The Seahawks rolled through the NFC with a No. 1 seed and two easy playoff wins, so why are they the underdogs? Having plowed through the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 seeds in the AFC, the Steelers combine a hard-nosed defense with a suddenly unstoppable offense, Pete Prisco says.
Underworld: Evolution drew a sanguine estimated $27.6 million, Brokeback Mountain surged, and the Christian-fueled End of the Spear was a cut above The New World…
An anonymous reader writes ScieceDaily is reporting that researchers at Ohio State University may have identified a new and unusual tumor suppression gene that could effect cancers of the lung, head, and neck. From the article: “The gene, known as TCF21, is silenced in tumor cells through a chemical change known as DNA methylation, a process that is potentially reversible. The findings might therefore lead to new strategies for the treatment and early detection of lung cancer, a disease that killed an estimated 163,510 Americans in 2005. The study could also lead to a better understanding of the molecular changes that occur in tumor cells during lung-cancer progression.”
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a couple new pics from X3 courtesy of our humble and kind spy “Ur A Loser.” I haven’t seen these pop up anywhere else, yet, so this may be super special story! Anyway, you get a full look at Juggernaut’s front… which is a little worrying. I’m hoping they’ll touch up those muscle suit wrinkles with CG before the film hit
Mia Maestro, who plays Sydney Bristow’s half-sister Nadia on ABC’s spy series Alias, told SCI FI Wire that her ailing character will finally get a chance to crawl out of bed as the show winds up its run.
Kevin Reilly, president of NBC Entertainment, told reporters that the network stands behind its decision to air the controversial drama Book of Daniel in the wake of complaints from the self-styled conservative watchdog group the American Family Association.
Kate Beckinsale told SCI FI Wire that she hasn’t quite figured out a way to explain the plot of Click, the upcoming fantasy-comedy in which she co-stars with Adam Sandler.
Kate Beckinsale, star of the vampire-vs.-werewolf sequel film Underworld: Evolution, told SCI FI Wire that her real-life daughter, Lily, played the younger version of her character, the vampire Selene, in flashback sequences.
The authorized sequel to J.M. Barrie’s children’s classic Peter Pan is complete, but the title is the only detail the publishers are prepared to give away: Peter Pan in Scarlet, by author Geraldine McCaughrean, the Reuters news service reported.
Horror writer David Wellington, author of the upcoming post-apocalyptic zombie novel Monster Island, told SCI FI Wire that the book was originally serialized online because he was unable to find a conventional publisher for it.
SF writer George Zebrowski, whose 1979 novel Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia will be re-released Jan. 31, told SCI FI Wire that he remains hopeful the worlds he created and described can exist.
Underworld: Evolution led the North American box office during its first weekend, with about $27.6 million in ticket sales, the Reuters news service reported.