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Upcoming Dr. Who Episode Penned by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman confirmed
that he's written a Dr. Who episode. Neil Gaiman sent this message to SFX Weekender about winning Best Comic at the SFX Awards the following message:
"Over the years SFX, and its readers and their votes in the polls, have always been very kind to me. I thought I'd return the favour with what used to be called, in journalistic circles when I was a boy, a scoop.
As anyone who's read my blog knows, I'm a big fan of a certain long-running British SF TV series. One that started watching -- from behind the sofa -- when I was three. And while I know it's cruel to make you wait for things, in about 14 months from now, which is to say, NOT in the upcoming season but early in the one after that, it's quite possible that I might have written an episode. And if I had, it would originally have been called "The House of Nothing". But it definitely isn't called that any more.
Neil is a huge Dr. Who fan, so that makes sense. Although how he's managing to find time to write it with all the new projects he's working on and the awards he's picking up we can't imagine.
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The Arts Minister John Day says the prize has now been scrapped. Instead, he says the government will increase the prize money for the Premier's Book Awards.
"The State Government is now under a lot more pressure than was the case two years ago and there is simply not the ability to continue that sort of prize in the longer term."
"So we've made the decision to increase the funding that will be going into the WA Premier's Book Awards and to increase the status of those awards and I think that that is really the best outcome."
The Australia-Asia Literary Award is gone but a little more money will put toward the Premier's Book Awards. The top prize money for the Premier's Awards is being increased from $27,000 to $40,000.
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Stan Lee Talks Spider-Man Changes
So what does Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, think about the studio's decision to dump Tobey Maguire and do another origin story with Peter Parker as a teenager? He loves it. He talked to Access Hollywood about why he thinks change is good. He also talks about his cameo in Iron Man 2. Take a look:
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Anthony Peckham to Recive WGA West Paul Selvin Award
Varietyreports that the Writers Guild of America West will honor Invictus screenwriter Anthony Peckham as recipient of its Paul Selvin Award. The award honors work which promotes civil liberties and constitutional rights.
Peckham will receive the kudo at the Writers Guild Awards' West Coast ceremonies on Feb. 20 at the Century Plaza. Previous recipients include Allison Cross, Gary Ross, Cynthia Whitcomb, David E. Kelley, Eric Roth, Michael Mann, Jason Horwitch, Don Payne, Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro, and most recently, Dustin Lance Black for "Milk."
"Anthony Peckham's screenplay for Invictus perfectly illustrates what the Paul Selvin Award stands for, expertly conveying how only a few men can unite to impact positive change, and have that change resonate around the world," said WGA West president John Wells.
The Invictus screenplay is based upon the book Playing the Enemy.
Peckham, a native of South Africa, co-wrote the hit Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey, Jr. Invictus garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Morgan Freeman for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela, but the film was snubbed in both screenplay categories and in the Best Picture category.
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