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• Today's News: Our Take - Battlestar Movie Casting News

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 11:17 AM PDT

  The two-hour Battlestar Galactica movie that fans have been salivating over begins shooting Monday in Vancouver. The Sci Fi Channel told TVGuide.com about which favorite humans and toasters " er " Cylons would be featured in the yet-to-be titled movie. The network confirmed that, as of today, Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama), Michael Trucco (Sam Anders), Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol) and Dean Stockwell (Brother Cavil) Tricia Helfer (Caprica/No. 6), Grace Park (Boomer/Athena), Callum Keith more »

• Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV

  Associated Press - 25 minutes
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Skateboarder Tony Hawk, actor Shemar Moore and other celebrities said they joined in a three-network cancer telethon on Friday because the disease had touched or taken the lives of loved ones. Hawk, who lost his father to lung cancer 15 years ago and a close friend to a brain tumor last month, called the timing of the Stand Up to Cancer telethon "poetic." "I'm here doing whatever they ask of me," he told reporters before the telethon began. "As long as I more »

• Movie News - Denzel Washington Books New Flick

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 9:17 AM PDT

  Denzel Washington will take on the post-apocalyptic landscape in the new thriller The Book of Eli, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The two-time Oscar winner will also produce the project, along with Joel Silver , Susan Downey and Alcon Entertainment's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Allen and Albert Huges will direct. Based on a story by Gary Whitta, with a screenplay by Anthony Peckham, the film follows the plight of a lone futuristic action hero (Washington) as he attempts more »

• Movie News - Tom Cruise's Monster of a Movie

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 9:17 AM PDT

  Tom Cruise is in for the kill. The actor and United Artists have snapped up the rights to the serial killer novel, The Monster of Florence, Variety reports. As of now, Cruise is only on board as a producer, but will consider starring in the vehicle after giving the script a look. Based on the best-selling crime thriller by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi, Monster recounts the killings of eight couples between 1968 and 1985 in the Italian city. The events also served as inspiration more »

• Today's News: Our Take - More of Heroes Sylar's Past Revealed

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 9:17 AM PDT

  Serial killer Sylar will return this season to Heroes during its highly anticipated two-hour premiere. But, will we see more of his pre-evil alter ego, Gabriel Gray? According to Zachary Quinto , he'd love to see as much of Sylar's background as possible. He confirmed that Gray will return this season, revisiting the "shades of that character as you first saw him." The first time we learned of Sylar's past was in the first season's episode "Six Months Ago" in which more »

• TV Guide Sports Report - Brett Favre Jets Into a New York State of Mind

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 9:17 AM PDT

  The 2008 NFL season gets into full swing Sunday and the Brett Favre story will surely be a hot topic. The NFLs greatest statistical quarterback makes his debut as a member of the New York Jets Sunday against the Miami Dolphins (Sept. 7, 1 pm/ET, CBS " click here to see if your local affiliate will have the game). Prior to the game, on CBS The NFL Today , Dan Marino sits down with Favre for a one-on-one interview (noon/ET). Favre tearfully announced his retirement in March, only more »

• Movie News - Will Two-Face Return for More Bat Action?

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 9:17 AM PDT

  It turns out Two-Face was a one-time deal. Aaron Eckhart says his villainous Dark Knight alter ego is "dead as a doornail" following his construction site plunge and will not pop up in future Christopher Nolan Bat-flicks. "He ain't comin' back, baby," he told E! Online. "I asked Chris that question. He goes, 'You're dead.' Before I could even get the question out of my mouth, 'Hey Chris, am I...' 'You're dead.'" One person who was supposed to more »

• Divorce papers reveal Hulk Hogan's net worth

  Associated Press - Fri Sep 5, 2:45 PM PDT
  Thousands of dollars spent on clothing, grooming and vacations are among the average monthly expenses for Hulk Hogan 's wife, according to financial affidavits filed in the couple's impending divorce case near Tampa. Linda Bollea 's monthly expenses include $7,258 on clothing; $1,318 on grooming; $6,100 on vacations, the documents state. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, spends $102 on clothing by comparison, and more than $38,000 on legal and accounting fees. more »

• McCain, Obama close in TV audiences

  Associated Press - Fri Sep 5, 1:50 PM PDT
  In terms of drawing a television audience, John McCain and Barack Obama are in a virtual dead heat. Nielsen Media Research said that 38.9 million people watched McCain accept the Republican presidential nomination on six commercial networks Thursday. PBS estimates its audience for McCain was 3.5 million. Last week, Obama's speech in Denver was seen by 38.4 million people on commercial networks and 4 million people on PBS. Add those numbers together -- and they each had an estimated more »