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JK Rowling accused of plagiarizing again
JK Rowling has yet again been accused of plagiarizing Harry Potter. The English author and her publisher are being sued for 500 million pounds for allegedly copying Harry Potter from Adrian Jacob's 'Willy the Wizard'.
Jacob's book is about a boy discovering his magical powers and was published in 1987, ten year before the JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book.
Jacob's book was also rejected by Rowling's present publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing. He got his book published by a smaller company under the title "The Adventures Of Willy The ... more
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True Blood gets strong ratings for S2 premiere
The second season of HBO vampire series True Blood got off to a great start in its Sunday premiere bringing in 3.7 million viewers. That make it the biggest audience for an HBO show since The Sopranos finale in June 2007. Even the repeat showing later Sunday night drew 1.4 million viewers.
HBO spent millions of dollars in marketing dollars for the story of telepathic small town girl Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and the 173-year-old vampire (Stephen Moyer) who loves her. While the episode itself got mixed reviews from fans ... more
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New Indy Jones movie in the works
While Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull disappointed Indiana Jones fans, it still scored enough for a sequel to be planned grossing more than $783 million worldwide.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen star Shia LaBeouf revealed in an interview with the BBC that a fifth movie is in the works. LaBeouf starred as Mutt, Indy's son with Marion Ravenwood. The ending of Skulls definitely set things up for LaBeouf to take over the famous fedora.
"Steven (Spielberg) just said he cracked the story on it before I left, ... more
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New Indy Jones movie in the works
While Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull disappointed Indiana Jones fans, it still scored enough for a sequel to be planned grossing more than $783 million worldwide.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen star Shia LaBeouf revealed in an interview with the BBC that a fifth movie is in the works. LaBeouf starred as Mutt, Indy's son with Marion Ravenwood. The ending of Skulls definitely set things up for LaBeouf to take over the famous fedora.
"Steven (Spielberg) just said he cracked the story on it before I left, ... more
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Fox renews Dollhouse - announces Fall 09 Schedule
Fox has officially renewed Dollhouse for a second season (yeah!) and have announced their new Fall 2009 schedule.
Monday:
8-9 pm: House
9-10 pm: Lie to Me
Tuesday:
8-10 pm: So you think you can dance performance show
Wednesday:
8-9 pm: So you think you can dance results show
Thursday:
8-9 pm: Bones
9-10 pm: Fringe
Friday:
8-8:30 pm: Brothers (new comedy)
8:30-9pm: Til Death
9-10 pm: Dollhouse
Saturday:
8-9 pm: Cops
9-10 pm: American's Most Wanted
11-12 am: The Wanda Sykes Show (working title) (new)
12-12:30 am: ... more
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Chuck gets a third Season
NBC has officially renewed Chuck for a third season, though it was on the bubble for a while.
It has had a budget cut, however, which may see some cast changes - no word on who might get the ax or be dropped from a regular to a recurring role. -- 05/18/09 more
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ABC renews Castle and other series
ABC has also officially announced it's fall 09 schedule with a lot of renewals, including the Nathan Fillion vehicle Castle which will return for a second season.
They have also green lighted new series: The Forgotten, Happy Town, The Associaties, Eastwick, and Cougar Town, Hank, and The Middle. An updated version of V from The 4400 creator Scott Peters is still in negotiations as a midseason series.
Other renewed series includes Scrubs and Better off Ted. -- 05/18/09
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Fox officially renews Fringe
FOX has renewed FRINGE, the No. 1 new series among Adults 18-49, with a full second season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.
“FRINGE proved to be a notable addition to our schedule all season and it really has fans buzzing as it builds to a fantastic season finale,” said Reilly. “J.J. and the whole Bad Robot team have been phenomenal partners, and we look forward to years of making great television with them.”
“FRINGE continues to gain momentum, creatively and with ... more
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Heroes gets another season, Chuck still uncertain
NBC has officially announced it has renewed Heroes for another year (as well as the non-genre Southland and Parks & Recreation), though have yet to announce if Chuck will be back or not. Additional series renewals are to be announced May 19.
They are adding 6 new shows: Parenthood, Trauma, Day One, Mercy, Community and 100 Questions. None have been given a specific day and time slot yet. -- 05/11/09
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Keanut Reeves to play Jekyll, Cowboy Bebop
Keanu Reeves will star in a new version of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and will also star in a live-action version of "Cowboy Bebop" playing lead bounty hunter Spike Spiegel.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Jekyll" will be set in the modern day.
"Cowboy Bebop," A Japanese animated series, tells the story of a group of interstellar bounty hunters and their adventures aboard the starship Bebop. Some fans of the show had pointed it as a possible inspiration for the series "Firefly," though ... more
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