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I thought you folks might enjoy these pictures. They were sent in by the all knowing, all seeing Father Time.

These images pretty much speak for themselves. Disney is gearing up its publicity behemoth for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END & I’m told these represent some permutation of theatrical display fodder (posters, banners, etc.)

So far, I’m diggin’ the look and style of the campaign. PLEASE NOTE: there’s a chance this work may not be final. If true, this is still an interesting glimpse into the prmotional development process.

Junior running back Adrian Peterson will skip his final year of eligibility at Oklahoma to make himself available for April’s NFL Draft, sources told the Dallas Morning News.

Chris Webber’s buyout was close to being finalized Wednesday night, but he was not expected to be waived before Thursday — meaning he won’t be free to sign elsewhere until Monday.

J.R. Smith returned from his 10-game suspension and played for the Nuggets on Tuesday night.

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Capcom’s resident blogger Brian Dunn is holding an official contest for some more Lost Planet gear. Capcom is certainly going all-out with Lost Planet promotion. Seriously, it’s some impressive marketing work. We’ve still got copies of the game to give away for your masterful pieces of photochop art.

The Capcom contest is quite a bit of work and involves you buying the game around launch to even stand a chance. The first step is to accomplish the following criteria:

• Beat the game on any difficulty level.
• Play 100 ranked matches online.
• Get a medal in each game type in ranked matches online.

You must be one of the first 10 people to do this and then send Brian a private message on his XBL gamertag. Winners get a poster signed by the Lost Planet development honchos: Inafune (Executive Producer), Takeuchi (Producer) and Oguro (Director). They’ll also win a Lost Planet t-shirt, with one of three different styles to choose from. Most importantly, entries must be posted to THIS thread on the Capcom boards. We wish all companies would put this much inventive muscle behind marketing, even if the game bites, the promotional push deserves kudos.

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A day after Jason Kidd claimed in divorce papers to be a victim of spousal abuse, his wife’s attorney said the New Jersey Nets point guard had no reason to fear the woman.

President Bush said Wednesday he will send 21,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq to quell its near-anarchy and for the first time acknowledged he had erred by failing to order a military buildup last year. “Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me,” Bush said.

Film and television actress Yvonne De Carlo, best known as Lily Munster from The Munsters, died at age 84 of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Retirement Home in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills.

· The always-reliable National Enquirer reports that Lindsay Lohan’s doctors are concerned about her overworked liver, but isn’t that exactly why they installed the back-up last week? With…

As we mentioned earlier, vying for the attentions of sauced celebrities piling out of the Beverly Hilton ballroom after the Golden Globes ceremony is a new event on the block: The “Golden Green”…

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GameDaily.biz reports a “highly-placed” source says MTV is looking to purchase 1UP.com and GameVideos.com from Ziff Davis. This seems probable considering Ziff Davis is selling the Ziff Davis Game Group and MTV has been on a gaming acquisition bender, purchasing GameTrailers, Atom Entertainment and Guitar Hero developer Harmonix. MTV’s purchase of 1UP.com would allow them to acquire some gaming editorial clout, and because they already have GameTrailers they can either disband, or assimilate, GameVideos.com.

Currently there is no expectation MTV will purchase any of the Ziff Davis gaming publications (EGM, Games for Windows). Revenue in the print publications has been flat and the only reason the game group didn’t lose revenue was due to the online sections. Ziff Davis’s earnings release states, “Lower print advertising and circulation revenues for the group’s three print magazines were mostly offset by a nearly four-fold increase in the group’s online revenues.” Ziff Davis corporation had cash and cash equivalents drop by $5.4 million through September.

These Ziff Davis Game Group stories and rumors have been growing exponentially over the last couple weeks. So, if MTV is only interested in the online portion and they’ve been keeping the publications afloat — what’s that going to mean for Electronic Gaming Monthly and Games for Windows?

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An earring believed to belong to legendary film star Marlene Dietrich has been found in England.