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Just some random bits and bites, this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/a> Long before it became three precedent-setting movies \u2014 released in 1907<\/a>, 1925<\/a> and 1959<\/a> \u2014 not to mention an upcoming three-hour mini-series<\/a>, General Lew Wallace\u2019s novel Ben-Hur<\/i> was dramatized for the stage. It premiered on Broadway in 1899 \u2014 with live horses for the chariot race, among other spectacular sights \u2014 and it toured the world<\/a> before closing in 1921. Now the story is being adapted for the stage again, in a production that will feature \u201ca cast of more than 400 people and 100 animals\u201d \u2014 as well as \u201cconsiderable nudity\u201d during an orgy sequence. The show will premiere at The O2<\/a>, the venue formerly known as the Millennium Dome, in London next September. \u2014 London Times<\/a><\/i>, BBC<\/a>, WENN<\/a><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> President-elect Barack Obama<\/a> may be a Trekkie<\/a>. He is certainly the first president young enough to have grown up watching re-runs of the original<\/a> series<\/a> on TV. \u2014 TrekMovie.com<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Fox, having left one Joss Whedon<\/a> series to die on Friday nights, i.e. Firefly<\/a><\/i>, is now poised to do the same to another Joss Whedon series, i.e. Dollhouse<\/a><\/i>. Fox is also moving Terminator:<\/a> The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/a><\/i> \u2014 which features Firefly<\/i> alumnus Summer Glau as a butt-kicking she-robot \u2014 to Friday nights as a lead-in to Dollhouse<\/i>. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Remember The Graysons<\/a><\/i>, that TV series about the young Dick Grayson and the life that he led before his parents were killed and he became Batman<\/a>\u2018s sidekick as Robin the Boy Wonder? Ain\u2019t gonna happen, now that Warner has pulled the plug. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> Angelina Jolie has revealed that one of the more interesting plot twists in the film version of Wanted<\/a><\/i> was her idea. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> One day after it was revealed that John Boorman would direct a computer-animated adaptation of L. Frank Baum\u2019s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz<\/a><\/i>, it was announced that a few other studios will produce a computer-animated adaptation of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus<\/i>, which was also written by Baum. The story \u201cfollows Santa\u2019s formative years, including a battle against the heart of evil that establishes the Santa mythology.\u201d \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"