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Dr. Phil Plait comes at science blogging with some heavy credentials, having actually worked on the Hubble Space Telescope and, to a lesser extent, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) programs. His blog, Bad Astronomy, began life as an outlet for his frustration at the misuses and misunderstandings of astronomy in popular culture, but soon became a venue for his advocacy of all things science-based....
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Camilla dErrico burst onto the comics scene earlier this decade and doesnt seem to have slept since. Its not just that she worked on comics like Burn, Make 5 Wishes, Mightmares and Fairy Tales, The Sky Pirates of Neo Terra, and her own Tanpopo, though thats certainly a full time career in itself. dErrico has been an artistic dynamo, moving from one form and one...
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At this years Sundance Film Festival, there were two films in which a religious fundamentalist threatened the lives of gay or gay sympathetic characters. Kevin Smiths Red State got the most attention with a full on religious protest out side the screening. However, The Ledge also explored a similar idea. In The Ledge, Gavin (Charlie Hunnam) crosses paths with his neighbor Joe...
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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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