Supergirl, Summer Glau
As if Summer Glau hadn't already cemented her status as a fanboy favorite, the actress is about to go up, up and away to a new level with the sci-fi set. The Firefly and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles star is providing the voice for Supergirl in the upcoming animated movie Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (out September 28 on DVD, Blu-ray, on demand and digital download). In the ...
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Futurama
Even the savvy prognosticators behind Futurama — the absurdist animated science-fiction comedy set in the 31st century — could not have predicted the convoluted path their series has taken since its 1999 premiere.
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Black Panther
Marvel continues to mine its vast collection of super heroes with a new motion comic, Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? The 12-part series — debuting Tuesday on iTunes, Xbox Live, Microsoft Zune and PlayStation Network — is based on the 2005-08 comic book series written by Reginald Hudlin, the former entertainment president of BET. Hudlin is an executive producer and wrote the motion comic, which was originally planned as a TV series for BET. (A Marvel spokesperson says the series was shifted to digital following the success of previous motion comics Spider-Woman, Astonishing X-Men and Iron Man: Extremis.)
Black Panther, created in 1966 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...
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NBC Sports
Good news, rugby fans — and we know you're out there. NBC and sister channel Universal Sports have reached a deal with the International Rugby Board (IRB) for the U.S. television and digital rights to the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups. This will mark the first time the World Cup — like soccer, the sport's biggest event — will air on U.S. television.
NBC will televise ...
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Steven Gerrard of England and Clint Dempsey of USA
The United States soccer team wasn't the only ones to get a nice bounce on Saturday. ABC drew an impressive 12.96 million viewers for Saturday's World Cup match between the Americans and England. Including the pre-game ...
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Landon Donovan
Many Americans still sneer at soccer, but ESPN is determined to make this country care about the world's game. And when ESPN decides to do something, they do it big. The self-proclaimed "worldwide leader in sports" has given an enormous promotional push for its coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and will pull out all the bells and whistles for live telecasts of every game, beginning with Friday's first match, between host South Africa and Mexico (June 11, 9:30am/8:30c)...
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Thundercats
Proving that you can't have too much '80s nostalgia, Warner Bros. Animation has announced that it is producing an updated version of the animated series ThunderCats, set to premiere on Cartoon Network in 2011.
Warners is partnering with and Japanese animators Studio4°C on the series, which will have an anime style. Like the original '80s version, this new ThunderCats stars a group of feline-like aliens.
Per a Warner Bros. press release, the show will be "a sweeping tale combining swords and science and boasting ferocious battles with the highest of stakes... As the forces of good and evil battle each other in the quest for the fabled Stones of Power, Lion-O and his champions learn valuable lessons of loyalty, honor and mortality in every episode."
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Golfer Annika Sorenstam and Major League Soccer player Guillermo Barros Schelotto of the Columbus Crew
Annika Sorenstam closes out her storied LPGA career this weekend at the season-ending ADT Championship. The Swedish sensation has won 10 Majors, earned more then $20 million in prize money, scored an LPGA record 59 round, became a media sensation when she participated in a 2003 PGA Tour event and set a standard for class in the sport. Golf Channel has the...
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Juan Pablo Angel of the New York Red Bulls
There will be a new Major League Soccer champion this year. Two-time defending MLS Cup winner Houston Dynamo got bounced in the first round of the playoffs by the scrappy New York Red Bulls, a team that barely qualified for postseason play. In fact, due to their low seed the Red Bulls are playing as a wild card in the Western Conference bracket. MLS's New York franchise has never won a league title and this is their first appearance in the second round of the playoffs since 2000. With Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel — MLS's fourth leading scorer this season — guiding the attack, New York faces Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference finals on Saturday, Nov. 15 (9:30 pm/ET, Fox Soccer Channel).
On the other side of the draw, the Columbus Crew host...
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April Holmes
If you thought the Olympic feats of Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt and Nastia Liukin were impressive, prepare to be overwhelmed by the competitors of the 2008 Paralympic Games. The quadrennial multi-sport festival for disabled athletes — held in Beijing's Olympic venues from Sept. 6-17 — is the subject of a stirring NBC documentary on Sunday, Nov. 9 ay 2:30 pm/ET.
Get more details on the special after the jump.
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