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• Hollywood Remaking Sci-Fi Classics

  Nov 27, 08 4:32 PM CST
  Hollywood is looking backward with an eye on the future, reports the Los Angeles Times. Plans to launch remakes of 12 sci-fi flicks from the last millennium are already under way:
  

  • When Worlds Collide, an update of the apocalyptic 1951 film, will hit theaters next year with Steven Spielberg signed onto produce and Mummy director Stephen Sommers in the director's seat.
  • The Terminator returns next summer, starring Christian Bale, with a war between humans and the armies of Skynet. But the real question is, will the California governor "be back" as promised?
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• These 5 People Lost the Most This Year

  Nov 26, 08 2:31 PM CST
  Think you've taken a bath in the markets? Business Sheet compiles this year's five biggest losers:

  5. Warren Buffet Loss: $13.6 billion. Though he’s bought when others wouldn’t and come to the rescue of many (Goldman and GE, to start), losses dropped the famed investor’s liquid wealth to a paltry $48.1 billion.
  4. Mukesh Ambani Loss: $28.2 billion. Ambani controls Reliance Industries, the world’s largest polyester producer. Though he overtook Lakshmi Mittal as India’s richest individual this year, his investments still took a hit.
  
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• Who Will Carry the GOP Flag?

  Nov 25, 08 8:11 AM CST
  No one has emerged as a clear-cut favorite to chair the Republican National Committee, writes Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post, but plenty of politicians are interested. Here’s a rundown on who has a hat in—or near—the ring:
  

  • Mike Duncan: Many dismiss the current chairman’s re-election chances, but the committee members may want an insider.
  • Michael Steele: The closest thing the race has to a frontrunner, Steele has an experienced team and a bit of star power, thanks to his well-received “Drill Baby, Drill” convention speech.
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• This Year's Bad-Sex Winners

  Nov 22, 08 7:00 AM CST
  Ten authors have joined the distinguished ranks of such literary luminaries as Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe—as nominees for the annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award. The dubious honor singles out “otherwise sound literary” fiction that includes “unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing or redundant passages of a sexual nature,” reports the Guardian. Among the candidates: John Updike, Russell Banks, and former Tony Blair Communications Director Alastair Campbell. More »

• Ignore Those Exit Polls!

  Nov 4, 08 1:25 PM CST
  Exit polls can be addictive for those who can't take Election Day suspense, but poll analyst Nate Silver recommends you resist the temptation. Here's why:

  1. Exit polls have high margins of error because they are taken at only a few precincts in a state.
  2. Exit polls overstated Democratic support in the 2000 and 2004 elections.
  3. Exit polls overstated Obama’s support by an average of 7 points in the primary season.
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