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A film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "The Adjustment Bureau" will star Matt Damon, Daniel Dae Kim ("Lost") and John Slattery ("Mad Men").

Damon plays a rising congressman who meets a beautiful ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) only to discover that a strange organization is keeping them apart.

Kim plays a mysterious staffer at the Bureau of Adjustments, and Slattery a high-ranking bureau executive. Michael Kelly ("Law Abiding Citizen") has also joined the cast, as Damon's best friend and campaign manager.


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A husband-and-wife spy drama created by "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams will air on NBC.

The show, which revolves around two spies working together who also are husband and wife, returns Abrams to the spy arena, which he mined with his ABC series "Alias."

It marks Abrams' first collaboration with NBC where the potential series could join the spy dramedy "Chuck," also from WBTV.


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Phil Spector's in the slammer, but his recorded output will soon be released again.

Phil Spector's Philles Records catalog will now be issued by Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Recordings label, which was home or such artists as Ronettes, the Crystals, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, and Lenny Bruce.

...Plans for the Legacy/Spector reissue project will include digital and physical (including CDs and vinyl 12" and 7" with replica artwork) release of titles drawn from the original albums and singles (and b-sides) in the Philles catalog. There will be new compilations and facsimile reproductions of original singles and albums are under development under the new agreement.

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Here's a new teaser for the Doctor Who "K-9" spin-off series.



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See some golden age comics featuring The Ray, with art by Lou Fine, Reed Crandall and Bob Fujitani.

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