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Amazon Launches Streaming Video Service for Prime Members
Today Amazon.com launched their 'Instant Video' service for Prime members. Over 5,000 movies and television series are available to be streamed in unlimited and commercial-free fashion. Amazon Prime carries a yearly cost of $79 and offers free two-day shipping and discounted overnight shipping on items purchased from the website. Considering that Netflix's streaming-only service costs $96 a year on the surface Amazon's package is more appealing. As a member of Amazon Prime that has found...
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Kiefer Sutherland to Star in New Fox Series
A new series from Heroes creator Tim Kring has been picked up by Fox for pilot and Kiefer Sutherland has signed on to star. Touch will focus on a father who discovers that his autistic son can predict future events. It appears as though the series is headed towards premiering in midseason and not in the fall due to Sutherland's current obligations as he stars in the Broadway production That Championship Season. That would put Touch in similar position as Sutherland's last series 24 which...
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Carmelo Anthony Traded to the Knicks
After non-stop speculation for months on end Carmelo Anthony is finally on the move. With the trade deadline nearing on Thursday the superstar small forward has sent to the New York Knicks where he will sign a three year max contract extension. Chauncey Billups joins Melo with the Knicks while a package including Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, and Wilson Chandler are headed to the Denver Nuggets. Continue on for a look at the trade with some NBA 2K11 screenshots and current ratings of al...
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The Latest on QUICKHIT NFL Football
It has been a while since last checking in on QUICKHIT NFL Football. The browser-based game, which won the community award for the best in that category, has been making consistent and worthwhile improvements. (more…)...
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Kevin Costner In Consideration for Role in Superman Reboot
Rumors swirling throughout the day pegged Kevin Costner for a role in the upcoming Superman reboot from Zack Snyder. Though nothing has been made official it appears he is being targeted for what has been described as a "key role". According to LatinoReview that role would be as Jonathan "Pa" Kent, father to Clark Kent. In early versions of the comics the Kent's die soon after Clark graduates High School, but the more recent stories have them living much longer and becoming important suppor...
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MLB 11: The Show Gameplay Video
With the hours ticking down to the release of the MLB 11: The Show demo a full gameplay video has been released. Unfortunately the only way to view it is from the Gamestop site so click over and scroll down to select "Gameplay Trailer" from the column on the right side of the page. The video includes seven full minutes of high quality footage featuring the St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs. It affords a decent opportunity to get a look at the pitching meter in action and sample some of the...
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Demo for MLB 11: The Show Out Tomorrow
In a posting yesterday the Playstation Blog casually revealed that a demo for MLB 11: The Show would release with the update of PSN on the evening of Tuesday February 21st. This comes as somewhat of a surprise simply due to the timing involved and that to date SCEA had not publicly discussed any of their plans for the demo. Typically Sony would make a bigger deal out of promoting their products including their demo releases. That Killzone 3 releases on Tuesday ultimately shouldn't affect...
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Unknown Wins Ultra-Competitive Weekend
The top five films at the box office this weekend all finished within $5 million of each other. It was the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown that captured the top spot, while fellow openers I Am Number Four and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son finished in second and fifth respectively. Liam Neeson showed he could open a thriller early in the year with 2009's Taken and Unknown played to a very similar audience. The ads for the film could have easily been mistaken as being a sequel. Taken opened ...
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