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<title>The hottest stories and best comments of the week</title>
<author>SCI FI Wire Staff</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Here's a list of our hottest stories (and you definitely found the bikini Leia and her stunt double above hot) and best comments this week, in case you missed anything. Consider it a DVR for <em>SCI FI Wire</em>.</p>

<p>Enjoy!</p>]]></description>
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<title>Meet Sanctuary&apos;s Amanda Tapping and help out her charity!</title>
<author>SCI FI Wire Staff</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>How much do we love <i>Sanctuary</i>'s Amanda Tapping? A lot more since we've heard about her new charitable foundation, <a href="http://www.sanctuaryforkids.org" target="outside">"Sanctuary for Kids,"</a> designed to support charities that provide aid to children in crisis.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/tapping-to-auction-sanctu.php</link>
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<category>Syfy Channel</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:23:28 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>More of William Shatner&apos;s hilarious Levi Johnston poetry (video)</title>
<author>Patrick Lee</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Remember we posted a <a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/william-shatner-does-levi.php" target="outside">video</a> of <i>Star Trek</i>'s William Shatner reading Levi Johnston's tweets on <i>The Tonight Show</i>?</p>

<p>Turns out those tweets were <a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b152501_conan_apologizes_antagonizes_after_levi.html" target="outside">bogus</a>, forcing host Conan O'Brien to apologize.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/more-of-william-shatners.php</link>
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<category>TV</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:28 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Check out 8 GOOD films from The Box&apos;s Richard Matheson </title>
<author>Adam-Troy Castro</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/richard-kellys-new-film-t.php"><em>The Box</em></a> has been on the receiving end of some pretty harsh reviews&#8212;it's currently <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009151-box/">at 49% on the <em>Tomatometer</em></a>. But whatever you do, don't blame Richard Matheson, the horror master who wrote "Button, Button," the short story on which the film was based.</p>

<p>Other directors have managed to make great movies out of  Matheson's novels and short stories.  Here are some of the highlights.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/8-of-the-best-films-made.php</link>
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<category>Movies</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Fringe audience falls, FlashForward fades</title>
<author>Patrick Lee</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Thursday night is shaping up as the biggest night in sci-fi TV, but viewers of Fox's <i>Fringe</i> and other series apparently didn't get the memo. </p>

<p>A new episode of <i>Fringe</i> last night saw its ratings fall to a series low, possibly because many fans didn't realize that no World Series game seven meant a new episode of their favorite show.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/fringe-audience-falls-fla.php</link>
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<category>TV</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:34 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Is Stargate Universe&apos;s  Dr. Rush evil or misunderstood?</title>
<author>Kathie Huddleston</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>You've got to wonder if Dr. Nicholas Rush (Robert Carlyle), the single-minded genius on Syfy's <i>SGU: Stargate Universe</i>, is on the right show. Maybe he hopped over from <I>Caprica</I> before anyone noticed and now it's too late. However it happened, Carlyle's character is so morally ambiguous we don't know if we can trust him. </p>

<p>Looking at his deeds just in the six episodes that have aired so far, you really have to wonder: Is he evil? Maybe not evil like Darth Vader or the Master, but evil like <I>Battlestar Galactica's</I> Gaius Baltar or <I>Lost's</I> Ben. <br />
</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/is-stargate-universes-dr.php</link>
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<category>Syfy Channel</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:12:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>News briefs: Kick-Ass site; Twilight star&apos;s new job</title>
<author>SCI FI Wire Staff</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>An official <a href="http://iamkick-ass.com/" target="outside">Web site</a> has gone live for <i>Kick-Ass</i>, the satirical superhero movie based on Mark Millar's comic series, which opens April 16, 2010.<br />
...</p>

<p><i>Twilight</i> star Ashley Greene is in talks to star in <i>The Apparition</i>, a supernatural movie, inspired by true events, about a young couple haunted by a supernatural presence unleashed during a college experiment, <i>Variety</i> reported.<br />
...</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/news-briefs-kick-ass-site.php</link>
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<category>Movies</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Box: QuickStart Guide</title>
<author>DVICE Staff</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>In <a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/10/the-box-a-sci-fi-classic.php"><i>The Box</i></a>, when Cameron Diaz and James Marsden receive the eponymous object it's accompanied by a weird-looking dude who explains exactly what it is and how to use it. That's some service, but it could get cost-prohibitive for the manufacturer if it sent a personal assistant for every item sold.</p>

<p>That got us thinking: What the Box needs is a QuickStart Guide. If any sinister manufacturer wants to start making this gadget, feel free to use this insert. Just leave our names out of it.</p>

<p>(From our sister site <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/the-box-quickst.php" target="outside">DVICE.</a>)</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/the-box-quickstart-guide.php</link>
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<category>Movies</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:27:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Strange gallery of 59 celebrity vampire art images</title>
<author>Thomas Mill</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Over on Worth1000 they run a lot of Photoshop contests, and this one for celebrity vampire art had some good entries. Below are a few of our favorites, or head over to <a href="http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/24094/celebrity-vampires-2/1#entries">the contest gallery</a> for all 59 of them. </p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/brad-pitt-gillian-anderso.php</link>
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<category>Weird Stuff</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Joss Whedon&apos;s latest project just hit Hulu</title>
<author>SCI FI Wire Staff</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The popular graphic novel <em>Astonishing X-Men</em> by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday just launched on Hulu as a motion comic created by legendary comics artist Neal Adams.  And what the heck's a motion comic? It's a video based on the artwork from the comic books, using all the original words and drawings, and Marvel is hoping the new form  will change the way we read comics.</p>

<p>"At this point in the history of motion comics, <em>Gifted</em> is the very best motion comic book out there," Adams said in an interview on the <a href="http://blog.hulu.com/2009/11/04/exclusive-interview-neal-adams/">Hulu blog</a>. "There will be some in the future that will be as good if not better, but right now it's the best one."</p>

<p>Adams also had this to say about about Whedon:</p>

<p>"I guess there may be a better script writer out there, but is there someone more used to the form of both comic books and film? I don't think there is."</p>

<p>Check it out for yourself below.</p>]]></description>
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<category>Video</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Spooked by A Christmas Carol&apos;s creepy CGI? Get over it.</title>
<author>Todd Gilchrist</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>In spite of the many complaints and criticisms lobbied by viewers of <i>The Polar Express</i>, I liked it, and here again with a growing tide of dissenters, I like <i>A Christmas Carol</i> as well. I say this not to position myself as some sort of maverick, but to acknowledge that there's something about these motion-capture CGI movies that works for me. </p>

<p>Whether it works for you, however, is another matter; but while director Robert Zemeckis' technique is but the most obvious of the obstacles audiences will face when watching the film, <i>A Christmas Carol</i> is a remarkable and effective adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel that manages to overcome the familiarity of its source material and become something more fulfilling.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/a-christmas-carol.php</link>
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<category>Reviews</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Seeker&apos;s sexy season 2 with &apos;T&apos;Pol&apos; and &apos;Cordelia&apos;!</title>
<author>Kathie Huddleston</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>On the syndicated fantasy series <i>Legend of the Seeker</i>, the Seeker has dispatched the evil Darken Rahl, and our heroes (Richard, Kahlan and Zed) should just be able to lounge around and goof off knowing that all is right with the world ... right? </p>

<p>Not so much. Unfortunately, the good guys are about to experience the Wizard's Second Rule when <I>Legend of the Seeker's</I> second season begins this Saturday in syndication, right after a special episode designed to catch you up on the events of last season.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/seekers-sexy-season-2-wit.php</link>
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<category>TV</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Why The Box may be the final nail in Richard Kelly&apos;s coffin</title>
<author>Todd Gilchrist</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The biggest secret in Richard Kelly's new film <i>The Box</i> is just how awful it is. Badly paced, plotted, directed and acted, the film really defies understanding how and why anyone other than Kelly not only would want to see it, but would make it in the first place. In fact, the only good thing that might come from its release is the final nail in the <i>Donnie Darko</i> and <i>Southland Tales</i> director's coffin, because otherwise <i>The Box</i> is by far one of the year's worst films.</p>

<p>It stars James Marsden (<i>Enchanted</i>) and Cameron Diaz (<i>Charlie's Angels</i>) as Arthur and Norma Lewis, a happily married couple presented with a unique offer: press the button in a small wooden box and receive one million dollars, but only after a person whom they don't know is murdered. Frustrated by her debt and Arthur's disappointing developments at work, Norma presses the button, but their financial relief immediately gives way to dread when they realize that the button's owner, Arlington Steward (Frank Langella), intends to offer it to someone else&#8212;specifically whom they do not know. </p>

<p>Before long, Arthur and Norma find themselves ensconced in a mysterious plot and a government conspiracy that will not only force them to answer for the choice, but possibly repay that debt with their very lives.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/richard-kellys-new-film-t.php</link>
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<category>Reviews</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bryan Singer&apos;s Battlestar movie allegedly under way</title>
<author>Patrick Lee</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Has director Bryan Singer begun preproduction on his proposed new <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> movie?</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/bryan-singers-battlestar.php</link>
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<category>Movies</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:22:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Sure, Fourth Kind is scary&#8212;but it&apos;s also laughable</title>
<author>Mike Szymanski</author>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Oh how we want to believe&#8212;we ache to believe.</p>

<p>It's one thing to have one of our favorite SF hotties, Milla Jovovich, walking through a forest with a camera spinning around her as she explains, even warns, that the information in this movie is all documented and based on fact. (And she's downright scary when she says, "What you are about to see is intensely disturbing.")</p>

<p>It's quite another thing entirely to sprinkle the movie's re-enactments with grainy video that purports to be the never-before-seen footage of a psychiatrist's patients who claim to be alien abductees.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/the-fourth-kind.php</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:09 -0500</pubDate>
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