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OBITUARY: Joel Goldsmith (1957-2012)

Composer Joel Goldsmith, the son of legendary composer Jerry Goldsmith, died of cancer at his home in Hidden Hills, California on Sunday at the age of 54.

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REAL SCIENCE: Hanson Robokind

OK, so it may not have a Positronic brain, but Hanson Robotics has brought us one very big leap closer to Isaac Asimov's dream. Hanson Robotics' Robokind robot is the most sophisticated android, and probably the first such robot worthy of that name, on the market today.

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Star Trek's Most Emotional Moments

Star Trek has been many things since it debuted almost 50 years ago. It's been good, it's been bad, it's been funny and it's been dramatic. Until JJ Abrams' reboot, it's never really been all too exciting and action packed, but Star Trek 2009 gave us that too. One thing Star Trek has managed to be, every so often, was emotionally charged. What follows, in no particular order, are what I consider to be some of Trek's most emotional moments.

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Hunger Games

Life imitates art and, invariably, art imitates life and the cycle continues. In 1982 Stephen King published an early novel he had written while he was still in high school as a paperback original under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. In 1987, this book was adapted into a film starring Arnold Schwarzenneger called The Running Man (also the title of the novel). The Running Man told the story of a sort of reality game show where prisoners are forced to outrun gladiators or die trying. Two decades after the novel was published, the idea of reality game shows was, in itself, a reality with television shows like Survivor, American Idol and, God help me I can't make this up, The Real Gilligan's Island. These games don't involve prisoners and are a competition for money, not life and death, but hey, it's fiction, right? Now, art once again imitates life with The Hunger Games, also, ironically enough, based on a novel.

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DC UPDATE: First Look- CW's Arrow

This bit of news came in today in my DC Nation newsletter, so I thought I'd share. You can read the full post on DC's blog here

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nwkeys01 embarrassed at some of the republican post-election behavior. Democrats too, but Republicans just seem to be more vocal about it. 27 weeks ago
nwkeys01 @neorandomizer I just I think 1 term of 6 yrs. would work better. More work done,no presidents having to spend a whole year campaigning 27 weeks ago
neorandomizer @nwkeys01 Why change something that has worked for over two hundred years 27 weeks ago
nwkeys01 Want to punch Boehner in the face. It wasn't a concesion, he was blaming, and saying, we won't help unless u don't do what you said to win. 27 weeks ago
nwkeys01 idea: change president terms. 1 term only. Terms last 6 years. 27 weeks ago
Kevin Long Good for Puerto Rico if they're actually doing it this time. I think they should. 28 weeks ago
neorandomizer @nwkeys01 Good for Puerto Rico now we need to also bring in Guam to even out the Senate 28 weeks ago