| MOVIE REVIEW |
“Inception: A Dream within a Dream”
 The first few days after the release of “Inception” drew in relatively modest audiences, but after a week or so, the word-of-mouth spread virally, in turn, sparking a nationwide phenomenon. With an average budget of 160 million, “Inception” has raised over 250 million in just over a month.
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| TWILIGHT SAGA |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - It's a Hit, But Does It Live Up to the Hype?
 It may be the third movie, but the fan craze has not abated, if anything the fan base for Twilight continues to grow as The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is released around the world. Tickets for the midnight release of the movie were sold out weeks in advance as fans of all ages readied themselves for the third installment. The movie set a midnight release record of $30 million, and was also the largest grossing Wednesday opening of all time, earning $68.5 million in the first full day. The results for the first week were a total of $187 million domestic and $287 million worldwide.
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| SET VISIT |
On The Set of Covert Affairs: USA Networks Upcoming Series
 On June 17, MediaBlvd and other members of the online media were given a behind-the-scenes view of the upcoming USA Network series "Covert Affairs", set to debut on the network on July 13. The set was visited and interviews were provided with key personnel on the series.
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| NEW SHOWRUNNER |
John McNamara Takes the Reins for USA’s 'In Plain Sight'
 Things are different behind the scenes for the third season of In Plain Sight, as new showrunner John McNamara settles into his duties, and sharpens the visual style of the show. McNamara is best known to our audiences for his work on the ground breaking Jericho, the post apocalyptic drama that ran two seasons on CBS and inspired the massive peanut mail in campaign started by TV Talk’s Shaun Daily. M cNamara recently took time out of his busy schedule as show runner to talk about his new role, how he came into the mix at USA network, and how is finding it coming into an already established hit.
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| A LEGEND HONORED |
Nimoy Receives High Honor From The Space Community
 Leonard Nimoy, best known as the iconic half-Vulcan, half-human Spock from Star Trek was given the 2010 Douglas S. Morrow public outreach award last week by the Space Foundation. In front of a crowd made up largely of NASA and DOD space scientists and engineers, and aerospace company executives, Nimoy was the honored speaker at the award ceremony and dinner held on the final night of the 26th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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| BOOK REVIEW |
Take Me Out To The Ballpark
 Baseball and bailouts, as American as apple pie. That sums up Gary Morgenstein’s powerful new political baseball thriller, Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Through the story of a hapless Cinderella team, the Buffalo Matadors, Morgenstein brilliantly marries the political and economic discontent in our country to a seemingly innocent baseball tale.
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