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It's not easy choosing the top newsmakers on Airlock Alpha every year. The entire GenreNexus of sites (which also include Rabid Doll and Inside Blip) publish hundreds of stories each year, and it's sometimes tough to decide which was the most important, and which are worthy of forgetting. As w ...

The Internet has made it extremely easy for anyone to be a journalist, and to get what they consider news to be out there. And with that has come wave after wave of bogus stories, some that can even get past the biggest skeptics. That happened over the past couple weeks with a report that Harlan ...

No one ever expects science-fiction to contain elements that could really happen in our world. That is why it's called science-fiction. But there are times when even the fiction is so fiction, it's silly. For NASA, America's space agency, that silliness comes in the form of the 2009 film "2012." ...

When it comes to movies based on Stephanie Meyer's books, I'm not expecting realism; after all, this is a teen-romance market, and I don't expect sophistication of narrative to be the primary concern. Having said that, I do expect a modicum of logic to the storyline. Say what you will about the ...

Harlan Ellison boasts a strong track record when it comes to defending his creations. But his efforts to cash in on box office bomb "In Time" won't be a part of it. Just as a judge was deciding whether to dismiss his case, the author decided to drop his claims against screenwriter Andrew Niccol t ...

No matter what politicians would want you to believe, reporters are human beings. And because of that, they can make mistakes. Eric Shirey is obviously one of those human beings. Shirey, whose entertainment stories appear on Yahoo! Movies, got some unwanted attention last week when a story he ...

There are a lot of things that I dislike in the world. But one thing I really hate are stories that are absolutely false. Even more, I hate stories that are so false, they actually hurt the reputation or even livelihood of other people. That happened over the past couple weeks with Andrew Niccol, ...

Reports that the copyright infringement lawsuit Harlan Ellison has filed against Andrew Niccol and his recent Justin Timberlake film "In Time" was settled have not only been exaggerated, but are actually false. Vincent Cox, an attorney with Leopold Petrick & Smith in Los Angeles, who is represent ...

The following story has been recalled by Airlock Alpha, following evidence that key material in this story is either inaccurate or outright false. GenreNexus has followed up on this story with accurate information right here. Harlan Ellison was determined to keep the Justin Timberlake film "In Ti ...

Harlan Ellison loves to be angry at people, and he loves even more to rattle sabers that keeps a few Hollywood lawyers employed. But does Ellison have a case when it comes to the new film "In Time"? Ellison, who (among many others) wrote the story for the famous "Star Trek" episode "City of the E ...