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5 Reasons We’re Excited About More Matt Davis on Vampire Diaries

Admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:28:46 +0000

Matt Davis tells TVGuide.com that it’s looking pretty likely that Alaric Saltzman, the teacher and part-time vampire slayer he plays on The Vampire Diaries, will be back for Season 2. To commemorate that good news, we decided to count the ways we love Alaric.

1. Alaric’s a great foil for Damon.
Alaric first teamed up with Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) to save Damon’s brother Stefan (Paul Wesley); this time the odd pairing will have to protect…

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Melissa Joan Hart Excited for Stage and TV Comebacks

Admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:38:04 +0000

Before Melissa Joan Hart returns to TV this summer with her new ABC Family sitcom, she’s making another comeback first — to the stage.

“Everyone knows me for TV [Clarissa Explains It All; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch], but my theater background goes back way before television!” Hart tells TVGuide.com. “I did a lot of theater as a child. It was because of theater that I got …

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9 Reasons to Get Excited for the Return of FlashForward

Admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:13:15 +0000

It’s been four months since FlashForward fans last caught up with agents Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes), Demetri Noh (John Cho) and the rest of the Mosaic team investigating the Oct. 6 global blackout. However, viewers won’t have to scratch their heads much longer, as the series returns with all new episodes Thursday at 8/7c. Who is Suspect Zero? What’s next for Mark? How does Aaron Stark (Brian F. O’Byrne) fit into all this? TVGuide.com talked with the cast and crew to get those answers and more…

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Mo’Nique on Oscars Red Carpet: “I Was Excited the Truth Would Be Told”

Admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:20:06 +0000

Supporting actress winner Mo’Nique exuded red carpet excitement as TV Guide Network asked the Precious star what she loved most about her role. Plus: Hear how she was able to separate herself from her character after each day of filming.

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Alt Text: Who’s Still Excited About the iPad?

Admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:53:42 +0000

Tons of iPads are currently being assembled in a secret underground Taiwanese bunker accessible only by helipad or telepad, and the general reaction of people on the web is strident, viciously defended indifference.

Nonetheless, there’s no real doubt that Steve Jobs will sell an iPad or 3 million when the tablets become available later this year. The question is, who will be first in line to snap them up? Let’s look at the people who are really excited about the iPad.

Cats

If the hand-warmer app can make its way to the iPad, Apple’s new device may become the new favorite place for cats worldwide to sit, beating out such favorites as “a single piece of paper,” “the remote control” and “your face.” It remains to be seen how much heat the iPad can give off, but if previous Apple notebooks are any indication, sous-vide chefs might also adopt the iPad as mobile cooking stations.

Star Trek cosplayers

The Trek/Apple connection is nothing new. Many people saw an iInfluence on the bridge of the latest Star Trek movie, and this new device looks a lot like the PADDs used in Star Trek: The Next Generation and later series. I was never able to figure out how “boop boop bip” translated into “divert the secondary inertial dampers into the aft shield array, modulate the transporter frequencies according to known Ferengi phase patterns, and slip acid into Picard’s tea,” but now I know: There’s an app for that.

Screen-protector manufacturers

The iPhone screen is resistant to scratches, but not impervious. This creates a market for companies to charge 10 bucks for three pieces of plastic and a wipey-cloth. A larger screen adds half a cent’s worth more plastic, and another $5 to the price for those willing to pay for advanced protection. More cost-conscious folks will just wrap their precious iPads in veggie bags from the supermarket. Inexpensive, and the quick fix probably reduces carbon emissions or something.

Goliaths

These humanoids, introduced in the Dungeons and Dragons supplement Races of Stone, are so large that regular iPhones don’t reach from their rocklike ears to their cavernous mouths. A +2 to Constitution and the ability to re-roll Athletics checks doesn’t help when you can’t call home from the grocery store to find out what kind of frozen chicken nuggets your wife prefers. While Goliaths are eagerly awaiting the iPad, they’re already lobbying Apple to introduce one with full phone capabilities.

Me

Somehow, we’ve become a living-room laptop household, which means that hypothetical questions are instantly entered into Google, any song mentioned is pulled up on YouTube and URLs are mailed at the slightest provocation. Astonishingly, we still get visitors, and my laptop often gets pressed into service for mail-checking and chimp-video display.

My laptop is a professional work machine, however, and contains many important documents and bookmarks, not all of which have “naughty” in the title.

I’ll be in line with the hordes on iPad Day Zero. The weird little device is going to sit on my coffee table with a “Go Ahead and Play With Me” sticker on it, and my MacBook is going back into my work bag, where it belongs. Until someone wants to show me something cool in Flash, I guess.

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Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore Sjöberg eventually overcame these handicaps to become a goliath, a golem and a Golconda.

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