As part of a rebranding campaign that seeks to distinguish the channel and its programming from cable competitors, the Sci Fi channel is changing its name to Syfy, with a new motto, "Imagine Greater."
One big advantage of the name change, the executives say, is that Sci Fi is so generic that it could not be trademarked. They also want to be viewed as having a broader range of programming. “If you ask people their default perceptions of Sci Fi, they list space, aliens and the future,” said the president of the network. “That didn’t capture the full landscape of fantasy entertainment: the paranormal, the supernatural, action and adventure, superheroes.”
Thoughts? Does anyone care?
/>As part of a rebranding campaign that seeks to distinguish the channel and its programming from cable competitors, the Sci Fi channel is changing its name to Syfy, with a new motto, "Imagine Greater."
One big advantage of the name change, the executives say, is that Sci Fi is so generic that it could not be trademarked. They also want to be viewed as having a broader range of programming. “If you ask people their default perceptions of Sci Fi, they list space, aliens and the future,” said...
Soleil already made reference to this, but now we have the video!
The NYC Top Model auditions erupted into chaos on Saturday when a car overheated and these geniuses assumed it was a bomb. They all started running like mad, and, like the classy, intelligent women that they are, eventually started a fist-fight just a few yards away from the supposed bomb.
Remember, this is the casting for the "short" season of ANTM, but maybe we should all start referring to it as the "short bus" season instead. />
Soleil already made reference to this, but now we have the video!
The NYC Top Model auditions erupted into chaos on Saturday when a car overheated and these geniuses assumed it was a bomb. They all started running like mad, and, like the classy, intelligent women that they are, eventually started a fist-fight just a few yards away from the supposed bomb.
Remember, this is the casting for the "short" season of ANTM, but maybe we should all start referring to it as the "short bus" season instead. ...
Congrats to Lindsay Lohan, whose Saturday morning Twitter freakout was, it turns out, in vain. Lindsay won't be returning to jail, at least not yet.
The warrant for her arrest was dropped.
After the star's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, arrived at a Beverly Hills courthouse early this morning for a meeting with Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel, they emerged around 8:55 a.m. and announced that Friday's $50,000 warrant relating to her May 2007 DUI arrest was wiped clear.
"This was really much ado about nothing," Holley told ...
This is secretly one of my all-time favorite celeb families -- Sara Gilbert and her partner, producer Allison Adler, rarely make public appearances with their kids, but, when they do, it makes my whole day. I think they're both way sexy and fun, and the children are freakin' perfect. They've got a son named Levi and a daughter named Sawyer, and the whole family headed to Coldwater Canyon Park to play this weekend.
Ack! Looking at these photos makes me want a family soooo bad! Total cuten...
Well look who's showing her face in public again.
Miz Rihanna was looking absolutely stunning as she left Da Silvano restaurant in Manhattan on Saturday night. She's all dolled up and obviously expecting the cameras.
Rihanna, if you want to keep that gorgeous face of yours, you need to keep your distance from Chris Brown!!! One of these days he's gonna break bones, girl!
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Paris Hilton could take a lesson from this guy. It's never too late to demand an industry respect you.
Harlan Ellison has sued CBS Paramount over its alleged failure to pay him for the merchandising, publishing and other exploitations of "City on the Edge of Forever," an early "Star Trek" episode that he wrote.
Ellison, in an action filed Friday in federal court in Los Angeles, also sued the Writers Guild of America for its alleged failure to act on his behalf but is seeking only $1 in dam...
It's late on Sunday night, and seriously the last fucking thing I wanna do is wade through piles of Lohan insanity and present them to you in the most cohesive manner possible, but I'm going to, because Wendie was so very helpful to me last week, and my thank-you gift to her is not making her deal with this story in the morning.
Sigh.
Lindsay Lohan's a fucking train wreck, you guys. Late Friday night/early Saturday morning, news broke that the police had a warrant out for Lindsay's arrest...
I don't care if they call it a remake or a "re-imagining" -- that's what they're actually calling it -- but I'm still mad about Race to Witch Mountain, because I'm so in love with the original (the pre-imagining?), Escape to Witch Mountain. Regardless of how I feel about it, it beat Watchmen to score the top spot at the box office this weekend, bringing in $25M to Watchmen's $18.1M.
"I think audiences this weekend were really drawn to the action adventure of 'Race to Witch Mountain,'" sai...
We're hearing rumors that police have issued a warrant for Lindsay Lohan, due to failure to comply with court orders from her last DUI arrest. This is likely due either to a failure to meet with her probation order or a failure to take a required drug test. (I'm gonna go ahead and guess it's the latter.)
Word on the street is that the LAPD is currently searching for Miz Lohan.
I don't have confirmation on this, but the buzz is awfully strong right now. We'll keep ya posted. ...
Well, THIS is interesting.
Hugh Hefner's wife -- yes, wife; the couple split in '99 but did not divorce -- Kim Hefner, has been living in the gigantic house next-door to Hef's since 1996, when the couple bought the place for $6.7M (and financed the entire amount). Kim's been living there with her Hef babies, the youngest of whom is now heading off to college. Hef has apparently decided that she no longer needs such a gigantic home, and he's listed it for around $30M. A tidy profit, if it s...
Okay, so, the remake of Race to Witch Mountain hits theaters on Friday, and everyone's talking about whether or not it'll take down Watchmen from the #1 box office spot, and all I can do is just be so sad that any of this is happening.
You see, Race to Witch Mountain was my absolute favorite movie as a kid. Favorite. I wanted Tia to be my sister and Tony to be my brother and I wanted an ice-cream sundae parlor and I wanted all their adventures and super-powers and it was just GLORIOUS. I watched...
Lindsers left the Andy Lecompte salon on Thursday with her extensions looking glorious (and perhaps a bit darker?). Samantha followed behind, per usual. They climbed into what the photogs claim is a new car for the duo -- I couldn't quite identify the car, and I'm not going to pay for the stupid rights to post it here, but it's white and looks really, really expensive. ...