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We knew we were spending all that money on space exploration for a reason: tourism. > Space Adventures, a company based in Arlington, Va., has already sent two tourists into orbit. Today, it is to unveil an agreement with Russian space officials to send two passengers on a voyage lasting

Only $500?

Don't get discouraged. Just get someone at ESPN to buy into the idea that it's a sport (or, rather, an event that can be marketed), and they'll media-blitz the rest of America with its virtues: > The 12th annual U.S. Marbles Championship tournament

Cruise Almost Left Scientology?

Did he get to the part about Smurfette's identity as the terrible mother goddess? > About 10 years ago, after being introduced to the sci-fi writer L. Ron Hubbard's sect by ex-wife Mimi Rogers, Cruise had achieved the Operating Thetan III level of instruction (in which

Man, It's Not a Good Day for Catholics

If anyone has any good news to pass along, please send it to us (e-mail link on your left). > A cartoon which was banned from the BBC for its depiction of the Pope as an immature brat is set to cause new controversy after it was today confirmed it

Far Out!

They're bringing back Night Stalker [http://www.scifi.com/kolchak/], one of our favorites from the 1970s. It'll be on ABC. > Premieres Thursday, Sept. 29 at 9/8c > Carl Kolchak is the "Night Stalker," a newspaper reporter who investigates strange deaths and

Knight Time Reality

We detest reality shows, but this one could be pretty good, if you're a sports fan: > ESPN announced last week that Knight would choose a walk-on from a field of 16 to fill the last roster slot on his 2006-7 Red Raiders basketball team. > The six-part

Hitler in the Hood

Yo' mama do' know Adolph/ And yo' brutha done be queer/ We be the neo-Nazis/ Gonna stab you in da ear. You might think I look ugly/ With a swastika-tattooed head/ But I slap my woman fo' the **** of it/ At night when I go to

Beatlemania Coming?

We've always been more on the McCartney side, but we'd like to see this: > "Lennon," which opens Sunday at the Broadhurst, tracks Lennon's life through his songs, interspersed with video and his own words. It's an undertaking complex enough

Forgive Us, Bill

> Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, two of Britain's greatest Shakespearean actors, are to star in a film adaptation of The Merchant of Venice set in modern-day Las Vegas. > The new Â£20 million movie will shift the action of the Bard's 1596 play

More Da Vinci Madness

> [Da Vinci Code] Film officials have held talks with Catholic groups and other organisations despite Dan Brown, the author, insisting that “it's only a novel and therefore a work of fiction”, The New York Times reported yesterday. > The Catholic League is calling for Ron Howard, the