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'Gods Like Us': 6 stories of Hollywood from Ty Burr's new book
Here are 6 tales of Hollywood lore in 'Gods Like Us.'
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'The Phantom Menace': Six other 3-D re-releases to look for
'The Phantom Menace' and 'Beauty and the Beast' were just the beginning of old movies that will be new again
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Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)
Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
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Black Friday 2011: You can get deep discounts ... on that?
Black Friday 2011 offers huge savings on popular holiday gift items, like televisions, gaming systems, laptops, clothing, and so on. But some retailers are using the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season to offer deals on stuff that's on (practically) no one's gift list. Here are our Top 6 wackiest product deals for Black Friday 2011. Have you got a better one? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook:
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Tributes to Steve Jobs: five top tweets
Apple's announcement Wednesday that founder Steve Jobs had died sparked waves of comment across the Internet, as techies and others chose their own ways to note his achievements or mourn his passing. Here are five noteworthy tweets ...
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Toy Hall of Fame inducts Dominoes, Star Wars
Toy Hall of Fame's newest inductees include Dominoes and action figures of Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and the rest. 10 other finalists, including Magic 8 Ball and the board game Twister, did not make the cut for the Toy Hall of Fame.
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'Star Wars: Episode 7' - Were we wrong about George Lucas all along? (+video)The news that 'Star Wars: Episode 7' is on its way and that Disney has bought the 'Star Wars' franchise from George Lucas raises the prospect that the world is only now beginning to understand his vision for the classic trilogy. Disney buying 'Star Wars' could cause a 'Lord of the Rings'-like universe expansion.
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'Star Wars: Episode 7': How Disney could avoid ruining 'Star Wars''Star Wars: Episode 7' is coming, whether we like it or not. I don't – but the news about 'Star Wars: Episode 7' may not be all terrible.
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'Star Wars: Episode 7' to hit theaters in 2015 (+video)'Star Wars: Episode 7' will come to theaters after Disney finalized a deal to buy Lucasfilm, and at least two more movies after 'Star Wars: Episode 7' are planned.
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Disney buys 'Star Wars' studio for $4.05B. New film in 2015.
Disney will buy Lucasfilm Ltd, and the 'Star Wars' franchise from filmmaker George Lucas for $4.05 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The Disney deal comes with the promise of a new 'Star Wars' film in 2015.
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Glittering Images
Camille Paglia's willingness to go out on a limb with her artistic opinions makes 'Glittering Images' a lively read.
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Bizarre alien 'Tatooine' orbits two suns, in four-star solar system
The alien planet, called PH1, is a gas giant planet slightly bigger than Neptune.
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'Gods Like Us': 6 stories of Hollywood from Ty Burr's new book
Here are 6 tales of Hollywood lore in 'Gods Like Us.'
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Tatooine-like planet: Astronomers spot pair of planets orbiting twin suns (+video)
Tatooine-like planet: In a cosmic first, astronomers have discovered two alien planets orbiting two stars, not unlike Luke Skywalker's home planet in the Star Wars films.
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10 great songs made with the Bob Moog Google Doodle
The latest Google Doodle, created to commemorate synthesizer inventor Bob Moog's birthday, allows users to play and record their own songs. Here's a list of the best we've listened to so far.
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Movies' second drafts: Titanic, Star Wars, and more
Changing the sky in 'Titanic' for its 3-D re-release isn't the first time movies have been tinkered with.
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Chapter & Verse
'Star Wars' novels: still on bestseller listsThe newest 'Star Wars' novel, 'Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse,' holds the No. 8 slot on the New York Times bestseller list. Success has become the norm for the books.
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4K TV: Theater quality in your living room
4K could be the next big leap for TVs. But do we really need a "higher definition" picture?
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Hubble telescope spots new class of planet: a steamy 'waterworld'
The planet GJ 1214b is a watery planet covered in a thick, steamy atmosphere, a new study of Hubble data suggests.
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'The Phantom Menace': Six other 3-D re-releases to look for
'The Phantom Menace' and 'Beauty and the Beast' were just the beginning of old movies that will be new again
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'The Vow' leads strong pre-Valentine's weekend at box office
'The Vow,' starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $41.7 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday through Sunday in the biggest domestic opening so far this year, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday.
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Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)
Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
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Red Tails: George Lucas's film about the Tuskegee Airmen - Review
The 'force' isn't really with George Lucas's 'Red Tails, the long-awaited film about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen, which has an odd sci-fi vibe.
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Amazing planets: mini solar system, 'Star Wars' lookalike among new finds
The catalogue of newly found planets is becoming richer by the day. By one new estimate, virtually all the billions of stars in the Milky Way could have a planet orbiting them.
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Most stars in our galaxy have planets, study suggests
Rocky, roughly earth-like planets orbiting stars seem to be the rule, rather than the exception, an new study reveals.
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Scientists discover a real-life Tatooine orbiting two suns
But there are probably no jawas, moisture farmers, sand people, banthas, dewbacks, womp rats, sandcrawlers, a Pit of Carkoon, nor a strange old hermit who lives beyond the Dune Sea.
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The New Economy
Darth Vader burger? A black bun? Oui!Darth Vader burger arrives Jan. 31 at the French fast-food chain Quick, barely a week ahead of the release of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D.' Just don't call it a Darth Vader burger.
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Why 2012 could be the year we find a habitable planet
Other than the one we're currently living on, that is. As discoveries of alien planets accelerates, the discovery of an "alien Earth" could be just over the horizon.
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Geek wisdom goes mainstream
Hard-core nerds impart teachings of 'Star Wars' and Tolkien.
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Black Friday 2011: You can get deep discounts ... on that?
Black Friday 2011 offers huge savings on popular holiday gift items, like televisions, gaming systems, laptops, clothing, and so on. But some retailers are using the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season to offer deals on stuff that's on (practically) no one's gift list. Here are our Top 6 wackiest product deals for Black Friday 2011. Have you got a better one? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook:
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