The ultimate Half-Life 2 collection, The Orange Box, is nearly upon us. Xbox 360 and PC gamers will bask in the value next week, while PLAYSTATION 3 owners will enjoy chewing their nails and cursing Ken Kutaragi until December. Fortunately,

newVideoPlayer("cavemensquash.flv", 475, 376); With a controversy-shy ABC having retooled all of the potentially inflammatory, racial-allegory material out of the version of Cavemen that finally debuted last night, the show was forced to generate edgy laughs by having its put-upon Neanderthals

A fittingly anticlimactic coda to the Phil Spector mistrial came today, as the members of his defense team--who by now should have been sitting in adjoining hammocks in a tropical locale, clinking coconut cups over never having to deal with

It's hard to tell if Jeremy Piven's guest-drumming appearance in last night's Metal Skool show at the Key Club was another one of those memorably impromptu Make A Wish moments we've previously seen from him or something prearranged by a

Music round-up: Datarock at the Echo ; They Might Be Giants at Avalon ; Mark Ronson at the El Rey . · The John Varvatos store on Melrose hosts an exhibit of the work of rock n' roll photographer Jim

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Creative director Jeff Brown discusses the playable factions in this upcoming strategy sequel.

The summer blockbuster season may have ended a month ago, but The Bourne Ultimatum is still ruling the international box office. This week the film added $9.61 million on 2875 screens in 47 markets for a total of $162.78 million

TMZ has learned that Hanson member Isaac Hanson has been hospitalized suffering from a pulmonary embolism, forcing the group to postpone their homecoming concert in Tulsa tonight at CainÂ's Ballroom. "Tonight's show is definitely cancelled," said Ken

According to a report from Team Xbox, BioWare has confirmed the details of the limited collector's edition of its Xbox 360 space epic Mass Effect. For an extra who knows how much, you can snag yourself the following, probably all

newVideoPlayer("sofpayback_gawker.flv", 475, 376); I guess this is the ultimate proof that Soldier of Fortune: Payback is coming. Too bad it's going to be a craptastic value game. Man, that really sucks.

IESB.net is running an article about computers and other sensitive material about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull having been stolen from Steven Spielberg's office at Universal Studios, possibly including the script. Apparently someone then began contacting

Both the plaintiffs and defendants rested their cases after the judge in Capitol v. Thomas refused to allow RIAA president Cary Sherman to testify. Defendant Jammie Thomas also testified that the KaZaA share observed by Media Sentry did not belong

A bill that would bring contractors working overseas for the U.S. government under civilian court jurisdiction moved through Congress Wednesday.

A new poll suggests Australians have lost confidence in the United States' ability to manage international affairs.

A two-week sweep in Southern California brought in 1,300 illegal immigrants in what officials say is the largest operation ever, authorities said Wednesday.

A man from Akron, Ohio, has been convicted of not telling U.S. immigration officers that he once served in a notorious Bosnian Serb army unit.

2.3 notes? These notes where apparently posted on the EU Bizzard forums in blue (moderator) and then disappeared. Not sure of the validity of this but they are interesting. Enough there to excite both Ret and Prot Paladins. (NEW SPELL)Blessing