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After a record-breaking run of seven weeks when Avatar surpassed Titanic as the highest grossing film domestically and worldwide, James Cameron’s sci fi epic finally ceded the top spot at the Box Office to another movie. The romantic drama Dear John pushed Avatar out this week which slipped one notch to Number 2 and earned “only” $23.6 million bringing its domestic total to over $630 million. We actually expected Avatar to get the boot from the Number 1 slot this weekend, but figured that John Travolta’s action flick From Paris with Love would take top honors. That movie only managed to scrape its way to the Number 3 slot, though, with an underwhelming tally of $8 million.  You can see the full Box Office results from the weekend at Box Office Mojo.

Gizmodo’s Rosa Golijan has seen Panelfly’s comic book reader app for Apple’s new iPad tablet computer and believes this will change the way we read comics. The app would be a free download for the iPad and then the user could add comics to the library via in-app purchases. This app is developed specifically for the iPad and is based on the one that Panelfly created for the iPhone. Golijan was impressed with how comics looked with this app and provided some sample images in the article. The comic book industry in general has been in decline and previous attempts at eComics have failed to jump-start sales. Fans may find comics on the larger, more reader-friendly iPad more appealing, though, with this and other eReading devices possibly changing the direction of that industry.

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Neil Gaiman Confirms That He’s Written An Upcoming Episode Of Doctor Who
io9.com 2/6/2010
At last addressing the long-bubbling rumor that he would be writing for Doctor Who, award-winning author Neil Gaiman has confirmed that he’s penned an episode for the second season with new Doctor Matt Smith. (Read the Full Article)

Uh-oh—FlashForward loses another show runner
Sci Fi Wire 2/5/2010
You don’t have to have a FlashForward to know this can’t be good news, but the ABC series is facing yet another new show runner in its future. Co-creator and executive producer David Goyer is exiting as show runner of the sci-fi thriller just months after he took over for former show runner Mark Guggenheim. (Read the Full Article)

More Watchmen on the Way
Sci Fi Mafia 2/4/2010
DC’s senior vice president Dan Didio has made an expanded Watchmen universe his very own pet project, and is looking at a new series of comic prequels, sequels and spin-offs, and, possibly more films. (Read the Full Article)

Do You Need To Be A Trekkie To Understand The LOST S6 Premiere? (maybe not, but it will help)
trekmovie.com 2/3/2010
Last night was the highly-anticipated premiere of the sixth and final season of Lost, with the two part episode “LA X”. As usual with the show, it was very mysterious and at times possibly even confusing. But any fan of Star Trek might have had an advantage in trying to figure it all out. (Read the Full Article)

How Reaper would have ended, straight from the creators
Clique Clack 2/3/2010
So, how forthcoming were Michele and Tara in spilling how Reaper would have continued? Very. In fact, the only reason they hadn’t told the world of how things would have gone down on the show was simple: nobody ever asked. (Read the Full Article)

Transformers, Land of the Lost lead Razzies
Hollywood Reporter 2/1/2010
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen made a fortune. Land of the Lost tanked.  Both films are equal earners at the Razzies, though, grabbing seven nominations each (Read the Full Article)