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Spielberg "Brainstorming" Jurassic Park 4

Could a fourth Jurassic Park movie be on the way?...  read more

Start Press: The Coming Age of MMOARSNs! (Massively Multiplayer Online Augmented-Reality Social Networks)

Earlier this week, Twitter—the only news source on the planet whose “reporters” spend less time fact-checking than Fox News—lit up with discussion of Robert Zemeckis’ 1989 film Back to the Future II. The subject began trending after a UK-based film magazine and website called Total Film tweeted that July 5th, 2010, just so happened to be the once futuristic-sounding date that Marty and Doc Brown had punched into their DeLorean dashboard. This ‘fun fact’ proceeded to go viral, triggering a global Twitter dialogue about how our late 20th-century hopes for futuristic technology have panned out....  read more

Michael Crichton's last two novels to be published posthumously

HarperCollins plans to publish two posthumous novels by Michael Crichton, the best-selling author of Jurassic Park and creator of ER. He left behind one finished novel, Pirate Latitudes, and about one-third of an untitled novel, after his death in late 2008. Pirate Latitudes will be published on Nov. 24, 2009, followed by the currently untitled thriller, which is to be published in late 2010....  read more

George Clooney returns to ER for series finale

Dr. Doug Ross, the original heartthrob of TV medical drama (take that, McDreamy!), will return to ER for the show's final season. Reports suggest that George Clooney has been on a closed set shooting episode 20, which will air April 2 on NBC....  read more

Michael Crichton: 1942-2008

Michael Crichton, the widely popular author of novels like Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, died unexpectedly yesterday in Los Angeles, according to a statement released by his family. ...  read more