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The Following – Pilot

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The Following - Pilot

The new show from Kevin Williamson (Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries, I Know What You Did Last Summer) stars Kevin Bacon as retired FBI Agent Ryan Hardy who is reinstated to bring in escaped serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) who he helped put away eight years ago. After visiting the prison, Ryan heads out to the FBI command center to meet the Agency’s wunderkid analyst (Shawn Ashmore) and discovers for the past few months the genius killer had access to the Internet through the prison law library which he used fro far more nefarious purposes than just planning his appeal.

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House of Lies – When Dinosaurs Ruled the Planet

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House of Lies - When Dinosaurs Ruled the Planet

As Jeanie (Kristen Bell) remains in New York to talk with Galweather Steran’s new acting CEO (Bess Armstrong) about her future with the company, Marty (Don Cheadle), Clyde (Ben Schwartz), and Doug (Josh Lawson) head to Las Vegas to help Mr. Pinkus (Kevin Dobson) re-brand his aging casino. Jeanie eventually joins the group, but Marty also has to balance working with his old friend Tamara (Nia Long) and deal with the fact that Doug gets himself thrown out of the casino because of a major card counting system he ran years ago that has left him banned from every gaming floor on the strip.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Olelo Ho’Opa’I Make

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Hawaii Five-0 - Olelo Ho'Opa'I Make

Chin-Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) is kidnapped in the middle of the night while the rest of the Five-0 Task Force believes he has taken a few days off to deal with the death of his wife. Once they learn the truth, McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and his team search frantically to find him not realizing an old enemy has smuggled him into prison amongst all the criminals he helped put away including former Detective Kaleo (Jason Scott Lee). Ridiculous? In the extreme, but it certainly provides the setting for one of the show’s more unusual episodes.

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Esquire names Megan Fox “The Last American Bombshell”

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Megan FoxIn an odd interview/essay on the troubles of beautiful actresses for the magazine’s February issue actress Megan Fox talked with Esquire’s Stephen Marche about Aztec sacrifice, the cost of fame, her love of Star Wars, the Book of Revelations, her relationship with Brian Austin Greene, her belief that people are inherently bad, keeping her own pregnancy a secret, her role as a sex symbol, her choice to get several of her tattoos removed beginning with her tattoo of Marilyn Monroe, wishing to walk in the steps of Ava Gardner, her religion, being in control of her body, her belief in leprechauns, and her fantasy about being an archaeologist who would discover the proof of ancient alien civilizations on Earth. You can find more pics from the photoshoot inside.

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Daredevil #22

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Daredevil #22Daredevil #22 is one of two Marvel comics released this week where the new “superior” Spider-Man (Doc Ock‘s brain in Peter Parker’s body) fights with, and against, other heroes of the Marvel Universe who are more than a little slow in figuring out this isn’t their Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

As with the latest issue of Avenging Spider-Man (where Spidey fights with Wolverine) our hero runs into someone with the ability to definitively determine the body is indeed Peter Parker. However in a world where mind control is common (see Winter Soldier), no one even suspects for an instant that Peter Parker might not be in control.

This issue features Daredevil vs. pseudo-Spider-Man who was sicked on Daredevil by Kristen McDuffie. The pair break it up long enough to take on an enhanced Stilt-Man before finally making peace with one another. Mark Waid also throws in an alternate explanation for Foggy Nelson‘s recent behavior. Although no more logical, it does open the door for an entirely new story for Daredevil and his best friend. For fans.

[Marvel, $2.99]

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