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A clumsy visitor to a British museum has destroyed a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases after tripping up on his shoelace, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Stargate Atlantis star David Hewlett, who plays the irascible genius Rodney McKay, told SCI FI Wire that he has enlisted fellow Atlantis stars and crew members to work on his independent feature film, A Dog’s Breakfast, in which he makes his feature writing and directing debut.

Conan O’Brien’s production company has landed a pilot at NBC about a man who gets a second shot at life, Variety reported.

SF author Sean Williams, who with Shane Dix authored the soon-to-be-released Geodesica: Descent, told SCI FI Wire that there’s a twist to this tale.

Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Bruce Holland Rogers told SCI FI Wire that his Web site ShortShortShort.com was inspired by something he read in the book Guerilla Marketing for Writers.

The fantasy film Nanny McPhee took second place at the Jan. 27 weekend box office, with a better-than-expected $14.1 million, Variety reported.

Harrison Ford, 63, told ComingSoon.net that he’s fit enough to play Indiana Jones a fourth time, should the long-gestating movie ever come to reality.

The CBBC Newsround Web site has reported new casting for the upcoming fifth Harry Potter movie, The Order of the Phoenix.

War of the Worlds star Tom Cruise was among the contenders announced on Jan. 30 for the annual Razzie Awards, which “honor” the worst achievements in film, the Reuters news service reported.

Former WCW Nitro cohost and previous to that Torch columnist Mark Madden has been hospitalized in Redding, Pa. tonight with an apparent heart attack. He is said to be in stable condition…

dotc writes “After a bunch of sci-fi stories and rumors, now it looks like the future has become a reality — a reliable, unbiased test using functional MRI brain scan to detect lying. The article author details a first-person account of undergoing the MRI ‘deception task’. And the test is available now - use it to prove your innocence.” From the article: “Laken said he’s aiming to offer the fMRI service for use in situations like libel, slander and fraud where it’s one person’s word against another, and perhaps in employee screening by government agencies. Attorneys suggest it would be more useful in civil than most criminal cases, he said.”

The Rumble match itself was great, probably the best since 2001. Lashley looked very strong despite getting thrown out early. John Cena’s entrance was very cool, but he should not have won the title back. Following a great Rumble match up with a disappointing ending to Edge-Cena and Henry-Angle was just a bad idea, although ending with Taker was cool. The women’s match told a really great story, and was surprisingly not bad…