the Dead, which came together...
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Cherie Priest is one of those writers who became an overnight success after more than a decade of hard work. She has two book series going on right now. Her new book is Bloodshot, an urban fantasy novel featuring an obsessive compulsive vampire thief nicknamed Chesire Red who has an ex-Navy SEAL Cuban drag queen sidekick. Its a great, fun read with a very different...
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Adam Warren has spent a large part of his career known as a manga-influenced comics artist. Nowadays thats a meaningless term as comics, illustration and fine art have absorbed influences from Japan and elsewhere, but when Warren began his career in the late 1980s, it was very different. The Dirty Pair was based on a book series that Warren turned into comics series published by...
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A supporting character could easily slip into the background on a show like Fringe, but Jasika Nicole makes sure that doesnt happen. She plays Astrid Farnsworth, lab assistant to Walter Bishop (John Noble). Shes there whenever Walter is explaining the crazy science of the week, and she serves as a trusted confidante for the eccentric scientist.

If you havent been following Fringe, heres...
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For some of us, Felicia Day will always be Penny from Dr. Horribles Sing-along-Blog, but that isnt because shes resting on her laurels. Shes an actor who starred in the recent Syfy channel movie Red, guest starred in the Epitaph One and Epitaph Two episodes of Dollhouse and will be appearing in the second half of the current season of Eureka on the Syfy channel...
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Jen Wang first surfaced crafting short comics that appeared online and in the Flight anthologies, but her debut graphic novel Koko Be Good is the first work of hers that most people will have encountered. Its a beautifully illustrated book that centers around three characters, each of whom is tackling in their own way, what it means to be good.

Wang, who graduated from San...
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